Test Management Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Test Management
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 32 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.26% 1.02% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 1.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £540 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +35.06% - -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 302 176 151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.89% 89.34% 70.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 88 59
10th Percentile £255 £363 £217
25th Percentile £375 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -0.08%
75th Percentile £640 £591 £630
90th Percentile £688 £671 £742
North West median daily rate £500 £455 £500
% change year-on-year +10.01% -9.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 22 38
10th Percentile £19.28 £18.87 -
25th Percentile £35.00 £23.32 £16.06
Median hourly rate £61.57 £44.09 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +39.65% +24.69% -23.43%
75th Percentile £71.50 £63.40 £43.10
90th Percentile £72.21 £71.32 £47.63
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -28.14% +13.80%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Test Management job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

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

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Test Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Test Management

Test Management
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
Preston -10 1 £575 +43.75% 1
Test Management
North West

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens