Test Scripting Contracts in Hertfordshire

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 58 53 54
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 -13
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 14 21 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.67% 2.59% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 2.99% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile - £450 £453
25th Percentile £306 £455 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £506 £513
Median % change year-on-year -38.21% -1.32% +20.59%
75th Percentile £319 £663 £525
90th Percentile - £700 £555
East of England median daily rate £313 £450 £428
% change year-on-year -30.56% +5.14% +0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 5
10th Percentile - £61.25 £45.73
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £90.00 £77.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% +40.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile - £90.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £90.00 £77.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +16.88% +40.00% +144.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 755 703 686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 90.31% 86.68% 87.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 374 407
10th Percentile £225 £240 £190
25th Percentile £315 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £600 £675 £625
90th Percentile £701 £768 £688
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 156 81
10th Percentile £38.12 £21.00 £21.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £53.69 £39.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £50.85
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +27.83% +13.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.25 -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Hertfordshire

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Hertfordshire

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Hertfordshire

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage -15 10 - -
Watford - 4 £313 -
Test Scripting
East of England

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Development Applications
1 10 (71.43%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) C Software Engineer
1 10 (71.43%) Embedded C Engineer
1 10 (71.43%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 10 (71.43%) Embedded Engineer
1 10 (71.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 10 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) OAT Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) OAT Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (71.43%) Software Engineering
1 10 (71.43%) Test Automation
1 10 (71.43%) Validation
1 10 (71.43%) Verification and Validation
2 4 (28.57%) Integration Testing
2 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Operational Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) C
1 10 (71.43%) Embedded C
2 8 (57.14%) C++
2 8 (57.14%) Embedded C++
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) SAP