Integration Testing Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Integration Testing
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Integration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 92 101
Rank change year-on-year -9 +9 +6
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 12 18 22
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.81% 1.22% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.35% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 12
10th Percentile £381 £513 £403
25th Percentile £420 £567 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -23.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £536 £668 £627
90th Percentile £588 £714 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Integration 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 1,310 1,336 1,561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.98% 90.88% 91.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 878 741 944
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £686 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £518
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.62% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 39 69
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.68 £24.32
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -4.29% +25.17%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.08 £67.75
90th Percentile £97.50 £68.57 £76.84
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £55.00
% change year-on-year -51.22% -16.14% +46.67%

Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Integration Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Integration Testing job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Integration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Integration Testing

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Integration Testing in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Integration Testing in Berkshire

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Integration Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Integration Testing

Integration 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 Integration Testing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 23 December 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 £461 -
Reading +2 2 £691 +15.21% 8
Windsor - 1 £575 -
Integration Testing
South East

Integration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (8.33%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) Azure API Management
3 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Functions
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Storage
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) OCI
3 1 (8.33%) PaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
1 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
2 2 (16.67%) Postman
3 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Agile Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Linux/Unix DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Test Strategist
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Architect
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SAP EWM Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Test Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) .NET Core
1 1 (8.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (8.33%) OpenAPI
1 1 (8.33%) RESTful
1 1 (8.33%) SOAP
1 1 (8.33%) Swagger
1 1 (8.33%) WSDL
1 1 (8.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (50.00%) ERP
2 6 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (50.00%) Test Management
2 6 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 5 (41.67%) Agile Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Business Continuity
3 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (41.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (41.67%) Resilience Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Scenario Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Software Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
3 5 (41.67%) Validation
4 3 (25.00%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) Functional Testing
4 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (41.67%) ISTQB
3 5 (41.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) ServiceNow
1 5 (41.67%) Workday
2 1 (8.33%) HP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (8.33%) SAP