Test Scripting Contracts in the South West

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 154 136
Rank change year-on-year +31 -18 -22
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 29 20 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.92% 0.55% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.61% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 29
10th Percentile £375 £319 £306
25th Percentile £405 £389 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +28.79% -2.94% -10.53%
75th Percentile £556 £499 £488
90th Percentile £573 £574 £500
England median daily rate £452 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -4.84% +7.95% +8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £52.50 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £72.50 - -
England median hourly rate £85.00 £63.75 £44.97
% change year-on-year +33.33% +41.78% +33.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,623 3,261 3,299
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.82% 89.56% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,401 2,333
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 341 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £17.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Scripting in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Scripting in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Wiltshire -3 9 £538 +19.44% 3
Gloucestershire +5 7 £526 +31.56%
Devon - 3 - - 2
Dorset - 3 £600 -
Bristol +20 2 £438 -31.37% 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) Confluence
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.90%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) DHCP
1 6 (20.69%) DNS
2 3 (10.34%) 4G
2 3 (10.34%) 5G
3 2 (6.90%) Network Security
3 2 (6.90%) VoIP
4 1 (3.45%) Firewall
4 1 (3.45%) WAAS
4 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) JIRA
2 2 (6.90%) HP UFT
2 2 (6.90%) LoadRunner
3 1 (3.45%) GitLab
3 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.45%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (3.45%) Rational Team Concert
3 1 (3.45%) Selenium
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Military
3 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Aerospace
5 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.90%) Automotive
7 1 (3.45%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Test Engineer
2 9 (31.03%) Integration Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Test Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Consultant
5 3 (10.34%) Tester
6 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) QA Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) QA Tester
6 2 (6.90%) Service Management Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Software Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.45%) Automation Test Analyst
7 1 (3.45%) Quality Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Software Consultant
7 1 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Node.js
1 1 (3.45%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) PKI
2 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 10 (34.48%) Windows
2 7 (24.14%) Windows Server
3 6 (20.69%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (10.34%) Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.45%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Agile
2 10 (34.48%) Regression Testing
3 7 (24.14%) Test Automation
4 6 (20.69%) Critical Thinking
4 6 (20.69%) Test Management
4 6 (20.69%) Test Planning
4 6 (20.69%) Test Strategy
5 4 (13.79%) Asset Management
5 4 (13.79%) Non-Functional Testing
5 4 (13.79%) Software Testing
5 4 (13.79%) System Testing
5 4 (13.79%) Unit Testing
6 3 (10.34%) Scrum
6 3 (10.34%) Service Management
6 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (10.34%) Validation
7 2 (6.90%) CI/CD
7 2 (6.90%) Conflict Resolution
7 2 (6.90%) Situational Awareness
7 2 (6.90%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (27.59%) SQL
2 3 (10.34%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) Assembly Language
3 1 (3.45%) C
3 1 (3.45%) C++
3 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.45%) Objective-C
3 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.45%) Swift
Qualifications
1 14 (48.28%) Security Cleared
2 11 (37.93%) SC Cleared
3 6 (20.69%) MCSA
3 6 (20.69%) MCSE
3 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (20.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (10.34%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (3.45%) Def Stans
3 1 (3.45%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
1 6 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Check_MK
1 1 (3.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) VMware
3 2 (6.90%) OpenText
3 2 (6.90%) Oracle
4 1 (3.45%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco
4 1 (3.45%) Cognos
4 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.45%) Juniper
4 1 (3.45%) Splunk
4 1 (3.45%) Wind River