Test Strategy Contracts in Berkshire

Test Strategy
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Test Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 115 102
Rank change year-on-year +53 -13 -5
Contract jobs citing Test Strategy 31 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.64% 0.45% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 0.51% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 5
10th Percentile - £348 £476
25th Percentile £450 £409 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £494 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.33% -3.66% +10.81%
75th Percentile £500 £544 £569
90th Percentile £575 £615 £573
South East median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Test Strategy 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 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Test Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Strategy in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Strategy in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Strategy in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Strategy in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Strategy in Berkshire

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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 Strategy within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Slough +6 16 £450 - 8
Reading +37 10 £600 +6.67% 5
Wokingham - 4 £500 -
Test Strategy
South East

Test Strategy
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 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 5 (16.13%) AWS
2 5 (16.13%) GCP
3 2 (6.45%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.23%) npm
4 1 (3.23%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 21 (67.74%) MPLS
2 16 (51.61%) ATM
2 16 (51.61%) Ethernet
2 16 (51.61%) Frame Relay
2 16 (51.61%) GPRS
2 16 (51.61%) GSM
2 16 (51.61%) LAN
2 16 (51.61%) LTE
2 16 (51.61%) SAN
2 16 (51.61%) SDH
2 16 (51.61%) UMTS
2 16 (51.61%) VPN
2 16 (51.61%) WAN
2 16 (51.61%) Wireshark
3 5 (16.13%) BGP
3 5 (16.13%) TCP/IP
3 5 (16.13%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (16.13%) JIRA
1 5 (16.13%) Robot Framework
2 1 (3.23%) Git
2 1 (3.23%) Selenium
General
1 23 (74.19%) Telecoms
2 22 (70.97%) Social Skills
3 8 (25.81%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Billing
Job Titles
1 15 (48.39%) IP Engineer
2 14 (45.16%) Test Engineer
3 9 (29.03%) Tester
4 5 (16.13%) Automation Tester
4 5 (16.13%) IP Network Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Network Engineer
4 5 (16.13%) Telecoms Tester
5 3 (9.68%) Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) IP Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Network Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) OSS Project Manager
6 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Cloud Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Cloud Developer
7 1 (3.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 1 (3.23%) Programme Test Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 1 (3.23%) Test Leader
7 1 (3.23%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) CSS
1 1 (3.23%) HTML
1 1 (3.23%) Material-UI
1 1 (3.23%) Next.js
1 1 (3.23%) Node.js
1 1 (3.23%) OpenAPI
1 1 (3.23%) React
1 1 (3.23%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (67.74%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (16.13%) Cloud Native
3 4 (12.90%) Product Ownership
3 4 (12.90%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 21 (67.74%) Linux
2 16 (51.61%) Unix
3 4 (12.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (80.65%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (61.29%) Project Management
3 16 (51.61%) Fault Management
3 16 (51.61%) Regression Testing
4 8 (25.81%) Test Management
5 6 (19.35%) Containerisation
5 6 (19.35%) Test Automation
6 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.90%) Agile
7 4 (12.90%) Test Assurance
7 4 (12.90%) Validation
8 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
9 2 (6.45%) Data Governance
9 2 (6.45%) Defect Management
9 2 (6.45%) Defect Tracking
9 2 (6.45%) DevOps
9 2 (6.45%) Migration
9 2 (6.45%) Project Governance
9 2 (6.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (6.45%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (54.84%) Java
2 5 (16.13%) Python
3 4 (12.90%) Perl
3 4 (12.90%) PL/SQL
3 4 (12.90%) SQL
4 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) CCNP
1 16 (51.61%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (51.61%) ISEB
1 16 (51.61%) ISTQB
1 16 (51.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (6.45%) PMI Certification
2 2 (6.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) QA
System Software
1 6 (19.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) Kubernetes
2 5 (16.13%) Ansible
3 2 (6.45%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 16 (51.61%) Cisco
1 16 (51.61%) Juniper
1 16 (51.61%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Cramer
2 2 (6.45%) Infoblox
2 2 (6.45%) Remedy
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.23%) Snow