Test Scripting Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 169 239 246
Rank change year-on-year +70 +7 +22
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 190 261 482
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 1.02% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.14% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 184 343
10th Percentile £325 £327 £306
25th Percentile £374 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £578 £570 £538
90th Percentile £630 £725 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 5
10th Percentile - £45.91 -
25th Percentile - £47.19 £17.25
Median hourly rate £90.00 £51.07 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +76.25% +45.90% -32.69%
75th Percentile - £90.00 £66.00
90th Percentile - - £74.40
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £62.50 £46.29
% change year-on-year +44.00% +35.02% +8.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Test Scripting
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Scripting trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Scripting.

Test Scripting daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Test Scripting daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Scripting.

Test Scripting hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Test Scripting hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (3.16%) Confluence
2 3 (1.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.53%) IIS
3 1 (0.53%) LiveLink
3 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.79%) Dynamics GP
1 11 (5.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.21%) Oracle Assets
2 8 (4.21%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (4.21%) Oracle General Ledger
2 8 (4.21%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (3.68%) Oracle AGIS
4 6 (3.16%) SAP Travel Management
5 3 (1.58%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.58%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (1.58%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (1.58%) SAP PM
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (1.05%) SAP MM
6 2 (1.05%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.53%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.53%) SAP FI-FM
7 1 (0.53%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 26 (13.68%) Azure
2 14 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (3.68%) AWS
4 4 (2.11%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 2 (1.05%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (1.05%) Miro
5 2 (1.05%) OCI
5 2 (1.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (1.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.53%) GitHub
6 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.53%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.53%) SaaS
6 1 (0.53%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.58%) 4G
1 3 (1.58%) 5G
2 2 (1.05%) Network Security
2 2 (1.05%) VoIP
3 1 (0.53%) Firewall
3 1 (0.53%) Internet
3 1 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.53%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.05%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.53%) Big Data
4 1 (0.53%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.53%) DataStage
4 1 (0.53%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.53%) MS Access
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.53%) Pentaho
4 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Navigator
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (17.37%) Selenium
2 13 (6.84%) JIRA
2 13 (6.84%) JMeter
3 10 (5.26%) Rational DOORS
3 10 (5.26%) WebDriver
4 8 (4.21%) Appium
4 8 (4.21%) Postman
5 7 (3.68%) JUnit
5 7 (3.68%) REST Assured
5 7 (3.68%) TestNG
6 6 (3.16%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.11%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.58%) eggPlant
8 3 (1.58%) Git
8 3 (1.58%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.58%) SOAtest
8 3 (1.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 3 (1.58%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.05%) LoadRunner
9 2 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 66 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.53%) Finance
3 27 (14.21%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.58%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.79%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.79%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.21%) Electronics
6 8 (4.21%) Marketing
7 7 (3.68%) Billing
7 7 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.68%) General Ledger
8 6 (3.16%) Banking
8 6 (3.16%) Retail
9 5 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.11%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.58%) Automotive
11 3 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.58%) Military
12 2 (1.05%) Back Office
12 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 52 (27.37%) Analyst
2 30 (15.79%) Test Analyst
2 30 (15.79%) Test Engineer
3 23 (12.11%) Consultant
4 19 (10.00%) Tester
5 18 (9.47%) Test Manager
6 14 (7.37%) Business Analyst
7 11 (5.79%) Software Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) C Software Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Embedded C Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Embedded C Software Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Embedded Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Great Plains Consultant
8 10 (5.26%) Microsoft Consultant
9 9 (4.74%) Automation Tester
10 8 (4.21%) Architect
10 8 (4.21%) SAP Consultant
10 8 (4.21%) Test Automation Engineer
11 7 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.16%) .NET
1 6 (3.16%) SAP TM
2 4 (2.11%) REST
2 4 (2.11%) XML
3 3 (1.58%) EDI
3 3 (1.58%) Gherkin
3 3 (1.58%) JSON
3 3 (1.58%) Playwright
4 2 (1.05%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.05%) ADO
4 2 (1.05%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.05%) HTML
4 2 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.05%) Middleware
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.05%) Web Services
4 2 (1.05%) WebdriverIO
5 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.53%) CSS
5 1 (0.53%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.16%) Mobile App
2 6 (3.16%) Replication
3 5 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.11%) NHS
5 2 (1.05%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.53%) Blog
6 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
6 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.53%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.53%) Market Risk
6 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.53%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.53%) PKI
6 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (0.53%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.68%) Linux
1 7 (3.68%) Windows
2 2 (1.05%) Android
2 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.05%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Unix
3 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (34.74%) Test Automation
2 49 (25.79%) User Acceptance Testing
3 43 (22.63%) Agile
4 35 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (17.89%) Software Testing
6 26 (13.68%) End-to-End Testing
7 25 (13.16%) DevOps
7 25 (13.16%) Test Strategy
8 22 (11.58%) Scenario Testing
8 22 (11.58%) User Stories
9 21 (11.05%) Regression Testing
10 19 (10.00%) Acceptance Criteria
11 16 (8.42%) Test Management
11 16 (8.42%) Validation
12 15 (7.89%) CI/CD
12 15 (7.89%) Functional Testing
13 14 (7.37%) Requirements Gathering
13 14 (7.37%) SDLC
14 13 (6.84%) Business Analysis
14 13 (6.84%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.16%) SQL
2 22 (11.58%) Java
3 14 (7.37%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.84%) C#
5 12 (6.32%) Python
6 11 (5.79%) C++
7 10 (5.26%) C
7 10 (5.26%) Embedded C
8 8 (4.21%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.05%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.05%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.05%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.05%) R
9 2 (1.05%) SOQL
9 2 (1.05%) Swift
10 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.53%) VB
10 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (19.47%) Security Cleared
2 20 (10.53%) ISTQB
3 18 (9.47%) Degree
3 18 (9.47%) SC Cleared
4 17 (8.95%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.11%) ISEB
6 4 (2.11%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (13.16%) QA
2 12 (6.32%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (3.68%) GAAP
4 7 (3.68%) WCAG
5 4 (2.11%) SLA
6 3 (1.58%) PMO
7 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.53%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.53%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.53%) NCSC
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.58%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.05%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.53%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.53%) Grafana
3 1 (0.53%) Kibana
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (17.37%) SAP
2 22 (11.58%) Microsoft
3 17 (8.95%) Oracle
4 8 (4.21%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.63%) HP
6 4 (2.11%) Denodo
7 3 (1.58%) Adobe
7 3 (1.58%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.05%) Citrix
8 2 (1.05%) Splunk
8 2 (1.05%) UiPath
8 2 (1.05%) VMware
9 1 (0.53%) Ariba
9 1 (0.53%) Cadence
9 1 (0.53%) Cerner
9 1 (0.53%) Cisco
9 1 (0.53%) Embarcadero
9 1 (0.53%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.53%) Juniper
9 1 (0.53%) Temenos