Exploratory Testing Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Exploratory Testing
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wokingham requiring Exploratory Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -36 - -
Contract jobs citing Exploratory Testing 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 0.49% 2.78% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 3.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £413 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wokingham

Exploratory 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 Wokingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 343 97 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 84.28% 89.81% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 58 56
10th Percentile £236 £321 £310
25th Percentile £325 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £451 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -7.65% -7.08%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £575
90th Percentile £616 £608 £625
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -1.77%

Exploratory Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Exploratory Testing job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Exploratory Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Optimization Problems
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Exploratory Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA