Test Scripting Contracts in Cheshire

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 46 41
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +8
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 16 12 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.56% 2.38% 4.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 2.82% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 17
10th Percentile £332 £365 £400
25th Percentile £355 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £445
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +6.74% +15.89%
75th Percentile £514 £488 £680
90th Percentile £537 £503 £702
North West median daily rate £481 £450 £445
% change year-on-year +6.94% +1.12% +14.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +102.35% - -
North West median hourly rate £86.00 £42.50 -
% change year-on-year +102.35% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Chester -1 10 - - 1
Knutsford -4 3 £360 -24.21% 2
Macclesfield - 1 £500 -
Test Scripting
North West

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Business Applications
1 10 (62.50%) SAP HR
1 10 (62.50%) SAP Payroll
2 6 (37.50%) SAP CO
2 6 (37.50%) SAP FI
2 6 (37.50%) SAP FI/CO
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) JIRA
2 2 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Developer
1 6 (37.50%) SAP Developer
1 6 (37.50%) SAP HR Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Tester
3 3 (18.75%) Payroll Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) ABAP Developer
5 1 (6.25%) HR Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) SAP HR Consultant
5 1 (6.25%) Supply Chain Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
3 4 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 4 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Black-Box Testing
4 3 (18.75%) ITSM
4 3 (18.75%) Programme Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Scenario Testing
4 3 (18.75%) SDLC
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (18.75%) System Integration Testing
4 3 (18.75%) System Testing
4 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 2 (12.50%) Defect Management
5 2 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Regression Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (37.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) SAP
2 6 (37.50%) Google
2 6 (37.50%) Workday
3 5 (31.25%) ServiceNow
4 2 (12.50%) HP