Test Management Contract Job Trends in Preston

Test Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston 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 28 18 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.61% 2.56% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 2.82% -
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 - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £400 -
% change year-on-year +43.75% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 134 71 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 81.71% 91.03% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 47 23
10th Percentile £286 £358 £223
25th Percentile £425 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £552 £475 £585
Median % change year-on-year +16.26% -18.80% +33.71%
75th Percentile £652 £630 £648
90th Percentile £712 £674 £930
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -0.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 18
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £69.50 £40.83 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +70.24% +154.20% -65.00%
75th Percentile £74.50 £47.12 £22.99
90th Percentile £80.00 £60.39 £35.16
Lancashire median hourly rate £61.57 £44.09 £35.36
% change year-on-year +39.65% +24.69% -23.43%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in Preston

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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