JTAG Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Joint Test Action Group (JTAG)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring JTAG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing JTAG 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.055% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Berkshire

JTAG falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 342 202 319
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.66% 17.67% 16.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 94 167
10th Percentile £350 £308 £254
25th Percentile £428 £450 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £575
90th Percentile £700 £668 £600
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.90% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 7 5
10th Percentile £36.38 £39.50 £20.80
25th Percentile £80.75 £57.12 £24.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £61.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.53% -5.39% +225.00%
75th Percentile £84.00 £76.56 £70.18
90th Percentile £107.00 £89.50 £74.57
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £46.30 £26.68
% change year-on-year +24.19% +73.54% +11.17%

JTAG
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

JTAG job vacancy trend in Berkshire

JTAG
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing JTAG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing JTAG

JTAG
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 JTAG within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 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 - 1 - -
JTAG
South East

JTAG
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Design for Test
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL