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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 78 80
Rank change year-on-year -29 +2 +13
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 14 14 43
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.76% 1.20% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.29% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 28
10th Percentile £386 £450 £444
25th Percentile £425 £475 £598
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year -27.08% -11.11% -6.38%
75th Percentile £461 - £746
90th Percentile £551 £625 £768
South East median daily rate £475 £488 £656
% change year-on-year -2.56% -25.66% +9.29%

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 1,564 1,082 1,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 85.42% 93.12% 89.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 627 930
10th Percentile £303 £313 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year - -0.10% -4.67%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £608
90th Percentile £688 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 27 102
10th Percentile £27.45 £22.76 £20.17
25th Percentile £73.40 £32.05 £41.50
Median hourly rate £83.00 £61.50 £61.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.97% +0.32% +6.02%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.35 £72.18
90th Percentile £101.50 £88.05 £87.41
South East median hourly rate £49.00 £28.00 £46.87
% change year-on-year +75.00% -40.26% -6.26%

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 24 April 2026.

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 24 April 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 - 8 £425 - 2
Windsor - 2 £513 - 1
Reading -41 1 £558 -7.08%
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 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.14%) OCI
4 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DHCP
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
1 1 (7.14%) Firewall
1 1 (7.14%) Internet
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
1 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
1 1 (7.14%) SSL
1 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.14%) VPN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (57.14%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (7.14%) Postman
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.14%) Billing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) SCADA Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Test Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Test Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Agile Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Linux/Unix DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Functional Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) ADO
1 1 (7.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (28.57%) SCADA
3 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Linux
3 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Agile
2 7 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 7 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Scenario Testing
3 6 (42.86%) Validation
4 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (35.71%) System Integration Testing
4 5 (35.71%) Test Management
5 4 (28.57%) Defect Management
5 4 (28.57%) DevOps
5 4 (28.57%) Functional Testing
6 3 (21.43%) ERP
6 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) Agile Testing
7 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
7 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (14.29%) Regression Testing
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) HP ALM
1 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
1 2 (14.29%) Workday
2 1 (7.14%) Citrix
2 1 (7.14%) HP
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) Zscaler