Test Management Contract Job Trends in England

Test Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 326 339
Rank change year-on-year -32 +13 +79
Contract jobs citing Test Management 252 172 221
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.69% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.76% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 122 165
10th Percentile £315 £325 £363
25th Percentile £357 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -3.06% -10.91%
75th Percentile £514 £575 £595
90th Percentile £630 £700 £625
UK median daily rate £430 £475 £490
% change year-on-year -9.47% -3.06% -8.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £26.04 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +490.91% -
75th Percentile - £73.81 £34.81
90th Percentile - £80.68 £77.68
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £11.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +490.91% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,836 22,759 32,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 91.40% 85.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,282 14,723 20,802
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -4.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,303 1,078 2,398
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
Median % change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +72.39% -32.00% +7.05%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in England

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Management in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Management in England

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Test Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Test Management

Test Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Management in England over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Management in England

Test Management
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the England region over the 6 months to 20 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -56 93 £425 -15.00% 7
Midlands -18 55 £358 -30.15% 4
West Midlands -23 50 £358 -24.63% 2
South East -50 50 £475 +1.33% 4
North of England -62 40 £395 -12.22% 4
North West -34 29 £393 -12.67% 3
South West -21 15 £450 -11.11%
North East - 7 £313 - 1
East of England -36 4 £450 -25.00%
Yorkshire -62 4 £509 -3.10% 1
East Midlands - 3 £578 - 2
Test Management
UK

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 22 (8.73%) Confluence
2 5 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.19%) CMS
3 3 (1.19%) Kentico
4 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.19%) SAP FI-AR
4 2 (0.79%) Maximo
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.40%) Endur
5 1 (0.40%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.40%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.40%) Summit
5 1 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (31.35%) Azure
2 69 (27.38%) Azure DevOps
3 36 (14.29%) AWS
4 9 (3.57%) SaaS
5 8 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.17%) GitHub
6 7 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.38%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (1.59%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.19%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.79%) GCP
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.40%) BrowserStack
11 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.40%) Serverless
11 1 (0.40%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.78%) Network Security
2 6 (2.38%) Firewall
2 6 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.98%) DNS
3 5 (1.98%) VPN
4 4 (1.59%) DHCP
4 4 (1.59%) Internet
4 4 (1.59%) LAN
4 4 (1.59%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.59%) WAN
5 3 (1.19%) SSL
5 3 (1.19%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.79%) BGP
6 2 (0.79%) Intranet
6 2 (0.79%) MPLS
6 2 (0.79%) OSPF
6 2 (0.79%) VLAN
7 1 (0.40%) Broadband
7 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.40%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.70%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (12.30%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.19%) Power BI
4 3 (1.19%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.79%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.40%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.40%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.40%) Big Data
6 1 (0.40%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.40%) DataStage
6 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.40%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 1 (0.40%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 117 (46.43%) JIRA
2 42 (16.67%) Postman
2 42 (16.67%) Zephyr
3 23 (9.13%) Selenium
4 17 (6.75%) Git
5 15 (5.95%) TestRail
6 12 (4.76%) Jenkins
7 9 (3.57%) Cypress.io
7 9 (3.57%) REST Assured
8 7 (2.78%) GitLab
9 6 (2.38%) JMeter
10 4 (1.59%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.19%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (1.19%) Gatling
12 2 (0.79%) Appium
12 2 (0.79%) MSTest
12 2 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
13 1 (0.40%) Hudson
13 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
13 1 (0.40%) WebDriver
General
1 118 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 70 (27.78%) Finance
3 54 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.13%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (3.97%) Banking
7 7 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.59%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.59%) Automotive
8 4 (1.59%) Front Office
8 4 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.59%) Local Government
8 4 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.59%) Retail
8 4 (1.59%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.19%) Electronics
9 3 (1.19%) Military
9 3 (1.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 84 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 53 (21.03%) Analyst
3 42 (16.67%) Test Analyst
4 39 (15.48%) Tester
5 30 (11.90%) Lead
6 22 (8.73%) Test Leader
7 18 (7.14%) QA Tester
7 18 (7.14%) Test Engineer
8 17 (6.75%) Senior
9 10 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (3.57%) Business Analyst
10 9 (3.57%) Consultant
10 9 (3.57%) Programme Manager
10 9 (3.57%) Programme Test Manager
10 9 (3.57%) Software Test Engineer
10 9 (3.57%) Test Programme Manager
11 7 (2.78%) Senior Test Analyst
12 6 (2.38%) Integration Analyst
12 6 (2.38%) QA Analyst
12 6 (2.38%) Senior Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.35%) REST
2 10 (3.97%) Playwright
3 9 (3.57%) ADO
4 8 (3.17%) Middleware
5 7 (2.78%) RESTful
6 6 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.98%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.59%) .NET
9 3 (1.19%) Gherkin
9 3 (1.19%) SAML
9 3 (1.19%) SOAP
10 2 (0.79%) Node.js
10 2 (0.79%) pytest
10 2 (0.79%) Web Services
11 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
11 1 (0.40%) FHIR
11 1 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
11 1 (0.40%) SAP Basis
11 1 (0.40%) Vuetify.js
11 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.57%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.57%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.19%) EPoS
5 3 (1.19%) SCADA
6 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.79%) Credit Risk
6 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.79%) Derivative
6 2 (0.79%) Market Risk
6 2 (0.79%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.79%) NHS
6 2 (0.79%) PKI
7 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.40%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.95%) Windows
2 7 (2.78%) Linux
3 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (52.38%) Agile
2 119 (47.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 113 (44.84%) Test Automation
4 84 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 84 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 80 (31.75%) DevOps
6 78 (30.95%) Integration Testing
7 74 (29.37%) Test Scripting
8 73 (28.97%) Scenario Testing
9 72 (28.57%) Defect Management
10 64 (25.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 63 (25.00%) Migration
12 60 (23.81%) Regression Testing
12 60 (23.81%) Validation
13 52 (20.63%) Manual Testing
14 49 (19.44%) ETL
15 46 (18.25%) Data Migration
15 46 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
15 46 (18.25%) Software Testing
16 44 (17.46%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (21.83%) SQL
2 14 (5.56%) JavaScript
2 14 (5.56%) Python
3 12 (4.76%) Java
4 7 (2.78%) C#
5 5 (1.98%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.19%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.19%) VB
7 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.40%) Bash
8 1 (0.40%) SAS Macro
8 1 (0.40%) VB6
8 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (34.13%) Security Cleared
2 67 (26.59%) ISTQB
3 59 (23.41%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.54%) Degree
5 15 (5.95%) DV Cleared
6 13 (5.16%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 10 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (2.38%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.19%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.19%) ISEB
10 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.40%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.40%) CCIE
11 1 (0.40%) CCNP
11 1 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (49.21%) QA
2 17 (6.75%) IFRS
2 17 (6.75%) IFRS 17
3 9 (3.57%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.78%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.59%) MiFID
5 4 (1.59%) SLA
6 3 (1.19%) GDPR
6 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.19%) Software Quality Assurance
6 3 (1.19%) WCAG
7 2 (0.79%) EMIR
8 1 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) HL7
8 1 (0.40%) NCSC
8 1 (0.40%) NIST
8 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.98%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.19%) Docker
5 2 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (7.14%) HP ALM
2 4 (1.59%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.19%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.79%) Ansible
5 1 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.40%) Control-M
5 1 (0.40%) Grafana
5 1 (0.40%) Iperf
5 1 (0.40%) Nmap
5 1 (0.40%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 52 (20.63%) Oracle
2 31 (12.30%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.94%) SAP
4 19 (7.54%) HP
5 9 (3.57%) Cisco
6 8 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.17%) VMware
7 6 (2.38%) Denodo
7 6 (2.38%) Talend
8 5 (1.98%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.59%) Ariba
10 3 (1.19%) Citrix
10 3 (1.19%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.79%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.79%) Murex
11 2 (0.79%) Sage
11 2 (0.79%) Siemens
11 2 (0.79%) Workday
12 1 (0.40%) Palo Alto