Telecoms Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Test Engineer - Telecommunications
South East > Berkshire

The median Test Engineer - Telecommunications daily rate in Berkshire is £430, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Telecoms Test Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.054% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 - -
South East median daily rate £430 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,656 1,081 1,785
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 92.08% 93.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,058 668 955
10th Percentile £303 £300 £234
25th Percentile £400 £413 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £502 £513
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% -2.05% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 155 26 112
10th Percentile £27.48 £27.46 £18.55
25th Percentile £57.50 £43.88 £41.25
Median hourly rate £83.00 £63.37 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +30.97% +8.70% +0.83%
75th Percentile £88.00 £76.77 £70.73
90th Percentile £104.00 £88.19 £86.86
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £32.28 £47.50
% change year-on-year +67.31% -32.05% -1.86%

Telecoms Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Telecoms Test Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Telecoms Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Telecoms Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Test Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Telecoms Test Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

Telecoms Test Engineer
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 Telecoms Test Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
Slough - 1 £430 - 1
Telecoms Test Engineer
South East

Telecoms Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 18 May 2026, Telecoms Test Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Telecoms Test Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark

Telecoms Test Engineer Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper