Test Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 689 697 652
Rank change year-on-year +8 -45 -3
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 197 267 713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.27% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.28% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 147 163 320
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,810 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -14.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £65,313
90th Percentile £72,500 £84,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.29% +1.67% -13.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,075 94,861 153,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 95.59% 95.75%
Number of salaries quoted 59,840 55,938 82,447
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,714
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in the UK

Test Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Test Management in the UK

Test Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Management over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Management in the UK

Test Management
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the UK over the 6 months to 17 May 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
England +38 158 £50,000 -11.58% 44
UK excluding London -2 153 £50,000 +9.29% 26
Work from Home +65 67 £50,000 -18.37% 16
London +72 35 £63,112 -6.50% 16
South East -14 31 £50,000 -24.53% 8
Scotland -29 30 £47,500 - 2
North of England +42 29 £55,000 +27.91% 3
Midlands -15 26 £50,000 +33.33% 5
West Midlands +17 25 £50,000 +42.86% 4
North West +16 24 £62,500 -20.89% 3
South West -16 22 £50,000 -9.09% 3
East of England +19 11 £40,000 -15.79% 4
Yorkshire +49 5 £55,000 +29.41%
Wales - 4 £45,000 - 1
East Midlands -21 1 £70,000 +81.82% 1

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (15.23%) Confluence
2 1 (0.51%) CMS
2 1 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.51%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (4.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.54%) Trello
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.02%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (11.17%) Azure
2 14 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (5.58%) GitHub
4 9 (4.57%) AWS
4 9 (4.57%) SaaS
5 8 (4.06%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.54%) ClickUp
7 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.02%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.51%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.03%) Bluetooth
1 4 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.03%) ZigBee
2 1 (0.51%) Broadband
2 1 (0.51%) Firewall
2 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.02%) Power BI
1 2 (1.02%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 87 (44.16%) JIRA
2 30 (15.23%) Selenium
3 28 (14.21%) Cypress.io
4 25 (12.69%) Cucumber
5 23 (11.68%) Bitbucket
6 18 (9.14%) Git
7 17 (8.63%) TestRail
8 16 (8.12%) Zephyr
9 11 (5.58%) Jenkins
10 10 (5.08%) Appium
11 8 (4.06%) TeamCity
12 7 (3.55%) Bugzilla
12 7 (3.55%) SoapUI
13 6 (3.05%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (3.05%) MSTest
13 6 (3.05%) Serenity BDD
13 6 (3.05%) Visual Studio
14 5 (2.54%) JMeter
14 5 (2.54%) JUnit
14 5 (2.54%) TestNG
General
1 88 (44.67%) Social Skills
2 38 (19.29%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (15.23%) Finance
3 30 (15.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.60%) Law
5 10 (5.08%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (4.06%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.06%) Retail
7 5 (2.54%) Aviation
7 5 (2.54%) Games
7 5 (2.54%) Legal
7 5 (2.54%) Police
8 4 (2.03%) Electronics
9 3 (1.52%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.52%) German Language
9 3 (1.52%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.02%) Automotive
10 2 (1.02%) Local Government
10 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 39 (19.80%) Test Manager
2 34 (17.26%) Senior
2 34 (17.26%) Test Engineer
3 31 (15.74%) Analyst
4 24 (12.18%) Test Analyst
5 23 (11.68%) Tester
6 17 (8.63%) QA Engineer
7 10 (5.08%) Lead
8 9 (4.57%) Developer
8 9 (4.57%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
9 8 (4.06%) Hardware Engineer
9 8 (4.06%) Hardware Test Engineer
9 8 (4.06%) Junior
9 8 (4.06%) Software Tester
10 7 (3.55%) Developer in Test
10 7 (3.55%) Junior QA Engineer
10 7 (3.55%) Programme Manager
10 7 (3.55%) Programme Test Manager
10 7 (3.55%) Software Test Engineer
10 7 (3.55%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.12%) Gherkin
2 14 (7.11%) Web Services
3 9 (4.57%) RESTful
3 9 (4.57%) SOAP
4 6 (3.05%) Playwright
5 4 (2.03%) ADO
5 4 (2.03%) REST
6 3 (1.52%) .NET
6 3 (1.52%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.52%) WPF
6 3 (1.52%) XML
7 2 (1.02%) Celery
7 2 (1.02%) JSON
7 2 (1.02%) Kafka
7 2 (1.02%) WireMock
8 1 (0.51%) Jest
8 1 (0.51%) Middleware
8 1 (0.51%) React
8 1 (0.51%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 20 (10.15%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (8.63%) Mobile App
4 14 (7.11%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (5.08%) IoT
6 7 (3.55%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.54%) BBC
7 5 (2.54%) SCADA
8 4 (2.03%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 4 (2.03%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.02%) Hackathon
9 2 (1.02%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.51%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.51%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.51%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.60%) Linux
2 7 (3.55%) Ubuntu
2 7 (3.55%) Windows
3 5 (2.54%) Android
3 5 (2.54%) Debian
4 3 (1.52%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (64.97%) Test Automation
2 119 (60.41%) Agile
3 86 (43.65%) Software Testing
4 85 (43.15%) Test Strategy
5 53 (26.90%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (25.89%) Test Scripting
7 45 (22.84%) Regression Testing
8 41 (20.81%) User Acceptance Testing
9 37 (18.78%) Performance Testing
9 37 (18.78%) Test Planning
10 35 (17.77%) Scrum
11 34 (17.26%) CI/CD
12 32 (16.24%) Functional Testing
12 32 (16.24%) Mentoring
13 28 (14.21%) Continuous Integration
13 28 (14.21%) SDLC
14 27 (13.71%) Defect Management
14 27 (13.71%) DevOps
15 26 (13.20%) Waterfall
16 24 (12.18%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 26 (13.20%) SQL
2 21 (10.66%) JavaScript
3 18 (9.14%) Python
4 13 (6.60%) Java
5 8 (4.06%) C#
6 6 (3.05%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.54%) PL/SQL
8 4 (2.03%) Ruby
9 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.51%) VB
10 1 (0.51%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (23.86%) Degree
2 36 (18.27%) ISTQB
3 35 (17.77%) Security Cleared
4 19 (9.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (8.63%) DV Cleared
5 17 (8.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 16 (8.12%) SC Cleared
7 11 (5.58%) ISEB
8 5 (2.54%) CAPM
8 5 (2.54%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.54%) PMP
9 4 (2.03%) DBS Check
9 4 (2.03%) HND
10 1 (0.51%) CEH
10 1 (0.51%) CISM
10 1 (0.51%) CISSP
10 1 (0.51%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (43.65%) QA
2 13 (6.60%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.02%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (1.52%) Docker
2 2 (1.02%) Firmware
3 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.05%) HP ALM
1 6 (3.05%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.02%) Ansible
2 2 (1.02%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.51%) Consul
Vendors
1 25 (12.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.09%) HP
3 9 (4.57%) SAP
4 5 (2.54%) Oracle
5 2 (1.02%) Google
5 2 (1.02%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.51%) BT
6 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.51%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.51%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.51%) Workday