Test Scripting Contracts in Cheshire

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 41 50
Rank change year-on-year -3 +9 -13
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 13 22 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.59% 4.15% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.07% 4.55% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 5
10th Percentile £374 £400 -
25th Percentile £405 £413 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £445 £384
Median % change year-on-year +6.74% +15.89% -13.71%
75th Percentile £488 £680 £400
90th Percentile £499 £702 £412
North West median daily rate £463 £445 £390
% change year-on-year +3.93% +14.10% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.25 - -
Median hourly rate £42.50 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £42.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 423 483 457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.26% 91.13% 86.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 328 264
10th Percentile £277 £275 £214
25th Percentile £400 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £637 £660 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 23 26
10th Percentile £13.70 £19.06 £10.28
25th Percentile £16.61 £23.15 £15.55
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +29.96% -22.79%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.62
90th Percentile £44.13 £39.20 £60.88
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.49
% change year-on-year -40.00% +70.82% +10.76%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Cheshire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 5 - - 1
Knutsford 0 4 £478 -29.78%
Warrington +2 1 £325 -23.53%
Wilmslow - 1 £400 -
Crewe - 1 £413 -
Test Scripting
North West

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) BrowserStack
2 1 (7.69%) Commercetools
2 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
2 1 (7.69%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
1 3 (23.08%) LAN
1 3 (23.08%) Network Security
1 3 (23.08%) VPN
1 3 (23.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
2 1 (7.69%) LoadRunner
2 1 (7.69%) Postman
2 1 (7.69%) SoapUI
2 1 (7.69%) TestDirector
2 1 (7.69%) Zephyr
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Manufacturing Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) Support Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 3 (23.08%) IT Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) IT Support
2 3 (23.08%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Network Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) QA Tester
4 1 (7.69%) Senior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.69%) UAT Lead
4 1 (7.69%) UAT Test Lead
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Life Science
2 1 (7.69%) ASIC
2 1 (7.69%) Derivative
2 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (46.15%) Validation
2 5 (38.46%) Analytics
2 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (38.46%) Data Analytics
2 5 (38.46%) Data Extraction
2 5 (38.46%) FMEA
2 5 (38.46%) Process Improvement
2 5 (38.46%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Smart Manufacturing
3 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
3 3 (23.08%) Scenario Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Security Architecture
3 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Agile
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Regression Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) GAMP
1 5 (38.46%) GxP
2 1 (7.69%) EMIR
2 1 (7.69%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) HP