Test Scripting Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 41 65
Rank change year-on-year +8 +24 +9
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 8 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.91% 1.68% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 2.03% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 4
10th Percentile - £201 £342
25th Percentile - £214 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £360 £375
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £444 £389
90th Percentile - £476 £392
South East median daily rate £406 £475 £429
% change year-on-year -14.47% +10.79% -9.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 207 394 794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 94.52% 82.77% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 272 642
10th Percentile £213 £251 £278
25th Percentile £375 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.20% -1.18% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £641 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £510
% change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 29 2
10th Percentile - £15.85 £10.18
25th Percentile - £18.00 £11.19
Median hourly rate £14.20 £25.00 £13.75
Median % change year-on-year -43.20% +81.82% +16.77%
75th Percentile £31.81 £28.75 £16.69
90th Percentile £62.50 £48.75 £17.93
South East median hourly rate £27.63 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.83% -5.00% +132.56%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Buckinghamshire

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Buckinghamshire

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Buckinghamshire

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 18 May 2025. 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
Gerrards Cross - 1 £475 - 2
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) QA Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Management
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Conga
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce