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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 323 340
Rank change year-on-year -39 +17 +79
Contract jobs citing Test Management 254 173 218
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.69% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.76% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 124 164
10th Percentile £313 £325 £363
25th Percentile £356 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £475 £489
Median % change year-on-year -11.32% -2.86% -11.09%
75th Percentile £515 £575 £595
90th Percentile £629 £699 £625
UK median daily rate £430 £475 £489
% change year-on-year -9.47% -2.86% -9.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £26.04 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +490.91% -79.05%
75th Percentile - £73.81 £34.81
90th Percentile - £80.68 £77.68
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £11.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +490.91% -79.34%

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 37,051 22,887 31,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.28% 91.38% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,430 14,787 20,644
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,322 1,108 2,367
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -57 92 £425 -15.00% 5
Midlands -12 56 £358 -30.15% 4
West Midlands -19 51 £358 -24.63% 2
South East -47 51 £475 +2.70% 7
North of England -64 41 £393 -12.67% 6
North West -36 31 £393 -12.67% 5
South West -23 15 £450 -11.11%
North East - 7 £313 - 1
East of England -30 4 £450 -25.00%
Yorkshire -56 3 £575 +9.52% 1
East Midlands - 3 £578 - 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 22 (8.66%) Confluence
2 5 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.18%) CMS
3 3 (1.18%) Kentico
4 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (4.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.18%) SAP FI-AR
4 2 (0.79%) Maximo
5 1 (0.39%) Endur
5 1 (0.39%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.39%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.39%) Summit
5 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 81 (31.89%) Azure
2 73 (28.74%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (13.78%) AWS
4 9 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (3.54%) GitHub
4 9 (3.54%) SaaS
5 8 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.36%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (1.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (1.57%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.18%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.79%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.79%) OCI
11 2 (0.79%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.79%) Serverless
12 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.39%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.76%) Network Security
2 5 (1.97%) Firewall
2 5 (1.97%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.97%) VPN
3 4 (1.57%) DHCP
3 4 (1.57%) DNS
3 4 (1.57%) Internet
3 4 (1.57%) LAN
3 4 (1.57%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.57%) WAN
4 3 (1.18%) SSL
4 3 (1.18%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.79%) BGP
5 2 (0.79%) Intranet
5 2 (0.79%) MPLS
5 2 (0.79%) OSPF
5 2 (0.79%) VLAN
6 1 (0.39%) Broadband
6 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.39%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.60%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (12.20%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.57%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.18%) Power BI
5 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.39%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.39%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.39%) Big Data
6 1 (0.39%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.39%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.39%) DataStage
6 1 (0.39%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.39%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 1 (0.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 120 (47.24%) JIRA
2 45 (17.72%) Postman
3 44 (17.32%) Zephyr
4 25 (9.84%) Selenium
5 17 (6.69%) TestRail
6 16 (6.30%) Git
7 13 (5.12%) Jenkins
8 10 (3.94%) Cypress.io
9 9 (3.54%) REST Assured
10 6 (2.36%) GitLab
10 6 (2.36%) JMeter
11 5 (1.97%) Cucumber
12 3 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (1.18%) Gatling
13 2 (0.79%) Appium
13 2 (0.79%) MSTest
13 2 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.79%) WebDriver
14 1 (0.39%) Hudson
14 1 (0.39%) SoapUI
General
1 118 (46.46%) Social Skills
2 70 (27.56%) Finance
3 56 (22.05%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.54%) Banking
7 7 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.76%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.57%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.57%) Automotive
9 4 (1.57%) Front Office
9 4 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Local Government
9 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Retail
9 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.18%) Electronics
10 3 (1.18%) Military
10 3 (1.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 83 (32.68%) Test Manager
2 54 (21.26%) Analyst
3 43 (16.93%) Test Analyst
4 40 (15.75%) Tester
5 31 (12.20%) Lead
6 23 (9.06%) Test Leader
7 18 (7.09%) QA Tester
7 18 (7.09%) Test Engineer
8 17 (6.69%) Senior
9 11 (4.33%) Consultant
10 10 (3.94%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (3.54%) Business Analyst
11 9 (3.54%) Software Test Engineer
12 8 (3.15%) Programme Manager
12 8 (3.15%) Programme Test Manager
12 8 (3.15%) Test Programme Manager
13 7 (2.76%) Senior Test Analyst
14 6 (2.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 6 (2.36%) QA Analyst
15 5 (1.97%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.09%) REST
2 12 (4.72%) Playwright
3 9 (3.54%) ADO
4 8 (3.15%) Middleware
5 7 (2.76%) RESTful
6 6 (2.36%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.97%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.57%) .NET
8 4 (1.57%) Gherkin
9 3 (1.18%) SAML
9 3 (1.18%) SOAP
10 2 (0.79%) Node.js
10 2 (0.79%) pytest
11 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
11 1 (0.39%) FHIR
11 1 (0.39%) Lightning Web Components
11 1 (0.39%) SAP Basis
11 1 (0.39%) Vuetify.js
11 1 (0.39%) Web Services
11 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.72%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.54%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.18%) EPoS
6 3 (1.18%) PKI
6 3 (1.18%) SCADA
7 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.79%) Credit Risk
7 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.79%) Derivative
7 2 (0.79%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.79%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.79%) NHS
8 1 (0.39%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.39%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.51%) Windows
2 7 (2.76%) Linux
3 3 (1.18%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (52.36%) Agile
2 118 (46.46%) User Acceptance Testing
3 114 (44.88%) Test Automation
4 86 (33.86%) End-to-End Testing
5 84 (33.07%) Test Strategy
6 83 (32.68%) DevOps
7 79 (31.10%) Integration Testing
8 74 (29.13%) Scenario Testing
8 74 (29.13%) Test Scripting
9 71 (27.95%) Defect Management
10 64 (25.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 62 (24.41%) Migration
12 61 (24.02%) Regression Testing
12 61 (24.02%) Validation
13 53 (20.87%) Manual Testing
14 50 (19.69%) ETL
15 47 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
16 46 (18.11%) Data Migration
17 45 (17.72%) Software Testing
18 43 (16.93%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (21.65%) SQL
2 17 (6.69%) JavaScript
3 14 (5.51%) Python
4 11 (4.33%) Java
5 8 (3.15%) C#
6 7 (2.76%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.18%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.18%) VB
8 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.39%) Bash
9 1 (0.39%) SAS Macro
9 1 (0.39%) VB6
9 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (33.86%) Security Cleared
2 69 (27.17%) ISTQB
3 60 (23.62%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.87%) Degree
5 16 (6.30%) DV Cleared
6 13 (5.12%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 11 (4.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 10 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.36%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.18%) ISEB
10 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.39%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.39%) CCIE
12 1 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (50.00%) QA
2 17 (6.69%) IFRS
2 17 (6.69%) IFRS 17
3 10 (3.94%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.76%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.57%) GDPR
5 4 (1.57%) MiFID
5 4 (1.57%) WCAG
6 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.18%) SLA
6 3 (1.18%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.79%) EMIR
8 1 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.39%) GRC
8 1 (0.39%) HL7
8 1 (0.39%) NCSC
8 1 (0.39%) NIST
8 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.79%) Docker
4 2 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (7.48%) HP ALM
2 4 (1.57%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.39%) Ansible
4 1 (0.39%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.39%) Control-M
4 1 (0.39%) Iperf
4 1 (0.39%) Nmap
4 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 51 (20.08%) Oracle
2 31 (12.20%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.87%) HP
3 20 (7.87%) SAP
4 9 (3.54%) Cisco
5 8 (3.15%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.15%) VMware
6 7 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.36%) Denodo
7 6 (2.36%) Talend
8 4 (1.57%) Ariba
9 3 (1.18%) Citrix
9 3 (1.18%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.79%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.79%) Murex
10 2 (0.79%) Sage
10 2 (0.79%) Siemens
10 2 (0.79%) Workday
11 1 (0.39%) Actian