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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 1.01% - 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% - 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £578
25th Percentile £508 - £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - £600
75th Percentile £523 - £619
90th Percentile - - £623
South West median daily rate £538 £488 £488
% change year-on-year +10.26% - +0.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 - -
75th Percentile £67.84 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £63.14 £75.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -15.82% +20.00% -

All Process & 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 133 80 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 66.83% 94.12% 83.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 54 93
10th Percentile £350 £190 £175
25th Percentile £382 £308 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +8.82% -18.07%
75th Percentile £583 £550 £630
90th Percentile £688 £616 £765
South West median daily rate £525 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +3.96% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 35
10th Percentile £21.00 £14.50 £11.87
25th Percentile £22.00 £15.20 £13.69
Median hourly rate £61.73 £15.50 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +298.27% -0.77% -72.25%
75th Percentile £72.54 £46.25 £56.91
90th Percentile £74.68 £67.50 £63.25
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £35.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +61.97% -35.45% -4.35%

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

Test Scripting
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

Test Scripting
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
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Bournemouth - 1 £515 -
Test Scripting
South West

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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) HP UFT
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Fault Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft