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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 333 336
Rank change year-on-year -37 +3 +73
Contract jobs citing Test Management 221 147 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.57% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.63% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 96 159
10th Percentile £312 £331 £363
25th Percentile £350 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £600 £701 £675
UK median daily rate £434 £500 £514
% change year-on-year -13.25% -2.68% -2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £25.13 - -
25th Percentile £25.33 £81.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.80 £83.50 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.10% +659.09% -
75th Percentile £26.43 £85.25 -
90th Percentile £26.72 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.80 £83.50 £11.00
% change year-on-year -69.10% +659.09% -

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 31,633 23,246 33,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.88% 90.44% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,235 14,775 22,032
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,951 810 2,137
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.49 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £29.61 £35.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% +6.06% -6.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £76.34 £71.88
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £32.81 £32.50
% change year-on-year -14.66% +0.95% -7.14%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -3 98 £400 -18.37% 10
North of England -43 38 £395 -16.84% 3
Midlands -53 36 £363 -32.51% 7
South East -36 32 £461 -7.80% 10
West Midlands -44 30 £358 -31.48% 7
North West -23 27 £395 -16.84% 2
South West -26 8 £469 +5.63% 7
Yorkshire -54 7 £453 - 1
East Midlands -28 6 £368 -47.48%
East of England -21 4 - - 9
North East - 4 £425 -
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 23 (10.41%) Confluence
2 7 (3.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) CMS
3 1 (0.45%) Kentico
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (4.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.81%) Maximo
3 3 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.90%) Algo Collateral
4 2 (0.90%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.90%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.45%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.45%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 84 (38.01%) Azure
2 65 (29.41%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (6.79%) AWS
4 11 (4.98%) GitHub
5 10 (4.52%) SuccessFactors
6 9 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.17%) SaaS
8 6 (2.71%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.71%) OCI
9 5 (2.26%) GCP
10 3 (1.36%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.90%) Tricentis Tosca
11 2 (0.90%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.45%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.45%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.81%) Firewall
2 3 (1.36%) HTTP
2 3 (1.36%) SSL
2 3 (1.36%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.36%) VLAN
3 2 (0.90%) BGP
3 2 (0.90%) DNS
3 2 (0.90%) FTP
3 2 (0.90%) MPLS
3 2 (0.90%) OSPF
3 2 (0.90%) VPN
3 2 (0.90%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.45%) 4G
4 1 (0.45%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.45%) Internet
4 1 (0.45%) Intranet
4 1 (0.45%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) tcpdump
4 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.45%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.88%) Oracle Reports
2 12 (5.43%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.26%) BigQuery
3 5 (2.26%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.26%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.36%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.90%) Power BI
6 1 (0.45%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 91 (41.18%) JIRA
2 29 (13.12%) Selenium
3 27 (12.22%) Postman
3 27 (12.22%) Zephyr
4 19 (8.60%) TestRail
5 15 (6.79%) Git
6 13 (5.88%) Jenkins
7 12 (5.43%) Cucumber
8 9 (4.07%) GitLab
8 9 (4.07%) JMeter
9 8 (3.62%) Cypress.io
9 8 (3.62%) REST Assured
10 6 (2.71%) SpecFlow
11 5 (2.26%) Gatling
12 3 (1.36%) SoapUI
12 3 (1.36%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.90%) LoadRunner
13 2 (0.90%) MSTest
13 2 (0.90%) WebDriver
General
1 107 (48.42%) Social Skills
2 57 (25.79%) Finance
3 42 (19.00%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (12.22%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.52%) Banking
5 10 (4.52%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (3.17%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.26%) Automotive
8 5 (2.26%) Retail
9 4 (1.81%) Local Government
9 4 (1.81%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.36%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.36%) Military
10 3 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.36%) Publishing
11 2 (0.90%) French Language
11 2 (0.90%) Law
11 2 (0.90%) Legal
Job Titles
1 70 (31.67%) Test Manager
2 50 (22.62%) Analyst
3 47 (21.27%) Test Analyst
4 37 (16.74%) Tester
5 27 (12.22%) Lead
6 21 (9.50%) Senior
6 21 (9.50%) Test Leader
7 15 (6.79%) Test Engineer
8 13 (5.88%) QA Tester
8 13 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (5.43%) Integration Analyst
9 12 (5.43%) Integration Test Analyst
9 12 (5.43%) Senior Test Analyst
9 12 (5.43%) Systems Integration Analyst
10 10 (4.52%) Senior Integration Analyst
10 10 (4.52%) Systems Analyst
10 10 (4.52%) Systems Test Analyst
11 9 (4.07%) Programme Manager
11 9 (4.07%) Programme Test Manager
11 9 (4.07%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.69%) Playwright
2 14 (6.33%) Middleware
3 12 (5.43%) REST
4 9 (4.07%) Node.js
5 7 (3.17%) ADO
6 6 (2.71%) .NET
7 5 (2.26%) JSON
7 5 (2.26%) XML
8 4 (1.81%) JWT
8 4 (1.81%) OAuth
8 4 (1.81%) SAML
8 4 (1.81%) Spring
8 4 (1.81%) Web Services
9 3 (1.36%) FHIR
9 3 (1.36%) LDAP
9 3 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.36%) pytest
9 3 (1.36%) SOAP
10 2 (0.90%) Kafka
10 2 (0.90%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.52%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.62%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.62%) Public Cloud
3 6 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (2.71%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.36%) Derivative
6 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.90%) Equities
6 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.90%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.90%) NHS
6 2 (0.90%) SCADA
7 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.45%) IoT
7 1 (0.45%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.45%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.60%) Windows
2 7 (3.17%) Linux
3 3 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.45%) Android
4 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.45%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) VMS
4 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (53.39%) Agile
2 106 (47.96%) Test Automation
3 91 (41.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 79 (35.75%) DevOps
5 77 (34.84%) Test Strategy
6 67 (30.32%) Stakeholder Management
7 65 (29.41%) Test Scripting
8 60 (27.15%) Validation
9 57 (25.79%) Integration Testing
10 56 (25.34%) Regression Testing
11 55 (24.89%) Scenario Testing
12 53 (23.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 53 (23.98%) Defect Management
13 52 (23.53%) End-to-End Testing
14 51 (23.08%) Software Testing
15 47 (21.27%) Problem-Solving
16 46 (20.81%) CI/CD
17 43 (19.46%) Defect Tracking
17 43 (19.46%) Waterfall
18 36 (16.29%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 39 (17.65%) SQL
2 30 (13.57%) Java
3 19 (8.60%) JavaScript
4 16 (7.24%) C#
5 15 (6.79%) Python
6 12 (5.43%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.26%) XPath
8 4 (1.81%) VB
9 3 (1.36%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.90%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.45%) Bash
11 1 (0.45%) Bicep
11 1 (0.45%) Ruby
11 1 (0.45%) VB6
Qualifications
1 63 (28.51%) Security Cleared
2 56 (25.34%) ISTQB
3 44 (19.91%) SC Cleared
4 23 (10.41%) Degree
5 12 (5.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 10 (4.52%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 10 (4.52%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.36%) ISEB
9 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.45%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.45%) PMP
10 1 (0.45%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (47.51%) QA
2 18 (8.14%) IFRS
2 18 (8.14%) IFRS 17
3 11 (4.98%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.36%) IFRS 9
4 3 (1.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.36%) SLA
4 3 (1.36%) WCAG
5 2 (0.90%) HL7
5 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (0.90%) MiFID
6 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.45%) EMIR
6 1 (0.45%) GDPR
6 1 (0.45%) GRC
6 1 (0.45%) GxP
6 1 (0.45%) NCSC
6 1 (0.45%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (1.36%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Firmware
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (9.95%) HP ALM
2 5 (2.26%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.81%) Grafana
4 2 (0.90%) Ansible
4 2 (0.90%) Kibana
4 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.90%) Terraform
5 1 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.45%) Iperf
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.45%) Nmap
5 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (15.84%) Oracle
2 28 (12.67%) Microsoft
3 23 (10.41%) HP
4 22 (9.95%) SAP
5 18 (8.14%) ServiceNow
6 10 (4.52%) Workday
7 4 (1.81%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.81%) Splunk
8 3 (1.36%) IBM
8 3 (1.36%) Micro Focus
8 3 (1.36%) OpenText
8 3 (1.36%) Talend
9 2 (0.90%) Cisco
9 2 (0.90%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.90%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.90%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.90%) Sage
9 2 (0.90%) Siemens
9 2 (0.90%) SmartStream
10 1 (0.45%) SolarWinds