TestDirector Contract Job Trends in England

HP TestDirector for Quality Center
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring TestDirector skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 577 476 538
Rank change year-on-year -101 +62 +132
Contract jobs citing TestDirector 2 4 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.005% 0.016% 0.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.040% 0.12% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 11
10th Percentile £426 - £450
25th Percentile £443 - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - £489
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.95%
75th Percentile £535 - £535
90th Percentile £559 - £1,069
UK median daily rate £483 - £489
% change year-on-year - - +2.95%

All Development Application Skills
England

TestDirector falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,023 3,327 4,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.64% 13.54% 11.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,394 2,192 2,970
10th Percentile £338 £336 £358
25th Percentile £409 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% -4.38% -7.89%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £638
90th Percentile £688 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 62 183
10th Percentile £35.80 £26.06 £37.50
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.48 £48.39
Median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.40% - +1.63%
75th Percentile £78.75 £71.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £66.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +6.40% - +1.63%

TestDirector
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TestDirector relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

TestDirector job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TestDirector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TestDirector

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TestDirector in England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TestDirector in England

TestDirector
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TestDirector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing TestDirector

TestDirector
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 TestDirector within the England region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
South East -43 1 £550 - 3
London -50 1 £415 -
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UK

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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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Database 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Ant
1 1 (50.00%) JUnit
1 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
1 1 (50.00%) Toad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Test Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) IBM Integration Bus
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
1 1 (50.00%) SOAP
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) AIX
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Unix
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) API Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Korn
1 1 (50.00%) Perl
1 1 (50.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Perforce
1 1 (50.00%) SAP