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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 347 359
Rank change year-on-year -16 +12 +32
Contract jobs citing Test Management 184 158 206
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.55% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.62% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 105 149
10th Percentile £309 £394 £381
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £529 £575 £588
90th Percentile £600 £624 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £519 £515
% change year-on-year -13.25% +0.73% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £52.50
% change year-on-year - - +228.13%

All Process and 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 27,756 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.83% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,663 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 December 2025. 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 +27 89 £438 -14.63% 15
South East -20 34 £481 -12.64% 32
North of England -38 34 £450 +12.50% 24
Midlands -46 16 £359 -32.47% 12
North West -22 15 £450 +12.50% 13
Yorkshire -29 14 £417 -1.88% 8
West Midlands -39 12 £400 -22.52% 6
North East - 5 £500 - 3
East Midlands -16 4 £340 -51.41% 5
South West -13 3 £525 - 9
East of England -20 2 £625 -31.32% 15
Test Management
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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 14 (7.61%) Confluence
2 3 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) CMS
3 1 (0.54%) Kentico
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.26%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.09%) Algo Collateral
2 2 (1.09%) BambooHR
2 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.09%) Maximo
2 2 (1.09%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.54%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.54%) Cerner Millennium
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 74 (40.22%) Azure
2 46 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (8.70%) AWS
4 10 (5.43%) GCP
5 8 (4.35%) OCI
6 7 (3.80%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.26%) GitHub
7 6 (3.26%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.72%) SaaS
9 3 (1.63%) BrowserStack
9 3 (1.63%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.09%) PaaS
10 2 (1.09%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.54%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.54%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.54%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.17%) Firewall
2 3 (1.63%) Broadband
2 3 (1.63%) HTTP
2 3 (1.63%) SSL
3 1 (0.54%) FTP
3 1 (0.54%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.72%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.63%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.63%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.09%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.09%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.09%) Power BI
4 1 (0.54%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 87 (47.28%) JIRA
2 30 (16.30%) Selenium
3 26 (14.13%) Postman
4 20 (10.87%) TestRail
5 15 (8.15%) Cucumber
6 14 (7.61%) Zephyr
7 12 (6.52%) SoapUI
8 9 (4.89%) Jenkins
9 8 (4.35%) Git
9 8 (4.35%) GitLab
10 7 (3.80%) JMeter
11 6 (3.26%) Cypress.io
12 5 (2.72%) REST Assured
12 5 (2.72%) SpecFlow
13 4 (2.17%) Gatling
14 2 (1.09%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (1.09%) HP UFT
14 2 (1.09%) TestNG
14 2 (1.09%) TestPartner
14 2 (1.09%) WebDriver
General
1 95 (51.63%) Social Skills
2 39 (21.20%) Finance
3 29 (15.76%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.41%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.52%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (5.98%) Banking
7 8 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (3.26%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.72%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.72%) Retail
10 4 (2.17%) Legal
10 4 (2.17%) Local Government
11 3 (1.63%) Back Office
11 3 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.09%) Billing
12 2 (1.09%) Front Office
12 2 (1.09%) Law
12 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (28.26%) Test Manager
2 41 (22.28%) Analyst
3 40 (21.74%) Test Analyst
4 29 (15.76%) Tester
5 26 (14.13%) Lead
6 22 (11.96%) Test Leader
7 14 (7.61%) Test Engineer
8 11 (5.98%) Automation Tester
8 11 (5.98%) Senior
9 8 (4.35%) QA Engineer
9 8 (4.35%) QA Tester
10 6 (3.26%) Integration Analyst
10 6 (3.26%) Integration Test Analyst
10 6 (3.26%) Programme Manager
