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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 323 344
Rank change year-on-year -67 +21 +63
Contract jobs citing Test Management 243 187 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 0.68% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.75% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 138 149
10th Percentile £313 £313 £363
25th Percentile £358 £377 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £432 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% -7.50% -6.32%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £660 £654 £612
UK median daily rate £449 £450 £488
% change year-on-year -0.28% -7.79% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 1
10th Percentile £26.04 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £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 38,823 25,045 28,976
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.31% 90.74% 85.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,257 16,045 18,963
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,475 1,380 1,752
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.87 £17.80
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%
75th Percentile £68.75 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -63 85 £488 -2.50% 17
Midlands -2 64 £358 -31.81% 9
West Midlands -16 59 £358 -15.76% 8
South East -59 51 £475 -5.00% 7
North of England -72 35 £475 +11.76% 6
North West -51 22 £350 -12.50% 1
South West -36 10 £413 -5.71% 4
North East - 7 £313 - 3
Yorkshire -48 6 £575 +27.78% 3
East of England -18 5 £750 +25.00% 4
East Midlands - 3 £480 - 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 17 (7.00%) Confluence
2 4 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.23%) CMS
3 3 (1.23%) Kentico
4 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.82%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (7.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (4.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.23%) SAP FI-AR
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.82%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.82%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.41%) Endur
5 1 (0.41%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.41%) Maximo
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.41%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 75 (30.86%) Azure
2 66 (27.16%) Azure DevOps
3 37 (15.23%) AWS
4 12 (4.94%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (4.53%) GitHub
6 10 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (3.29%) SaaS
8 7 (2.88%) Azure Sentinel
8 7 (2.88%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 7 (2.88%) Serverless
9 6 (2.47%) Azure Functions
9 6 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.47%) Power Automate
10 5 (2.06%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (1.23%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.23%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.82%) GCP
12 2 (0.82%) OCI
13 1 (0.41%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.70%) Network Security
2 5 (2.06%) DHCP
2 5 (2.06%) DNS
2 5 (2.06%) Firewall
2 5 (2.06%) Internet
2 5 (2.06%) LAN
2 5 (2.06%) SD-WAN
2 5 (2.06%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.06%) VPN
2 5 (2.06%) WAN
3 4 (1.65%) Intranet
3 4 (1.65%) SSL
4 2 (0.82%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.41%) 4G
5 1 (0.41%) BGP
5 1 (0.41%) MPLS
5 1 (0.41%) OSPF
5 1 (0.41%) VLAN
5 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.41%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (13.99%) Data Warehouse
2 32 (13.17%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.65%) SAP BW
5 3 (1.23%) Power BI
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%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 115 (47.33%) JIRA
2 47 (19.34%) Postman
2 47 (19.34%) Zephyr
3 28 (11.52%) Selenium
4 17 (7.00%) TestRail
5 16 (6.58%) Git
6 15 (6.17%) Jenkins
7 13 (5.35%) Cypress.io
8 10 (4.12%) REST Assured
9 8 (3.29%) Cucumber
10 7 (2.88%) GitLab
10 7 (2.88%) WebDriver
11 6 (2.47%) JMeter
12 4 (1.65%) Browser DevTools
13 3 (1.23%) Gatling
13 3 (1.23%) HP UFT
14 2 (0.82%) LoadRunner
15 1 (0.41%) JUnit
15 1 (0.41%) QADirector
15 1 (0.41%) TestDirector
General
1 107 (44.03%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.87%) Finance
3 54 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.05%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.70%) Banking
6 9 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (2.06%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.65%) Front Office
9 4 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.65%) Local Government
9 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.65%) Retail
10 3 (1.23%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.23%) Automotive
10 3 (1.23%) Billing
10 3 (1.23%) Electronics
10 3 (1.23%) Legal
10 3 (1.23%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 73 (30.04%) Test Manager
2 46 (18.93%) Analyst
3 44 (18.11%) Lead
4 37 (15.23%) Tester
5 36 (14.81%) Test Analyst
5 36 (14.81%) Test Leader
6 18 (7.41%) QA Tester
6 18 (7.41%) Test Engineer
7 15 (6.17%) Consultant
7 15 (6.17%) Senior
8 9 (3.70%) Business Analyst
8 9 (3.70%) SAP Consultant
9 8 (3.29%) Programme Manager
9 8 (3.29%) Programme Test Manager
9 8 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.29%) Software Test Engineer
9 8 (3.29%) Test Programme Manager
10 6 (2.47%) Lead Test Analyst
10 6 (2.47%) QA Analyst
10 6 (2.47%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.05%) REST
2 17 (7.00%) Playwright
3 10 (4.12%) Middleware
4 8 (3.29%) RESTful
5 7 (2.88%) ADO
5 7 (2.88%) Gherkin
6 5 (2.06%) .NET
6 5 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (2.06%) SOAP
7 4 (1.65%) SailPoint
7 4 (1.65%) SAML
8 3 (1.23%) XML
9 2 (0.82%) pytest
9 2 (0.82%) Web Services
10 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.41%) HTML
10 1 (0.41%) HTML5
10 1 (0.41%) JSON
10 1 (0.41%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.41%) Vuetify.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.76%) Management Information System
1 14 (5.76%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.47%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.06%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.06%) SCADA
6 4 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.23%) EPoS
7 3 (1.23%) PKI
8 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.82%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.82%) Derivative
8 2 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.82%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.82%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.82%) Online Games
9 1 (0.41%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.41%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.12%) Windows
2 7 (2.88%) Linux
3 4 (1.65%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.82%) Android
4 2 (0.82%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (53.91%) Agile
2 116 (47.74%) Test Automation
3 100 (41.15%) User Acceptance Testing
4 86 (35.39%) End-to-End Testing
5 79 (32.51%) Test Strategy
6 77 (31.69%) DevOps
7 76 (31.28%) Integration Testing
8 70 (28.81%) Scenario Testing
9 68 (27.98%) Defect Management
10 63 (25.93%) Migration
10 63 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
11 61 (25.10%) Test Scripting
12 50 (20.58%) Manual Testing
12 50 (20.58%) Validation
13 48 (19.75%) Data Migration
14 44 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
14 44 (18.11%) System Testing
15 42 (17.28%) System Integration Testing
16 40 (16.46%) ETL
17 39 (16.05%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.81%) SQL
2 19 (7.82%) JavaScript
3 15 (6.17%) Python
4 11 (4.53%) C#
4 11 (4.53%) Java
5 7 (2.88%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.23%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.23%) VB
7 2 (0.82%) VBScript
8 1 (0.41%) C++
8 1 (0.41%) Cypher
8 1 (0.41%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.41%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.41%) Ruby
8 1 (0.41%) SAS Macro
8 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (32.10%) Security Cleared
2 61 (25.10%) ISTQB
3 58 (23.87%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.00%) Degree
5 14 (5.76%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.94%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 8 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.65%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.82%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.82%) ISEB
12 1 (0.41%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (47.33%) QA
2 11 (4.53%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.29%) GDPR
5 7 (2.88%) WCAG
6 6 (2.47%) IFRS
6 6 (2.47%) IFRS 17
7 4 (1.65%) MiFID
8 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 3 (1.23%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.82%) EMIR
9 2 (0.82%) SLA
10 1 (0.41%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.41%) NIST
10 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.06%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (6.58%) HP ALM
2 5 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.82%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.41%) Control-M
5 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 51 (20.99%) Oracle
2 33 (13.58%) Microsoft
3 23 (9.47%) SAP
4 17 (7.00%) HP
5 9 (3.70%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.29%) Cisco
6 8 (3.29%) VMware
7 6 (2.47%) Denodo
7 6 (2.47%) Talend
8 5 (2.06%) Ariba
9 4 (1.65%) Citrix
9 4 (1.65%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.65%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.82%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.82%) Sage
11 1 (0.41%) Ab Initio
11 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.41%) Google
11 1 (0.41%) Kronos