Test Scripting Contracts in Cardiff

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 42 50
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 -18
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 1 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.46% 0.88% 0.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.00% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £342 £290
25th Percentile - £351 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £370 £426
Median % change year-on-year -43.24% -13.04% +13.47%
75th Percentile - £386 £439
90th Percentile - £395 -
South Wales median daily rate £210 £625 £426
% change year-on-year -66.40% +46.71% +13.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 165 299 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 76.39% 87.43% 80.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 236 332
10th Percentile £194 £205 £255
25th Percentile £373 £363 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £555 £573 £538
90th Percentile £641 £628 £638
South Wales median daily rate £500 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% +10.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 5
10th Percentile £13.00 £12.64 £13.45
25th Percentile £14.88 £13.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 £14.72 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -21.48% +14.42%
75th Percentile £35.88 £21.98 £23.75
90th Percentile £46.60 £24.38 £24.95
South Wales median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £23.75
% change year-on-year +25.03% -23.62% +18.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Cardiff

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Health Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) Informatics
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft