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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 111 148
Rank change year-on-year +1 +37 +39
Contract jobs citing Test Management 8 13 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.45% 0.62% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.68% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 7
10th Percentile £327 £430 £508
25th Percentile £382 £460 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £488 £625
Median % change year-on-year -12.91% -21.92% +26.26%
75th Percentile £453 £581 £704
90th Percentile £480 £640 £779
Central London median daily rate £425 £488 £625
% change year-on-year -12.91% -21.92% +26.26%

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 1,686 1,923 2,807
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.14% 92.10% 90.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,117 1,231 1,943
10th Percentile £325 £388 £363
25th Percentile £424 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £713
90th Percentile £774 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 14
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £14.84
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -13.60% -27.33%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £49.96
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £64.03
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -16.94% +27.27% -35.29%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in the City of London

Test Management
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 13 September 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 and Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 2 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (12.50%) BrowserStack
3 1 (12.50%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
2 2 (25.00%) Selenium
3 1 (12.50%) Cypress.io
3 1 (12.50%) GitLab
3 1 (12.50%) Postman
3 1 (12.50%) TestNG
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Banking
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Desktop Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Transformation Manager
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 2 (25.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) DevOps
2 5 (62.50%) Test Strategy
2 5 (62.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) ITSM
3 3 (37.50%) Service Management
4 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Automated Trading
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (12.50%) Insurtech
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) Workday