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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 325 330
Rank change year-on-year -35 +5 +82
Contract jobs citing Test Management 255 167 217
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.60% 0.68% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.74% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 119 161
10th Percentile £315 £318 £363
25th Percentile £356 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £596
90th Percentile £621 £705 £625
UK median daily rate £425 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -6.80%
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% -
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% -

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 36,481 22,561 31,958
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.14% 91.35% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,067 14,578 20,676
10th Percentile £325 £302 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.46% -0.98% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.62% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,283 1,053 2,381
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.81 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.91% -26.67% +7.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.32 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.02% -29.21% +6.23%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 -61 94 £415 -17.00% 10
Midlands -15 56 £358 -30.15% 9
West Midlands -21 50 £358 -24.63% 5
South East -46 50 £475 +1.33% 9
North of England -56 41 £395 -12.22% 8
North West -30 30 £393 -12.67% 5
South West -18 15 £450 -21.74% 1
North East - 7 £313 - 1
East of England -34 4 £450 -25.00% 1
Yorkshire -56 4 £509 -3.10% 3
East Midlands - 4 £480 - 4
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 (9.02%) Confluence
2 5 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.18%) CMS
3 3 (1.18%) Kentico
4 1 (0.39%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (4.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.18%) SAP FI-AR
4 2 (0.78%) Maximo
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.39%) Endur
5 1 (0.39%) Infor SunSystems
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.39%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.39%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.39%) Summit
5 1 (0.39%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 80 (31.37%) Azure
2 70 (27.45%) Azure DevOps
3 36 (14.12%) AWS
4 9 (3.53%) SaaS
5 8 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.14%) GitHub
6 7 (2.75%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (2.35%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (1.57%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.18%) GCP
9 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.18%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.39%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.39%) BrowserStack
10 1 (0.39%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.39%) Serverless
10 1 (0.39%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.75%) Network Security
2 6 (2.35%) Firewall
2 6 (2.35%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.96%) DNS
3 5 (1.96%) VPN
4 4 (1.57%) DHCP
4 4 (1.57%) Internet
4 4 (1.57%) LAN
4 4 (1.57%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.57%) WAN
5 3 (1.18%) SSL
5 3 (1.18%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.78%) BGP
6 2 (0.78%) Intranet
6 2 (0.78%) MPLS
6 2 (0.78%) OSPF
6 2 (0.78%) VLAN
7 1 (0.39%) Broadband
7 1 (0.39%) FTP
7 1 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.55%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (12.16%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (1.96%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.18%) BigQuery
4 3 (1.18%) Power BI
4 3 (1.18%) 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%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.39%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.39%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 117 (45.88%) JIRA
2 43 (16.86%) Zephyr
3 42 (16.47%) Postman
4 24 (9.41%) Selenium
5 17 (6.67%) Git
6 15 (5.88%) TestRail
7 12 (4.71%) Jenkins
8 9 (3.53%) Cypress.io
8 9 (3.53%) REST Assured
9 7 (2.75%) GitLab
10 6 (2.35%) JMeter
11 4 (1.57%) Cucumber
12 3 (1.18%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (1.18%) Gatling
13 2 (0.78%) Appium
13 2 (0.78%) MSTest
13 2 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
14 1 (0.39%) Hudson
14 1 (0.39%) SoapUI
14 1 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 117 (45.88%) Social Skills
2 68 (26.67%) Finance
3 55 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.53%) Banking
7 7 (2.75%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (2.75%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.96%) Retail
9 4 (1.57%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.57%) Automotive
9 4 (1.57%) Front Office
9 4 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.57%) Local Government
9 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.18%) Electronics
10 3 (1.18%) Military
10 3 (1.18%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 85 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 55 (21.57%) Analyst
3 44 (17.25%) Test Analyst
4 38 (14.90%) Tester
5 31 (12.16%) Lead
6 22 (8.63%) Test Leader
7 19 (7.45%) Senior
8 18 (7.06%) QA Tester
8 18 (7.06%) Test Engineer
9 12 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (3.53%) Business Analyst
10 9 (3.53%) Consultant
10 9 (3.53%) Programme Manager
10 9 (3.53%) Programme Test Manager
10 9 (3.53%) Senior Test Analyst
10 9 (3.53%) Software Test Engineer
10 9 (3.53%) Test Programme Manager
11 7 (2.75%) Integration Analyst
11 7 (2.75%) Senior Integration Analyst
11 7 (2.75%) Systems Integration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.27%) REST
2 10 (3.92%) ADO
2 10 (3.92%) Playwright
3 9 (3.53%) Middleware
4 7 (2.75%) RESTful
5 5 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.96%) SailPoint
6 4 (1.57%) .NET
7 3 (1.18%) Gherkin
7 3 (1.18%) SAML
7 3 (1.18%) SOAP
8 2 (0.78%) Node.js
8 2 (0.78%) pytest
8 2 (0.78%) Web Services
9 1 (0.39%) 802.1X
9 1 (0.39%) FHIR
9 1 (0.39%) Kafka
9 1 (0.39%) Lightning Web Components
9 1 (0.39%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.27%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.53%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.53%) Public Cloud
4 8 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.14%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.18%) EPoS
5 3 (1.18%) SCADA
6 2 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.78%) Credit Risk
6 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.78%) Derivative
6 2 (0.78%) Market Risk
6 2 (0.78%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.78%) NHS
6 2 (0.78%) PKI
7 1 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.39%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.27%) Windows
2 7 (2.75%) Linux
3 3 (1.18%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.78%) Android
4 2 (0.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (52.94%) Agile
2 118 (46.27%) User Acceptance Testing
3 116 (45.49%) Test Automation
4 85 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
4 85 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 81 (31.76%) DevOps
6 78 (30.59%) Integration Testing
7 74 (29.02%) Test Scripting
8 73 (28.63%) Scenario Testing
9 71 (27.84%) Defect Management
10 65 (25.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 63 (24.71%) Migration
12 62 (24.31%) Validation
13 60 (23.53%) Regression Testing
14 53 (20.78%) Manual Testing
15 49 (19.22%) ETL
15 49 (19.22%) Problem-Solving
16 47 (18.43%) Software Testing
17 46 (18.04%) Data Migration
18 44 (17.25%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 56 (21.96%) SQL
2 14 (5.49%) Java
2 14 (5.49%) JavaScript
2 14 (5.49%) Python
3 7 (2.75%) C#
4 5 (1.96%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.18%) MATLAB
5 3 (1.18%) VB
6 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.39%) Bash
7 1 (0.39%) SAS Macro
7 1 (0.39%) VB6
7 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (33.73%) Security Cleared
2 66 (25.88%) ISTQB
3 59 (23.14%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.45%) Degree
5 15 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 13 (5.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 10 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (3.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (2.35%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.18%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.18%) ISEB
10 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.39%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.39%) CCIE
11 1 (0.39%) CCNP
11 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.39%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (48.63%) QA
2 17 (6.67%) IFRS
2 17 (6.67%) IFRS 17
3 9 (3.53%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.75%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.57%) MiFID
5 4 (1.57%) SLA
6 3 (1.18%) GDPR
6 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (1.18%) Software Quality Assurance
6 3 (1.18%) WCAG
7 2 (0.78%) 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 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.57%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.18%) Docker
5 2 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (6.67%) HP ALM
2 4 (1.57%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.18%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.78%) Ansible
5 1 (0.39%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.39%) Control-M
5 1 (0.39%) Grafana
5 1 (0.39%) Iperf
5 1 (0.39%) Nmap
5 1 (0.39%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 52 (20.39%) Oracle
2 31 (12.16%) Microsoft
3 21 (8.24%) SAP
4 18 (7.06%) HP
5 9 (3.53%) Cisco
6 8 (3.14%) ServiceNow
6 8 (3.14%) VMware
7 6 (2.35%) Denodo
7 6 (2.35%) Talend
8 5 (1.96%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.57%) Ariba
10 3 (1.18%) Citrix
10 3 (1.18%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.78%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.78%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.78%) Murex
11 2 (0.78%) Sage
11 2 (0.78%) Siemens
11 2 (0.78%) Workday
12 1 (0.39%) Palo Alto