Test Scripting Contracts in Dorset

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 1.82% - 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% - 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £578 - -
25th Percentile £581 - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £450
75th Percentile £619 - £475
90th Percentile £623 - -
South West median daily rate £525 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +27.27% -2.94% -10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Test Scripting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 141 180 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 85.45% 82.95% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 106 92
10th Percentile £175 £160 £279
25th Percentile £175 £288 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £484
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +3.36% +20.94%
75th Percentile £630 £610 £577
90th Percentile £825 £638 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 37
10th Percentile £11.87 £17.50 £20.75
25th Percentile £13.69 £48.86 £45.71
Median hourly rate £15.31 £56.29 £54.43
Median % change year-on-year -72.80% +3.42% +14.59%
75th Percentile £56.49 £62.72 £67.00
90th Percentile £61.25 £70.77 £79.52
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £48.61
% change year-on-year -10.57% +26.52% +8.02%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Dorset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Dorset

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 4G
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Military
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Network Communications Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Network Integration Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Network Systems Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) System Verification Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Assurance
2 2 (66.67%) Network Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) System Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Def Stans
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk