Test Management Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Test Management
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.48% - 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% - 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £311 - -
25th Percentile £317 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 - -
75th Percentile £342 - -
90th Percentile £347 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £331 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £11.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate - - £11.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 365 193 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 86.70% 87.33% 84.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 133 92
10th Percentile £270 £301 £250
25th Percentile £376 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -7.22% -11.82%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £588
90th Percentile £596 £625 £650
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £465
% change year-on-year - -3.12% -15.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 19
10th Percentile £17.09 £14.85 £17.70
25th Percentile £46.19 £15.00 £19.13
Median hourly rate £57.50 £16.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +248.48% -65.26% -
75th Percentile £68.96 £33.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £42.65 £68.75
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £55.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +233.33% -5.71% -

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Test Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Test Management

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (50.00%) Gatling
2 1 (50.00%) JMeter
2 1 (50.00%) Postman
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) TestRail
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Gherkin
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Testing
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) SFIA
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) QA