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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 343 325
Rank change year-on-year -22 -18 +76
Contract jobs citing Test Management 187 137 225
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.52% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.58% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 83 167
10th Percentile £313 £357 £381
25th Percentile £375 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £502 £575 £600
90th Percentile £594 £687 £635
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £11.00
UK median hourly rate - - £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 28,352 23,648 32,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.85% 89.40% 87.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,131 14,458 22,099
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,777 764 1,811
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.06 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.15% -6.70% +7.35%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £36.02
% change year-on-year -22.62% -9.78% +12.89%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 +27 94 £423 -15.50% 12
North of England -37 31 £400 -5.88% 27
South East -30 28 £461 -16.18% 43
North West -16 20 £400 - 11
Midlands -52 16 £378 -29.67% 26
West Midlands -46 11 £450 -13.87% 9
South West -18 6 £488 +8.33% 23
Yorkshire -42 6 £443 +4.12% 13
East Midlands -25 5 £340 -51.41% 16
North East - 5 £500 - 3
East of England -10 4 £625 -31.32% 23
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 18 (9.63%) Confluence
2 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Kentico
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (4.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.14%) Maximo
3 2 (1.07%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (1.07%) BambooHR
3 2 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.07%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.07%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.07%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.53%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 74 (39.57%) Azure
2 52 (27.81%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (4.81%) AWS
3 9 (4.81%) SuccessFactors
4 7 (3.74%) GitHub
5 6 (3.21%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
6 5 (2.67%) OCI
7 4 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.14%) GCP
7 4 (2.14%) SaaS
8 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.07%) PaaS
9 2 (1.07%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (1.07%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.53%) Amazon S3
10 1 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.53%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.53%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.60%) HTTP
1 3 (1.60%) SSL
2 2 (1.07%) Firewall
2 2 (1.07%) FTP
3 1 (0.53%) Broadband
3 1 (0.53%) DNS
3 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.53%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.67%) BigQuery
1 5 (2.67%) Relational Database
1 5 (2.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.60%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.07%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.07%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.07%) Power BI
4 1 (0.53%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 72 (38.50%) JIRA
2 27 (14.44%) Selenium
3 20 (10.70%) Postman
4 19 (10.16%) TestRail
5 13 (6.95%) Zephyr
6 12 (6.42%) Cucumber
7 9 (4.81%) Git
7 9 (4.81%) Jenkins
8 8 (4.28%) GitLab
8 8 (4.28%) JMeter
9 6 (3.21%) Cypress.io
9 6 (3.21%) SpecFlow
10 5 (2.67%) REST Assured
11 4 (2.14%) Gatling
12 3 (1.60%) SoapUI
12 3 (1.60%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (1.07%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (1.07%) MSTest
13 2 (1.07%) TestNG
13 2 (1.07%) WebDriver
General
1 91 (48.66%) Social Skills
2 47 (25.13%) Finance
3 34 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.44%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.88%) Banking
5 11 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.67%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.14%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.14%) Retail
10 3 (1.60%) Back Office
10 3 (1.60%) Local Government
10 3 (1.60%) Military
10 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.07%) Automotive
11 2 (1.07%) French Language
11 2 (1.07%) Law
11 2 (1.07%) Legal
Job Titles
1 61 (32.62%) Test Manager
2 43 (22.99%) Analyst
3 40 (21.39%) Test Analyst
4 28 (14.97%) Tester
5 23 (12.30%) Lead
6 19 (10.16%) Senior
6 19 (10.16%) Test Leader
7 13 (6.95%) Senior Analyst
7 13 (6.95%) Test Engineer
8 12 (6.42%) Integration Analyst
8 12 (6.42%) Integration Test Analyst
8 12 (6.42%) Senior Test Analyst
8 12 (6.42%) Systems Integration Analyst
9 10 (5.35%) QA Engineer
9 10 (5.35%) Senior Integration Analyst
9 10 (5.35%) Systems Analyst
9 10 (5.35%) Systems Test Analyst
10 9 (4.81%) Automation Tester
11 8 (4.28%) QA Automation Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Senior Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.95%) Middleware
1 13 (6.95%) Playwright
2 9 (4.81%) Node.js
2 9 (4.81%) REST
3 7 (3.74%) ADO
4 6 (3.21%) .NET
4 6 (3.21%) JSON
4 6 (3.21%) XML
5 4 (2.14%) JWT
5 4 (2.14%) OAuth
5 4 (2.14%) SAML
5 4 (2.14%) Spring
5 4 (2.14%) Web Services
6 3 (1.60%) FHIR
6 3 (1.60%) LDAP
6 3 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.60%) SOAP
7 2 (1.07%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.07%) HTML
7 2 (1.07%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.35%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.28%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.74%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.21%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.60%) Derivative
7 2 (1.07%) Equities
7 2 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.07%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.07%) NHS
7 2 (1.07%) SCADA
8 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.53%) IoT
8 1 (0.53%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.09%) Windows
2 6 (3.21%) Linux
3 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) Android
4 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.53%) Unix
4 1 (0.53%) VMS
4 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (50.27%) Agile
2 92 (49.20%) Test Automation
3 77 (41.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 67 (35.83%) Test Strategy
5 64 (34.22%) DevOps
6 55 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (27.81%) Validation
8 51 (27.27%) Regression Testing
9 48 (25.67%) Test Scripting
10 46 (24.60%) Software Testing
11 45 (24.06%) Defect Management
11 45 (24.06%) Integration Testing
11 45 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
12 42 (22.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (22.46%) Scenario Testing
13 40 (21.39%) CI/CD
14 39 (20.86%) Defect Tracking
15 37 (19.79%) End-to-End Testing
16 35 (18.72%) Waterfall
17 33 (17.65%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.58%) SQL
2 28 (14.97%) Java
3 18 (9.63%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.95%) C#
5 11 (5.88%) Python
5 11 (5.88%) TypeScript
6 5 (2.67%) XPath
7 2 (1.07%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.07%) VB
8 1 (0.53%) Bicep
8 1 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 48 (25.67%) Security Cleared
2 44 (23.53%) ISTQB
3 30 (16.04%) SC Cleared
4 15 (8.02%) Degree
5 13 (6.95%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 8 (4.28%) DV Cleared
6 8 (4.28%) Master's Degree
7 6 (3.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 5 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.60%) ISEB
10 2 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.53%) PMP
11 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (43.32%) QA
2 15 (8.02%) IFRS
2 15 (8.02%) IFRS 17
3 10 (5.35%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.60%) IFRS 9
4 3 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.60%) WCAG
5 2 (1.07%) HL7
5 2 (1.07%) SLA
5 2 (1.07%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.53%) GxP
6 1 (0.53%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 3 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.07%) Docker
2 2 (1.07%) Firmware
3 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (10.16%) HP ALM
2 4 (2.14%) Grafana
2 4 (2.14%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (2.14%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.07%) Kibana
3 2 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.07%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) Ansible
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.53%) SCCM
4 1 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (11.23%) Microsoft
1 21 (11.23%) Oracle
2 19 (10.16%) HP
3 18 (9.63%) SAP
4 14 (7.49%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.35%) Workday
6 5 (2.67%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.14%) Micro Focus
7 4 (2.14%) Splunk
8 3 (1.60%) IBM
8 3 (1.60%) OpenText
9 2 (1.07%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.07%) PagerDuty
9 2 (1.07%) Siemens
9 2 (1.07%) SmartStream
10 1 (0.53%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.53%) Databricks
10 1 (0.53%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.53%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.53%) YouTube