Test Management Contracts in the South East

Test Management
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Test Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 174 162
Rank change year-on-year +29 -12 +19
Contract jobs citing Test Management 59 45 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.04% 0.80% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.89% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 34 89
10th Percentile £413 £422 £327
25th Percentile £491 £429 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £500
90th Percentile £608 £588 £548
England median daily rate £500 £550 £495
% change year-on-year -9.09% +11.11% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,709 5,035 6,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.69% 89.04% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,713 3,459 4,700
10th Percentile £255 £250 £244
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% +0.20% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 465 221 275
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.27
25th Percentile £18.32 £24.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.97
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +138.96% -12.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.94 £75.00 £63.55
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Test Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Management in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Test Management in the South East

Test Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Management in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Management in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Management in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Test Management in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Management within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +1 29 £550 +4.76% 1
Thames Valley +5 18 £500 - 4
Berkshire +4 16 £500 - 1
Surrey - 9 £500 - 2
West Sussex - 3 £550 -
Buckinghamshire +21 1 £475 - 1
Oxfordshire +3 1 £450 - 2
Test Management
England

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 6 (10.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (11.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.20%) Azure
2 15 (25.42%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.78%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.78%) PowerApps
4 3 (5.08%) OCI
5 2 (3.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.47%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) GIS
Development Applications
1 19 (32.20%) TestRail
2 3 (5.08%) JIRA
3 1 (1.69%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.69%) Selenium
General
1 17 (28.81%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.17%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (6.78%) Finance
4 3 (5.08%) Military
5 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Automotive
6 1 (1.69%) Aviation
6 1 (1.69%) Law
6 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (54.24%) Analyst
2 28 (47.46%) Test Analyst
3 18 (30.51%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 16 (27.12%) Test Manager
5 6 (10.17%) QA Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) QA Test Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) Senior
6 4 (6.78%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) OAT Manager
7 3 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.08%) Tester
8 2 (3.39%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.39%) Senior Test Analyst
8 2 (3.39%) Senior Tester
9 1 (1.69%) Applications Tester
9 1 (1.69%) E-Business Analyst
9 1 (1.69%) E-Commerce Manager
9 1 (1.69%) IT Project Manager
9 1 (1.69%) Senior Business Analyst
9 1 (1.69%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.86%) Web Services
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.69%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.17%) Life Science
2 5 (8.47%) PKI
3 3 (5.08%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (64.41%) Agile
2 29 (49.15%) Test Automation
3 18 (30.51%) Continuous Integration
4 16 (27.12%) DevOps
5 12 (20.34%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 10 (16.95%) Requirements Analysis
6 10 (16.95%) Waterfall
7 9 (15.25%) Test Strategy
8 8 (13.56%) Scrum
8 8 (13.56%) Software Testing
9 7 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (11.86%) Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (10.17%) Defect Management
10 6 (10.17%) Functional Testing
10 6 (10.17%) Scenario Testing
11 5 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (8.47%) Cryptography
11 5 (8.47%) Defect Tracking
11 5 (8.47%) SIEM
12 4 (6.78%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (40.68%) ISTQB
2 23 (38.98%) Security Cleared
3 18 (30.51%) DV Cleared
3 18 (30.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 8 (13.56%) Degree
5 4 (6.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.56%) QA
2 5 (8.47%) HL7
System Software
1 5 (8.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.69%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (23.73%) Oracle
2 6 (10.17%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow