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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 338 328
Rank change year-on-year -59 -10 +66
Contract jobs citing Test Management 246 182 203
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.54% 0.66% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.73% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 134 149
10th Percentile £320 £319 £363
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £466 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% -4.46% -7.05%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £664 £650 £603
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £488
% change year-on-year -2.70% -5.23% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £56.25 - -
25th Percentile £63.13 £57.50 £98.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £102.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -36.59% +95.24%
75th Percentile - £73.81 £106.25
90th Percentile - £80.68 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £102.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% -36.59% +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 38,748 25,020 28,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 90.83% 85.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,949 15,925 18,341
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -2.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,582 1,471 1,520
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.25 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.23% -38.57% -3.67%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 25 August 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 -51 96 £500 +1.01% 13
Midlands -18 56 £360 -15.29% 4
South East -55 53 £450 -10.00% 7
West Midlands -5 52 £359 -15.53% 4
North of England -71 32 £488 +11.43% 2
North West -42 17 £523 +30.75% 1
South West -38 10 £413 -18.52% 4
Yorkshire -46 8 £487 +8.22%
North East -33 7 £313 -40.48% 1
East of England -23 5 £750 +25.00% 4
East Midlands - 2 £557 -
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 20 (8.13%) Confluence
2 6 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.22%) CMS
3 3 (1.22%) Kentico
4 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.81%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (4.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.63%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 16 (6.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (4.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.63%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.22%) SAP FI-AR
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.81%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.81%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.41%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.41%) Endur
6 1 (0.41%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.41%) Maximo
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.41%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.41%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 79 (32.11%) Azure
2 69 (28.05%) Azure DevOps
3 39 (15.85%) AWS
4 11 (4.47%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.25%) SaaS
5 8 (3.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 8 (3.25%) Serverless
6 7 (2.85%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (2.85%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.85%) GitHub
7 6 (2.44%) Azure Functions
7 6 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.44%) Power Automate
7 6 (2.44%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 5 (2.03%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.22%) GCP
10 2 (0.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (0.81%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.66%) Network Security
2 5 (2.03%) DHCP
2 5 (2.03%) DNS
2 5 (2.03%) Firewall
2 5 (2.03%) Internet
2 5 (2.03%) LAN
2 5 (2.03%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.03%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.03%) VPN
2 5 (2.03%) WAN
3 4 (1.63%) SSL
4 3 (1.22%) Intranet
5 2 (0.81%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.41%) 4G
6 1 (0.41%) BGP
6 1 (0.41%) MPLS
6 1 (0.41%) OSPF
6 1 (0.41%) VLAN
6 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.41%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (13.01%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (10.98%) Oracle Reports
3 11 (4.47%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.03%) Power BI
4 5 (2.03%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.81%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.81%) Power Query
6 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.41%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.41%) Big Data
6 1 (0.41%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.41%) DataStage
6 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.41%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.41%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.41%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 1 (0.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 118 (47.97%) JIRA
2 48 (19.51%) Postman
3 42 (17.07%) Zephyr
4 35 (14.23%) Selenium
5 19 (7.72%) Git
6 15 (6.10%) TestRail
7 14 (5.69%) Cypress.io
8 13 (5.28%) Jenkins
9 10 (4.07%) REST Assured
10 9 (3.66%) Cucumber
11 8 (3.25%) GitLab
12 7 (2.85%) WebDriver
13 6 (2.44%) JMeter
14 5 (2.03%) HP UFT
15 4 (1.63%) Browser DevTools
16 3 (1.22%) eggPlant
17 2 (0.81%) NeoLoad
17 2 (0.81%) Ranorex
17 2 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
17 2 (0.81%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 108 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 60 (24.39%) Finance
3 56 (22.76%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.16%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.69%) Banking
6 11 (4.47%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.25%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.03%) Front Office
9 5 (2.03%) Retail
10 4 (1.63%) Legal
11 3 (1.22%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.22%) Billing
11 3 (1.22%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.22%) Local Government
11 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Law
12 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.81%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 74 (30.08%) Test Manager
2 50 (20.33%) Analyst
3 46 (18.70%) Lead
4 39 (15.85%) Test Analyst
4 39 (15.85%) Test Leader
5 32 (13.01%) Tester
6 21 (8.54%) Test Engineer
7 16 (6.50%) Senior
8 15 (6.10%) Consultant
9 12 (4.88%) Programme Manager
9 12 (4.88%) Programme Test Manager
9 12 (4.88%) QA Tester
9 12 (4.88%) Test Programme Manager
10 9 (3.66%) SAP Consultant
10 9 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (3.66%) Software Test Engineer
11 8 (3.25%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.25%) QA Analyst
12 7 (2.85%) QA Test Analyst
12 7 (2.85%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.54%) Playwright
1 21 (8.54%) REST
2 14 (5.69%) Middleware
3 12 (4.88%) .NET
4 8 (3.25%) RESTful
5 7 (2.85%) ADO
5 7 (2.85%) Gherkin
5 7 (2.85%) SOAP
5 7 (2.85%) XML
6 5 (2.03%) Web Services
7 4 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.63%) SailPoint
7 4 (1.63%) SAML
8 3 (1.22%) HTML
9 2 (0.81%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.81%) JSON
9 2 (0.81%) Terraform
9 2 (0.81%) XBRL
10 1 (0.41%) Kafka
10 1 (0.41%) Vuetify.js
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.91%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.28%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.44%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.44%) SCADA
5 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.63%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.22%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.22%) EPoS
6 3 (1.22%) PKI
7 2 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.81%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.81%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.81%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.81%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.88%) Windows
2 10 (4.07%) Linux
3 4 (1.63%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.63%) Unix
4 2 (0.81%) Android
4 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (51.63%) Agile
2 117 (47.56%) Test Automation
3 107 (43.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 91 (36.99%) End-to-End Testing
5 83 (33.74%) Test Strategy
6 81 (32.93%) DevOps
7 80 (32.52%) Defect Management
8 76 (30.89%) Integration Testing
9 71 (28.86%) Scenario Testing
9 71 (28.86%) Stakeholder Management
10 63 (25.61%) Test Scripting
11 61 (24.80%) Migration
12 56 (22.76%) Manual Testing
13 53 (21.54%) Validation
14 46 (18.70%) Regression Testing
14 46 (18.70%) System Integration Testing
15 45 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
16 43 (17.48%) Data Migration
17 42 (17.07%) Software Testing
18 41 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 61 (24.80%) SQL
2 16 (6.50%) JavaScript
3 12 (4.88%) C#
3 12 (4.88%) Python
4 11 (4.47%) Java
5 6 (2.44%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.81%) MATLAB
6 2 (0.81%) VB
6 2 (0.81%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.81%) VBScript
7 1 (0.41%) C++
7 1 (0.41%) Cypher
7 1 (0.41%) Korn
7 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.41%) Ruby
7 1 (0.41%) SAS Macro
7 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (32.52%) Security Cleared
2 60 (24.39%) ISTQB
3 59 (23.98%) SC Cleared
4 18 (7.32%) DV Cleared
5 17 (6.91%) Degree
6 11 (4.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 10 (4.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (3.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.63%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.63%) ISEB
11 3 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.81%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.81%) IIBA
12 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (48.78%) QA
2 11 (4.47%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.66%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.85%) GDPR
5 6 (2.44%) WCAG
6 4 (1.63%) IFRS
6 4 (1.63%) IFRS 17
7 3 (1.22%) MiFID
7 3 (1.22%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.81%) GRC
8 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.81%) NIST
9 1 (0.41%) EMIR
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.41%) SEPA
9 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.63%) Docker
4 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (5.69%) HP ALM
2 5 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.63%) Ansible
3 4 (1.63%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.41%) Argo
4 1 (0.41%) Control-M
4 1 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 51 (20.73%) Oracle
2 36 (14.63%) Microsoft
3 24 (9.76%) SAP
4 15 (6.10%) HP
5 10 (4.07%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.25%) Cisco
6 8 (3.25%) VMware
7 6 (2.44%) Denodo
8 5 (2.03%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.63%) Ariba
9 4 (1.63%) Citrix
9 4 (1.63%) Google
9 4 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.63%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.22%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.22%) Talend
11 2 (0.81%) Siemens
11 2 (0.81%) UiPath
12 1 (0.41%) Parasoft
12 1 (0.41%) Workday