Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 47 47
Rank change year-on-year -26 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 1 18 12
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.14% 3.60% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 3.77% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 7
10th Percentile - £335 £365
25th Percentile - £340 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% -30.15%
75th Percentile - £500 £488
90th Percentile - £522 £503
North West median daily rate £400 £429 £450
% change year-on-year -6.76% -4.67% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - £86.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - +102.35% -
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £25.38 £86.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -70.49% +102.35% -

All Process & 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 626 478 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 86.46% 95.60% 83.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 345 302
10th Percentile £324 £313 £311
25th Percentile £400 £358 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £430 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.98% -14.00% -1.38%
75th Percentile £584 £538 £580
90th Percentile £652 £639 £638
North West median daily rate £475 £464 £500
% change year-on-year +2.43% -7.25% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 23 34
10th Percentile £13.47 £12.82 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.91 £17.72
Median hourly rate £82.50 £37.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year +122.97% +3.50% +22.18%
75th Percentile £85.00 £77.63 £43.75
90th Percentile - £86.00 -
North West median hourly rate £55.00 £32.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year +71.88% +15.32% -9.45%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

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

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Integration Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB