Test Scripting Contracts in Birmingham

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 66 86
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 -35
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 7 11 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.92% 1.22% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.38% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 6
10th Percentile £187 - £231
25th Percentile £194 £263 £253
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £400 £288
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% +39.13% -28.13%
75th Percentile £378 £433 £375
90th Percentile £423 £500 £531
West Midlands median daily rate £448 £422 £405
% change year-on-year +6.16% +4.20% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Test Scripting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 638 798 1,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.40% 88.27% 92.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 417 536 890
10th Percentile £245 £263 £213
25th Percentile £363 £388 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.85% +7.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £510 £484
% change year-on-year -1.96% +5.43% +16.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 24
10th Percentile £13.20 £11.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £13.94
Median hourly rate £27.25 £15.00 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +81.67% -12.99% -4.22%
75th Percentile £48.75 £26.50 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £71.25 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.66
% change year-on-year +26.98% +6.35% -4.79%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Birmingham over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Selenium
2 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
2 1 (14.29%) Cypress.io
2 1 (14.29%) Postman
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Test Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Tester
4 1 (14.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
4 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Automation Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Manual Test Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) QA Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) QA Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Selenium Automation Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Selenium Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Playwright
1 1 (14.29%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) e-Learning
1 1 (14.29%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Manual Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
2 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (14.29%) API Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Case Management
3 1 (14.29%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (14.29%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) SAP