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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 317 320
Rank change year-on-year -68 +3 +70
Contract jobs citing Test Management 254 185 200
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.56% 0.67% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.74% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 135 148
10th Percentile £316 £320 £363
25th Percentile £358 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £463 £494
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -6.38% -5.90%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £603
UK median daily rate £450 £456 £488
% change year-on-year -1.21% -6.66% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £56.25 - -
25th Percentile £63.13 £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 38,776 25,061 28,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.95% 90.80% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,043 15,975 18,472
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -3.77% -3.64%
75th Percentile £630 £626 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,543 1,444 1,583
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.22 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.88 £18.12
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +4.83%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.21 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.63 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +65.54% -38.57% -0.24%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -55 95 £500 +1.01% 19
Midlands -3 66 £358 -15.76% 4
West Midlands -7 61 £358 -15.76% 4
South East -50 52 £456 -8.75% 5
North of England -61 32 £512 +20.35% 3
North West -39 18 £540 +35.06% 1
South West -34 10 £413 -18.52% 2
Yorkshire -49 7 £500 +11.11% 1
North East - 7 £313 - 1
East of England -21 5 £750 +25.00% 4
East Midlands - 3 £480 -
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 (9.45%) Confluence
2 6 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.18%) CMS
3 3 (1.18%) Kentico
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.79%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.57%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (6.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (4.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.57%) Oracle Receivables
4 3 (1.18%) SAP FI-AR
5 2 (0.79%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.79%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.79%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.39%) Endur
6 1 (0.39%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.39%) Maximo
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.39%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.39%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.39%) SimCorp Dimension
6 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 79 (31.10%) Azure
2 70 (27.56%) Azure DevOps
3 45 (17.72%) AWS
4 11 (4.33%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (3.54%) SaaS
6 8 (3.15%) GitHub
6 8 (3.15%) Serverless
7 7 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (2.76%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (2.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 6 (2.36%) Azure Functions
8 6 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.36%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.97%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (1.57%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.18%) GCP
12 2 (0.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.79%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.54%) Network Security
2 5 (1.97%) DHCP
2 5 (1.97%) DNS
2 5 (1.97%) Firewall
2 5 (1.97%) Internet
2 5 (1.97%) LAN
2 5 (1.97%) SD-WAN
2 5 (1.97%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.97%) VPN
2 5 (1.97%) WAN
3 4 (1.57%) SSL
4 3 (1.18%) Intranet
5 2 (0.79%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.39%) 4G
6 1 (0.39%) BGP
6 1 (0.39%) MPLS
6 1 (0.39%) OSPF
6 1 (0.39%) VLAN
6 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.39%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (16.14%) Data Warehouse
2 37 (14.57%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (3.94%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.57%) Power BI
4 4 (1.57%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.79%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.79%) Power Query
6 1 (0.39%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.39%) Base SAS
6 1 (0.39%) Big Data
6 1 (0.39%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.39%) DataStage
6 1 (0.39%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.39%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.39%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.39%) SAS Data Integration Studio
6 1 (0.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 1 (0.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 127 (50.00%) JIRA
2 57 (22.44%) Postman
3 52 (20.47%) Zephyr
4 35 (13.78%) Selenium
5 25 (9.84%) Git
6 16 (6.30%) TestRail
7 14 (5.51%) Cypress.io
8 13 (5.12%) Jenkins
9 10 (3.94%) REST Assured
10 9 (3.54%) Cucumber
11 8 (3.15%) GitLab
12 7 (2.76%) WebDriver
13 6 (2.36%) JMeter
14 5 (1.97%) HP UFT
15 4 (1.57%) Browser DevTools
16 3 (1.18%) eggPlant
17 2 (0.79%) NeoLoad
17 2 (0.79%) Ranorex
17 2 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
17 2 (0.79%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 112 (44.09%) Social Skills
2 58 (22.83%) Finance
3 56 (22.05%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.45%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.72%) Banking
5 12 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.57%) Front Office
8 4 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.57%) Legal
8 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.57%) Retail
9 3 (1.18%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.18%) Billing
9 3 (1.18%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.18%) Local Government
9 3 (1.18%) Publishing
10 2 (0.79%) Games
10 2 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 75 (29.53%) Test Manager
2 51 (20.08%) Analyst
3 43 (16.93%) Lead
4 41 (16.14%) Tester
5 40 (15.75%) Test Analyst
6 36 (14.17%) Test Leader
7 21 (8.27%) Test Engineer
8 19 (7.48%) QA Tester
9 15 (5.91%) Consultant
9 15 (5.91%) Senior
10 12 (4.72%) Programme Manager
10 12 (4.72%) Programme Test Manager
10 12 (4.72%) Test Programme Manager
11 9 (3.54%) SAP Consultant
11 9 (3.54%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (3.54%) Software Test Engineer
12 8 (3.15%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.15%) QA Analyst
13 7 (2.76%) QA Test Analyst
13 7 (2.76%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.66%) Playwright
2 21 (8.27%) REST
3 14 (5.51%) Middleware
4 12 (4.72%) .NET
5 8 (3.15%) RESTful
6 7 (2.76%) ADO
6 7 (2.76%) Gherkin
6 7 (2.76%) SOAP
6 7 (2.76%) XML
7 5 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.97%) Web Services
8 4 (1.57%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.57%) SAML
9 3 (1.18%) HTML
10 2 (0.79%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.79%) JSON
10 2 (0.79%) Terraform
10 2 (0.79%) XBRL
11 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
11 1 (0.39%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 14 (5.51%) Management Information System
3 13 (5.12%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (2.36%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.36%) SCADA
6 4 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.57%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.18%) EPoS
7 3 (1.18%) PKI
8 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.79%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.79%) Credit Risk
8 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.79%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.79%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.79%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.72%) Windows
2 10 (3.94%) Linux
3 4 (1.57%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.57%) Unix
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (53.94%) Agile
2 128 (50.39%) Test Automation
3 103 (40.55%) User Acceptance Testing
4 99 (38.98%) End-to-End Testing
5 86 (33.86%) Integration Testing
6 83 (32.68%) DevOps
7 82 (32.28%) Test Strategy
8 79 (31.10%) Scenario Testing
9 77 (30.31%) Defect Management
10 70 (27.56%) Migration
10 70 (27.56%) Test Scripting
11 67 (26.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 59 (23.23%) Manual Testing
13 53 (20.87%) Data Migration
14 52 (20.47%) Validation
15 49 (19.29%) System Testing
16 45 (17.72%) ETL
16 45 (17.72%) System Integration Testing
17 44 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
17 44 (17.32%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 65 (25.59%) SQL
2 16 (6.30%) JavaScript
3 12 (4.72%) C#
3 12 (4.72%) Python
4 11 (4.33%) Java
5 6 (2.36%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.79%) MATLAB
6 2 (0.79%) VB
6 2 (0.79%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.79%) VBScript
7 1 (0.39%) C++
7 1 (0.39%) Cypher
7 1 (0.39%) Korn
7 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.39%) Ruby
7 1 (0.39%) SAS Macro
7 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 90 (35.43%) Security Cleared
2 69 (27.17%) SC Cleared
3 67 (26.38%) ISTQB
4 18 (7.09%) DV Cleared
5 17 (6.69%) Degree
6 11 (4.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 9 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.57%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.57%) ISEB
9 4 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.79%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.79%) IIBA
10 2 (0.79%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (50.39%) QA
2 10 (3.94%) Accessibility
2 10 (3.94%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.15%) GDPR
4 7 (2.76%) WCAG
5 4 (1.57%) IFRS
5 4 (1.57%) IFRS 17
6 3 (1.18%) MiFID
6 3 (1.18%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.79%) GRC
7 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.79%) NIST
8 1 (0.39%) EMIR
8 1 (0.39%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.39%) SEPA
8 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.97%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.57%) Docker
4 1 (0.39%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (5.51%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.57%) Ansible
3 4 (1.57%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.39%) Argo
4 1 (0.39%) Control-M
4 1 (0.39%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 62 (24.41%) Oracle
2 36 (14.17%) Microsoft
3 24 (9.45%) SAP
4 15 (5.91%) HP
5 10 (3.94%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.15%) Cisco
6 8 (3.15%) VMware
7 6 (2.36%) Denodo
7 6 (2.36%) Talend
8 5 (1.97%) Ariba
8 5 (1.97%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.97%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.57%) Citrix
9 4 (1.57%) Google
9 4 (1.57%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.18%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.18%) Sage
11 2 (0.79%) Siemens
11 2 (0.79%) UiPath
12 1 (0.39%) Parasoft