Test Planning Contract Job Trends in Reading

Test Planning
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Test Planning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 - 93
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Planning 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.092% - 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £402
25th Percentile £625 - £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £458
75th Percentile £675 - £501
90th Percentile - - £523
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £475 £458
% change year-on-year +10.53% +3.83% +4.27%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

Test Planning 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 898 551 949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 82.31% 91.38% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 351 517
10th Percentile £375 £340 £350
25th Percentile £456 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £580
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% +5.45%
75th Percentile £638 £610 £650
90th Percentile £733 £650 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 23 25
10th Percentile £35.22 - £14.50
25th Percentile £71.00 £14.75 £42.50
Median hourly rate £85.00 £28.50 £60.60
Median % change year-on-year +198.25% -52.97% -8.18%
75th Percentile £100.00 £58.00 £64.73
90th Percentile £104.50 £66.60 £87.46
Berkshire median hourly rate £80.00 £37.28 £61.06
% change year-on-year +114.59% -38.95% +1.77%

Test Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Test Planning job vacancy trend in Reading

Test Planning
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Planning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Planning

Test Planning
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Planning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Test Planning

Test Planning
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP