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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 340 338
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 +64
Contract jobs citing Test Management 256 147 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.64% 0.60% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 0.66% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 104 167
10th Percentile £313 £321 £363
25th Percentile £350 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -19.80% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £523 £575 £600
90th Percentile £600 £689 £660
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -15.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £25.78 £59.93 -
25th Percentile £48.15 £63.56 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £71.75 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +552.27% -
75th Percentile - £79.56 -
90th Percentile - £82.98 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £71.75 £11.00
% change year-on-year -2.44% +552.27% -

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 33,832 22,384 32,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.21% 91.08% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,627 14,686 21,247
10th Percentile £315 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,111 905 2,227
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.79 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.51 £15.91
Median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.47
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £29.90 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.11% -14.57% -6.67%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -4 107 £418 -7.22% 6
Midlands -35 48 £359 -33.21% 6
West Midlands -39 42 £358 -33.40% 3
North of England -37 41 £394 -17.05% 4
South East -47 40 £461 -7.80% 7
North West -23 26 £393 -17.26% 3
South West -20 16 £463 -19.57% 6
North East - 8 £350 -
Yorkshire -47 7 £443 -1.67% 1
East of England -30 5 £450 -25.00% 3
East Midlands - 5 £429 - 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 25 (9.77%) Confluence
2 5 (1.95%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.56%) Maximo
2 4 (1.56%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.17%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.17%) SAP FI-AR
4 2 (0.78%) Algo Collateral
4 2 (0.78%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.78%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.78%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.39%) Endur
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.39%) Summit
5 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 93 (36.33%) Azure
2 80 (31.25%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (8.59%) AWS
4 11 (4.30%) GitHub
5 8 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
6 6 (2.34%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.34%) SaaS
7 5 (1.95%) GCP
7 5 (1.95%) OCI
8 3 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.78%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.78%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.39%) ServiceMax
10 1 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.73%) Firewall
2 6 (2.34%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.95%) DNS
3 5 (1.95%) VPN
4 4 (1.56%) DHCP
4 4 (1.56%) Internet
4 4 (1.56%) LAN
4 4 (1.56%) Network Security
4 4 (1.56%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.56%) WAN
5 3 (1.17%) HTTP
5 3 (1.17%) SSL
5 3 (1.17%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.78%) BGP
6 2 (0.78%) FTP
6 2 (0.78%) MPLS
6 2 (0.78%) OSPF
6 2 (0.78%) VLAN
7 1 (0.39%) Intranet
7 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.38%) Data Warehouse
1 24 (9.38%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (1.95%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.95%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.17%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.39%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.39%) Ataccama
5 1 (0.39%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.39%) Big Data
5 1 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.39%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.39%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 120 (46.88%) JIRA
2 41 (16.02%) Zephyr
3 39 (15.23%) Postman
4 35 (13.67%) Selenium
5 24 (9.38%) TestRail
6 19 (7.42%) Git
7 10 (3.91%) Cucumber
7 10 (3.91%) Jenkins
8 9 (3.52%) Cypress.io
9 8 (3.13%) JMeter
10 7 (2.73%) REST Assured
11 6 (2.34%) GitLab
11 6 (2.34%) SpecFlow
12 4 (1.56%) Gatling
13 3 (1.17%) Browser DevTools
13 3 (1.17%) SoapUI
13 3 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (0.78%) MSTest
15 1 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 124 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 61 (23.83%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (23.44%) Finance
4 25 (9.77%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.91%) Banking
5 10 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.34%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.34%) Retail
9 5 (1.95%) Automotive
9 5 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.95%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.17%) Back Office
10 3 (1.17%) Electronics
10 3 (1.17%) Front Office
10 3 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.17%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.17%) Law
10 3 (1.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 85 (33.20%) Test Manager
2 59 (23.05%) Analyst
3 54 (21.09%) Test Analyst
4 41 (16.02%) Tester
5 28 (10.94%) Lead
6 22 (8.59%) Senior
7 19 (7.42%) Test Engineer
7 19 (7.42%) Test Leader
8 15 (5.86%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (5.47%) QA Tester
10 12 (4.69%) Integration Analyst
10 12 (4.69%) Integration Test Analyst
10 12 (4.69%) Senior Test Analyst
10 12 (4.69%) Systems Integration Analyst
11 10 (3.91%) QA Engineer
11 10 (3.91%) Senior Integration Analyst
11 10 (3.91%) Systems Analyst
11 10 (3.91%) Systems Test Analyst
12 9 (3.52%) Programme Manager
12 9 (3.52%) Programme Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.42%) REST
2 16 (6.25%) Middleware
3 14 (5.47%) Playwright
4 9 (3.52%) Node.js
5 7 (2.73%) ADO
6 6 (2.34%) .NET
6 6 (2.34%) SAML
7 5 (1.95%) JSON
7 5 (1.95%) RESTful
7 5 (1.95%) XML
8 4 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.17%) JWT
9 3 (1.17%) OAuth
9 3 (1.17%) SailPoint
9 3 (1.17%) SOAP
9 3 (1.17%) Web Services
10 2 (0.78%) FHIR
10 2 (0.78%) Gherkin
10 2 (0.78%) Kafka
10 2 (0.78%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.52%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.52%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.52%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.13%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.17%) Derivative
5 3 (1.17%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.17%) EPoS
5 3 (1.17%) SCADA
6 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.78%) Equities
6 2 (0.78%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.39%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.39%) NHS
7 1 (0.39%) PMI
7 1 (0.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.39%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.42%) Windows
2 9 (3.52%) Linux
3 3 (1.17%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.39%) Android
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.39%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (55.86%) Agile
2 122 (47.66%) Test Automation
3 114 (44.53%) User Acceptance Testing
4 93 (36.33%) DevOps
5 87 (33.98%) Test Strategy
6 82 (32.03%) Test Scripting
7 77 (30.08%) Integration Testing
8 76 (29.69%) Scenario Testing
9 75 (29.30%) End-to-End Testing
10 72 (28.13%) Regression Testing
11 70 (27.34%) Stakeholder Management
12 68 (26.56%) Defect Management
12 68 (26.56%) Validation
13 62 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
14 59 (23.05%) Software Testing
15 55 (21.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 48 (18.75%) Defect Tracking
16 48 (18.75%) Manual Testing
17 47 (18.36%) Migration
18 44 (17.19%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.36%) SQL
2 25 (9.77%) Java
3 21 (8.20%) JavaScript
4 15 (5.86%) C#
5 14 (5.47%) Python
6 10 (3.91%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.95%) XPath
8 3 (1.17%) MATLAB
8 3 (1.17%) VB
9 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.39%) Bash
10 1 (0.39%) Bicep
10 1 (0.39%) SAS Macro
10 1 (0.39%) VB6
Qualifications
1 78 (30.47%) Security Cleared
2 63 (24.61%) ISTQB
3 58 (22.66%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.59%) Degree
5 10 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (3.91%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 10 (3.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 9 (3.52%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.17%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.17%) ISEB
8 2 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.39%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.39%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (47.66%) QA
2 18 (7.03%) IFRS
2 18 (7.03%) IFRS 17
3 8 (3.13%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.56%) SLA
5 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.78%) GDPR
6 2 (0.78%) HL7
6 2 (0.78%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.78%) MiFID
6 2 (0.78%) WCAG
7 1 (0.39%) EMIR
7 1 (0.39%) GRC
7 1 (0.39%) NCSC
7 1 (0.39%) NIST
7 1 (0.39%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.78%) Docker
2 2 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (9.38%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.95%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.56%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (1.17%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.78%) Ansible
5 2 (0.78%) Grafana
6 1 (0.39%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.39%) Control-M
6 1 (0.39%) Iperf
6 1 (0.39%) Kibana
6 1 (0.39%) Nmap
6 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (19.92%) Oracle
2 25 (9.77%) HP
2 25 (9.77%) Microsoft
3 23 (8.98%) SAP
4 13 (5.08%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.73%) Workday
6 6 (2.34%) Talend
7 5 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.17%) Ariba
8 3 (1.17%) Citrix
8 3 (1.17%) Denodo
8 3 (1.17%) IBM
8 3 (1.17%) Splunk
8 3 (1.17%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.78%) Cisco
9 2 (0.78%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.78%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.78%) Sage
9 2 (0.78%) Siemens
9 2 (0.78%) SmartStream