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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 353 371
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 +16
Contract jobs citing Test Management 188 174 203
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.56% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.64% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 113 150
10th Percentile £310 £400 £399
25th Percentile £369 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +1.45% +8.95%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £594
90th Percentile £623 £602 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £98.75 £51.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £102.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% +95.24% +228.13%
75th Percentile - £106.25 £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £102.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -31.71% +95.24% +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 27,528 26,989 34,839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.13% 86.89% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,469 16,492 23,819
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,814 971 1,471
10th Percentile £14.81 £15.10 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +23.61%
75th Percentile £49.69 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +25.43%

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 21 November 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 21 November 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 -4 83 £475 -4.04% 39
North of England -14 45 £450 +12.50% 6
South East -2 32 £455 -17.27% 15
North West -8 21 £438 +9.38% 4
Yorkshire -23 19 £463 +8.82% 1
Midlands -36 17 £313 -38.42% 12
West Midlands -26 15 £350 -31.03% 10
North East - 5 £500 - 1
South West -10 3 £438 -20.45% 2
East of England -10 2 £625 +66.67% 1
East Midlands -17 2 £310 -42.73% 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 16 (8.51%) Confluence
2 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Kentico
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (7.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.66%) SAP SD
3 4 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (1.06%) Algo Collateral
4 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.06%) Maximo
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.53%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.53%) Cerner Millennium
5 1 (0.53%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.53%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.53%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 72 (38.30%) Azure
2 45 (23.94%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (8.51%) AWS
4 9 (4.79%) GCP
4 9 (4.79%) SaaS
5 7 (3.72%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.72%) SuccessFactors
6 6 (3.19%) OCI
7 5 (2.66%) GitHub
8 4 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.13%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.60%) BrowserStack
10 2 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.06%) PaaS
10 2 (1.06%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 1 (0.53%) Veeva
11 1 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.60%) Broadband
1 3 (1.60%) Firewall
1 3 (1.60%) SSL
2 2 (1.06%) HTTP
3 1 (0.53%) FTP
3 1 (0.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.66%) SAP HANA
3 4 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.60%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.06%) Power BI
6 1 (0.53%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.53%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 99 (52.66%) JIRA
2 29 (15.43%) Selenium
3 25 (13.30%) Postman
4 23 (12.23%) TestRail
5 19 (10.11%) Zephyr
6 14 (7.45%) Cucumber
7 12 (6.38%) Jenkins
8 11 (5.85%) Git
8 11 (5.85%) SoapUI
9 8 (4.26%) GitLab
10 7 (3.72%) JMeter
11 5 (2.66%) Cypress.io
11 5 (2.66%) LSMW
11 5 (2.66%) REST Assured
11 5 (2.66%) SpecFlow
11 5 (2.66%) TestNG
12 4 (2.13%) Gatling
12 4 (2.13%) JUnit
12 4 (2.13%) WebDriver
13 2 (1.06%) HP UFT
General
1 99 (52.66%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.87%) Finance
3 35 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (12.77%) Public Sector
5 16 (8.51%) Banking
5 16 (8.51%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (5.32%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.19%) Local Government
7 6 (3.19%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.66%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.66%) Publishing
9 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.60%) Retail
10 2 (1.06%) Billing
10 2 (1.06%) Front Office
10 2 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.06%) Legal
10 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 51 (27.13%) Test Manager
2 39 (20.74%) Analyst
3 38 (20.21%) Test Analyst
4 31 (16.49%) Tester
5 21 (11.17%) Lead
6 19 (10.11%) Test Leader
7 16 (8.51%) Test Engineer
8 12 (6.38%) Automation Tester
9 10 (5.32%) QA Tester
10 9 (4.79%) Senior
11 8 (4.26%) Consultant
12 6 (3.19%) Integration Analyst
12 6 (3.19%) Integration Test Analyst
12 6 (3.19%) Programme Manager
12 6 (3.19%) Programme Test Manager
12 6 (3.19%) QA Engineer
12 6 (3.19%) SAP Analyst
12 6 (3.19%) SAP Test Analyst
12 6 (3.19%) Test Automation Engineer
12 6 (3.19%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.98%) Playwright
2 10 (5.32%) REST
3 7 (3.72%) SOAP
3 7 (3.72%) WebdriverIO
4 5 (2.66%) BAPI
4 5 (2.66%) EDI
4 5 (2.66%) IDoc
4 5 (2.66%) JSON
4 5 (2.66%) SAP ALE
4 5 (2.66%) SAP Fiori
4 5 (2.66%) Spring
4 5 (2.66%) Web Services
4 5 (2.66%) XML
5 4 (2.13%) .NET
5 4 (2.13%) ADO
5 4 (2.13%) Gherkin
5 4 (2.13%) Middleware
5 4 (2.13%) Node.js
6 3 (1.60%) LDAP
6 3 (1.60%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.45%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.79%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.19%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.13%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.13%) SCADA
5 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.60%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.60%) Derivative
5 3 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.06%) NHS
7 1 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.53%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (0.53%) Pharmacovigilance
7 1 (0.53%) PKI
7 1 (0.53%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.91%) Windows
2 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Linux
3 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (48.94%) Test Automation
2 88 (46.81%) Agile
3 63 (33.51%) User Acceptance Testing
4 61 (32.45%) DevOps
5 57 (30.32%) Test Strategy
6 51 (27.13%) Defect Management
7 50 (26.60%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (25.53%) Software Testing
8 48 (25.53%) Test Scripting
9 42 (22.34%) CI/CD
10 40 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 37 (19.68%) End-to-End Testing
12 36 (19.15%) Scenario Testing
12 36 (19.15%) SDLC
13 34 (18.09%) Test Planning
13 34 (18.09%) Waterfall
14 32 (17.02%) API Testing
14 32 (17.02%) Validation
15 31 (16.49%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (16.49%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (12.77%) Java
1 24 (12.77%) SQL
2 16 (8.51%) JavaScript
3 15 (7.98%) C#
4 11 (5.85%) Python
5 7 (3.72%) VB
6 6 (3.19%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.66%) ABAP
8 4 (2.13%) XPath
9 3 (1.60%) Ruby
10 2 (1.06%) Korn
11 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 47 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 37 (19.68%) Security Cleared
3 31 (16.49%) SC Cleared
4 21 (11.17%) Degree
5 11 (5.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 8 (4.26%) CISM
6 8 (4.26%) CISSP
7 5 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.66%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.60%) EMC Certification
8 3 (1.60%) HNC
8 3 (1.60%) HND
8 3 (1.60%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.06%) ISEB
10 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.53%) PMP
10 1 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (35.11%) QA
2 10 (5.32%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.72%) SLA
4 6 (3.19%) GDPR
4 6 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.19%) NIST
4 6 (3.19%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.13%) WCAG
6 3 (1.60%) Def Stans
6 3 (1.60%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.60%) IFRS
6 3 (1.60%) IFRS 17
6 3 (1.60%) IFRS 9
6 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
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%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (10.64%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.60%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.60%) Grafana
2 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.06%) Kibana
4 1 (0.53%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.53%) SCCM
4 1 (0.53%) SCOM
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (19.68%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.64%) HP
2 20 (10.64%) SAP
3 19 (10.11%) Oracle
4 14 (7.45%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.32%) CyberArk
6 9 (4.79%) BeyondTrust
6 9 (4.79%) Thycotic
7 8 (4.26%) Google
8 7 (3.72%) Salesforce
8 7 (3.72%) Workday
9 4 (2.13%) Micro Focus
10 3 (1.60%) Cisco
10 3 (1.60%) Duck Creek
10 3 (1.60%) EMC
10 3 (1.60%) Guidewire
10 3 (1.60%) IBM
10 3 (1.60%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.60%) OpenText
10 3 (1.60%) Splunk