Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Devon

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.96% 0.67% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 0.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 - -
75th Percentile £528 - -
90th Percentile £529 - -
South West median daily rate £525 £538 £538
% change year-on-year -2.33% - +3.37%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 258 127 173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 82.69% 84.67% 81.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 57 105
10th Percentile £213 - £146
25th Percentile £380 £145 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +44.29% -26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £525 £600
90th Percentile £750 £588 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 24 25
10th Percentile £12.71 - £17.76
25th Percentile £16.13 - £27.26
Median hourly rate £18.50 £25.15 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.44% -58.08% +54.84%
75th Percentile £21.80 £27.93 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £62.00 -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +128.63% -61.31% -

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Devon

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. 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
Exeter -18 3 £523 - 2
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Handlebars
2 1 (33.33%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Availability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Batch Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow