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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 111 123
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 +40
Contract jobs citing Test Management 14 9 6
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.75% 0.48% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.53% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 5
10th Percentile £413 £481 £445
25th Percentile £422 £509 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £621 £578 £575
90th Percentile £675 £584 £576
Central London median daily rate £494 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -10.23% - +10.00%

All Process & 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 1,657 1,713 2,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.99% 91.90% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,163 1,043 1,572
10th Percentile £350 £364 £355
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £574
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +0.22% -3.57%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -6.09% +1.77% -3.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 13
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.45 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £31.00 £32.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +18.18% -18.52%
75th Percentile £42.65 £43.75 £46.75
90th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £69.05
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -14.43%

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

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 26 January 2026.

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 (7.14%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Algo Collateral
2 1 (7.14%) Aladdin
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (7.14%) NetSuite
2 1 (7.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) WhatsApp
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (7.14%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (64.29%) JIRA
2 4 (28.57%) Selenium
3 1 (7.14%) Cypress.io
3 1 (7.14%) JMeter
3 1 (7.14%) LoadRunner
3 1 (7.14%) SpecFlow
3 1 (7.14%) TestNG
3 1 (7.14%) TestRail
General
1 8 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Front Office
5 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Tester
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Test Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Test Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Applications Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Manual Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Migration Manager
4 1 (7.14%) QA Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) QA Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Salesforce Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) ADO
1 1 (7.14%) JSON
1 1 (7.14%) Playwright
1 1 (7.14%) SailPoint
1 1 (7.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Derivative
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Agile
1 9 (64.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 7 (50.00%) Validation
4 5 (35.71%) Data Validation
4 5 (35.71%) Regression Testing
4 5 (35.71%) Test Strategy
5 4 (28.57%) Defect Management
5 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (21.43%) DevOps
6 3 (21.43%) Integration Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Migration
6 3 (21.43%) Operational Acceptance Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Release Management
6 3 (21.43%) Scenario Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
6 3 (21.43%) System Integration Testing
6 3 (21.43%) System Testing
6 3 (21.43%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) ISTQB
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) IFRS
2 1 (7.14%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) HP
2 2 (14.29%) SmartStream
2 2 (14.29%) Workday
3 1 (7.14%) IBM
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle
3 1 (7.14%) Salesforce
3 1 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 1 (7.14%) VMware