Backtesting Contract Job Trends in Slough

Backtesting
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough requiring Backtesting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Backtesting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 1.41% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Slough

Backtesting 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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39 47 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 54.93% 88.68% 77.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 30 33
10th Percentile £350 £162 £375
25th Percentile £405 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £549 £584
90th Percentile £675 £628 £648
Berkshire median daily rate £525 £508 £550
% change year-on-year +3.45% -7.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £17.44 - -
25th Percentile £21.10 - £11.79
Median hourly rate £28.41 £18.87 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +50.53% +0.64% -46.12%
75th Percentile £36.68 - £24.56
90th Percentile £40.92 - £53.10
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.50 £32.18 £60.83
% change year-on-year +159.48% -47.10% +6.94%

Backtesting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Modeller
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Feature Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL