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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 391 347 321
Rank change year-on-year -44 -26 +66
Contract jobs citing Test Management 257 165 201
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.59% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.65% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 120 135
10th Percentile £315 £312 £363
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.18% -7.05%
75th Percentile £575 £555 £575
90th Percentile £656 £651 £602
UK median daily rate £450 £466 £485
% change year-on-year -3.49% -3.87% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £57.50 £98.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £102.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -41.46% +95.24%
75th Percentile £58.75 £66.25 £106.25
90th Percentile - £68.50 -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £102.50
% change year-on-year -4.17% -41.46% +95.24%

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 39,415 25,251 27,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.00% 86.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,982 16,042 16,911
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -2.64% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,873 1,537 1,195
10th Percentile £13.88 £14.39 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £47.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.86 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +54.51% -40.82% -

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 30 September 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
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 30 September 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 -53 99 £500 - 42
Midlands +2 55 £360 +15.20% 8
West Midlands -5 53 £360 -15.29% 6
South East -35 53 £469 +3.02% 20
North of England -91 30 £488 +8.33% 15
North West -53 17 £523 +26.79% 10
Yorkshire -47 12 £474 +3.04% 5
South West -37 8 £400 -21.95% 5
East of England -25 7 £558 -6.96% 1
East Midlands -18 1 £438 +41.29% 2
North East -41 1 - -
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 25 (9.73%) Confluence
2 8 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.17%) CMS
3 3 (1.17%) Kentico
3 3 (1.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.78%) CICS
4 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (5.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.56%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (7.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (5.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.17%) SAP FI-AR
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.78%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.78%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.78%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.78%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.39%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.39%) Maximo
6 1 (0.39%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.39%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.39%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.39%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 85 (33.07%) Azure
2 73 (28.40%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (15.56%) AWS
4 13 (5.06%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (4.28%) Serverless
6 9 (3.50%) GitHub
6 9 (3.50%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (3.50%) Power Platform
7 8 (3.11%) Azure Functions
7 8 (3.11%) Power Automate
8 7 (2.72%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (2.33%) GCP
9 6 (2.33%) SaaS
9 6 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 5 (1.95%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.17%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.72%) Network Security
2 4 (1.56%) DHCP
2 4 (1.56%) DNS
3 3 (1.17%) Firewall
3 3 (1.17%) Internet
3 3 (1.17%) Intranet
3 3 (1.17%) LAN
3 3 (1.17%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.17%) SSL
3 3 (1.17%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.17%) VPN
3 3 (1.17%) WAN
3 3 (1.17%) Wireshark
4 2 (0.78%) RTP
4 2 (0.78%) tcpdump
4 2 (0.78%) VoIP
5 1 (0.39%) INAP
5 1 (0.39%) Intelligent Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (13.62%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (11.28%) Oracle Reports
3 16 (6.23%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.11%) Power BI
5 7 (2.72%) SAP BW
6 3 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.78%) Db2
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.78%) Power Query
8 1 (0.39%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.39%) DataStage
8 1 (0.39%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.39%) PowerCenter
8 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 119 (46.30%) JIRA
2 46 (17.90%) Postman
3 42 (16.34%) Zephyr
4 37 (14.40%) Selenium
5 21 (8.17%) Git
6 16 (6.23%) Jenkins
7 15 (5.84%) Cypress.io
7 15 (5.84%) TestRail
8 13 (5.06%) GitLab
9 11 (4.28%) Cucumber
10 10 (3.89%) JMeter
11 9 (3.50%) REST Assured
11 9 (3.50%) WebDriver
12 5 (1.95%) HP UFT
13 4 (1.56%) eggPlant
13 4 (1.56%) Gatling
14 3 (1.17%) Browser DevTools
14 3 (1.17%) Ranorex
14 3 (1.17%) Robot Framework
14 3 (1.17%) SOAtest
General
1 108 (42.02%) Social Skills
2 60 (23.35%) Finance
3 47 (18.29%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (11.28%) Public Sector
5 18 (7.00%) Banking
6 13 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.11%) Retail
9 5 (1.95%) Billing
9 5 (1.95%) General Ledger
10 4 (1.56%) Front Office
10 4 (1.56%) Legal
11 3 (1.17%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.78%) Games
12 2 (0.78%) Law
12 2 (0.78%) Local Government
12 2 (0.78%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 75 (29.18%) Test Manager
2 60 (23.35%) Analyst
3 52 (20.23%) Lead
4 49 (19.07%) Test Analyst
5 46 (17.90%) Test Leader
6 33 (12.84%) Tester
7 17 (6.61%) Senior
7 17 (6.61%) Test Engineer
8 14 (5.45%) Programme Manager
8 14 (5.45%) Programme Test Manager
8 14 (5.45%) Test Programme Manager
9 13 (5.06%) QA Tester
10 11 (4.28%) Consultant
10 11 (4.28%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (3.89%) Senior Test Analyst
12 9 (3.50%) Business Analyst
13 8 (3.11%) Lead Test Analyst
13 8 (3.11%) QA Analyst
14 7 (2.72%) QA Test Analyst
14 7 (2.72%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.73%) Playwright
2 15 (5.84%) Middleware
3 14 (5.45%) REST
4 13 (5.06%) .NET
5 10 (3.89%) ADO
6 9 (3.50%) Gherkin
7 7 (2.72%) XML
8 5 (1.95%) SOAP
8 5 (1.95%) Web Services
9 4 (1.56%) Terraform
10 3 (1.17%) HTML
10 3 (1.17%) pytest
10 3 (1.17%) RESTful
10 3 (1.17%) SailPoint
10 3 (1.17%) SAML
11 2 (0.78%) .NET Framework
11 2 (0.78%) JSON
11 2 (0.78%) Kafka
11 2 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.78%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.45%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.06%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (2.33%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.95%) SCADA
5 4 (1.56%) Credit Risk
5 4 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.17%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.17%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.17%) EPoS
6 3 (1.17%) PKI
7 2 (0.78%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.78%) Synthetic Data
7 2 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.84%) Windows
2 12 (4.67%) Linux
3 4 (1.56%) Unix
4 3 (1.17%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.78%) Android
5 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.78%) zOS
6 1 (0.39%) CentOS
6 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (49.42%) Test Automation
2 123 (47.86%) Agile
3 112 (43.58%) User Acceptance Testing
4 100 (38.91%) End-to-End Testing
5 93 (36.19%) Test Strategy
6 89 (34.63%) DevOps
7 88 (34.24%) Defect Management
8 86 (33.46%) Stakeholder Management
9 80 (31.13%) Integration Testing
10 74 (28.79%) Test Scripting
11 73 (28.40%) Scenario Testing
12 67 (26.07%) Migration
13 57 (22.18%) Manual Testing
14 52 (20.23%) System Integration Testing
14 52 (20.23%) Validation
15 49 (19.07%) Regression Testing
16 47 (18.29%) Data Migration
17 44 (17.12%) CI/CD
18 42 (16.34%) Software Testing
19 41 (15.95%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 57 (22.18%) SQL
2 17 (6.61%) JavaScript
2 17 (6.61%) Python
3 16 (6.23%) C#
4 10 (3.89%) Java
5 8 (3.11%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.78%) COBOL
6 2 (0.78%) JCL
6 2 (0.78%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.78%) VB
6 2 (0.78%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.78%) VBScript
7 1 (0.39%) C++
7 1 (0.39%) Cypher
7 1 (0.39%) Korn
7 1 (0.39%) Ruby
7 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 87 (33.85%) Security Cleared
2 68 (26.46%) ISTQB
3 61 (23.74%) SC Cleared
4 21 (8.17%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.06%) Degree
5 13 (5.06%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 12 (4.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 11 (4.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.95%) ISEB
10 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.17%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.78%) IIBA
11 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.78%) MOS
12 1 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.39%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (49.81%) QA
2 13 (5.06%) Accessibility
3 11 (4.28%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.11%) GDPR
4 8 (3.11%) WCAG
5 3 (1.17%) IFRS
5 3 (1.17%) IFRS 17
5 3 (1.17%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.78%) GRC
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.78%) MiFID
6 2 (0.78%) NIST
6 2 (0.78%) PMO
6 2 (0.78%) SEPA
7 1 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.39%) EMIR
7 1 (0.39%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.33%) Docker
3 5 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.56%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (5.06%) HP ALM
2 6 (2.33%) Ansible
2 6 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.78%) Argo
4 2 (0.78%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (19.46%) Oracle
2 40 (15.56%) Microsoft
3 28 (10.89%) SAP
4 13 (5.06%) HP
5 9 (3.50%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.11%) VMware
7 7 (2.72%) Cisco
8 6 (2.33%) Denodo
8 6 (2.33%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.95%) Google
9 5 (1.95%) Talend
10 3 (1.17%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.17%) Citrix
10 3 (1.17%) Databricks
10 3 (1.17%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.17%) Siemens
10 3 (1.17%) Workday
10 3 (1.17%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.78%) Ariba
11 2 (0.78%) UiPath