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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 330 331
Rank change year-on-year -20 +1 +81
Contract jobs citing Test Management 252 149 222
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.61% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.67% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 104 169
10th Percentile £313 £327 £363
25th Percentile £356 £413 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £514 £578 £600
90th Percentile £589 £725 £630
UK median daily rate £445 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -11.05% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £25.78 - -
25th Percentile £48.15 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +445.45% -
75th Percentile - £73.88 -
90th Percentile - £80.70 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £11.00
% change year-on-year +16.67% +445.45% -

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 34,525 22,234 32,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.79% 91.21% 86.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,016 14,552 21,077
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,153 931 2,253
10th Percentile £15.35 £14.66 £12.94
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -17.43% -2.19%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.96
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.35% -0.11%

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 May 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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -22 102 £400 -11.11% 11
Midlands -42 50 £360 -33.02% 5
South East -38 46 £483 -3.50% 8
West Midlands -33 44 £358 -33.40% 4
North of England -36 35 £394 -17.05% 4
North West -24 26 £393 -17.26% 1
South West -21 16 £463 -19.57% 2
North East - 6 £313 -
East Midlands - 5 £429 - 1
East of England -38 4 £450 -25.00% 1
Yorkshire -50 3 £443 -1.67% 3
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 24 (9.52%) Confluence
2 5 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.59%) Maximo
2 4 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.19%) SAP FI-AR
4 2 (0.79%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.40%) Algo Collateral
5 1 (0.40%) Endur
5 1 (0.40%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.40%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.40%) Summit
5 1 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 92 (36.51%) Azure
2 79 (31.35%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (10.71%) AWS
4 9 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (3.57%) GitHub
5 8 (3.17%) SuccessFactors
6 6 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (2.38%) SaaS
7 5 (1.98%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.98%) GCP
8 3 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.19%) OCI
9 2 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.40%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.78%) Firewall
2 6 (2.38%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.98%) DNS
3 5 (1.98%) VPN
4 4 (1.59%) DHCP
4 4 (1.59%) Internet
4 4 (1.59%) LAN
4 4 (1.59%) Network Security
4 4 (1.59%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.59%) WAN
5 3 (1.19%) SSL
5 3 (1.19%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.79%) BGP
6 2 (0.79%) FTP
6 2 (0.79%) HTTP
6 2 (0.79%) MPLS
6 2 (0.79%) OSPF
6 2 (0.79%) VLAN
7 1 (0.40%) Intranet
7 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.92%) Oracle Reports
2 24 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.98%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.98%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.19%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.40%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.40%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.40%) Big Data
6 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.40%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 1 (0.40%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 110 (43.65%) JIRA
2 38 (15.08%) Postman
2 38 (15.08%) Zephyr
3 28 (11.11%) Selenium
4 18 (7.14%) TestRail
5 16 (6.35%) Git
6 9 (3.57%) Jenkins
7 8 (3.17%) Cypress.io
8 7 (2.78%) REST Assured
9 6 (2.38%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.98%) GitLab
10 5 (1.98%) JMeter
11 4 (1.59%) SpecFlow
12 3 (1.19%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (1.19%) Gatling
12 3 (1.19%) SoapUI
12 3 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.79%) Appium
13 2 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.79%) MSTest
General
1 122 (48.41%) Social Skills
2 59 (23.41%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (22.22%) Finance
4 23 (9.13%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.38%) Banking
7 6 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.38%) Retail
8 5 (1.98%) Automotive
8 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.59%) Front Office
9 4 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.19%) Back Office
10 3 (1.19%) Electronics
10 3 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.19%) Law
10 3 (1.19%) Local Government
