Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 27 33
Rank change year-on-year -1 +6 +14
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 3 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 1.46% 2.64% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 3.55% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - - £193
25th Percentile - £162 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £190 £300
Median % change year-on-year +60.55% -36.68% -29.41%
75th Percentile - £232 -
90th Percentile - £243 -
South Wales median daily rate £305 £190 £300
% change year-on-year +60.55% -36.68% -33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.60 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £25.60 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 177 169 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 86.34% 74.45% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 112 168
10th Percentile £226 £140 £183
25th Percentile £300 £207 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £479 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.23% +12.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £550
90th Percentile £673 £643 £629
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 5
10th Percentile - - £18.70
25th Percentile - £15.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £13.08 £20.08 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.86% -22.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £18.75 £25.60 £26.50
90th Percentile £23.59 £25.79 £36.10
South Wales median hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £29.83
% change year-on-year -30.00% -16.20% +49.16%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Drupal
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (66.67%) Lead Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Blazor
2 1 (33.33%) GWT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Product Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG