Test Management Jobs

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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 708 690 617
Rank change year-on-year -18 -73 +39
Permanent jobs citing Test Management 201 261 835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.28% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.29% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 150 159 327
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,452 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,549 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +7.71% -8.30%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +4.44% -14.29%

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 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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% +9.38%

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 1 June 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 1 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
England -18 161 £50,000 -11.58% 48
UK excluding London -7 153 £50,000 +6.38% 24
Work from Home +44 70 £50,000 -18.37% 23
London +67 38 £64,056 -5.10% 20
South East -16 30 £50,000 -14.89% 8
Scotland -38 30 £47,500 - 1
North of England +29 29 £55,000 +26.44% 2
Midlands -14 26 £50,000 +26.58% 6
West Midlands -7 25 £50,000 +36.21% 4
North West +15 24 £62,500 -20.89% 2
South West -25 23 £50,000 -20.00% 4
East of England +6 11 £40,000 -38.46% 3
Yorkshire +41 5 £55,000 +27.91%
Wales - 4 £45,000 - 1
East Midlands -26 1 £70,000 +77.22% 2

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 31 (15.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (2.49%) Trello
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.44%) Azure
2 14 (6.97%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (4.98%) GitHub
4 8 (3.98%) AWS
4 8 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (3.98%) SaaS
5 5 (2.49%) ClickUp
6 3 (1.49%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.00%) BrowserStack
7 2 (1.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.99%) Bluetooth
1 4 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (1.99%) ZigBee
2 2 (1.00%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) Broadband
3 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.00%) Power BI
1 2 (1.00%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 87 (43.28%) JIRA
2 31 (15.42%) Selenium
3 29 (14.43%) Cypress.io
4 24 (11.94%) Cucumber
5 22 (10.95%) Bitbucket
6 18 (8.96%) Git
7 17 (8.46%) TestRail
8 16 (7.96%) Zephyr
9 10 (4.98%) Appium
9 10 (4.98%) Jenkins
10 8 (3.98%) TeamCity
11 7 (3.48%) Bugzilla
12 6 (2.99%) MSTest
12 6 (2.99%) SoapUI
12 6 (2.99%) Visual Studio
13 5 (2.49%) Bitbucket Server
13 5 (2.49%) Serenity BDD
14 4 (1.99%) JUnit
14 4 (1.99%) Postman
14 4 (1.99%) TestNG
General
1 91 (45.27%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
3 31 (15.42%) Finance
4 30 (14.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (6.47%) Law
6 10 (4.98%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (3.98%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.98%) Retail
8 6 (2.99%) Legal
9 5 (2.49%) Aviation
9 5 (2.49%) Games
9 5 (2.49%) Police
10 4 (1.99%) Electronics
11 3 (1.49%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.49%) German Language
11 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.00%) Automotive
12 2 (1.00%) Banking
12 2 (1.00%) Local Government
12 2 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 39 (19.40%) Test Manager
2 37 (18.41%) Senior
3 36 (17.91%) Test Engineer
4 30 (14.93%) Analyst
5 25 (12.44%) Tester
6 23 (11.44%) Test Analyst
7 17 (8.46%) QA Engineer
8 11 (5.47%) Lead
9 9 (4.48%) Developer
9 9 (4.48%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
10 8 (3.98%) Hardware Engineer
10 8 (3.98%) Hardware Test Engineer
10 8 (3.98%) Junior
10 8 (3.98%) Senior Tester
10 8 (3.98%) Software Tester
11 7 (3.48%) Junior QA Engineer
11 7 (3.48%) Programme Manager
11 7 (3.48%) Programme Test Manager
11 7 (3.48%) Software Test Engineer
11 7 (3.48%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.46%) Gherkin
2 13 (6.47%) Web Services
3 8 (3.98%) RESTful
3 8 (3.98%) SOAP
4 6 (2.99%) Playwright
5 4 (1.99%) ADO
5 4 (1.99%) REST
5 4 (1.99%) XML
6 3 (1.49%) .NET
6 3 (1.49%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.49%) WPF
7 2 (1.00%) JSON
8 1 (0.50%) Celery
8 1 (0.50%) Jest
8 1 (0.50%) Kafka
8 1 (0.50%) Middleware
8 1 (0.50%) React
8 1 (0.50%) WebdriverIO
8 1 (0.50%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.45%) Product Ownership
2 20 (9.95%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (8.46%) Mobile App
4 14 (6.97%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (4.98%) IoT
6 7 (3.48%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.49%) BBC
7 5 (2.49%) SCADA
8 4 (1.99%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.99%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.99%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.00%) Hackathon
9 2 (1.00%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.50%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.50%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.97%) Linux
2 8 (3.98%) Windows
3 7 (3.48%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.49%) Android
4 5 (2.49%) Debian
5 3 (1.49%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (64.18%) Test Automation
2 121 (60.20%) Agile
3 87 (43.28%) Software Testing
3 87 (43.28%) Test Strategy
4 56 (27.86%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (25.37%) Test Scripting
6 45 (22.39%) Regression Testing
7 43 (21.39%) User Acceptance Testing
8 38 (18.91%) Performance Testing
9 37 (18.41%) Test Planning
10 36 (17.91%) CI/CD
10 36 (17.91%) Scrum
11 34 (16.92%) Mentoring
12 32 (15.92%) Functional Testing
13 31 (15.42%) SDLC
14 30 (14.93%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (12.94%) Defect Management
15 26 (12.94%) DevOps
15 26 (12.94%) Waterfall
16 24 (11.94%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.94%) SQL
2 20 (9.95%) JavaScript
3 17 (8.46%) Python
4 12 (5.97%) Java
5 10 (4.98%) C#
6 6 (2.99%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.99%) PL/SQL
7 4 (1.99%) Ruby
8 2 (1.00%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.50%) VB
9 1 (0.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 47 (23.38%) Degree
2 40 (19.90%) ISTQB
3 37 (18.41%) Security Cleared
4 19 (9.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (8.96%) DV Cleared
6 17 (8.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 17 (8.46%) SC Cleared
7 12 (5.97%) ISEB
8 5 (2.49%) CAPM
8 5 (2.49%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.49%) PMP
9 4 (1.99%) DBS Check
9 4 (1.99%) HND
10 2 (1.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.50%) CEH
11 1 (0.50%) CISM
11 1 (0.50%) CISSP
11 1 (0.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (44.28%) QA
2 13 (6.47%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.00%) Docker
1 2 (1.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.99%) HP ALM
1 6 (2.99%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.50%) Ansible
2 1 (0.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 25 (12.44%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.97%) HP
3 9 (4.48%) SAP
4 4 (1.99%) Oracle
5 2 (1.00%) Google
5 2 (1.00%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.50%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.50%) BT
6 1 (0.50%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.50%) Workday