Performance Testing Contracts in Berkshire

Performance Testing
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Performance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Performance Testing over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 95 125
Rank change year-on-year -6 +30 -27
Contract jobs citing Performance Testing 20 13 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.03% 0.74% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 0.83% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 12
10th Percentile - £427 £359
25th Percentile £413 £447 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £504 £588
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -14.21% +30.56%
75th Percentile £620 £512 £675
90th Percentile £625 £514 -
South East median daily rate £450 £509 £544
% change year-on-year -11.59% -6.39% +27.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Performance 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 1,723 1,575 2,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.91% 90.15% 90.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 905 1,014 1,334
10th Percentile £213 £350 £275
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +7.41%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £701 £650
South East median daily rate £501 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.86% +2.00% +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 48 40
10th Percentile £18.50 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £25.72 £17.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £57.82 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% +174.99% -0.12%
75th Percentile £71.75 £73.69 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £69.46
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -19.63%

Performance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Performance Testing in Berkshire

Performance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Performance Testing in Berkshire

Performance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Performance Testing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Performance Testing in Berkshire

Performance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Performance Testing in Berkshire

Performance 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 Performance Testing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -18 16 £438 -12.50%
Wokingham - 2 £623 -
Bracknell - 2 - - 3
Performance Testing
South East

Performance 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (55.00%) Apache
2 10 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure AKS
2 2 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (10.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (10.00%) PaaS
3 1 (5.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) BGP
1 10 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 10 (50.00%) MPLS
1 10 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
1 10 (50.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (55.00%) MongoDB
2 10 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 10 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle Database
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (5.00%) MySQL
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 10 (50.00%) GitLab
1 10 (50.00%) JIRA
1 10 (50.00%) Robot Framework
1 10 (50.00%) TestRail
2 3 (15.00%) JMeter
3 2 (10.00%) Git
4 1 (5.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (15.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Network Engineer
1 9 (45.00%) Test Engineer
2 4 (20.00%) Developer
2 4 (20.00%) Senior
2 4 (20.00%) Tester
3 3 (15.00%) Performance Tester
4 2 (10.00%) C# Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Database Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Full Stack Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Migration Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Migration Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Oracle Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Database Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Performance Tester
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Tester
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms Tester
5 1 (5.00%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (50.00%) NETCONF
1 10 (50.00%) REST
1 10 (50.00%) RESTCONF
1 10 (50.00%) SOAP
1 10 (50.00%) YANG
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
3 1 (5.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (5.00%) CSS
3 1 (5.00%) HTML
3 1 (5.00%) jQuery
3 1 (5.00%) Node.js
3 1 (5.00%) React
3 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (10.00%) Replication
2 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Test Automation
2 12 (60.00%) Containerisation
2 12 (60.00%) Scrum
3 11 (55.00%) Agile
4 10 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 10 (50.00%) Integration Testing
4 10 (50.00%) Regression Testing
4 10 (50.00%) Security Testing
4 10 (50.00%) Unit Testing
4 10 (50.00%) Workflow
5 4 (20.00%) DevOps
6 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 2 (10.00%) Database Migration
6 2 (10.00%) Microservices
6 2 (10.00%) Migration
6 2 (10.00%) Project Management
6 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Traceability Matrix
6 2 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) SQL
2 11 (55.00%) Python
3 6 (30.00%) C#
4 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (5.00%) Java
5 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 10 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.00%) Fujitsu
3 1 (5.00%) HP
3 1 (5.00%) Micro Focus
3 1 (5.00%) OpenText