Test Management Contracts in Central London

Test Management
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 121 163
Rank change year-on-year +1 +42 +18
Contract jobs citing Test Management 6 11 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.31% 0.46% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.50% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile - £462 £413
25th Percentile £431 £506 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +12.82% -1.32%
75th Percentile £471 £575 £566
90th Percentile £487 £579 £588
London median daily rate £498 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -4.33% -5.45% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,781 2,181 3,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.29% 90.69% 91.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,549 2,321
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £679 £680 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
London median daily rate £550 £550 £595
% change year-on-year - -7.56% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 29
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.22 £15.05
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.63 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.97 £28.98 £53.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £40.00 £88.30
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £37.34
% change year-on-year +22.26% -25.52% +2.55%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in Central London

Test Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Test Management in Central London

Test Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Management in Central London

Test Management
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the Central London region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +2 6 £438 -20.45% 2
Test Management
London

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Azure
1 4 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Billing
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Desktop Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Software Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Test Programme Manager
3 1 (16.67%) UAT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) UAT Test Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Low-Code
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps
1 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 4 (66.67%) Test Strategy
1 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) ITSM
2 3 (50.00%) Service Management
2 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Test Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Workday
2 2 (33.33%) HP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft