Component Testing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Component Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Component Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Component Testing 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
South East median daily rate £600 £725 -
% change year-on-year -17.24% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Component 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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,105 1,518 2,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.88% 92.73% 89.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,382 892 1,451
10th Percentile £270 £263 £213
25th Percentile £400 £402 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% +0.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £620 £600
90th Percentile £650 £663 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -0.50% +0.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 50 164
10th Percentile £15.91 £18.68 £16.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £32.06 £20.17
Median hourly rate £35.00 £56.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.32% +26.10% -
75th Percentile £83.38 £64.73 £62.54
90th Percentile £97.50 £77.47 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% - -

Component Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Component Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Component Testing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Component Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Component Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Component Testing

Component Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Component Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 3 £600 - 2
Component Testing
South East

Component Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 3 (100.00%) Maven
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Applications Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Atlassian