Test Management Contract Job Trends in South London

Test Management
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 36 37
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +25
Contract jobs citing Test Management 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.90% 0.87% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.19% 0.98% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 6
10th Percentile £466 £432 £325
25th Percentile £472 £441 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £413
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +13.94% +5.10%
75th Percentile £525 £486 £434
90th Percentile - £489 £438
London median daily rate £451 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -9.75% -4.76% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 183 204 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 87.14% 89.08% 83.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 131 163
10th Percentile £269 £225 £194
25th Percentile £444 £403 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.97% +7.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £583 £633 £588
90th Percentile £645 £769 £670
London median daily rate £526 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -4.45% -3.08% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 18
10th Percentile £17.98 - £18.46
25th Percentile £45.27 £17.25 £23.81
Median hourly rate £58.94 £19.50 £46.86
Median % change year-on-year +202.23% -58.39% +6.23%
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £55.00
90th Percentile - £81.28 £69.00
London median hourly rate £29.50 £37.25 £35.63
% change year-on-year -20.81% +4.55% -9.80%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in South London

Test Management
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Test Management

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Test Management

Test Management
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Kingston Upon Thames - 3 £500 - 1
Merton - 3 £500 - 1
Croydon -2 1 £475 -3.06%
Test Management
London

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
1 1 (25.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Workload Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) API Testing
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) EMC Certification
2 3 (75.00%) HNC
2 3 (75.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (75.00%) IEC 61508
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (25.00%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) EMC
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow