1 to 25 of 30 Contract Test Strategy Jobs in the UK excluding London

delivery teams is coordinated, traceable and sufficient to demonstrate readiness for live operation. You will play a key role in shaping the overall test strategy, closing gaps between internal and third party teams and QA delivery across multiple products. This is a highly visible role with full ownership … test strategy, governance, execution, and delivery assurance across large-scale programmes and releases. Type: 6 Month Contract Day Rate: Market Rates (Outside IR35) Location: Hybrid/Warwickshire Start: ASAP Skills - Proven experience in Programme-level Test management and quality assurance activities across end to end software delivery. ...

looking for a Senior Test Engineer for a central government department, based across multiple UK sites including Birmingham, Sheffield, Newcastle, Manchester, Blackpool and Leeds (hybrid) on an initial 6-month contract, paying up to £600 per day (Inside IR35). This is a hybrid role with an expectation … spend around 3 days a week on site. The successful Senior Test Engineer will define the overall testing strategy and provide technical leadership across multiple test engineering teams. You'll own delivery of testing activities against quality, time and cost objectives, act as the escalation point ...

Cleared Test Lead Location: Reading - fully on-site Contract: 12 months Clearance: Active DV clearance required Sector: Defence/MOD We are seeking an experienced DV Cleared Test Lead for a 12-month contract supporting a major defence programme in Reading. You will lead the testing function across … complex technology environment, with responsibility for test strategy, planning, governance and delivery. The role requires strong experience with Azure DevOps, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems and MOD programmes. Key responsibilities Define and deliver the programme's test strategy, plans and governance. Lead system, integration, regression, acceptance ...

Role/Job title: Programme Test Manager Duration of assignment: 12 months Mode of working: Hybrid - 3-days onsite Location: Edinburgh/Manchester - Associate is required to travel Dublin and London at once in a month or as mutual agreement with customer. Do you have Do you have extensive … Programme Test Manager experience on large, complex transformation and migration programmes, Demonstrable ownership of testing across multiple workstreams, vendors and locations, including offshore teams and Strong Policy Administration System experience within Life, Protection, Pensions, Annuities or Long-Term Savings? If yes to all the above then our client ...

Title: Software Test Engineer Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire Term: 12 Months IR35: INSIDE Hourly Rate: £DOE I am seeking an experienced Software Test Engineer to join a multi-disciplinary engineering team delivering safety- and mission-critical software. This is a hands-on testing role for someone who is comfortable … regression testing across Windows and Linux environments. You will play a key role in strengthening automated testing, maintaining CI pipelines and ensuring robust, traceable test evidence from requirements through to results. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, review and maintain unit tests for new and legacy software. Develop and maintain automated ...

seeking an experienced Senior Test Engineer to define and drive the overall test automation strategy across multiple digital delivery teams. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, set quality standards, and ensure the delivery of resilient, accessible, and secure digital services. You will … technical authority for quality engineering, establishing modern automated test frameworks from scratch, overseeing complex data and non-functional testing, and embedding continuous quality gates within modern CI/CD pipelines. Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Governance Define Strategy: Set the strategic direction for test engineering across product teams ...

SDET/Automation Tester to support a major programme within a complex and highly regulated environment. The successful consultant will bring strong hands-on test automation experience, with particular expertise in Playwright and Robot Framework , helping to build, maintain and improve automated testing capability across enterprise applications. You will … automation throughout the delivery lifecycle and ensure solutions are delivered to a high standard of quality. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain robust automated test frameworks and test suites . Build automated tests using Playwright and Robot Framework . Automate functional, regression and end-to-end testing across ...

Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Test Manager to lead test management and delivery within a large-scale transformation environment. The successful candidate will bring strong experience across test strategy and delivery, risk and controls, stakeholder management, business process improvement and technology change. This … provide clear reporting and analysis, identify and manage delivery risks, and drive continuous improvement throughout the transformation lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Lead end-to-end test management across large-scale transformation programmes. Develop and implement appropriate test strategies, plans, governance and reporting. Manage testing risks, issues, dependencies, controls ...

Cleared Test Lead - SAP Location: Reading - On-site Contract: 12 months Clearance: DV Clearance Essential Experience: MOD experience essential We are seeking an experienced Test Lead to support a major UK Defence programme in Reading. The successful candidate will lead testing activities across SAP and Azure DevOps environments … tested and meet required standards. Key Responsibilities Lead and manage end-to-end testing activities across SAP and Azure DevOps environments. Develop and maintain test strategies, plans, scenarios and schedules. Coordinate functional, integration, system and acceptance testing. Manage test execution, defect identification, tracking and resolution. Use Azure DevOps ...

must (Bournemouth) Rate: 260 GBP/day (Inside IR-35). No sponsorship provided. Role Overview We are seeking an experienced AI-Enabled Payments Test Automation Engineer to join a high-performing payments technology team. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing automated test … methodologies, with experience testing payment systems supporting SEPA, BACS, SWIFT, ISO 20022, and multi-currency transactions. Key Responsibilities ' Understand platform architecture and design comprehensive test strategies and test cases. Develop, maintain, and execute automated test scripts for both frontend and backend applications. Build AI-assisted test ...

IR35 - Leeds (Hybrid) Summary You’ll design and run performance, load, and stress tests using tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or Gatling, ensuring they meet strategy and non-functional requirements. You’ll collaborate with technical teams to troubleshoot issues, monitor systems with Grafana and Splunk, and use diagnostics tools such … Kubernetes) and big data platforms (Databricks). • Ability to analyse complex performance issues and provide actionable recommendations. • Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, JavaScript) for test automation and data analysis. • Knowledge of Performance Test Strategy and defining Non-Functional Requirements. • Proven experience in Performance Testing of cloud-based ...

green deployments, canary releases, rolling upgrades, and rollback planning. Strong experience with Azure DevOps, including CI/CD pipeline design and implementation for build, test, and deploy stages, approvals, and environment management. Good understanding of repository hygiene, branching strategies, and maintaining high-quality pull requests. Solid understanding of security ...

producing Business Requirements Documents (BRDs), Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs) and supporting project documentation. Support the planning and execution of User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test strategies, scenarios and documentation. Collaborate with IT and architecture teams to translate technical designs and low-level requirements into effective data solutions. Manage project ...

industry-leading programming languages to deliver agile transformation. Our approach to software development is collaborative, focused on keeping things simple, and we use test driven development and pair programming as best practice. Working with clients and key stakeholders is a crucial part of a consultancy role. Our developers ...

experienced Quality Engineer to join a large-scale digital transformation programme focused on modernising critical public sector services. Key Responsibilities Design and implement test automation frameworks and solutions from the ground up. Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), and risk-based testing approaches. Support … best practices. Perform testing across multiple levels, including: Unit Testing System Testing Integration Testing Non-Functional Testing Analyse business requirements and develop effective test strategies. Create and maintain test data and testing artefacts. Participate in collaborative development through pair programming. Review and interpret Java unit tests (e.g. JUnit ...

.NET Data MongoDB Oracle Tools & Integration RabbitMQ JSON Key Responsibilities Design, build and implement automated testing solutions from the ground up. Develop and execute test strategies using TDD, BDD and risk-based testing approaches. Champion shift-left testing practices and support CI/CD pipeline integration. Coach and mentor … practices. Perform testing across all levels, including: Unit Testing System Testing Integration Testing Non-Functional Testing Analyse business requirements and translate them into effective test approaches. Create, manage and maintain test data and testing artefacts. Collaborate closely with developers through pair programming and agile delivery practices. Support defect ...

controls sub-system and the artefacts associated with the integration, verification, and validation of the system. This shall be achieved through development of test strategies, test artefacts and maintainability of test platforms and tools to demonstrate that the system implementation satisfies the validated system requirements. Key Accountabilities … Creates approved requirement verification strategies that demonstrate the system requirements via the most suitable verification method (or methods). Allocates control system requirements to test vehicles defined in the verification plan. Analyses the control system for functional behaviour, which may include modelling and simulation to demonstrate that the design ...

Standard OOTB workflows/approach can benefit business. Provide overall Technical Assurance across Design/Architecture/Integration/Configuration/Customization/Test strategy and act as the technical authority for the program. ...

Test Infrastructure Engineer - Contract - MOD/Defence Somerset| £600 per day | Outside IR35 | DV Security Clearance Required Are you an Infrastructure Test Engineer with strong QA and testing experience across networks, platforms and Infrastructure as Code? This is an opportunity to work on complex Defence and National Security … across physical, virtualised and cloud environments, ensuring it meets the required standards for functionality, resilience and security. What you'll do Create infrastructure-focused test strategies, plans and test cases. Carry out functional, integration, regression, resilience and security testing. Test and validate Infrastructure as Code deployments. Validate ...

Senior Engineer Contract Length: 3 months Hours: 37 hours per week IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Hybrid Working: Office-based once every two weeks or once a month Site Location: E.ON, 2 Prince's Way, Solihull ...

Senior Backend Engineer (Java) Location: Manchester, UK (Hybrid - 2 days/week on-site) Role Type: Contract About the Role We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale resilient, high-performance ...

Technical Lead The R&D ATE team is looking for an ATE Technical Lead to lead the development, deployment, and lifecycle ownership of Automated Test Equipment for a product line. This role combines hands-on technical leadership, multidisciplinary project execution, production-line support, and close collaboration with internal engineering … with an hourly rate of £21.54 - £34.62 depending on experience, plus 25 days holiday pro rata per annum. The ATE Technical Lead will define test strategies, guide tester architecture decisions, lead tester bring-up, improve production quality and yield, and support scalable ATE implementation across manufacturing environments. The role ...

Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a hands-on Front End Lead/Interim Tech Lead to join a growing product engineering team and lead the development of a next-generation SaaS platform built ...

broader impact of security related changes, design robust remediation approaches, and produce stable, maintainable, and secure code. They will also be expected to define test strategies, validate changes in nonproduction environments, and support production deployments while minimizing risk and operational impact. Responsibilities Work across multiple infrastructure and automation codebases … maintain automation using Python and related technologies. Build and improve Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines, automated testing coverage, and release validation processes. Create test plans and validation procedures for security related code and configuration changes. Use lab and preproduction environments to validate complex changes prior to production deployment. ...

Location: Glasgow - 4 days on-site, 1 day remote Start Date: ASAP Contract End Date: April 2027 (with a few to extend for a further 12-months) Daily Rate: £400-£450 per day, Inside IR35 ...