Test Management Contract Job Trends in Derby

Test Management
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derby requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derby 0.75% 3.23% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 4.05% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £700 -
Derbyshire median daily rate - £700 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 107 74 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 80.45% 79.57% 70.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 31 60
10th Percentile £185 £200 £185
25th Percentile £384 £263 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +2.86% +0.92%
75th Percentile £556 £513 £596
90th Percentile £606 £638 £664
Derbyshire median daily rate £413 £438 £376
% change year-on-year -5.60% +16.36% -16.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 10
10th Percentile £15.84 - £15.25
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.68 £19.30 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +9.58% +4.62%
75th Percentile £18.78 £23.86 £18.75
90th Percentile £24.72 £24.18 £20.00
Derbyshire median hourly rate £16.68 £21.59 £17.72
% change year-on-year -22.73% +21.84% +5.29%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in Derby

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend in Derby

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Test Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derby citing Test Management

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing