Test Specialist Job Trends in Reading

Test Specialist
Berkshire > Reading

The median Test Specialist salary in Reading is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Test Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £47,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Reading with a recognized job title 505 950 909
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 93.32% 92.66%
Number of salaries quoted 318 467 583
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £60,000 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.56% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £83,500
Berkshire median annual salary £49,000 £62,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -21.60% +14.68% -5.22%

Test Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Test Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Test Specialist job vacancy trend in Reading

Test Specialist
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for Test Specialist job vacancies in Reading

Test Specialist Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, Test Specialist 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 permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring Test Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019

Test Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) VMware