Test Management Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Test Management
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Test Management skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 1.75% - 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% - 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £266 - -
25th Percentile £268 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 - -
75th Percentile £351 - -
90th Percentile £435 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £367 £575 -
% change year-on-year -36.20% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 275 157 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 96.49% 94.01% 96.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 132 41
10th Percentile £310 £356 £495
25th Percentile £358 £384 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £448 £586
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% -23.63% +18.38%
75th Percentile £488 £552 £595
90th Percentile £520 £640 £606
Cheshire median daily rate £430 £476 £500
% change year-on-year -9.71% -4.75% +11.11%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in Knutsford

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Test Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Knutsford citing Test Management

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Knutsford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Management in Knutsford over the 6 months to 10 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Management in Knutsford

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
1 3 (60.00%) TestRail
General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Publishing
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
1 3 (60.00%) UAT Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Transition Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) SDLC
3 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (40.00%) Change Management
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) ITSM
4 2 (40.00%) Programme Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Programme Governance
4 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Release Management
4 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (40.00%) Service Design
4 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow