Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 33 28
Rank change year-on-year - -5 0
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 0 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham - 1.16% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.41% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - £450
25th Percentile - - £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile - - £528
90th Percentile - - £530
Gloucestershire median daily rate £390 £500 £523
% change year-on-year -22.00% -4.31% -19.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 81 142 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 79.41% 82.08% 80.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 88 98
10th Percentile £425 £466 £359
25th Percentile £463 £547 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.14%
75th Percentile £670 £693 £675
90th Percentile £751 £972 £738
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £41.28 £47.13 £23.18
25th Percentile £49.19 £57.81 £24.19
Median hourly rate £64.25 £70.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.21% +124.00% -61.66%
75th Percentile £81.19 £73.75 £42.63
90th Percentile £90.23 - £54.55
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £34.59 £35.03 £48.72
% change year-on-year -1.27% -28.10% -17.66%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

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