Test Leader Contracts in Berkshire

Test Lead
South East > Berkshire

The median Test Lead daily rate in Berkshire is £333, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 120 107
Rank change year-on-year +28 -13 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Test Leader 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.26% 0.10% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.11% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £308 - £528
25th Percentile £317 - £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 - £556
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.27%
75th Percentile £347 - £573
90th Percentile £355 - £574
South East median daily rate £425 £413 £400
% change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -23.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,085 1,863 1,706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.26% 94.04% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 994 1,094
10th Percentile £308 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £385 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.03%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 115 55
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.70 £17.90
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.38 £23.75
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.00 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% +3.72% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.44 £73.80
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.46 £79.83
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Test Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Test Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Leader in Berkshire

Test Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Test Leader in Berkshire

Test Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Leader in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Test Leader in Berkshire

Test Leader
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 Test Leader within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Reading +38 2 £360 - 6
Test Leader
South East

Test Leader Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Test Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Test Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Selenium
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Billing
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) RFC 2544
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case

Test Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Billing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Network Management
3 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco