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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 333 338
Rank change year-on-year -17 +5 +77
Contract jobs citing Test Management 241 139 208
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.57% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.63% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 97 160
10th Percentile £311 £323 £363
25th Percentile £356 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £500 £575 £600
90th Percentile £600 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £428 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -14.50% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile £25.78 - -
25th Percentile £48.15 £81.75 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £83.50 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% +659.09% -
75th Percentile - £85.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £83.50 £11.00
% change year-on-year -16.17% +659.09% -

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 33,535 22,134 32,375
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.78% 90.89% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,490 14,584 21,356
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 2,083 869 2,177
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.72 £19.00 £15.89
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -1.71% -11.83%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.65 £70.43
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.17%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -23 105 £400 -11.11% 19
North of England -35 42 £395 -16.84% 10
Midlands -42 40 £368 -31.63% 8
South East -43 35 £461 -7.80% 16
West Midlands -49 34 £354 -34.14% 8
North West -17 27 £393 -17.26% 2
South West -23 12 £475 +5.56% 5
North East - 8 £350 - 4
Yorkshire -47 7 £443 -1.67% 4
East of England -34 5 £450 -25.00% 3
East Midlands - 5 £429 -
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 22 (9.13%) Confluence
2 5 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (4.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.66%) Maximo
2 4 (1.66%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.83%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (0.83%) BambooHR
3 2 (0.83%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.83%) Workday HCM
4 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.41%) Endur
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.41%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.41%) Summit
4 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 90 (37.34%) Azure
2 77 (31.95%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (8.30%) AWS
4 12 (4.98%) GitHub
5 9 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
5 9 (3.73%) SuccessFactors
6 7 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.49%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.49%) OCI
7 6 (2.49%) SaaS
8 5 (2.07%) GCP
9 3 (1.24%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.83%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.83%) Tricentis Tosca
11 1 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (0.41%) Serverless
11 1 (0.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.90%) Firewall
2 6 (2.49%) SSL
2 6 (2.49%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.07%) DNS
3 5 (2.07%) VPN
4 4 (1.66%) DHCP
4 4 (1.66%) Internet
4 4 (1.66%) LAN
4 4 (1.66%) Network Security
4 4 (1.66%) SD-WAN
4 4 (1.66%) WAN
5 3 (1.24%) HTTP
6 2 (0.83%) BGP
6 2 (0.83%) FTP
6 2 (0.83%) MPLS
6 2 (0.83%) OSPF
6 2 (0.83%) VLAN
6 2 (0.83%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.41%) Intranet
7 1 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.64%) Data Warehouse
1 16 (6.64%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (2.07%) BigQuery
2 5 (2.07%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.66%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.41%) Ataccama
5 1 (0.41%) Base SAS
5 1 (0.41%) Big Data
5 1 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.41%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 1 (0.41%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 107 (44.40%) JIRA
2 34 (14.11%) Postman
2 34 (14.11%) Zephyr
3 33 (13.69%) Selenium
4 21 (8.71%) TestRail
5 17 (7.05%) Git
6 12 (4.98%) Jenkins
7 11 (4.56%) Cucumber
8 10 (4.15%) Cypress.io
9 9 (3.73%) REST Assured
10 8 (3.32%) JMeter
11 7 (2.90%) GitLab
12 6 (2.49%) SpecFlow
13 4 (1.66%) Gatling
14 3 (1.24%) Browser DevTools
14 3 (1.24%) SoapUI
14 3 (1.24%) Team Foundation Server
15 2 (0.83%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 2 (0.83%) MSTest
15 2 (0.83%) WebDriver
General
1 111 (46.06%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.48%) Finance
3 53 (21.99%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.15%) Banking
6 9 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.49%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.49%) Retail
9 5 (2.07%) Automotive
9 5 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.66%) Local Government
10 4 (1.66%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.24%) Back Office
11 3 (1.24%) Electronics
11 3 (1.24%) Front Office
11 3 (1.24%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.24%) Military
12 2 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 78 (32.37%) Test Manager
2 50 (20.75%) Analyst
3 46 (19.09%) Test Analyst
4 39 (16.18%) Tester
5 26 (10.79%) Lead
6 21 (8.71%) Senior
6 21 (8.71%) Test Engineer
7 17 (7.05%) Test Leader
8 14 (5.81%) QA Tester
8 14 (5.81%) Senior Analyst
9 12 (4.98%) Integration Analyst
9 12 (4.98%) Integration Test Analyst
9 12 (4.98%) Senior Test Analyst
9 12 (4.98%) Systems Integration Analyst
10 11 (4.56%) QA Engineer
11 10 (4.15%) Senior Integration Analyst
11 10 (4.15%) Systems Analyst
11 10 (4.15%) Systems Test Analyst
12 9 (3.73%) Programme Manager
12 9 (3.73%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (8.30%) REST
2 16 (6.64%) Middleware
2 16 (6.64%) Playwright
3 9 (3.73%) Node.js
4 7 (2.90%) ADO
5 6 (2.49%) RESTful
5 6 (2.49%) SAML
6 5 (2.07%) JSON
6 5 (2.07%) XML
7 4 (1.66%) .NET
7 4 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.66%) SOAP
7 4 (1.66%) Web Services
8 3 (1.24%) JWT
8 3 (1.24%) LDAP
8 3 (1.24%) OAuth
9 2 (0.83%) FHIR
9 2 (0.83%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.83%) HTML
9 2 (0.83%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.64%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.73%) Public Cloud
2 9 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.32%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.32%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.49%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.24%) Derivative
5 3 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (1.24%) SCADA
6 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.83%) EPoS
6 2 (0.83%) Equities
6 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.83%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.41%) IoT
7 1 (0.41%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.41%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.41%) NHS
7 1 (0.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.71%) Windows
2 8 (3.32%) Linux
3 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.24%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.41%) Android
4 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.41%) Unix
4 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (55.19%) Agile
2 111 (46.06%) Test Automation
3 108 (44.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 89 (36.93%) DevOps
5 83 (34.44%) Test Strategy
6 68 (28.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 68 (28.22%) Test Scripting
7 67 (27.80%) Integration Testing
8 65 (26.97%) Regression Testing
9 64 (26.56%) Scenario Testing
9 64 (26.56%) Validation
10 63 (26.14%) End-to-End Testing
11 62 (25.73%) Defect Management
12 57 (23.65%) Problem-Solving
12 57 (23.65%) Software Testing
13 56 (23.24%) Continuous Improvement
14 46 (19.09%) Defect Tracking
15 44 (18.26%) CI/CD
16 41 (17.01%) Data Validation
16 41 (17.01%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 46 (19.09%) SQL
2 27 (11.20%) Java
3 22 (9.13%) JavaScript
4 15 (6.22%) C#
4 15 (6.22%) Python
5 10 (4.15%) TypeScript
6 5 (2.07%) XPath
7 3 (1.24%) MATLAB
7 3 (1.24%) VB
8 2 (0.83%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.41%) Bash
9 1 (0.41%) Bicep
9 1 (0.41%) Ruby
9 1 (0.41%) SAS Macro
9 1 (0.41%) VB6
Qualifications
1 72 (29.88%) Security Cleared
2 57 (23.65%) ISTQB
3 53 (21.99%) SC Cleared
4 23 (9.54%) Degree
5 10 (4.15%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.15%) Master's Degree
6 9 (3.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 8 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (3.32%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 3 (1.24%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.24%) ISEB
9 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.41%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.41%) CCIE
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (48.13%) QA
2 19 (7.88%) IFRS
2 19 (7.88%) IFRS 17
3 9 (3.73%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.66%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.66%) SLA
5 3 (1.24%) IFRS 9
5 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.83%) GDPR
6 2 (0.83%) HL7
6 2 (0.83%) MiFID
6 2 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.83%) WCAG
7 1 (0.41%) EMIR
7 1 (0.41%) GRC
7 1 (0.41%) GxP
7 1 (0.41%) NCSC
7 1 (0.41%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 4 (1.66%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.24%) Docker
3 2 (0.83%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (9.54%) HP ALM
2 5 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.66%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (1.66%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.24%) Grafana
5 2 (0.83%) Ansible
5 2 (0.83%) Terraform
6 1 (0.41%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (0.41%) Control-M
6 1 (0.41%) Iperf
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) Nmap
Vendors
1 42 (17.43%) Oracle
2 24 (9.96%) HP
3 23 (9.54%) Microsoft
3 23 (9.54%) SAP
4 13 (5.39%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.90%) Workday
6 5 (2.07%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.24%) Ariba
7 3 (1.24%) Citrix
7 3 (1.24%) Denodo
7 3 (1.24%) IBM
7 3 (1.24%) Micro Focus
7 3 (1.24%) OpenText
7 3 (1.24%) Splunk
7 3 (1.24%) Talend
7 3 (1.24%) Zscaler
8 2 (0.83%) Cisco
8 2 (0.83%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.83%) Sage
8 2 (0.83%) SmartStream