Test Management Contracts in Merseyside

Test Management
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Merseyside requiring Test Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 32 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 1.79% 0.44% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 0.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £511 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 - -
75th Percentile £534 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £475 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% +29.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 179 300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.17% 78.51% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 90 229
10th Percentile £143 £145 £313
25th Percentile £203 £242 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £545 £494 £550
90th Percentile £649 £603 £689
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 26 8
10th Percentile £13.28 - £16.23
25th Percentile - £15.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.44 £20.31 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.11% +12.81% +48.42%
75th Percentile £20.00 £34.32 £23.75
90th Percentile £25.22 £37.18 £25.63
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in Merseyside

Test Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Management in Merseyside.

Daily rate trend for Test Management in Merseyside

Test Management
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Southport - 3 £523 -
Test Management
North West

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (33.33%) Military
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Change and Release Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Change Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Release Manager
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Change Manager
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Manager
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Release Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Change Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Release Management
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared