Software Testing Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Software Testing
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wokingham requiring Software Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Software Testing 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 2.20% - 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% - 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 - £575
75th Percentile £440 - £588
90th Percentile £452 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £480 £648 £400
% change year-on-year -25.87% +61.88% -31.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wokingham

Software 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 163 81 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 89.56% 86.17% 97.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 62 42
10th Percentile £331 £313 £316
25th Percentile £393 £350 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £479 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -13.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £511 £575 £644
90th Percentile £625 £600 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.00% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £14.15 - -
90th Percentile £14.24 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £58.44
% change year-on-year -47.55% +5.40% +41.87%

Software Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Job postings citing Software Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Testing in Wokingham

Software Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

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

Software Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (25.00%) NUnit
1 1 (25.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (50.00%) Test Strategist
3 1 (25.00%) Automation Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Agile Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 3 (75.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Resilience Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Scenario Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Test Management
2 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) ServiceNow
1 3 (75.00%) Workday