Test Scripting Contracts in Basingstoke

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke requiring Test Scripting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Scripting over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 5.34% - 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.74% - 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £400 £538 £420
% change year-on-year -25.58% +27.98% -6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 122 387 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 93.13% 84.13% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 214 99
10th Percentile £423 £425 £277
25th Percentile £513 £513 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £700 £669
90th Percentile £650 £738 £713
Hampshire median daily rate £545 £590 £525
% change year-on-year -7.63% +12.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 13
10th Percentile - £18.50 -
25th Percentile - £35.00 £15.21
Median hourly rate £21.39 £47.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.97% +196.88% -27.27%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £19.25
90th Percentile - - £21.10
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.50 £57.35 £53.75
% change year-on-year +0.26% +6.70% +119.39%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Basingstoke

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Basingstoke

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Basingstoke

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 7 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
1 7 (100.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
1 5 (71.43%) Tester
2 4 (57.14%) Senior Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) SOAP
1 7 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 7 (100.00%) V-Model
1 7 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
3 4 (57.14%) Programme Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
4 3 (42.86%) Defect Management
4 3 (42.86%) Manual Testing
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) DV Cleared