Functional Testing Contracts in Berkshire

Functional Testing
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Functional Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Functional Testing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 103 126
Rank change year-on-year -11 +23 -44
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 3 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.15% 0.50% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.54% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 8
10th Percentile - £333 £338
25th Percentile - £363 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £463 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% +15.63% -19.28%
75th Percentile - £538 £500
90th Percentile - £575 £579
South East median daily rate £450 £400 £423
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.33% -14.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Functional Testing 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 Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,756 1,652 2,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.91% 91.07% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 1,062 1,384
10th Percentile £213 £350 £268
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £676 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 48 43
10th Percentile £20.17 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.75 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -2.09%
75th Percentile £72.18 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.41 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Berkshire

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Berkshire

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in Berkshire

Functional Testing
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Testing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Slough +16 3 £400 -23.81%
Functional Testing
South East

Functional Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 3 (100.00%) GGSN
1 3 (100.00%) IPsec
1 3 (100.00%) SGSN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification