Test Management Jobs in the UK excluding London

Test Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Test Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Management over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 629 607 341
Rank change year-on-year -22 -266 +212
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 151 121 753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.22% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.23% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 108 72 160
10th Percentile £37,125 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.95% +3.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £64,963 £68,188 £58,228
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,775 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.35% +6.24% -7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Test Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Test Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Test Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Management in the UK excluding London

Test Management
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Management in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Test Management in the UK excluding London

Test Management
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Management in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Management in the UK excluding London

Test Management
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Scotland -40 30 £47,500 - 2
North of England +6 28 £55,000 +26.44% 2
South East -38 28 £50,000 -23.08% 9
Midlands -36 26 £50,000 +26.58% 5
West Midlands -1 25 £50,000 +36.21% 3
South West -34 24 £50,000 -20.00% 6
North West -5 23 £62,500 -20.89% 2
East of England -3 11 £40,000 -38.46% 2
Yorkshire +44 5 £55,000 +27.91%
Wales - 4 £45,000 -
East Midlands -37 1 £70,000 +77.22% 2
Test Management
UK

Test Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 29 (19.21%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (10.60%) Azure
2 11 (7.28%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (5.96%) GitHub
4 7 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (4.64%) SaaS
5 4 (2.65%) AWS
6 1 (0.66%) BrowserStack
6 1 (0.66%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.65%) Bluetooth
1 4 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (2.65%) ZigBee
2 1 (0.66%) Broadband
2 1 (0.66%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
1 1 (0.66%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
1 1 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 67 (44.37%) JIRA
2 22 (14.57%) Cypress.io
3 21 (13.91%) Bitbucket
4 18 (11.92%) Git
4 18 (11.92%) Selenium
5 16 (10.60%) Zephyr
6 14 (9.27%) Cucumber
6 14 (9.27%) TestRail
7 9 (5.96%) Jenkins
8 8 (5.30%) TeamCity
9 7 (4.64%) Bugzilla
10 6 (3.97%) MSTest
10 6 (3.97%) Visual Studio
11 4 (2.65%) Bitbucket Server
11 4 (2.65%) Serenity BDD
12 3 (1.99%) GitLab
12 3 (1.99%) JMeter
12 3 (1.99%) SoapUI
13 2 (1.32%) JUnit
13 2 (1.32%) TestNG
General
1 75 (49.67%) Social Skills
2 33 (21.85%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (18.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (12.58%) Finance
5 9 (5.96%) Law
6 8 (5.30%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.31%) Aviation
7 5 (3.31%) Games
8 4 (2.65%) Electronics
8 4 (2.65%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.65%) Retail
9 3 (1.99%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.99%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.32%) Automotive
10 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.66%) Marketing
11 1 (0.66%) Police
11 1 (0.66%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 33 (21.85%) Test Engineer
2 30 (19.87%) Test Manager
3 22 (14.57%) Analyst
3 22 (14.57%) Senior
4 18 (11.92%) Test Analyst
4 18 (11.92%) Tester
5 9 (5.96%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
6 8 (5.30%) Hardware Engineer
6 8 (5.30%) Hardware Test Engineer
6 8 (5.30%) Software Test Engineer
7 7 (4.64%) Developer
7 7 (4.64%) Developer in Test
7 7 (4.64%) QA Engineer
7 7 (4.64%) Software Tester
8 6 (3.97%) Programme Manager
8 6 (3.97%) Programme Test Manager
8 6 (3.97%) Senior Test Engineer
8 6 (3.97%) Test Programme Manager
9 5 (3.31%) JavaScript Developer
9 5 (3.31%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.62%) Gherkin
1 10 (6.62%) Web Services
2 5 (3.31%) Playwright
3 4 (2.65%) ADO
3 4 (2.65%) RESTful
3 4 (2.65%) SOAP
4 3 (1.99%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.99%) WPF
5 2 (1.32%) .NET
6 1 (0.66%) Celery
6 1 (0.66%) Kafka
6 1 (0.66%) Middleware
6 1 (0.66%) React
6 1 (0.66%) REST
6 1 (0.66%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.25%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (11.26%) Product Ownership
3 14 (9.27%) Mobile App
4 10 (6.62%) IoT
5 9 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (4.64%) Client/Server
7 5 (3.31%) SCADA
8 4 (2.65%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (2.65%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.32%) BBC
9 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.66%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.66%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.66%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.97%) Linux
2 5 (3.31%) Windows
3 1 (0.66%) Android
3 1 (0.66%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.66%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (68.87%) Test Automation
2 88 (58.28%) Agile
3 73 (48.34%) Software Testing
4 72 (47.68%) Test Strategy
5 47 (31.13%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (30.46%) Test Scripting
7 36 (23.84%) Regression Testing
8 35 (23.18%) User Acceptance Testing
9 32 (21.19%) Test Planning
10 30 (19.87%) Mentoring
10 30 (19.87%) Performance Testing
11 28 (18.54%) CI/CD
12 27 (17.88%) Continuous Integration
13 25 (16.56%) SDLC
14 24 (15.89%) Computer Science
14 24 (15.89%) Functional Testing
15 22 (14.57%) Scrum
16 20 (13.25%) Defect Management
17 19 (12.58%) User Stories
18 18 (11.92%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.58%) SQL
2 17 (11.26%) JavaScript
3 13 (8.61%) Python
4 6 (3.97%) C#
4 6 (3.97%) Java
5 5 (3.31%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.32%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.32%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.66%) Ruby
7 1 (0.66%) VB
7 1 (0.66%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (25.17%) Degree
2 33 (21.85%) ISTQB
3 29 (19.21%) Security Cleared
4 19 (12.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (9.93%) DV Cleared
6 14 (9.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 12 (7.95%) SC Cleared
8 10 (6.62%) ISEB
9 5 (3.31%) CAPM
9 5 (3.31%) PMI Certification
9 5 (3.31%) PMP
10 4 (2.65%) HND
11 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.66%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (41.72%) QA
2 13 (8.61%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.97%) HP ALM
1 6 (3.97%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.66%) Ansible
2 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (15.23%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.95%) HP
3 6 (3.97%) SAP
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle
5 1 (0.66%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.66%) BT
5 1 (0.66%) MuleSoft
5 1 (0.66%) Workday