Functional Testing Contracts in Reading

Functional Testing
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Functional Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Functional Testing over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 85
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Functional Testing 0 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading - - 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £386
25th Percentile - - £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £488
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.47%
75th Percentile - - £547
90th Percentile - - £579
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £400 £494
% change year-on-year +25.00% -18.99% +23.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

Functional 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 541 1,061 934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.80% 89.99% 90.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 576 631
10th Percentile £309 £213 £369
25th Percentile £450 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £671
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.34% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 47 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £20.17 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £52.90 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £61.65 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.87% -5.16% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £80.69 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.49 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £60.57 £56.89
% change year-on-year +1.53% +6.48% +170.24%

Functional Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Functional Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Functional Testing in Reading

Functional Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Functional Testing in Reading

Functional Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Functional Testing in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Functional Testing in Reading