Test Management Contracts in Bristol

Test Management
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Test Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Management over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 83 83
Rank change year-on-year +26 0 +13
Contract jobs citing Test Management 4 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.63% 0.27% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.33% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £339 £461 £348
25th Percentile £378 £467 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £481 £425
Median % change year-on-year -12.99% +13.24% -7.61%
75th Percentile £527 £492 £675
90th Percentile £653 £497 -
South West median daily rate £438 £425 £585
% change year-on-year +2.94% -27.29% +23.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Test Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 585 904 1,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.41% 80.79% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 499 694
10th Percentile £235 £260 £313
25th Percentile £363 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £638
90th Percentile £644 £688 £717
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 211 170
10th Percentile £18.13 £40.00 £9.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £50.00 £14.68
Median hourly rate £40.84 £70.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.66% +13.82% +36.06%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.23
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £81.69
South West median hourly rate £28.10 £55.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -48.92% -10.57% +23.00%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Test Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in Bristol

Test Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Management in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Test Management in Bristol

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Management in Bristol over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Management in Bristol

Test Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Management in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Test Management in Bristol

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Manual Tester
2 1 (25.00%) QA Manual Tester
2 1 (25.00%) QA Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
2 1 (25.00%) UAT Lead
2 1 (25.00%) UAT Test Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Android
1 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Planning and Forecasting
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Software Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Test Assurance
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA