Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 2.35% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £285 - -
25th Percentile £322 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - -
75th Percentile £457 - -
90th Percentile £496 - -
Dorset median daily rate £388 £540 £600
% change year-on-year -28.24% -10.00% +31.87%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68 43 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth 80.00% 89.58% 86.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 19 39
10th Percentile £368 £203 £175
25th Percentile £402 £275 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% -2.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £675 £550 £522
90th Percentile £728 £611 £700
Dorset median daily rate £538 £488 £488
% change year-on-year +10.26% - -9.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 13 5
10th Percentile £18.34 - -
25th Percentile - £15.25 £14.41
Median hourly rate £21.00 £15.50 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +35.48% -0.77% -18.31%
75th Percentile £25.38 £15.75 -
90th Percentile £27.25 - £21.36
Dorset median hourly rate £39.25 £15.50 £15.62
% change year-on-year +153.23% -0.77% -72.35%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Scripting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

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Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in Bournemouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Bournemouth over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Bournemouth

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
2 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) HP UFT
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (50.00%) SEPA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft