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 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 357 355
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +17
Contract jobs citing Test Management 189 158 208
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.54% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.61% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 105 150
10th Percentile £310 £400 £381
25th Percentile £375 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £588
90th Percentile £600 £624 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -14.29% +2.44% +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +228.13%

All Process and 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 27,668 25,905 33,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.00% 88.32% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,615 15,999 22,793
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,810 882 1,400
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.54 £14.74
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.26 £74.99 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

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 14 December 2025.

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 14 December 2025. 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 +26 90 £438 -12.50% 16
South East +4 35 £461 -16.18% 23
North of England -22 35 £450 +12.50% 6
Midlands -46 16 £350 -34.12% 4
North West -22 15 £450 +12.50% 1
Yorkshire -32 15 £417 -1.88% 3
West Midlands -43 13 £400 -22.52% 4
South West -17 5 £450 -18.18% 2
North East - 5 £500 - 2
East Midlands -20 3 £313 -55.34%
East of England -21 2 £625 -31.32% 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 15 (7.94%) Confluence
2 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Kentico
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.17%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.06%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (1.06%) BambooHR
3 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.06%) Maximo
3 2 (1.06%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.53%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.53%) Cerner Millennium
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 76 (40.21%) Azure
2 48 (25.40%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (8.47%) AWS
4 10 (5.29%) GCP
5 8 (4.23%) OCI
6 7 (3.70%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
7 6 (3.17%) GitHub
8 5 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.65%) SaaS
9 3 (1.59%) BrowserStack
9 3 (1.59%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.06%) PaaS
10 2 (1.06%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.53%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.53%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.12%) Firewall
2 3 (1.59%) Broadband
2 3 (1.59%) HTTP
2 3 (1.59%) SSL
3 1 (0.53%) FTP
3 1 (0.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (1.59%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.59%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.06%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.06%) Power BI
4 1 (0.53%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 91 (48.15%) JIRA
2 29 (15.34%) Selenium
3 26 (13.76%) Postman
4 22 (11.64%) TestRail
5 16 (8.47%) Zephyr
6 15 (7.94%) Cucumber
7 12 (6.35%) SoapUI
8 9 (4.76%) Jenkins
9 8 (4.23%) Git
9 8 (4.23%) GitLab
10 7 (3.70%) JMeter
11 6 (3.17%) Cypress.io
12 5 (2.65%) REST Assured
12 5 (2.65%) SpecFlow
13 4 (2.12%) Gatling
14 2 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (1.06%) HP UFT
14 2 (1.06%) TestNG
14 2 (1.06%) TestPartner
14 2 (1.06%) WebDriver
General
1 98 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.22%) Finance
3 31 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.64%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.35%) Banking
5 12 (6.35%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.65%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.65%) Local Government
8 5 (2.65%) Retail
9 4 (2.12%) Legal
10 3 (1.59%) Back Office
10 3 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.06%) Billing
11 2 (1.06%) Front Office
11 2 (1.06%) Law
11 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (26.98%) Test Manager
2 44 (23.28%) Analyst
3 43 (22.75%) Test Analyst
4 30 (15.87%) Tester
5 27 (14.29%) Lead
6 23 (12.17%) Test Leader
7 15 (7.94%) Test Engineer
8 11 (5.82%) Automation Tester
8 11 (5.82%) Senior
9 8 (4.23%) QA Engineer
9 8 (4.23%) QA Tester
10 7 (3.70%) Integration Analyst
10 7 (3.70%) Integration Test Analyst
11 6 (3.17%) Programme Manager
11 6 (3.17%) Programme Test Manager
11 6 (3.17%) QA Automation Engineer
11 6 (3.17%) Test Automation Engineer
11 6 (3.17%) Test Programme Manager
12 5 (2.65%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
12 5 (2.65%) Systems Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.47%) Playwright
2 8 (4.23%) Middleware
2 8 (4.23%) REST
3 7 (3.70%) Node.js
4 6 (3.17%) JSON
4 6 (3.17%) XML
5 5 (2.65%) .NET
5 5 (2.65%) SOAP
5 5 (2.65%) WebdriverIO
6 4 (2.12%) ADO
6 4 (2.12%) Gherkin
6 4 (2.12%) JWT
6 4 (2.12%) OAuth
6 4 (2.12%) SAML
6 4 (2.12%) Spring
7 3 (1.59%) LDAP
7 3 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.59%) RESTful
7 3 (1.59%) RFC 2544
8 2 (1.06%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (2.65%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.12%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.12%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.12%) SCADA
6 3 (1.59%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.59%) Derivative
6 3 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.06%) Equities
7 2 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.06%) NHS
8 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.53%) Interest Rate Derivative
8 1 (0.53%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.53%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.88%) Windows
2 4 (2.12%) Linux
3 3 (1.59%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) VMS
4 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (49.74%) Agile
2 92 (48.68%) Test Automation
3 63 (33.33%) DevOps
4 62 (32.80%) User Acceptance Testing
5 59 (31.22%) Test Strategy
6 53 (28.04%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (27.51%) Defect Management
7 52 (27.51%) Software Testing
8 49 (25.93%) Test Scripting
9 47 (24.87%) CI/CD
10 42 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
11 38 (20.11%) Validation
12 37 (19.58%) API Testing
12 37 (19.58%) Integration Testing
13 36 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (19.05%) End-to-End Testing
13 36 (19.05%) Scenario Testing
14 35 (18.52%) Defect Tracking
14 35 (18.52%) SDLC
14 35 (18.52%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.81%) SQL
2 23 (12.17%) Java
3 17 (8.99%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.94%) C#
5 10 (5.29%) Python
6 9 (4.76%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.65%) VB
7 5 (2.65%) XPath
8 3 (1.59%) Ruby
9 1 (0.53%) Bicep
9 1 (0.53%) Korn
9 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (24.87%) ISTQB
2 42 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 33 (17.46%) SC Cleared
4 18 (9.52%) Degree
5 12 (6.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 8 (4.23%) CISM
6 8 (4.23%) CISSP
7 6 (3.17%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (2.12%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.59%) EMC Certification
9 3 (1.59%) HNC
9 3 (1.59%) HND
10 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.06%) ISEB
11 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.53%) PMP
11 1 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (37.57%) QA
2 10 (5.29%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.17%) GDPR
3 6 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.17%) NIST
3 6 (3.17%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.65%) IFRS
4 5 (2.65%) IFRS 17
5 4 (2.12%) WCAG
6 3 (1.59%) Def Stans
6 3 (1.59%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.59%) IFRS 9
6 3 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.06%) SLA
7 2 (1.06%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.53%) GxP
8 1 (0.53%) HL7
8 1 (0.53%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (1.06%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (12.17%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.59%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.59%) Grafana
2 3 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.06%) Kibana
3 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.06%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.53%) SCCM
4 1 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.17%) HP
2 23 (12.17%) Oracle
3 15 (7.94%) SAP
4 11 (5.82%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.29%) CyberArk
5 10 (5.29%) Workday
6 9 (4.76%) BeyondTrust
6 9 (4.76%) Thycotic
7 8 (4.23%) Google
8 7 (3.70%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.12%) Micro Focus
10 3 (1.59%) Cisco
10 3 (1.59%) EMC
10 3 (1.59%) IBM
10 3 (1.59%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.59%) OpenText
10 3 (1.59%) Splunk
11 2 (1.06%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.06%) PagerDuty