Test Management Jobs in England

Test Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Test Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Management over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 700 662 487
Rank change year-on-year -38 -175 +166
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 161 213 1,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.26% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.27% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 114 144 302
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,452 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,438 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,549 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +13.10% -12.28%
75th Percentile £72,188 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £91,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £56,549 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.58% +7.71% -7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Test Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77,844 79,154 138,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.92% 95.46% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 55,725 48,396 74,307
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,324 £33,259
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,875 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Test Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in England

Test Management
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Management in England.

Salary trend for Test Management in England

Test Management
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Management in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Management in England

Test Management
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the England region over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +29 38 £65,000 -0.76% 20
North of England +10 29 £55,000 +26.44% 2
South East -17 29 £50,000 -14.89% 7
Midlands -36 26 £50,000 +26.58% 6
West Midlands +5 25 £50,000 +36.21% 3
North West +12 24 £62,500 -20.89% 2
South West -31 24 £50,000 -20.00% 6
East of England -4 11 £40,000 -38.46% 2
Yorkshire +47 5 £55,000 +27.91%
East Midlands -40 1 £70,000 +77.22% 3
Test Management
UK

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (9.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.24%) Trello
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (12.42%) Azure
2 13 (8.07%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (5.59%) GitHub
4 7 (4.35%) AWS
4 7 (4.35%) SaaS
5 3 (1.86%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.24%) BrowserStack
6 2 (1.24%) ClickUp
6 2 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.24%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.48%) Bluetooth
1 4 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.48%) ZigBee
2 2 (1.24%) Firewall
3 1 (0.62%) Broadband
3 1 (0.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.24%) Power BI
1 2 (1.24%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.62%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 64 (39.75%) JIRA
2 30 (18.63%) Selenium
3 21 (13.04%) Cucumber
4 17 (10.56%) TestRail
5 15 (9.32%) Cypress.io
5 15 (9.32%) Zephyr
6 9 (5.59%) Appium
6 9 (5.59%) Git
6 9 (5.59%) Jenkins
7 8 (4.97%) TeamCity
8 7 (4.35%) Bugzilla
9 5 (3.11%) SoapUI
10 4 (2.48%) Bitbucket Server
10 4 (2.48%) JUnit
10 4 (2.48%) Postman
10 4 (2.48%) Serenity BDD
10 4 (2.48%) TestNG
11 3 (1.86%) JMeter
11 3 (1.86%) NUnit
11 3 (1.86%) WebDriver
General
1 63 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (16.15%) Finance
4 18 (11.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (8.07%) Law
6 10 (6.21%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (4.97%) Retail
8 6 (3.73%) Legal
9 5 (3.11%) Games
10 4 (2.48%) Electronics
10 4 (2.48%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.86%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.86%) German Language
11 3 (1.86%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.86%) Police
12 2 (1.24%) Automotive
12 2 (1.24%) Banking
12 2 (1.24%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (1.24%) Local Government
12 2 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (24.22%) Test Manager
2 31 (19.25%) Senior
3 28 (17.39%) Analyst
4 24 (14.91%) Test Analyst
5 19 (11.80%) Test Engineer
6 15 (9.32%) Tester
7 12 (7.45%) Lead
8 10 (6.21%) QA Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
10 7 (4.35%) Developer
10 7 (4.35%) Developer in Test
10 7 (4.35%) Programme Manager
10 7 (4.35%) Programme Test Manager
10 7 (4.35%) Test Programme Manager
11 6 (3.73%) QA Leader
11 6 (3.73%) Senior Tester
11 6 (3.73%) Test Leader
12 5 (3.11%) JavaScript Developer
12 5 (3.11%) Senior Test Engineer
12 5 (3.11%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.70%) Gherkin
2 10 (6.21%) Web Services
3 6 (3.73%) RESTful
3 6 (3.73%) SOAP
4 5 (3.11%) Playwright
5 4 (2.48%) ADO
6 3 (1.86%) WPF
6 3 (1.86%) XML
7 2 (1.24%) .NET
7 2 (1.24%) REST
8 1 (0.62%) Celery
8 1 (0.62%) Kafka
8 1 (0.62%) Middleware
8 1 (0.62%) React
8 1 (0.62%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.42%) Self-Motivation
2 19 (11.80%) Product Ownership
3 16 (9.94%) Mobile App
4 14 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.35%) Client/Server
6 5 (3.11%) BBC
6 5 (3.11%) SCADA
7 4 (2.48%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.48%) IoT
7 4 (2.48%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.24%) Hackathon
8 2 (1.24%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.24%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.62%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.62%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.62%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.70%) Linux
2 7 (4.35%) Windows
3 5 (3.11%) Android
4 4 (2.48%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.86%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.24%) Debian
6 2 (1.24%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (60.25%) Test Automation
2 96 (59.63%) Agile
3 82 (50.93%) Test Strategy
4 63 (39.13%) Software Testing
5 49 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (28.57%) Test Scripting
7 38 (23.60%) Test Planning
8 37 (22.98%) Performance Testing
9 36 (22.36%) Regression Testing
9 36 (22.36%) User Acceptance Testing
10 33 (20.50%) Mentoring
11 31 (19.25%) Scrum
12 27 (16.77%) Defect Management
13 26 (16.15%) Functional Testing
14 24 (14.91%) Computer Science
15 23 (14.29%) CI/CD
15 23 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
15 23 (14.29%) User Stories
16 22 (13.66%) SDLC
17 21 (13.04%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.80%) SQL
2 12 (7.45%) JavaScript
3 11 (6.83%) C#
4 9 (5.59%) Java
5 8 (4.97%) Python
6 6 (3.73%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.86%) Ruby
8 2 (1.24%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.24%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.62%) VB
9 1 (0.62%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (24.84%) ISTQB
2 38 (23.60%) Degree
3 32 (19.88%) Security Cleared
4 19 (11.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (11.80%) DV Cleared
5 17 (10.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (8.07%) ISEB
7 10 (6.21%) SC Cleared
8 5 (3.11%) CAPM
8 5 (3.11%) PMI Certification
8 5 (3.11%) PMP
9 4 (2.48%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.24%) HND
11 1 (0.62%) CEH
11 1 (0.62%) CISM
11 1 (0.62%) CISSP
11 1 (0.62%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.62%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (39.13%) QA
2 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.24%) PMO
3 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.24%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.24%) Docker
1 2 (1.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.73%) HP ALM
1 6 (3.73%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.62%) Ansible
2 1 (0.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (11.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.45%) HP
3 9 (5.59%) SAP
4 2 (1.24%) Google
4 2 (1.24%) Oracle
4 2 (1.24%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (0.62%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.62%) BT
5 1 (0.62%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.62%) Workday