Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset 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 12 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 4.55% - 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.88% - 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £367
25th Percentile - - £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 - £410
Median % change year-on-year - - +56.19%
75th Percentile - - £434
90th Percentile - - £447
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -0.95% +0.96% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68 99 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 77.27% 92.52% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 54 124
10th Percentile £183 £269 £172
25th Percentile £270 £407 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £531
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -8.24% +7.32%
75th Percentile £543 £559 £650
90th Percentile £675 £684 £818
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 51
10th Percentile - - £15.62
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £21.96
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.22 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -73.07% +175.56%
75th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £65.98
90th Percentile £25.15 £20.40 £69.62
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £59.84
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.62% -7.94%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Dorset

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Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) 4G
2 3 (75.00%) 5G
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Military
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Engineering Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Test Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) System Verification Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (75.00%) Security Hardening
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) System Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (75.00%) Juniper
1 3 (75.00%) Splunk