Test Strategy Contracts in Berkshire

Test Strategy
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Test Strategy skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Strategy 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 109 104 86
Rank change year-on-year -5 -18 -2
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 9 13 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.46% 0.72% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.80% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 23
10th Percentile £348 £476 £351
25th Percentile £409 £506 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +13.89% -11.11%
75th Percentile £544 £569 £544
90th Percentile £615 £573 £648
South East median daily rate £473 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -0.53% -5.00% +1.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Test Strategy 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 Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in Berkshire

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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 Strategy 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
Reading -15 4 £563 - 2
Slough +13 1 £450 -12.20%
Newbury - 1 £475 -
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Test Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) React Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Operations Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) Jest
2 1 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (11.11%) Node.js
2 1 (11.11%) React
2 1 (11.11%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Life Science
2 2 (22.22%) NHS
3 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) Test Management
3 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 2 (22.22%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Test Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 2 (22.22%) Waterfall
5 1 (11.11%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (11.11%) Remediation Plan
5 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (11.11%) Runbook
5 1 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Debt
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) HL7
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle