Compatibility Testing Contract Job Trends in Reading

Compatibility Testing
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Compatibility Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Compatibility Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £400 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Compatibility 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 650 818 930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.48% 92.43% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 460 449 600
10th Percentile £325 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% -
75th Percentile £620 £650 £615
90th Percentile £664 £675 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 8 19
10th Percentile £15.70 £28.18 £49.32
25th Percentile £58.00 £39.13 £57.70
Median hourly rate £81.00 £59.63 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +35.84% -3.50% -12.04%
75th Percentile £95.00 £67.26 £64.15
90th Percentile £105.80 £75.56 £66.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.00 £61.50 £60.07
% change year-on-year -5.68% +2.37% -7.58%

Compatibility Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Compatibility Testing job vacancy trend in Reading

Compatibility Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Compatibility Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Compatibility Testing

Compatibility Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware