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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 116 156
Rank change year-on-year +7 +40 +18
Contract jobs citing Test Management 7 11 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.40% 0.51% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.56% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 5
10th Percentile - £462 £440
25th Percentile £431 £506 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +10.00% +1.11%
75th Percentile £490 £575 £588
90th Percentile £495 £579 -
Central London median daily rate £456 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -17.05% +12.82% -1.32%

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 1,635 1,957 3,208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.59% 90.39% 91.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,027 1,377 2,170
10th Percentile £353 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £564 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.50% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £14.75
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.22 £17.08
Median hourly rate £28.15 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -26.79% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £60.75 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

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
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

Test Management
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
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
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Billing
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
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%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Test Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Service Designer
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
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Low-Code
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) DevOps
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
1 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
1 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Defect Management
2 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
2 3 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Workday
2 2 (28.57%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle