Test Scripting Contracts in the East Midlands

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 48 69 82
Rank change year-on-year +21 +13 -22
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 16 17 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.07% 1.63% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 1.85% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 15
10th Percentile £335 - £261
25th Percentile £353 £231 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £238 £425
Median % change year-on-year +52.63% -44.12% +13.33%
75th Percentile £486 £371 £469
90th Percentile £538 £433 £490
England median daily rate £452 £475 £445
% change year-on-year -4.84% +6.74% +9.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 604 919 1,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.14% 88.11% 83.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 693 879
10th Percentile £194 £213 £210
25th Percentile £269 £330 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% +2.27% +12.82%
75th Percentile £558 £573 £520
90th Percentile £625 £700 £606
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 74 82
10th Percentile £11.41 £12.07 £9.50
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £13.28
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.56 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.39% +3.10% +21.58%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.50 £27.15
90th Percentile £45.79 £58.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the East Midlands

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in the East Midlands

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in the East Midlands

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in the East Midlands

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands 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
Northamptonshire +8 8 £363 +52.63%
Leicestershire +12 5 £525 - 6
Nottinghamshire +9 1 £440 -26.67%
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (6.25%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub
2 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JMeter
2 1 (6.25%) Cucumber
2 1 (6.25%) JUnit
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Test Analyst
2 6 (37.50%) Test Engineer
3 4 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Oracle Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Business Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) HR Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) HR Business Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Test Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Project Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) NHS
1 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Scenario Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Performance Testing
3 6 (37.50%) Manual Testing
3 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Agile
4 5 (31.25%) Software Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Scrum
5 4 (25.00%) System Testing
5 4 (25.00%) Web Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) Data Design
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Journey Map
6 3 (18.75%) System Integration Testing
6 3 (18.75%) User Journey Map
7 2 (12.50%) Integration Testing
7 2 (12.50%) Traceability Matrix
7 2 (12.50%) User Experience
7 2 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) Java
1 1 (6.25%) Python
1 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (18.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (18.75%) ISEB
2 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Oracle
2 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow