Test Planning Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Test Planning
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Test Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 107 118
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 +2
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.30% 0.19% 0.056%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.21% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £400 £402 -
25th Percentile £442 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £458 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% +1.67% -28.00%
75th Percentile £594 £501 £475
90th Percentile £628 £523 -
South East median daily rate £500 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -32.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Test Planning 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 1,212 1,431 1,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 89.91% 88.66% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 800 768 981
10th Percentile £320 £329 £240
25th Percentile £420 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £690 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.01% +2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 53 70
10th Percentile £14.75 £21.80 £18.95
25th Percentile £16.72 £42.88 £46.01
Median hourly rate £27.50 £60.46 £61.72
Median % change year-on-year -54.51% -2.05% +23.44%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.43 £72.25
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.29 £77.27
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.17 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.40% +10.80% +18.00%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Test Planning job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Test Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Test Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Test Planning

Test Planning
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Planning in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Planning in Berkshire

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Test Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Test Planning

Test Planning
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 Planning within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Slough - 1 £650 -
Thatcham - 1 - -
Test Planning
South East

Test Planning
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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Appium
1 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) QA Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) CMMI
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (25.00%) QA Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (25.00%) TMMi
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) HP ALM
1 1 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow