Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Software Testing
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bracknell requiring Software Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 16 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 2.31% 2.17% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 2.44% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £403 £423 -
25th Percentile £408 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.95% - -
75th Percentile £518 £513 -
90th Percentile £560 £528 -
Berkshire median daily rate £433 £644 £375
% change year-on-year -32.82% +71.67% -34.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bracknell

Software Testing 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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 112 82 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 86.15% 89.13% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 44 59
10th Percentile £264 £236 £141
25th Percentile £462 £383 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -12.50% +2.04%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £738
90th Percentile £650 £618 £778
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile £54.08 £21.98 £18.95
25th Percentile £58.69 £26.00 £30.99
Median hourly rate £66.75 £28.50 £47.19
Median % change year-on-year +134.21% -39.61% +194.95%
75th Percentile £73.63 £41.00 £62.03
90th Percentile £77.45 £42.13 £65.35
Berkshire median hourly rate £37.28 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -36.81% -3.98% +21.68%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Software Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell.

Software Testing job vacancy trend in Bracknell

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Software Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Bracknell

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Software Testing in Bracknell over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Software Testing in Bracknell

Software Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Software Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Software Testing

Software Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Datadog
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Backend Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Java Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Spring
1 1 (33.33%) Spring Batch
1 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Conflict Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Observability
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle