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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 333 351
Rank change year-on-year -34 +18 +71
Contract jobs citing Test Management 222 146 207
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.59% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.65% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 99 156
10th Percentile £308 £331 £381
25th Percentile £350 £416 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £600 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £25.13 - -
25th Percentile £25.33 £81.75 -
Median hourly rate £25.80 £83.50 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.10% +659.09% -
75th Percentile £26.43 £85.25 -
90th Percentile £26.72 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.80 £83.50 £11.00
% change year-on-year -69.10% +659.09% -

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 31,916 22,554 32,925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.61% 86.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,413 14,598 21,798
10th Percentile £313 £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 £639 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,990 810 2,146
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.22 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.50 £34.06 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.44% +4.78% -12.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -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 15 March 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
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 15 March 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 -7 99 £400 -19.19% 17
Midlands -44 37 £358 -33.40% 9
North of England -41 36 £395 -16.84% 8
South East -54 33 £461 -7.80% 12
West Midlands -51 32 £350 -33.01% 8
North West -15 27 £393 -17.26% 6
South West -31 7 £488 +9.86% 6
Yorkshire -50 7 £453 - 2
East of England -25 5 £450 -25.00% 5
East Midlands -29 5 £373 -46.73%
North East - 2 £425 -
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 (9.91%) Confluence
2 5 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) CMS
3 1 (0.45%) Kentico
Applications
1 8 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.80%) Maximo
2 4 (1.80%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.90%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (0.90%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.90%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.90%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.45%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (0.45%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 85 (38.29%) Azure
2 66 (29.73%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (7.66%) AWS
4 12 (5.41%) GitHub
5 9 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
5 9 (4.05%) SuccessFactors
6 7 (3.15%) SaaS
7 6 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.70%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.70%) OCI
8 5 (2.25%) GCP
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.90%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.90%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.45%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.45%) Serverless
10 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.25%) Firewall
2 4 (1.80%) SSL
2 4 (1.80%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.35%) DNS
3 3 (1.35%) HTTP
3 3 (1.35%) VLAN
3 3 (1.35%) VPN
4 2 (0.90%) BGP
4 2 (0.90%) DHCP
4 2 (0.90%) FTP
4 2 (0.90%) Internet
4 2 (0.90%) LAN
4 2 (0.90%) MPLS
4 2 (0.90%) Network Security
4 2 (0.90%) OSPF
4 2 (0.90%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.90%) WAN
4 2 (0.90%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.45%) Intranet
5 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.86%) Oracle Reports
2 12 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.25%) BigQuery
3 5 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.35%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.90%) Power BI
6 1 (0.45%) Ataccama
6 1 (0.45%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 91 (40.99%) JIRA
2 31 (13.96%) Selenium
3 28 (12.61%) Zephyr
4 27 (12.16%) Postman
5 20 (9.01%) TestRail
6 14 (6.31%) Git
7 13 (5.86%) Jenkins
8 12 (5.41%) Cucumber
9 10 (4.50%) Cypress.io
10 9 (4.05%) GitLab
10 9 (4.05%) JMeter
11 8 (3.60%) REST Assured
12 6 (2.70%) SpecFlow
13 5 (2.25%) Gatling
14 3 (1.35%) SoapUI
14 3 (1.35%) Team Foundation Server
15 2 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 2 (0.90%) LoadRunner
15 2 (0.90%) MSTest
15 2 (0.90%) WebDriver
General
1 106 (47.75%) Social Skills
2 57 (25.68%) Finance
3 45 (20.27%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (11.71%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (4.05%) Banking
6 9 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.70%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.25%) Automotive
9 5 (2.25%) Retail
10 4 (1.80%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.35%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.35%) Local Government
11 3 (1.35%) Military
11 3 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.90%) Aviation
12 2 (0.90%) Electronics
12 2 (0.90%) French Language
12 2 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 74 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 49 (22.07%) Analyst
3 46 (20.72%) Test Analyst
4 35 (15.77%) Tester
5 27 (12.16%) Lead
6 22 (9.91%) Senior
7 21 (9.46%) Test Leader
8 14 (6.31%) Test Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (5.41%) Integration Analyst
10 12 (5.41%) Integration Test Analyst
10 12 (5.41%) Senior Test Analyst
10 12 (5.41%) Systems Integration Analyst
11 11 (4.95%) QA Engineer
11 11 (4.95%) QA Tester
12 10 (4.50%) Programme Manager
12 10 (4.50%) Programme Test Manager
12 10 (4.50%) Senior Integration Analyst
12 10 (4.50%) Systems Analyst
12 10 (4.50%) Systems Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.66%) Playwright
2 14 (6.31%) Middleware
2 14 (6.31%) REST
3 9 (4.05%) Node.js
4 7 (3.15%) ADO
5 6 (2.70%) .NET
6 5 (2.25%) JSON
6 5 (2.25%) SAML
6 5 (2.25%) Web Services
6 5 (2.25%) XML
7 4 (1.80%) JWT
7 4 (1.80%) OAuth
7 4 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.80%) Spring
8 3 (1.35%) FHIR
8 3 (1.35%) LDAP
8 3 (1.35%) SOAP
9 2 (0.90%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.90%) HTML
9 2 (0.90%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.95%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.60%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.15%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (3.15%) Public Cloud
4 6 (2.70%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.35%) Derivative
8 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.90%) Equities
8 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.90%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.90%) NHS
8 2 (0.90%) SCADA
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.45%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.45%) IoT
9 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.56%) Windows
2 7 (3.15%) Linux
3 3 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.45%) Android
4 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.45%) Unix
4 1 (0.45%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (54.05%) Agile
2 106 (47.75%) Test Automation
3 94 (42.34%) User Acceptance Testing
4 81 (36.49%) Test Strategy
5 79 (35.59%) DevOps
6 68 (30.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 63 (28.38%) Test Scripting
7 63 (28.38%) Validation
8 59 (26.58%) Integration Testing
8 59 (26.58%) Regression Testing
9 57 (25.68%) Scenario Testing
10 55 (24.77%) Defect Management
11 54 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
12 53 (23.87%) End-to-End Testing
12 53 (23.87%) Software Testing
13 50 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
14 45 (20.27%) CI/CD
15 44 (19.82%) Defect Tracking
16 43 (19.37%) Waterfall
17 39 (17.57%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 42 (18.92%) SQL
2 30 (13.51%) Java
3 19 (8.56%) JavaScript
4 16 (7.21%) C#
5 14 (6.31%) Python
6 11 (4.95%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.25%) XPath
8 4 (1.80%) VB
9 3 (1.35%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.90%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.45%) Bash
11 1 (0.45%) Bicep
11 1 (0.45%) Ruby
11 1 (0.45%) VB6
Qualifications
1 64 (28.83%) Security Cleared
2 57 (25.68%) ISTQB
3 45 (20.27%) SC Cleared
4 22 (9.91%) Degree
5 12 (5.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 10 (4.50%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 10 (4.50%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.35%) ISEB
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.45%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.45%) CCIE
10 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.45%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (49.10%) QA
2 19 (8.56%) IFRS
2 19 (8.56%) IFRS 17
3 10 (4.50%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.80%) SLA
5 3 (1.35%) IFRS 9
5 3 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.90%) HL7
6 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.90%) MiFID
6 2 (0.90%) WCAG
7 1 (0.45%) EMIR
7 1 (0.45%) GDPR
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) GxP
7 1 (0.45%) NCSC
7 1 (0.45%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (1.35%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Firmware
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (9.91%) HP ALM
2 5 (2.25%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (2.25%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.80%) Grafana
4 2 (0.90%) Ansible
4 2 (0.90%) Kibana
4 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.90%) Terraform
5 1 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.45%) Iperf
5 1 (0.45%) Nmap
Vendors
1 37 (16.67%) Oracle
2 24 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 23 (10.36%) HP
4 20 (9.01%) SAP
5 16 (7.21%) ServiceNow
6 10 (4.50%) Workday
7 4 (1.80%) Splunk
8 3 (1.35%) IBM
8 3 (1.35%) Micro Focus
8 3 (1.35%) OpenText
8 3 (1.35%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.35%) Talend
9 2 (0.90%) Cisco
9 2 (0.90%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.90%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.90%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.90%) Sage
9 2 (0.90%) Siemens
9 2 (0.90%) SmartStream
10 1 (0.45%) Palo Alto