Test Consultant Contracts in Reading

Test Consultant
Berkshire > Reading

The median Test Consultant daily rate in Reading is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.085% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 1,096 988 1,293
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 668 882
10th Percentile £213 £363 £177
25th Percentile £413 £460 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £657 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £491
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.92% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.65 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.10% +170.88% -0.24%

Test Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings that featured Test Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Test Consultant in Reading

Test Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Consultant in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Test Consultant in Reading

Test Consultant Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Test Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Reading region featuring Test Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Test Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared