Test Scripting Contracts in the East of England

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England requiring Test Scripting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Scripting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 96 92
Rank change year-on-year +22 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 8 16 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.85% 0.84% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.97% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 14
10th Percentile £375 - £211
25th Percentile £413 £306 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £313 £450
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -30.56% +5.14%
75th Percentile £563 £378 £542
90th Percentile £585 £421 £655
England median daily rate £425 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -6.49% -4.32% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 14
10th Percentile £19.50 - £58.28
25th Percentile £29.65 - £65.19
Median hourly rate £70.00 £90.00 £77.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +16.88% +40.00%
75th Percentile £87.50 - £89.38
90th Percentile £88.75 - £90.00
England median hourly rate £85.00 £85.00 £63.75
% change year-on-year - +33.33% +41.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 837 1,644 1,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.23% 86.12% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 432 703 1,064
10th Percentile £225 £207 £200
25th Percentile £400 £339 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 607 340
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £14.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the East of England

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in the East of England

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in the East of England

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in the East of England

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Scripting in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Scripting in the East of England

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +19 5 £600 +92.00% 2
Cambridgeshire +10 1 - - 6
Bedfordshire +2 1 £400 +1.27%
Norfolk - 1 - - 1
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
2 1 (12.50%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Health
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
3 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Functional Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Manager
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Test Manager
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) PCIe
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) UML
2 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
2 3 (37.50%) SysML
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) System Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Business Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Use Case
4 1 (12.50%) User Stories
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) HP ALM
1 1 (12.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) HP
1 1 (12.50%) Micro Focus
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow