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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 345 348
Rank change year-on-year -27 +3 +71
Contract jobs citing Test Management 209 138 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.53% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.59% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 86 162
10th Percentile £311 £331 £364
25th Percentile £363 £402 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £513 £575 £600
90th Percentile £600 £701 £675
UK median daily rate £450 £490 £513
% change year-on-year -8.16% -4.39% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £25.13 - -
25th Percentile £25.33 - -
Median hourly rate £25.80 - £11.00
75th Percentile £26.43 - -
90th Percentile £26.72 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.80 - £11.00

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 30,443 23,357 32,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.38% 90.01% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,446 14,532 21,897
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £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 1,911 750 2,006
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.99% - -
75th Percentile £62.29 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.28 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £25.64 £32.50 £34.77
% change year-on-year -21.12% -6.52% -0.67%

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 20 February 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 20 February 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 -6 101 £409 -18.25% 10
North of England -44 36 £395 -16.84% 8
South East -26 31 £461 -16.18% 8
North West -16 24 £394 -17.05% 6
Midlands -55 22 £450 -16.28% 10
West Midlands -49 17 £450 -11.32% 9
South West -15 8 £469 +4.17% 3
Yorkshire -58 7 £453 +6.47% 2
East Midlands -25 5 £340 -51.41% 1
North East - 5 £500 -
East of England -23 4 - - 8
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 21 (10.05%) Confluence
2 7 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) CMS
3 1 (0.48%) Kentico
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.91%) Maximo
3 3 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.96%) Algo Collateral
4 2 (0.96%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.96%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.96%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.48%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.48%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 82 (39.23%) Azure
2 61 (29.19%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (4.78%) AWS
3 10 (4.78%) GitHub
4 9 (4.31%) SuccessFactors
5 8 (3.83%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.87%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.39%) GCP
7 5 (2.39%) OCI
7 5 (2.39%) SaaS
8 3 (1.44%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.96%) PaaS
9 2 (0.96%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (0.96%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.48%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.48%) Serverless
10 1 (0.48%) ServiceMax
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.44%) Firewall
1 3 (1.44%) HTTP
1 3 (1.44%) SSL
2 2 (0.96%) FTP
2 2 (0.96%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.96%) VLAN
3 1 (0.48%) BGP
3 1 (0.48%) Broadband
3 1 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.48%) DNS
3 1 (0.48%) Intranet
3 1 (0.48%) MPLS
3 1 (0.48%) Multicast
3 1 (0.48%) OSPF
3 1 (0.48%) VPN
3 1 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.39%) BigQuery
1 5 (2.39%) Relational Database
1 5 (2.39%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.96%) Power BI
4 1 (0.48%) Ataccama
4 1 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 81 (38.76%) JIRA
2 29 (13.88%) Selenium
3 20 (9.57%) Postman
3 20 (9.57%) TestRail
4 16 (7.66%) Zephyr
5 13 (6.22%) Cucumber
5 13 (6.22%) Jenkins
6 10 (4.78%) GitLab
6 10 (4.78%) JMeter
7 9 (4.31%) Cypress.io
7 9 (4.31%) Git
8 7 (3.35%) REST Assured
9 6 (2.87%) Gatling
9 6 (2.87%) SpecFlow
10 3 (1.44%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.44%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.96%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.96%) MSTest
11 2 (0.96%) WebDriver
General
1 100 (47.85%) Social Skills
2 55 (26.32%) Finance
3 38 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (13.88%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.26%) Banking
6 10 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.35%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.87%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.39%) Automotive
10 5 (2.39%) Retail
10 5 (2.39%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.91%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.44%) Back Office
12 3 (1.44%) Local Government
12 3 (1.44%) Military
12 3 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.96%) Front Office
13 2 (0.96%) Law
13 2 (0.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 69 (33.01%) Test Manager
2 49 (23.44%) Analyst
3 45 (21.53%) Test Analyst
4 27 (12.92%) Lead
4 27 (12.92%) Tester
5 22 (10.53%) Test Leader
6 21 (10.05%) Senior
7 15 (7.18%) Test Engineer
8 13 (6.22%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (5.74%) Integration Analyst
9 12 (5.74%) Integration Test Analyst
9 12 (5.74%) Senior Test Analyst
9 12 (5.74%) Systems Integration Analyst
10 10 (4.78%) QA Engineer
10 10 (4.78%) Senior Integration Analyst
10 10 (4.78%) Systems Analyst
10 10 (4.78%) Systems Test Analyst
11 8 (3.83%) Programme Manager
11 8 (3.83%) Programme Test Manager
11 8 (3.83%) Senior Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.66%) Playwright
2 14 (6.70%) Middleware
3 12 (5.74%) REST
4 9 (4.31%) Node.js
5 7 (3.35%) ADO
6 6 (2.87%) .NET
7 5 (2.39%) JSON
7 5 (2.39%) XML
8 4 (1.91%) JWT
8 4 (1.91%) OAuth
8 4 (1.91%) SAML
8 4 (1.91%) Spring
8 4 (1.91%) Web Services
9 3 (1.44%) FHIR
9 3 (1.44%) Gherkin
9 3 (1.44%) LDAP
9 3 (1.44%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (1.44%) pytest
9 3 (1.44%) SOAP
10 2 (0.96%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.74%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.35%) Management Information System
2 7 (3.35%) Public Cloud
3 6 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (2.87%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.91%) Derivative
4 4 (1.91%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.96%) Equities
5 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.96%) Mainframe
5 2 (0.96%) NHS
5 2 (0.96%) SCADA
6 1 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.48%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.48%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.48%) IoT
6 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.48%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.61%) Windows
2 7 (3.35%) Linux
3 3 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.48%) Android
4 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.48%) Unix
4 1 (0.48%) VMS
4 1 (0.48%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (52.15%) Agile
2 96 (45.93%) Test Automation
3 88 (42.11%) User Acceptance Testing
4 78 (37.32%) Test Strategy
5 75 (35.89%) DevOps
6 65 (31.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 58 (27.75%) Validation
8 57 (27.27%) Test Scripting
9 56 (26.79%) Regression Testing
10 52 (24.88%) Software Testing
11 51 (24.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (23.44%) Defect Management
13 48 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
14 47 (22.49%) Scenario Testing
15 46 (22.01%) CI/CD
15 46 (22.01%) Integration Testing
16 44 (21.05%) Defect Tracking
17 41 (19.62%) End-to-End Testing
17 41 (19.62%) Waterfall
18 36 (17.22%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.79%) SQL
2 31 (14.83%) Java
3 21 (10.05%) JavaScript
4 16 (7.66%) C#
4 16 (7.66%) Python
5 12 (5.74%) TypeScript
6 5 (2.39%) XPath
7 4 (1.91%) VB
8 3 (1.44%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.48%) Bash
9 1 (0.48%) Bicep
9 1 (0.48%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.48%) Ruby
9 1 (0.48%) VB6
Qualifications
1 56 (26.79%) Security Cleared
2 51 (24.40%) ISTQB
3 36 (17.22%) SC Cleared
4 20 (9.57%) Degree
5 13 (6.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 10 (4.78%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 10 (4.78%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.39%) ISEB
9 2 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.48%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.48%) PMP
10 1 (0.48%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (46.41%) QA
2 18 (8.61%) IFRS
2 18 (8.61%) IFRS 17
3 12 (5.74%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.44%) IFRS 9
4 3 (1.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.44%) SLA
4 3 (1.44%) WCAG
5 2 (0.96%) HL7
5 2 (0.96%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.48%) EMIR
6 1 (0.48%) GRC
6 1 (0.48%) GxP
6 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 1 (0.48%) MiFID
6 1 (0.48%) NCSC
6 1 (0.48%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 3 (1.44%) Docker
2 2 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.96%) Firmware
3 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (10.53%) HP ALM
2 5 (2.39%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (2.39%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.91%) Grafana
4 2 (0.96%) Ansible
4 2 (0.96%) Kibana
4 2 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.96%) Terraform
5 1 (0.48%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.48%) Iperf
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.48%) Nmap
5 1 (0.48%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (11.96%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.48%) Oracle
3 22 (10.53%) HP
4 20 (9.57%) SAP
5 17 (8.13%) ServiceNow
6 10 (4.78%) Workday
7 4 (1.91%) Micro Focus
7 4 (1.91%) Splunk
8 3 (1.44%) IBM
8 3 (1.44%) OpenText
8 3 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.96%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.96%) PagerDuty
9 2 (0.96%) Siemens
9 2 (0.96%) SmartStream
10 1 (0.48%) Actian
10 1 (0.48%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.48%) Databricks
10 1 (0.48%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.48%) Palo Alto