Test Management Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Test Management
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stafford requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Management 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 16.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Staffordshire median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4 14 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 66.67% 87.50% 89.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile £340 £223 £200
25th Percentile £400 £331 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £363 £375
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -3.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £425 £745
90th Percentile £595 £470 £777
Staffordshire median daily rate £350 £400 £450
% change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 8
10th Percentile - £16.46 -
25th Percentile - £16.75 -
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% -
75th Percentile - - £45.63
90th Percentile - £29.10 £51.25
Staffordshire median hourly rate £68.00 £20.24 £23.00
% change year-on-year +235.97% -12.00% +2.63%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in Stafford

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Validation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Verification Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft