Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Test Engineer
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Wokingham is £338, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -29 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 0.84% 2.68% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 2.91% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £331 £431 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £438 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% - -
75th Percentile £344 £444 -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £295 £469 £425
% change year-on-year -37.07% +10.29% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Wokingham with a recognized job title 287 103 68
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.17% 91.96% 98.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 65 42
10th Percentile £259 £245 £310
25th Percentile £343 £330 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.67% -21.05% +1.17%
75th Percentile £519 £567 £588
90th Percentile £646 £593 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £59.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% -7.69%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Test Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

Test Engineer job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Wokingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Wokingham

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Test Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wokingham region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 3 (100.00%) HP UFT
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) QA
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared

Test Engineer Skill Set
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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) HP UFT
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) QA
Test Engineer jobs