Test Management Contracts in England

Test Management
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Test Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Management over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 329 422
Rank change year-on-year -10 +93 +1
Contract jobs citing Test Management 149 217 257
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.58% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.67% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 165 186
10th Percentile £327 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £413 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
75th Percentile £578 £600 £624
90th Percentile £725 £665 £723
UK median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.20% -2.62% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £11.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +445.45% - -
75th Percentile £73.88 - -
90th Percentile £80.70 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £11.00 -
% change year-on-year +445.45% - -

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 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Test Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in England

Test Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Management in England.

Daily rate trend for Test Management in England

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Management in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Management in England

Test Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Management in England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Management in England

Test Management
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Management in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 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 +7 60 £450 -12.62% 26
South East +29 40 £500 -9.09% 15
Midlands +27 19 £538 +10.82% 15
West Midlands +25 18 £538 +10.82% 10
North of England +22 15 £475 +8.57% 14
North West +18 13 £475 +11.76% 13
East of England +23 9 £600 +60.00% 8
South West +35 6 £575 +35.29% 7
Yorkshire +3 2 £450 - 2
Test Management
UK

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (6.04%) Confluence
2 3 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.67%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (4.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.36%) SAP ERP
3 4 (2.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.34%) Aladdin
4 2 (1.34%) NEC Housing
4 2 (1.34%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.67%) Finacle
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.67%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 23 (15.44%) Azure
2 22 (14.77%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (3.36%) GitHub
3 5 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.68%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.68%) PowerApps
5 3 (2.01%) AWS
5 3 (2.01%) Azure API Management
5 3 (2.01%) Azure Functions
5 3 (2.01%) GCP
5 3 (2.01%) Power Automate
5 3 (2.01%) Serverless
6 2 (1.34%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.34%) OCI
6 2 (1.34%) SaaS
6 2 (1.34%) SuccessFactors
6 2 (1.34%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (0.67%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.67%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.36%) Firewall
2 1 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (0.67%) Converged Networks
2 1 (0.67%) Internet
2 1 (0.67%) Intranet
2 1 (0.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.68%) Big Data
2 3 (2.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.34%) IDMS
4 1 (0.67%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.67%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 61 (40.94%) JIRA
2 16 (10.74%) TestRail
3 12 (8.05%) Selenium
4 6 (4.03%) LoadRunner
4 6 (4.03%) Postman
5 5 (3.36%) Jenkins
5 5 (3.36%) NeoLoad
5 5 (3.36%) Zephyr
6 4 (2.68%) Appium
6 4 (2.68%) JMeter
7 3 (2.01%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (1.34%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.34%) CA Gen
8 2 (1.34%) JUnit
8 2 (1.34%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.67%) GitLab
9 1 (0.67%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.67%) Robot Framework
General
1 60 (40.27%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (15.44%) Finance
4 11 (7.38%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (6.04%) Banking
6 6 (4.03%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.36%) Billing
7 5 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (3.36%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.36%) Retail
7 5 (3.36%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.68%) Back Office
8 4 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.01%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.34%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.34%) Avionics
10 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.34%) Local Government
10 2 (1.34%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (25.50%) Test Manager
2 25 (16.78%) Lead
2 25 (16.78%) Test Engineer
3 22 (14.77%) Analyst
4 20 (13.42%) Test Analyst
5 19 (12.75%) Test Leader
5 19 (12.75%) Tester
6 8 (5.37%) Consultant
7 7 (4.70%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.03%) QA Leader
8 6 (4.03%) QA Manager
9 5 (3.36%) Test Consultant
9 5 (3.36%) Transformation Manager
10 4 (2.68%) Designer
10 4 (2.68%) ERP Manager
10 4 (2.68%) Programme Test Manager
10 4 (2.68%) QA Tester
10 4 (2.68%) Release Manager
10 4 (2.68%) SAP Manager
10 4 (2.68%) SAP Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.70%) Middleware
2 6 (4.03%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (2.68%) RFC 2544
4 2 (1.34%) ADO
5 1 (0.67%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.67%) Kafka
5 1 (0.67%) Playwright
5 1 (0.67%) pytest
5 1 (0.67%) REST
5 1 (0.67%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.05%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.04%) SCADA
3 6 (4.03%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.36%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.36%) FMCG
4 5 (3.36%) Life Science
5 4 (2.68%) IoT
5 4 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.01%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.01%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.34%) Derivative
7 2 (1.34%) EPoS
7 2 (1.34%) Equities
7 2 (1.34%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.34%) Housing Association
7 2 (1.34%) OTC Derivatives
7 2 (1.34%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.72%) Windows
2 7 (4.70%) Linux
3 5 (3.36%) Android
3 5 (3.36%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (46.98%) Agile
2 61 (40.94%) Test Strategy
3 59 (39.60%) Test Automation
4 36 (24.16%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (24.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 33 (22.15%) User Acceptance Testing
6 31 (20.81%) Defect Management
7 30 (20.13%) DevOps
8 25 (16.78%) Validation
9 23 (15.44%) Integration Testing
10 20 (13.42%) Non-Functional Testing
10 20 (13.42%) Software Testing
11 19 (12.75%) System Integration Testing
11 19 (12.75%) Waterfall
12 17 (11.41%) Test Scripting
13 16 (10.74%) ERP
13 16 (10.74%) Performance Testing
14 15 (10.07%) Manual Testing
14 15 (10.07%) Regression Testing
15 14 (9.40%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.41%) SQL
2 7 (4.70%) Java
3 4 (2.68%) Perl
3 4 (2.68%) PL/SQL
3 4 (2.68%) Python
4 2 (1.34%) COBOL
4 2 (1.34%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.34%) SOQL
5 1 (0.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 33 (22.15%) Security Cleared
2 30 (20.13%) ISTQB
3 19 (12.75%) SC Cleared
4 14 (9.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 13 (8.72%) DV Cleared
6 9 (6.04%) Degree
7 5 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.68%) ISEB
8 4 (2.68%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (20.81%) QA
2 4 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.01%) GDPR
3 3 (2.01%) GxP
3 3 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (12.08%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.34%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (0.67%) Grafana
3 1 (0.67%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.67%) OPNET
Vendors
1 18 (12.08%) HP
2 16 (10.74%) Oracle
3 13 (8.72%) SAP
4 10 (6.71%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.03%) Salesforce
5 6 (4.03%) Workday
6 5 (3.36%) Cisco
6 5 (3.36%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.34%) Ariba
8 2 (1.34%) Cramer
8 2 (1.34%) Google
8 2 (1.34%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.34%) Micro Focus
8 2 (1.34%) NEC
8 2 (1.34%) Remedy
8 2 (1.34%) SimCorp
9 1 (0.67%) Charles River
9 1 (0.67%) Concur
9 1 (0.67%) Virgin Media