Test Management Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Test Management
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Test Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 125 138
Rank change year-on-year +20 +13 -39
Contract jobs citing Test Management 21 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 1.07% 0.23% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.27% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 5
10th Percentile £325 £397 £355
25th Percentile £347 £407 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £556 £550 £488
90th Percentile £589 £573 £495
South East median daily rate £455 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -17.27% +10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,747 1,872 2,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 88.91% 87.27% 91.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,087 1,506
10th Percentile £263 £300 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £619
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 61 108
10th Percentile £14.79 £19.30 £18.32
25th Percentile £17.63 £29.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £56.75 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -55.68% +12.31% +140.61%
75th Percentile £57.25 £63.41 £65.40
90th Percentile £87.13 £74.87 £75.38
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £56.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year -61.23% +8.09% +20.69%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Test Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Test Management

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Management in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Management in the Thames Valley

Test Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Test Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Test Management

Test Management
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Berkshire +10 14 £461 +8.47% 6
Buckinghamshire - 7 £325 - 1
Test Management
South East

Test Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 15 (71.43%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (23.81%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (9.52%) Selenium
3 1 (4.76%) Cucumber
3 1 (4.76%) Git
3 1 (4.76%) JMeter
General
1 17 (80.95%) Social Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Automotive
5 1 (4.76%) Billing
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Test Manager
2 6 (28.57%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Integration Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Integration Test Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Tester
5 2 (9.52%) Lead
5 2 (9.52%) Strategy Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Test Strategist
5 2 (9.52%) Test Strategy Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Automation Tester
6 1 (4.76%) ITSM Tester
6 1 (4.76%) QA Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Test Leader
6 1 (4.76%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) WebdriverIO
2 3 (14.29%) JWT
2 3 (14.29%) OAuth
2 3 (14.29%) SAML
3 1 (4.76%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.76%) IoT
3 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Test Automation
2 14 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
3 12 (57.14%) Agile
4 11 (52.38%) Software Testing
4 11 (52.38%) Test Strategy
5 10 (47.62%) DevOps
5 10 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (42.86%) Integration Testing
6 9 (42.86%) SDLC
7 8 (38.10%) Resilience Testing
7 8 (38.10%) Waterfall
8 7 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (33.33%) Test Planning
8 7 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
9 6 (28.57%) Defect Management
9 6 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (23.81%) Agile Testing
10 5 (23.81%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) C#
1 4 (19.05%) VB
2 1 (4.76%) Java
2 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 5 (23.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 5 (23.81%) Workday
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
4 2 (9.52%) HP
4 2 (9.52%) Oracle
4 2 (9.52%) SAP
5 1 (4.76%) JDA