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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 327 346
Rank change year-on-year -41 +19 +78
Contract jobs citing Test Management 254 173 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.67% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.74% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 124 160
10th Percentile £314 £325 £363
25th Percentile £358 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% -2.66% -8.36%
75th Percentile £523 £575 £595
90th Percentile £633 £699 £626
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.66% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £26.04 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +490.91% -79.05%
75th Percentile - £73.81 £34.81
90th Percentile - £80.68 £77.68
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £11.00
% change year-on-year +7.69% +490.91% -79.34%

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 37,409 23,372 31,772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.17% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,567 15,052 20,589
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.79% -4.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,348 1,165 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.97 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.50 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.93
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.81%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -56 92 £473 -5.50% 15
Midlands -15 58 £358 -22.59% 3
West Midlands -13 53 £358 -20.44% 2
South East -52 51 £475 +1.33% 13
North of England -65 37 £393 -12.67% 12
North West -32 27 £350 -22.22% 6
South West -23 14 £450 +2.86% 4
North East - 7 £313 - 3
East of England -23 5 £450 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire -54 3 £575 +9.52% 3
East Midlands - 3 £578 - 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 23 (9.06%) Confluence
2 5 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.18%) CMS
3 3 (1.18%) Kentico
4 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (4.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.18%) Maximo
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.18%) SAP FI-AR
4 1 (0.39%) Endur
4 1 (0.39%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.39%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.39%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.39%) Summit
4 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 80 (31.50%) Azure
2 72 (28.35%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (13.78%) AWS
4 10 (3.94%) GitHub
5 9 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
5 9 (3.54%) SaaS
6 7 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (1.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 5 (1.97%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (1.57%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.18%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.79%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.79%) OCI
10 2 (0.79%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.79%) Serverless
11 1 (0.39%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.39%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.15%) Network Security
2 5 (1.97%) Firewall
2 5 (1.97%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.97%) VPN
3 4 (1.57%) DHCP
3 4 (1.57%) DNS
3 4 (1.57%) Internet
3 4 (1.57%) LAN
3 4 (1.57%) SD-WAN
3 4 (1.57%) WAN
4 3 (1.18%) SSL
4 3 (1.18%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.79%) BGP
5 2 (0.79%) Intranet
5 2 (0.79%) MPLS
5 2 (0.79%) OSPF
5 2 (0.79%) VLAN
6 1 (0.39%) Broadband
6 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.39%) WPA2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (12.99%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (12.20%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.18%) Power BI
3 3 (1.18%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
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%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.39%) DataStage
5 1 (0.39%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.39%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 124 (48.82%) JIRA
2 46 (18.11%) Postman
3 45 (17.72%) Zephyr
4 26 (10.24%) Selenium
5 16 (6.30%) Git
5 16 (6.30%) TestRail
6 14 (5.51%) Jenkins
7 10 (3.94%) Cypress.io
7 10 (3.94%) REST Assured
8 6 (2.36%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.36%) GitLab
8 6 (2.36%) JMeter
9 3 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (1.18%) Gatling
9 3 (1.18%) HP UFT
9 3 (1.18%) MSTest
9 3 (1.18%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.79%) Appium
10 2 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.39%) Android Studio
General
1 118 (46.46%) Social Skills
2 67 (26.38%) Finance
3 58 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.66%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.54%) Banking
7 7 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.76%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.57%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.57%) Automotive
9 4 (1.57%) Front Office
9 4 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Local Government
9 4 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Retail
9 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.18%) Electronics
10 3 (1.18%) Publishing
11 2 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 79 (31.10%) Test Manager
2 53 (20.87%) Analyst
3 41 (16.14%) Test Analyst
4 40 (15.75%) Tester
5 35 (13.78%) Lead
6 27 (10.63%) Test Leader
7 20 (7.87%) Test Engineer
8 18 (7.09%) QA Tester
9 15 (5.91%) Senior
10 11 (4.33%) Consultant
11 10 (3.94%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.94%) Software Test Engineer
12 8 (3.15%) Programme Manager
12 8 (3.15%) Programme Test Manager
12 8 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (3.15%) Test Programme Manager
13 6 (2.36%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 6 (2.36%) QA Analyst
14 5 (1.97%) SAP Consultant
14 5 (1.97%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.48%) REST
2 13 (5.12%) Playwright
3 9 (3.54%) ADO
4 7 (2.76%) Middleware
4 7 (2.76%) RESTful
5 6 (2.36%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (1.97%) .NET
6 5 (1.97%) SailPoint
7 4 (1.57%) Gherkin
8 3 (1.18%) SAML
8 3 (1.18%) SOAP
9 2 (0.79%) Node.js
9 2 (0.79%) pytest
10 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.39%) FHIR
10 1 (0.39%) Lightning Web Components
10 1 (0.39%) SAP Basis
10 1 (0.39%) Vuetify.js
10 1 (0.39%) Web Services
10 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.91%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.72%) Management Information System
2 12 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.15%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.76%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.18%) EPoS
5 3 (1.18%) PKI
5 3 (1.18%) SCADA
6 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.79%) Credit Risk
6 2 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.79%) Derivative
6 2 (0.79%) Market Risk
6 2 (0.79%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.79%) NHS
7 1 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.39%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.12%) Windows
2 7 (2.76%) Linux
3 3 (1.18%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (53.15%) Agile
2 117 (46.06%) Test Automation
2 117 (46.06%) User Acceptance Testing
3 84 (33.07%) End-to-End Testing
4 83 (32.68%) DevOps
5 81 (31.89%) Test Strategy
6 79 (31.10%) Integration Testing
7 73 (28.74%) Scenario Testing
7 73 (28.74%) Test Scripting
8 70 (27.56%) Defect Management
9 63 (24.80%) Migration
10 62 (24.41%) Stakeholder Management
11 58 (22.83%) Regression Testing
12 57 (22.44%) Validation
13 52 (20.47%) Manual Testing
14 48 (18.90%) ETL
15 47 (18.50%) Data Migration
15 47 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
15 47 (18.50%) System Testing
16 44 (17.32%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 55 (21.65%) SQL
2 16 (6.30%) JavaScript
3 15 (5.91%) Python
4 13 (5.12%) Java
5 10 (3.94%) C#
6 8 (3.15%) TypeScript
7 5 (1.97%) VB
8 3 (1.18%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.79%) VBScript
10 1 (0.39%) Bash
10 1 (0.39%) C++
10 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.39%) Ruby
10 1 (0.39%) SAS Macro
10 1 (0.39%) VB6
10 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 85 (33.46%) Security Cleared
2 69 (27.17%) ISTQB
3 60 (23.62%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.87%) Degree
5 16 (6.30%) DV Cleared
6 13 (5.12%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 11 (4.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.97%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.18%) ISEB
10 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.79%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.39%) BC Cleared
12 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (49.61%) QA
2 14 (5.51%) IFRS
2 14 (5.51%) IFRS 17
3 10 (3.94%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.15%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.57%) GDPR
5 4 (1.57%) MiFID
5 4 (1.57%) WCAG
6 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.18%) SLA
6 3 (1.18%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.79%) EMIR
8 1 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.39%) GRC
8 1 (0.39%) HL7
8 1 (0.39%) NCSC
8 1 (0.39%) NIST
8 1 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.57%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.79%) Docker
4 2 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (7.48%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.97%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.79%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.39%) Ansible
5 1 (0.39%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.39%) Control-M
5 1 (0.39%) Iperf
5 1 (0.39%) Nmap
5 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 50 (19.69%) Oracle
2 31 (12.20%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.87%) HP
4 19 (7.48%) SAP
5 9 (3.54%) Cisco
6 8 (3.15%) VMware
7 7 (2.76%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.76%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.36%) Denodo
8 6 (2.36%) Talend
9 4 (1.57%) Ariba
10 3 (1.18%) Citrix
10 3 (1.18%) Siemens
10 3 (1.18%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.79%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.79%) Murex
11 2 (0.79%) Sage
11 2 (0.79%) Workday
12 1 (0.39%) Palo Alto