Functional Testing Contracts in Berkshire

Functional Testing
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 121 106
Rank change year-on-year +36 -15 +19
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 8 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.68% 0.15% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.17% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £420 - £333
25th Percentile £450 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £463
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -13.51% +15.63%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - £575
South East median daily rate £425 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -5.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Functional Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

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 1 May 2025. 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
Wokingham - 6 £500 -
Bracknell - 1 £400 -
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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
1 1 (12.50%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Selenium
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (12.50%) Postman
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Automotive
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Consultant
1 2 (25.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Algorithms
2 5 (62.50%) Cloud Native
3 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 6 (75.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 6 (75.00%) Mathematics
1 6 (75.00%) Optimization Problems
1 6 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
1 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Agile
2 5 (62.50%) Data Collection
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) User Stories
4 1 (12.50%) BPMN
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Document Management
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Java
1 6 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Master's Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft