Test Scripting Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 41 65 63
Rank change year-on-year +24 -2 -9
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 7 12 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 1.43% 1.35% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 1.44% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 12
10th Percentile £201 £263 £343
25th Percentile £208 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £359 £413
Median % change year-on-year -14.98% -13.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £418 £388 £465
90th Percentile £463 £391 £479
South East median daily rate £488 £420 £450
% change year-on-year +16.07% -6.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 410 834 705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 83.50% 94.02% 86.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 679 521
10th Percentile £238 £262 £220
25th Percentile £393 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £468
Median % change year-on-year - +1.60% +1.08%
75th Percentile £588 £574 £550
90th Percentile £700 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 1 36
10th Percentile £16.21 - £10.56
25th Percentile £19.00 £9.50 £10.77
Median hourly rate £25.00 £10.00 £11.14
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -10.19% -14.35%
75th Percentile £30.00 £10.50 £14.88
90th Percentile £48.75 - £25.36
South East median hourly rate £46.87 £50.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -6.26% +122.22% -11.76%

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

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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
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Buckinghamshire

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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

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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 23 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
Milton Keynes +22 7 £305 -14.98% 1
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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Desktop Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
1 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Asset Management
2 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
2 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Software Asset Management
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Manual Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft