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 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 80 81
Rank change year-on-year -30 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 13 10 36
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.70% 0.88% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.95% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 29
10th Percentile - £440 £523
25th Percentile - £500 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £717
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -23.29% -0.55%
75th Percentile - £625 £746
90th Percentile £450 £673 £767
South East median daily rate £430 £463 £675
% change year-on-year -7.03% -31.48% -

All Process & 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 1,551 1,056 1,720
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.99% 93.12% 86.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 645 853
10th Percentile £310 £325 £263
25th Percentile £403 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.34% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £613
90th Percentile £700 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +4.00% -2.44% +0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 33 111
10th Percentile £31.25 £15.78 £17.50
25th Percentile £71.80 £30.25 £41.38
Median hourly rate £83.54 £57.50 £60.60
Median % change year-on-year +45.28% -5.12% -1.46%
75th Percentile £88.00 £80.00 £72.04
90th Percentile £107.00 £88.87 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £53.90 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +124.58% -52.00% -4.03%

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
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 June 2026. 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 - 11 £425 -
Reading -33 1 - -
Windsor - 1 £450 -
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 (7.69%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) Internet
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) Network Security
1 1 (7.69%) SD-WAN
1 1 (7.69%) SSL
1 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.69%) VPN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
Development Applications
1 10 (76.92%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (7.69%) Cucumber
2 1 (7.69%) Postman
2 1 (7.69%) REST Assured
General
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Billing
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) SCADA Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Test Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Functional Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Test Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) ADO
1 1 (7.69%) Playwright
1 1 (7.69%) React
1 1 (7.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (69.23%) Enterprise Software
1 9 (69.23%) SCADA
2 1 (7.69%) Operational Technology
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (7.69%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (76.92%) Agile
2 10 (76.92%) Test Strategy
3 9 (69.23%) Scenario Testing
3 9 (69.23%) System Integration Testing
3 9 (69.23%) Validation
4 8 (61.54%) Defect Management
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) DevOps
6 2 (15.38%) Regression Testing
6 2 (15.38%) System Testing
6 2 (15.38%) Test Management
7 1 (7.69%) Application Packaging
7 1 (7.69%) Data Management
7 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
7 1 (7.69%) Manual Testing
7 1 (7.69%) Release Management
7 1 (7.69%) TDD
7 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
7 1 (7.69%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Apex Code
1 1 (7.69%) Java
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Citrix
1 1 (7.69%) Conga
1 1 (7.69%) GoCardless
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
1 1 (7.69%) Zscaler