10 6 (3.26%) Programme Test Manager
10 6 (3.26%) QA Automation Engineer
10 6 (3.26%) Test Automation Engineer
10 6 (3.26%) Test Programme Manager
11 5 (2.72%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
11 5 (2.72%) Systems Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.15%) Playwright
2 9 (4.89%) Middleware
3 8 (4.35%) REST
4 7 (3.80%) Node.js
5 6 (3.26%) JSON
5 6 (3.26%) XML
6 5 (2.72%) .NET
6 5 (2.72%) SOAP
7 4 (2.17%) ADO
7 4 (2.17%) Gherkin
7 4 (2.17%) JWT
7 4 (2.17%) OAuth
7 4 (2.17%) SAML
7 4 (2.17%) Spring
7 4 (2.17%) WebdriverIO
8 3 (1.63%) LDAP
8 3 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.63%) RESTful
8 3 (1.63%) RFC 2544
8 3 (1.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.43%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.17%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.17%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.17%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.17%) SCADA
5 3 (1.63%) Derivative
5 3 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.09%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.09%) Equities
6 2 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.09%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.09%) NHS
7 1 (0.54%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.54%) Interest Rate Derivative
7 1 (0.54%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.52%) Windows
2 4 (2.17%) Linux
3 3 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.54%) VMS
4 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (50.54%) Agile
2 91 (49.46%) Test Automation
3 61 (33.15%) DevOps
4 59 (32.07%) User Acceptance Testing
5 58 (31.52%) Test Strategy
6 54 (29.35%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (26.09%) Software Testing
8 47 (25.54%) Defect Management
8 47 (25.54%) Test Scripting
9 45 (24.46%) CI/CD
10 43 (23.37%) Stakeholder Management
11 36 (19.57%) API Testing
11 36 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (19.57%) Integration Testing
11 36 (19.57%) Validation
12 35 (19.02%) Scenario Testing
13 34 (18.48%) Test Planning
14 33 (17.93%) Defect Tracking
14 33 (17.93%) SDLC
14 33 (17.93%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (14.67%) SQL
2 24 (13.04%) Java
3 17 (9.24%) JavaScript
4 14 (7.61%) C#
5 10 (5.43%) Python
6 9 (4.89%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.72%) XPath
8 4 (2.17%) VB
9 3 (1.63%) Ruby
10 1 (0.54%) Bicep
10 1 (0.54%) Korn
10 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 45 (24.46%) ISTQB
2 42 (22.83%) Security Cleared
3 33 (17.93%) SC Cleared
4 18 (9.78%) Degree
5 12 (6.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 8 (4.35%) CISM
6 8 (4.35%) CISSP
7 6 (3.26%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (2.17%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.63%) EMC Certification
9 3 (1.63%) HNC
9 3 (1.63%) HND
10 2 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.09%) ISEB
11 1 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.54%) PMP
11 1 (0.54%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (38.04%) QA
2 10 (5.43%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.26%) GDPR
3 6 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (3.26%) NIST
3 6 (3.26%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.72%) IFRS
4 5 (2.72%) IFRS 17
5 4 (2.17%) WCAG
6 3 (1.63%) Def Stans
6 3 (1.63%) IEC 61508
6 3 (1.63%) IFRS 9
6 3 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.09%) SLA
7 2 (1.09%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.54%) GxP
8 1 (0.54%) HL7
8 1 (0.54%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 2 (1.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.54%) Docker
2 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (11.96%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.63%) Functional Safety
2 3 (1.63%) Grafana
2 3 (1.63%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.09%) Kibana
3 2 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.09%) Terraform
4 1 (0.54%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.54%) SCCM
4 1 (0.54%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (17.93%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.50%) Oracle
3 22 (11.96%) HP
4 15 (8.15%) SAP
5 11 (5.98%) ServiceNow
6 10 (5.43%) CyberArk
6 10 (5.43%) Workday
7 9 (4.89%) BeyondTrust
7 9 (4.89%) Thycotic
8 8 (4.35%) Google
9 7 (3.80%) Salesforce
10 4 (2.17%) Micro Focus
11 3 (1.63%) Cisco
11 3 (1.63%) EMC
11 3 (1.63%) IBM
11 3 (1.63%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.63%) OpenText
11 3 (1.63%) Splunk
12 2 (1.09%) Dynatrace
12 2 (1.09%) PagerDuty