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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 335 333
Rank change year-on-year -13 -2 +71
Contract jobs citing Test Management 253 146 218
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.60% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.66% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 189 102 166
10th Percentile £313 £326 £363
25th Percentile £356 £414 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £523 £575 £600
90th Percentile £595 £723 £663
UK median daily rate £443 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -11.50% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £25.78 - -
25th Percentile £48.15 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +445.45% -
75th Percentile - £73.88 -
90th Percentile - £80.70 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £60.00 £11.00
% change year-on-year +16.67% +445.45% -

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 34,270 22,183 32,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 91.18% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,910 14,537 21,121
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,134 920 2,242
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.75 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.68
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -15.92% -4.85%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.35 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.07 £35.00
% change year-on-year +42.95% -16.94% -6.17%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -4 106 £409 -9.17% 7
Midlands -40 48 £359 -33.21% 4
South East -45 43 £463 -7.50% 8
West Midlands -35 42 £358 -33.40% 4
North of England -54 37 £395 -16.84% 3
North West -25 26 £393 -17.26% 1
South West -20 16 £463 -19.57% 4
North East - 7 £406 -
East Midlands - 5 £429 -
East of England -43 4 £450 -25.00% 1
Yorkshire -55 4 £471 +4.72% 2
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 24 (9.49%) Confluence
2 5 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.58%) Maximo
2 4 (1.58%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.19%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.19%) SAP FI-AR
4 2 (0.79%) Algo Collateral
4 2 (0.79%) BambooHR
4 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.79%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.40%) Endur
5 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.40%) SAP FI-GL
5 1 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.40%) Summit
5 1 (0.40%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 92 (36.36%) Azure
2 81 (32.02%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (8.70%) AWS
4 9 (3.56%) GitHub
5 8 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.16%) SuccessFactors
6 6 (2.37%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (2.37%) SaaS
7 5 (1.98%) GCP
7 5 (1.98%) OCI
8 3 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (0.79%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.79%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.40%) Tricentis Tosca
10 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.77%) Firewall
2 6 (2.37%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.98%) DNS
3 5 (1.98%) VPN
4 4 (1.58%) DHCP
4 4 (1.58%) Internet
4 4 (1.58%) LAN
4 4 (1.58%) Network Security
4 4 (1.58%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.58%) WAN
5 3 (1.19%) SSL
5 3 (1.19%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.79%) BGP
6 2 (0.79%) FTP
6 2 (0.79%) HTTP
6 2 (0.79%) MPLS
6 2 (0.79%) OSPF
6 2 (0.79%) VLAN
7 1 (0.40%) Intranet
7 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (9.49%) Data Warehouse
1 24 (9.49%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (1.98%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.98%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.19%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.40%) Ataccama
5 1 (0.40%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.40%) Big Data
5 1 (0.40%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.40%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.40%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 113 (44.66%) JIRA
2 38 (15.02%) Zephyr
3 37 (14.62%) Postman
4 31 (12.25%) Selenium
5 19 (7.51%) TestRail
6 17 (6.72%) Git
7 8 (3.16%) Cypress.io
7 8 (3.16%) Jenkins
8 7 (2.77%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.77%) JMeter
9 6 (2.37%) REST Assured
10 5 (1.98%) GitLab
11 4 (1.58%) SpecFlow
12 3 (1.19%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (1.19%) Gatling
12 3 (1.19%) SoapUI
12 3 (1.19%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.79%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 2 (0.79%) MSTest
14 1 (0.40%) Hudson
General
1 123 (48.62%) Social Skills
2 61 (24.11%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (23.72%) Finance
4 23 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 10 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
5 10 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.56%) Banking
6 9 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (2.37%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.37%) Retail
8 5 (1.98%) Automotive
8 5 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.98%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.19%) Back Office
9 3 (1.19%) Electronics
9 3 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.19%) Law
9 3 (1.19%) Local Government
9 3 (1.19%) Military
10 2 (0.79%) French Language
Job Titles
1 86 (33.99%) Test Manager
2 59 (23.32%) Analyst
3 54 (21.34%) Test Analyst
4 38 (15.02%) Tester
5 28 (11.07%) Lead
6 21 (8.30%) Senior
7 19 (7.51%) Test Leader
8 17 (6.72%) Test Engineer
9 15 (5.93%) Senior Analyst
10 13 (5.14%) QA Tester
11 12 (4.74%) Integration Analyst
11 12 (4.74%) Integration Test Analyst
11 12 (4.74%) Senior Test Analyst
11 12 (4.74%) Systems Integration Analyst
12 10 (3.95%) Senior Integration Analyst
12 10 (3.95%) Systems Analyst
12 10 (3.95%) Systems Test Analyst
13 9 (3.56%) QA Engineer
14 8 (3.16%) Programme Test Manager
14 8 (3.16%) Senior Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.72%) REST
2 16 (6.32%) Middleware
3 12 (4.74%) Playwright
4 9 (3.56%) ADO
4 9 (3.56%) Node.js
5 6 (2.37%) .NET
5 6 (2.37%) SAML
6 5 (1.98%) RESTful
7 4 (1.58%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (1.19%) JSON
8 3 (1.19%) JWT
8 3 (1.19%) OAuth
8 3 (1.19%) SailPoint
8 3 (1.19%) SOAP
8 3 (1.19%) Web Services
8 3 (1.19%) XML
9 2 (0.79%) Kafka
9 2 (0.79%) pytest
10 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
10 1 (0.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.93%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
2 9 (3.56%) Management Information System
2 9 (3.56%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.16%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.19%) Derivative
5 3 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.19%) EPoS
5 3 (1.19%) SCADA
6 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.79%) Equities
6 2 (0.79%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.79%) NHS
7 1 (0.40%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.40%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.40%) PMI
7 1 (0.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.40%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.51%) Windows
2 9 (3.56%) Linux
3 3 (1.19%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.40%) Android
4 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.40%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (55.73%) Agile
2 116 (45.85%) Test Automation
3 115 (45.45%) User Acceptance Testing
4 92 (36.36%) DevOps
5 84 (33.20%) Test Strategy
6 83 (32.81%) Test Scripting
7 77 (30.43%) Integration Testing
8 75 (29.64%) Scenario Testing
9 73 (28.85%) End-to-End Testing
10 69 (27.27%) Defect Management
11 68 (26.88%) Regression Testing
11 68 (26.88%) Stakeholder Management
12 66 (26.09%) Validation
13 63 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
14 56 (22.13%) Software Testing
15 52 (20.55%) Continuous Improvement
16 49 (19.37%) Manual Testing
17 48 (18.97%) Defect Tracking
17 48 (18.97%) Migration
18 45 (17.79%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 47 (18.58%) SQL
2 21 (8.30%) Java
3 20 (7.91%) JavaScript
4 12 (4.74%) C#
4 12 (4.74%) Python
5 10 (3.95%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.19%) MATLAB
6 3 (1.19%) VB
6 3 (1.19%) XPath
7 2 (0.79%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.40%) Bash
8 1 (0.40%) Bicep
8 1 (0.40%) SAS Macro
8 1 (0.40%) VB6
Qualifications
1 77 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 61 (24.11%) ISTQB
3 57 (22.53%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.70%) Degree
5 10 (3.95%) DV Cleared
5 10 (3.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 9 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.56%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.16%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 3 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.19%) ISEB
9 2 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.40%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.40%) CCIE
10 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.40%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (47.04%) QA
2 18 (7.11%) IFRS
2 18 (7.11%) IFRS 17
3 7 (2.77%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.58%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.58%) SLA
5 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 2 (0.79%) GDPR
6 2 (0.79%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.79%) MiFID
6 2 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.79%) WCAG
7 1 (0.40%) EMIR
7 1 (0.40%) GRC
7 1 (0.40%) HL7
7 1 (0.40%) NCSC
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (1.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (9.49%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.58%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (1.19%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.79%) Ansible
5 2 (0.79%) Grafana
6 1 (0.40%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.40%) Control-M
6 1 (0.40%) Iperf
6 1 (0.40%) Kibana
6 1 (0.40%) Nmap
6 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (20.16%) Oracle
2 25 (9.88%) HP
3 24 (9.49%) Microsoft
4 23 (9.09%) SAP
5 13 (5.14%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.77%) Workday
7 6 (2.37%) Talend
8 4 (1.58%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.19%) Ariba
9 3 (1.19%) Citrix
9 3 (1.19%) Denodo
9 3 (1.19%) IBM
9 3 (1.19%) Splunk
9 3 (1.19%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.79%) Cisco
10 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.79%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.79%) Sage
10 2 (0.79%) Siemens
10 2 (0.79%) SmartStream