Test Management Job Trends in Preston

Test Management
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Test Management skills. It covers permanent 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 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.27% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £65,000 £51,498 -
% change year-on-year +26.22% - -

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 219 45 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 58.56% 76.27% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 153 31 136
10th Percentile £30,349 £45,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,967 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,763 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% +4.05% +6.93%
75th Percentile £68,750 £54,897 £57,625
90th Percentile £87,000 £60,000 £69,500
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,683 £49,342
% change year-on-year -5.63% -3.36% -1.32%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Test Management job vacancy trend in Preston

Test Management
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Test Management.

Salary 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA