Test Management Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Test Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 119 137
Rank change year-on-year +2 +18 +43
Contract jobs citing Test Management 8 12 8
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.46% 0.57% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.62% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 7
10th Percentile £351 £420 £511
25th Percentile £413 £450 £578
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £471 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -24.72% +16.28%
75th Percentile £631 £488 £704
90th Percentile £700 £626 £779
Central London median daily rate £425 £471 £625
% change year-on-year -9.67% -24.72% +16.28%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,629 1,950 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.27% 92.07% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,111 1,208 1,778
10th Percentile £325 £366 £371
25th Percentile £424 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £17.15 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £24.09 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.04 £40.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -33.25% +29.60% -27.53%
75th Percentile £35.88 £107.13 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -22.76% +27.27% -35.67%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Test Management job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Test Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Test Management

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Management in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Management in the City of London

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Test Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Test Management

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) BrowserStack
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (25.00%) Selenium
3 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
3 1 (12.50%) GitLab
3 1 (12.50%) JMeter
3 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
3 1 (12.50%) Postman
3 1 (12.50%) TestNG
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Test Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Test Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) QA Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Test Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) UAT Manager
3 1 (12.50%) UAT Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ADO
1 1 (12.50%) JSON
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
1 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
1 5 (62.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Model Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Release Management
4 2 (25.00%) Security Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Application Security
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Insurtech
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
1 1 (12.50%) VMware
1 1 (12.50%) Workday