Test Planning Contracts in Berkshire

Test Planning
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Test Planning skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Planning over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 114 124
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -26
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 3 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.18% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £433 £417 -
25th Percentile £444 £432 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% - -
75th Percentile £513 £469 -
90th Percentile £528 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% +21.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Test Planning 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 1,733 1,629 2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.83% 90.80% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1,055 1,371
10th Percentile £213 £350 £275
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £626 £588
90th Percentile £687 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 48 43
10th Percentile £18.95 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.44 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £60.57 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +174.67% -
75th Percentile £71.89 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Test Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Planning in Berkshire

Test Planning
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Test Planning in Berkshire

Test Planning
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Planning in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Planning in Berkshire

Test Planning
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 Test Planning within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Newbury - 1 £475 -
Reading - 1 £525 -
Slough - 1 £450 -
Test Planning
South East

Test Planning
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Identification
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle