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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 358 337
Rank change year-on-year -6 -21 +54
Contract jobs citing Test Management 185 133 223
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.50% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.56% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 82 164
10th Percentile £308 £356 £381
25th Percentile £365 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% -2.68% +2.75%
75th Percentile £505 £575 £589
90th Percentile £596 £634 £625
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
% change year-on-year - - -31.25%

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 28,150 23,642 32,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.12% 89.29% 87.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,007 14,469 21,732
10th Percentile £304 £310 £300
25th Percentile £409 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £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 1,749 768 1,647
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.10
25th Percentile £17.89 £21.00 £17.68
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.49 £75.00 £75.42
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -14.47% +16.92%

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 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 20 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 +5 91 £425 -15.00% 15
North of England -35 33 £395 -1.25% 35
South East -19 30 £461 -16.18% 58
North West -13 22 £395 -1.25% 13
Midlands -50 15 £373 -30.65% 30
West Midlands -42 10 £450 -16.28% 12
South West -5 6 £488 +8.33% 24
Yorkshire -47 6 £443 +4.12% 17
East Midlands -26 5 £340 -51.41% 18
North East - 5 £500 - 5
East of England -15 4 £625 -31.32% 35
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 (9.73%) Confluence
2 3 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) CMS
3 1 (0.54%) Kentico
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.16%) Maximo
3 2 (1.08%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (1.08%) BambooHR
3 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.08%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.08%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.54%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 71 (38.38%) Azure
2 49 (26.49%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (4.86%) AWS
4 8 (4.32%) SuccessFactors
5 7 (3.78%) GitHub
6 6 (3.24%) Entra ID
7 5 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (2.70%) OCI
8 4 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.16%) GCP
8 4 (2.16%) SaaS
9 3 (1.62%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.08%) PaaS
10 2 (1.08%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (1.08%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.54%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.54%) BrowserStack
11 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.62%) HTTP
1 3 (1.62%) SSL
2 2 (1.08%) Firewall
2 2 (1.08%) FTP
3 1 (0.54%) Broadband
3 1 (0.54%) DNS
3 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.54%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.70%) BigQuery
1 5 (2.70%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.16%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.62%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.08%) Power BI
5 1 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 74 (40.00%) JIRA
2 29 (15.68%) Selenium
3 21 (11.35%) TestRail
4 19 (10.27%) Postman
5 13 (7.03%) Cucumber
5 13 (7.03%) Zephyr
6 10 (5.41%) Jenkins
7 9 (4.86%) Git
8 8 (4.32%) GitLab
9 7 (3.78%) JMeter
10 6 (3.24%) Cypress.io
10 6 (3.24%) SpecFlow
11 5 (2.70%) REST Assured
12 4 (2.16%) Gatling
13 3 (1.62%) SoapUI
13 3 (1.62%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 2 (1.08%) MSTest
14 2 (1.08%) TestNG
14 2 (1.08%) WebDriver
General
1 91 (49.19%) Social Skills
2 44 (23.78%) Finance
3 34 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (14.05%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.49%) Banking
6 11 (5.95%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.70%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.16%) Retail
11 3 (1.62%) Back Office
11 3 (1.62%) Local Government
11 3 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.08%) Automotive
12 2 (1.08%) French Language
12 2 (1.08%) Front Office
12 2 (1.08%) Law
12 2 (1.08%) Legal
Job Titles
1 61 (32.97%) Test Manager
2 42 (22.70%) Analyst
3 39 (21.08%) Test Analyst
4 30 (16.22%) Tester
5 21 (11.35%) Lead
6 18 (9.73%) Senior
7 17 (9.19%) Test Leader
8 13 (7.03%) Test Engineer
9 12 (6.49%) Senior Analyst
10 11 (5.95%) Integration Analyst
10 11 (5.95%) Integration Test Analyst
10 11 (5.95%) Senior Test Analyst
10 11 (5.95%) Systems Integration Analyst
11 9 (4.86%) Automation Tester
11 9 (4.86%) QA Engineer
11 9 (4.86%) Senior Integration Analyst
11 9 (4.86%) Systems Analyst
11 9 (4.86%) Systems Test Analyst
12 7 (3.78%) QA Tester
12 7 (3.78%) Senior Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.57%) Playwright
2 12 (6.49%) Middleware
3 8 (4.32%) Node.js
3 8 (4.32%) REST
4 6 (3.24%) ADO
4 6 (3.24%) JSON
4 6 (3.24%) XML
5 5 (2.70%) .NET
6 4 (2.16%) JWT
6 4 (2.16%) OAuth
6 4 (2.16%) SAML
6 4 (2.16%) Spring
6 4 (2.16%) Web Services
7 3 (1.62%) FHIR
7 3 (1.62%) LDAP
7 3 (1.62%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.62%) SOAP
8 2 (1.08%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.08%) HTML
8 2 (1.08%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.86%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.24%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.24%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.62%) Derivative
6 2 (1.08%) Equities
6 2 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.08%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.08%) NHS
6 2 (1.08%) SCADA
7 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.54%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.54%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.54%) IoT
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.65%) Windows
2 6 (3.24%) Linux
3 3 (1.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.54%) Unix
4 1 (0.54%) VMS
4 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (50.27%) Agile
2 91 (49.19%) Test Automation
3 78 (42.16%) User Acceptance Testing
4 69 (37.30%) Test Strategy
5 62 (33.51%) DevOps
6 53 (28.65%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (26.49%) Validation
8 48 (25.95%) Test Scripting
9 47 (25.41%) Regression Testing
10 46 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
11 43 (23.24%) Integration Testing
11 43 (23.24%) Software Testing
12 42 (22.70%) Defect Management
13 40 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
14 39 (21.08%) CI/CD
14 39 (21.08%) Scenario Testing
15 36 (19.46%) End-to-End Testing
16 35 (18.92%) Defect Tracking
16 35 (18.92%) Waterfall
17 31 (16.76%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.68%) SQL
2 28 (15.14%) Java
3 17 (9.19%) JavaScript
4 13 (7.03%) C#
5 11 (5.95%) Python
6 10 (5.41%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.70%) XPath
8 1 (0.54%) Bicep
8 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.54%) Ruby
8 1 (0.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 46 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 42 (22.70%) ISTQB
3 28 (15.14%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.65%) Degree
5 13 (7.03%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 8 (4.32%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.78%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.62%) ISEB
11 1 (0.54%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.54%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.54%) PMP
11 1 (0.54%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (43.24%) QA
2 14 (7.57%) IFRS
2 14 (7.57%) IFRS 17
3 9 (4.86%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.62%) IFRS 9
4 3 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.08%) HL7
5 2 (1.08%) Software Quality Assurance
5 2 (1.08%) WCAG
6 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.54%) GxP
6 1 (0.54%) SLA
6 1 (0.54%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 3 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.08%) Docker
2 2 (1.08%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (11.35%) HP ALM
2 4 (2.16%) Grafana
2 4 (2.16%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.62%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (1.08%) Kibana
4 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.08%) Terraform
5 1 (0.54%) Ansible
5 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.54%) SCCM
5 1 (0.54%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (11.35%) HP
2 20 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.81%) Oracle
3 16 (8.65%) SAP
4 14 (7.57%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.41%) Workday
6 5 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.16%) Micro Focus
7 4 (2.16%) Splunk
8 3 (1.62%) IBM
8 3 (1.62%) OpenText
9 2 (1.08%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.08%) PagerDuty
9 2 (1.08%) Siemens
9 2 (1.08%) SmartStream
10 1 (0.54%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.54%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.54%) Databricks
10 1 (0.54%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.54%) YouTube