10 3 (1.19%) Military
Job Titles
1 85 (33.73%) Test Manager
2 60 (23.81%) Analyst
3 53 (21.03%) Test Analyst
4 39 (15.48%) Tester
5 31 (12.30%) Lead
6 21 (8.33%) Senior
6 21 (8.33%) Test Leader
7 16 (6.35%) Test Engineer
8 14 (5.56%) QA Tester
8 14 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (4.76%) Integration Analyst
9 12 (4.76%) Integration Test Analyst
9 12 (4.76%) Systems Integration Analyst
10 11 (4.37%) Senior Test Analyst
11 10 (3.97%) Senior Integration Analyst
11 10 (3.97%) Systems Analyst
11 10 (3.97%) Systems Test Analyst
12 9 (3.57%) QA Engineer
13 8 (3.17%) Programme Test Manager
13 8 (3.17%) Senior Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.14%) REST
2 16 (6.35%) Middleware
3 12 (4.76%) Playwright
4 10 (3.97%) ADO
5 9 (3.57%) Node.js
6 6 (2.38%) SAML
7 5 (1.98%) .NET
7 5 (1.98%) RESTful
8 4 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.19%) JSON
9 3 (1.19%) JWT
9 3 (1.19%) OAuth
9 3 (1.19%) SailPoint
9 3 (1.19%) SOAP
9 3 (1.19%) Web Services
9 3 (1.19%) XML
10 2 (0.79%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.79%) Kafka
10 2 (0.79%) pytest
11 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.35%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.57%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.17%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.38%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.19%) Derivative
6 3 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.19%) EPoS
6 3 (1.19%) Equities
6 3 (1.19%) SCADA
7 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.79%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.79%) Market Risk
7 2 (0.79%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.79%) NHS
8 1 (0.40%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.40%) IoT
8 1 (0.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.54%) Windows
2 9 (3.57%) Linux
3 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) Unix
5 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (54.76%) Agile
2 117 (46.43%) Test Automation
3 112 (44.44%) User Acceptance Testing
4 89 (35.32%) DevOps
5 84 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 83 (32.94%) Test Scripting
7 76 (30.16%) End-to-End Testing
8 73 (28.97%) Defect Management
8 73 (28.97%) Integration Testing
8 73 (28.97%) Scenario Testing
9 69 (27.38%) Regression Testing
10 66 (26.19%) Validation
11 65 (25.79%) Stakeholder Management
12 62 (24.60%) Problem-Solving
13 56 (22.22%) Software Testing
14 51 (20.24%) Manual Testing
15 50 (19.84%) Continuous Improvement
16 47 (18.65%) Defect Tracking
16 47 (18.65%) Migration
17 45 (17.86%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.24%) SQL
2 20 (7.94%) Java
3 19 (7.54%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.16%) Python
5 10 (3.97%) C#
5 10 (3.97%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.19%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.19%) VB
6 3 (1.19%) XPath
7 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.40%) Bash
8 1 (0.40%) Bicep
8 1 (0.40%) SAS Macro
8 1 (0.40%) VB6
Qualifications
1 81 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 61 (24.21%) ISTQB
3 57 (22.62%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.94%) Degree
5 14 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 10 (3.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.78%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.19%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.19%) ISEB
11 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.40%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.40%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (46.43%) QA
2 16 (6.35%) IFRS
2 16 (6.35%) IFRS 17
3 8 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.59%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.59%) MiFID
4 4 (1.59%) SLA
5 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.79%) EMIR
6 2 (0.79%) GDPR
6 2 (0.79%) WCAG
7 1 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.40%) GRC
7 1 (0.40%) HL7
7 1 (0.40%) NCSC
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (1.59%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.79%) Docker
3 2 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (8.73%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.59%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (1.19%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.79%) Ansible
5 2 (0.79%) Grafana
6 1 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.40%) Control-M
6 1 (0.40%) Iperf
6 1 (0.40%) Kibana
6 1 (0.40%) Nmap
6 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (19.44%) Oracle
2 26 (10.32%) Microsoft
3 23 (9.13%) HP
3 23 (9.13%) SAP
4 11 (4.37%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.38%) Cisco
5 6 (2.38%) Talend
6 5 (1.98%) Workday
7 4 (1.59%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.59%) VMware
8 3 (1.19%) Ariba
8 3 (1.19%) Citrix
8 3 (1.19%) Denodo
8 3 (1.19%) IBM
8 3 (1.19%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.79%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.79%) Murex
9 2 (0.79%) Sage
9 2 (0.79%) Siemens