Manual Testing Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Manual Testing
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wokingham requiring Manual Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Manual Testing 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 1.09% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £416 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £430 - -
90th Percentile £433 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £413 £513 £375
% change year-on-year -19.51% +36.67% -24.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wokingham

Manual 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 309 183 66
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 84.43% 91.96% 90.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 112 54
10th Percentile £310 £358 £341
25th Percentile £381 £411 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% -1.55% -4.76%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £588
90th Percentile £575 £675 £644
Berkshire median daily rate £510 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £84.00 £37.28 £61.33
% change year-on-year +125.32% -39.21% +3.29%

Manual Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Manual Testing job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Manual Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Manual Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Manual Testing

Manual 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (50.00%) Internet
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) 4G
4 1 (25.00%) 5G
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) MPLS
4 1 (25.00%) OSPF
4 1 (25.00%) SSL
4 1 (25.00%) tcpdump
4 1 (25.00%) WPA2
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Browser DevTools
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) 802.1X
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) DevOps
1 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (50.00%) SDLC
1 2 (50.00%) Test Management
1 2 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (25.00%) Data Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Aruba
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Zscaler