1 to 25 of 41 Contract Test Strategy Jobs in the UK excluding London

recruiting for a Senior Software Test Engineer to join a medical diagnostics business developing rapid point-of-care testing technology used in healthcare environments. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Software Test Engineer who enjoys working on complex products where quality, reliability and safety are critical. … validation of software used within regulated medical device products, working closely with software, hardware and systems engineering teams. The Role As Senior Software Test Engineer, you will be responsible for planning, designing and executing software verification activities across the product lifecycle. You will review requirements, create detailed test ...

Senior Test Systems Architect (Missile & Complex Defence Systems) Why this role will interest senior test engineers Were supporting a long-standing UK MOD partner delivering advanced missile systems , and were looking for a Senior or Principal-level Test Engineer who wants to step into a true system … level architecture role . This position is ideal for experienced engineers from test equipment, BIT, production test, or system verification backgrounds who want greater technical authority, broader influence , and visibility across the full product lifecycle from early design through manufacture and in-service support. Youll work closely with ...

Senior Test Systems Architect (Missile & Complex Defence Systems) Why this role will interest senior test engineers Were supporting a long-standing UK MOD partner delivering advanced missile systems , and were looking for a Senior or Principal-level Test Engineer who wants to step into a true system … level architecture role . This position is ideal for experienced engineers from test equipment, BIT, production test, or system verification backgrounds who want greater technical authority, broader influence , and visibility across the full product lifecycle from early design through manufacture and in-service support. Youll work closely with ...

Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a System Test and Validation Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position with a proposed end date of 31st March 2027. Umbrella Pay Rate: £35.80 per hour. The Opportunity: We are looking for a driven and passionate … System Test and Validation Engineer to join us in developing a truly exciting and forward-thinking product—one you can believe in, advocate for, and take pride in delivering. This role sits at the heart of our connected car platform, which underpins our luxury vehicles and delivers seamless digital ...

Business Analyst/Test Manager - Change & Technology 6 month contract | Leeds (one day a week) We're working with a well-known construction business to find a Business Analyst who can also own testing end-to-end. You'll be the single point of accountability for both, across projects … traceability. You'll manage scope, assumptions and change control, and contribute to business cases including options, costs, risks and benefits. On the test side: owning test strategy and test plans for your projects, defining scope, environments, entry/exit criteria and timelines. You'll run test ...

Test Manager Warton based role (Hybrid working) £53.24 per hour Umbrella Inside IR35 6 Month Contract initially. This is a great opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Defence organisations based in Warton. Hybrid working 3 days per week in the office. Typical duties include … limited to): Strategic Test Leadership: Develop and implement a comprehensive testing strategy for the entire value stream, aligning with business objectives, security requirements, and quality standards. Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Development Leads, Security Engineers, and other stakeholders across multiple product teams ...

undergoing major transformation while strengthening regulatory compliance through dedicated Prudential Operations & IT teams. This role ensures effective prudential reporting, supports regression testing, maintains test packs, and owns testing for enhancements and monthly updates . Role Responsibilities 1. Prudential Testing Lead testing for prudential reporting and back-reporting (incl. … change). Perform data validation, analysis, root-cause investigation . Collaborate with Product, Compliance, IT, and business teams. Maintain test scenarios & regression packs (XRAY, Jira, Confluence). Ensure Agile delivery and continuous improvement. Mentor junior QA staff. 2. Business Analysis Gather requirements and define acceptance criteria/use cases ...

Test Lead 6 months London - 4x days a week £450 outside IR35 I am currently looking for an AI Test Lead to oversee end-to-end testing for a major greenfield integration programme at a large bank. You will be leading the test strategy, oversee both … functional and non-functional testing, manage internal teams and third-party suppliers and champion AI-driven automation throughout the programme. Define and implement the test strategy, methodologies and risk assessment approach Manage all phases of functional and non-functional testing Lead test teams and coordinate delivery with ...

vendor evaluation activities. Proven experience creating user stories, process documentation, business cases, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria. Strong testing background, including test strategy support, test planning, test script creation, test execution, defect management, and business sign-off. Experience coordinating and facilitating User Acceptance Testing ...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 2x Missile Test Architect subcontractors on an initial 6 month contract. Rate: £60.00 per hour Location: Stevenage or Bolton (depending on your preference) Hybrid/Remote working: This role is a hybrid role, 1-2 days a week possibly … calculated at time and a quarter Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Missile Test Architect Job Description: The department are looking for experienced test equipment engineers that want to use their knowledge in a system/sub system ...

World Class Defence Organisation is currently looking to recruit 2x Missile Test Architect subcontractors on an initial 6 month contract. Rate: £60.00 per hour Location: Stevenage or Bolton (depending on your preference) Hybrid/Remote working: This role is a hybrid role, 1-2 days a week possibly … calculated at time and a quarter Duration: 6 Months (initially and then ongoing and long-term thereafter) IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella) Missile Test Architect Job Description: The department are looking for experienced test equipment engineers that want to use their knowledge in a system/sub system ...

Description – QA Test Lead (CCH Tagetik) Location: Outside London Contract : Inside IR35 Salary: Negotiable Key Responsibilities Test Planning & Strategy Develop and manage the overall testing strategy, test plans, and quality assurance approach for Tagetik implementations, upgrades, and enhancements, including SIT, UAT, regression, and patch testing. … Assess functional and technical specifications to ensure appropriate test coverage and system testability. Functional & Data Validation Validate core financial processes within Tagetik, including consolidations, allocations, intercompany eliminations, journal entries, and currency conversion. Conduct data reconciliation and variance analysis across source systems, Tagetik, and reporting outputs. Verify Planning, Forecasting, Budgeting ...

Cleared Infrastructure Test Engineers x 2 Location: Onsite in Hamsphire Contract Length: Initial 12 Months Rate: £480 to £550 per day - Outside IR35 Clearance: Active DV Clearance Required We are seeking experienced DV Cleared Infrastructure Test SMEs to support a major secure infrastructure programme. Working within a complex … hands-on testing expertise, ensuring infrastructure components are validated against functional, performance and operational requirements while supporting defect management and stakeholder reporting throughout the test lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Develop, review and execute Infrastructure Test Plans, Test Scripts and Test Cases. Perform functional, integration, system and performance ...

Test Manager 4 Month contract Full-time Inside IR35 Hybrid - One/Two days in the office, flex on which days Office address: Trinity House, 2 Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BX We are seeking an experienced Test Manager to join the IT team of a leading energy company. … play a key role in ensuring that all technology solutions are robust, secure, and compliant with both business requirements and regulatory standards. As a Test Manager, you will define and implement a comprehensive testing strategy, including the balance of manual and automated testing, tool selection, and scheduling. ...

Telford - 2 days onsite Job Description: Manual Tester required in the CESA (Self Assessment) team, within Tax Admin, CDA. Role Spec: Designing and implementing test solutions, often from scratch, by applying best practice approaches Applying structured testing approaches Applying test approaches and contributing to test strategies … applying risk-based testing methodologies Completing Test Design, analysis, prep. and execution Implementation of test design techniques, strong test analysis skills Knowledge of databases and test data creation Apply best practices when identifying and managing Test data Providing impacts and estimates for the work required ...

Workday Test Lead UK Remote 6 Months Contract Inside IR35 A global consultancy firm is looking for an experienced Workday Test Lead to steer a major large-scale international transformation. This is a traditional, strategic leadership position. You will not be executing manual scripts; instead, you will have … complete ownership of the end-to-end testing lifecycle. Stepping in during the critical Design Phase, your primary focus will be defining the overarching test strategy, structuring detailed master test plans, and managing program-wide coordination. You will work closely with the client-side Program Director ...

/3 days per week Location can be flexible, London or Leeds. Key criteria: Large prestigious finance house are looking to expand their test team to include AI skills, to join this team you will have previous experience in AI-driven and AI-assisted testing, including GenAI, RAG-based … automation, and tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, and Cursor AI, you will bring experience in innovation and PoCs, particularly in AI-led test generation and regression optimisation. Senior QA/SDET with experience across web, mobile, API, desktop, and cloud testing, expertise in test automation frameworks ...

systems, intelligent automation, and tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, and Cursor AI, ex. perience in innovation and PoCs, particularly in AI-led test generation and regression optimisation. Proven experience of performing QA/SDET with experience across web, mobile, API, desktop, and cloud testing, highly experienced … test automation frameworks including Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Rest Assured, and Testing. Capability in designing and delivering scalable automation frameworks and enterprise test strategies, combined with experience in end-to-end test lifecycle management, including test strategy, estimation, governance, and stakeholder engagement, supported by knowledge ...

Data Test Manager – Fund Services Location: Manchester Pay: £740 - £875/day (inside IR35 – PAYE/umbrella) Duration: 12 months End to end data testing leadership, owning Data test strategy, approach, and execution across system, integration, and reconciliation testing. Strong understanding of data flows and dependencies, ensuring … test coverage across upstream sources, transformations, and downstream consumers. Test planning & governance expertise, including test scope, entry/exit criteria, defect triage, and reporting to programme leadership. Hands on data validation capability, ability to use SQL and Excel to validate completeness, accuracy, reconciliations, and controls. Cross team ...

Systems Development, Integration & Test Lead (SAS Implementation) Overview: We are seeking an experienced Systems Development, Integration & Test Lead to deliver a key SAS product implementation. This role will own end-to-end delivery, ensuring the supplier meets agreed scope, quality, and timelines while fully addressing business needs. … point of accountability for supplier performance, holding them to agreed commitments. Oversee system integration, ensuring seamless data flow across platforms. Define and drive the test strategy (including system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), and performance testing, ensuring quality standards are met. Manage defects and ensure issues ...

programme. This is a high-impact role where you will take ownership of end-to-end testing delivery across a complex systems implementation. As Test Manager, you will be responsible for driving the test strategy, governance, and execution, ensuring effective coordination across multiple work streams and systems. … closely with both business and technical stakeholders to ensure successful integration and programme delivery. What you'll need to succeed Proven experience as a Test Manager within large-scale transformation programmes Strong background in systems integration testing Experience working on software implementations (platform-agnostic) Demonstrable experience managing ...

Test Analyst – AutomationLocation: (Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle) Need ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE Overview We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented QA Test Analyst to join a high-performing delivery team. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of digital … services through the design, development, and maintenance of robust automated testing solutions. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in test automation, a passion for quality engineering, and experience working within complex, large-scale environments. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain automated test solutions ...

third-party suppliers to ensure quality standards are met throughout the delivery lifecycle. The Role As a QA Tester, you will: Define and document test approaches and testing strategies. Create and maintain test coverage and traceability matrices. Analyse business and technical requirements to identify test scenarios … acceptance criteria. Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test scripts. Perform Functional System Testing and Integration Testing. Support End-to-End (E2E) testing activities. Prepare and manage test data requirements. Identify, investigate, and track defects through to resolution. Produce regular test status reports and communicate progress ...

Cleared Test Engineer (AI) Rate - £650 (A day) Duration - 6 Months (Initially) Location - London (Hybrid) Ir35 - Inside (Must use an umbrella company) We are looking for an experienced Senior Test Engineer (AI) to play a key role in delivering high-quality, reliable artificial intelligence and data-driven solutions … within a complex, enterprise-scale environment. This is an exciting opportunity to lead testing strategy across cutting-edge AI systems, ensuring robust validation, strong governance, and continuous quality improvement across digital platforms. The Role As a Senior Test Engineer, you will operate at a strategic level, shaping testing ...

functionality and data workflows. Streamline the versioning, release, and packaging processes for application code to support efficient deployments. Establish and maintain a comprehensive testing strategy, including unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and resilience tests. Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that adheres to agreed development standards ...