Test Strategist Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Testing Strategist
South East > Berkshire

The median Testing Strategist daily rate in Berkshire is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Strategist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - -
South East median daily rate £420 - -

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 1,082 1,551 1,692
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 90.91% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 690 825 1,070
10th Percentile £300 £313 £270
25th Percentile £406 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £691 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 77 64
10th Percentile £14.75 £36.77 £17.80
25th Percentile £16.66 £55.87 £46.46
Median hourly rate £32.18 £61.71 £56.47
Median % change year-on-year -47.85% +9.27% +61.86%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.99 £72.33
90th Percentile £87.28 £97.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £50.71
% change year-on-year -56.20% +13.24% +111.29%

Test Strategist
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategist in Berkshire

Test Strategist
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 Strategist within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Wokingham - 2 £420 -
Test Strategist
South East

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Test Strategist 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 Strategist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Workday
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills

Test Strategist 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) Workday