Test Management Contracts in the City of London

Test Management
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 118 160
Rank change year-on-year +1 +42 +26
Contract jobs citing Test Management 7 13 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.38% 0.61% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 0.67% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 7
10th Percentile £332 £400 £508
25th Percentile £396 £450 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £488 £625
Median % change year-on-year -10.35% -21.92% +26.26%
75th Percentile £457 £575 £704
90th Percentile £481 £614 £779
Central London median daily rate £438 £488 £625
% change year-on-year -10.35% -21.92% +32.21%

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 1,749 1,952 3,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.93% 91.30% 90.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,131 1,338 2,120
10th Percentile £338 £363 £340
25th Percentile £435 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £679 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £565 £600
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 22
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.63 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.36 £15.78
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -22.86% -18.36%
75th Percentile £56.75 £55.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £101.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.86% -20.54% -16.67%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Management in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Test Management in the City of London

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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 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Management in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Management in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Management in the City of London

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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 2 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
1 4 (57.14%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Power Automate
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 2 (28.57%) PowerApps
3 1 (14.29%) BrowserStack
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
3 1 (14.29%) GitLab
3 1 (14.29%) Postman
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Billing
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Test Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Desktop Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365 Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Software Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Tester
2 2 (28.57%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) UAT Manager
3 1 (14.29%) UAT Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Low-Code
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) DevOps
1 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
1 5 (71.43%) Test Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) ITSM
3 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) CRM
4 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Workday
2 2 (28.57%) HP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft