Test Management Contracts in the South East

Test Management
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 135 163
Rank change year-on-year +20 +28 +25
Contract jobs citing Test Management 40 56 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.33% 1.01% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.19% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 42 41
10th Percentile £362 £429 £420
25th Percentile £450 £500 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £569
90th Percentile £586 £609 £588
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £11.00 -
% change year-on-year +445.45% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,747 4,698 5,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.51% 84.74% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,755 2,739 3,581
10th Percentile £254 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 437 224
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.20 £22.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.55
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Test Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Test Management in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Management in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Test Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +39 21 £463 -8.64% 3
Hampshire +16 14 £525 -4.55% 5
Berkshire +26 13 £463 -9.76% 1
Buckinghamshire +19 6 £450 -5.26% 2
West Sussex +13 3 £725 +31.82% 1
Surrey +12 2 £475 -5.00% 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £525 -
Test Management
England

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (7.50%) Confluence
2 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.00%) Azure
1 4 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.50%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.00%) Firewall
2 1 (2.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 13 (32.50%) JIRA
2 12 (30.00%) TestRail
3 3 (7.50%) Selenium
4 1 (2.50%) Cypress.io
4 1 (2.50%) JMeter
4 1 (2.50%) JUnit
General
1 9 (22.50%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (7.50%) Billing
3 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.00%) Aerospace
4 2 (5.00%) Avionics
4 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.50%) Automotive
5 1 (2.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) Test Engineer
2 14 (35.00%) Analyst
3 13 (32.50%) Test Analyst
4 6 (15.00%) Lead
4 6 (15.00%) Tester
5 5 (12.50%) Test Leader
6 3 (7.50%) Consultant
6 3 (7.50%) Project Manager
6 3 (7.50%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Systems Test Engineer
6 3 (7.50%) Test Manager
7 2 (5.00%) Administrator
7 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Test Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) JIRA Administrator
7 2 (5.00%) JIRA Consultant
7 2 (5.00%) Network Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) QA Leader
7 2 (5.00%) QA Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (10.00%) Product Ownership
1 4 (10.00%) SCADA
2 3 (7.50%) IoT
3 2 (5.00%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.50%) Linux
1 7 (17.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Agile
2 18 (45.00%) Test Strategy
3 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (27.50%) Test Automation
3 11 (27.50%) Validation
4 9 (22.50%) Requirements Analysis
4 9 (22.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 9 (22.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (20.00%) DevOps
6 6 (15.00%) Software Testing
6 6 (15.00%) Test Scripting
7 5 (12.50%) Defect Management
7 5 (12.50%) Defect Tracking
7 5 (12.50%) Performance Testing
7 5 (12.50%) Project Management
7 5 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
8 4 (10.00%) Project Delivery
8 4 (10.00%) Security Testing
8 4 (10.00%) Test Assurance
9 3 (7.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) Perl
1 4 (10.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (35.00%) ISTQB
3 13 (32.50%) DV Cleared
4 11 (27.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 7 (17.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.00%) PMI Certification
6 2 (5.00%) PMP
7 1 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Amdocs OSS
1 2 (5.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (10.00%) Cisco
2 2 (5.00%) Cramer
2 2 (5.00%) HP
2 2 (5.00%) Infoblox
2 2 (5.00%) Remedy
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle