Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in England

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 218 238
Rank change year-on-year -87 +20 -56
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 401 365 329
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 1.30% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.43% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 275 216
10th Percentile £275 £293 £306
25th Percentile £375 £365 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year - -2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £552 £567
90th Percentile £610 £638 £629
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £465
% change year-on-year - -3.28% -4.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 2
10th Percentile £39.25 £32.03 £38.38
25th Percentile £40.00 £35.00 £41.56
Median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -7.69% -45.83%
75th Percentile £74.00 £47.50 £56.56
90th Percentile - £64.00 £60.13
UK median hourly rate £66.57 £45.00 £31.55
% change year-on-year +47.93% +42.63% -64.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,775 25,570 27,639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.94% 90.90% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,015 16,235 16,841
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,044 1,594 1,106
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.41 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.47 £44.80 £66.90
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in England

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in England over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in England

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Scripting in England over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Scripting in England

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
London -114 148 £500 - 105
Midlands -18 66 £395 +9.72% 14
South East -67 64 £478 +0.53% 39
West Midlands -8 58 £395 +0.32% 12
North of England -70 53 £425 +6.25% 19
East of England -5 32 £74 -81.50% 9
South West -29 30 £525 -2.55% 11
North West -55 28 £402 +0.50% 11
Yorkshire -27 22 £425 +1.19% 6
East Midlands -23 7 £250 -30.56% 2
North East -42 3 £453 +25.83% 2
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 49 (12.22%) Confluence
2 10 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.50%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.00%) SAS
5 3 (0.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.00%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 35 (8.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.24%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (1.50%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.25%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.25%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.25%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (1.00%) HFM
5 4 (1.00%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.00%) SAP ERP
5 4 (1.00%) SAP GTS
5 4 (1.00%) SAP SD
5 4 (1.00%) SAP VC
6 3 (0.75%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.75%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.75%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.50%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 85 (21.20%) Azure
2 57 (14.21%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (11.47%) AWS
4 28 (6.98%) GitHub
5 14 (3.49%) Power Platform
6 13 (3.24%) GCP
7 9 (2.24%) OCI
7 9 (2.24%) Tricentis Tosca
8 8 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (2.00%) SaaS
9 6 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.50%) Figma
9 6 (1.50%) Pendo
10 5 (1.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 5 (1.25%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.00%) Broadband
1 8 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
1 8 (2.00%) Wireless
2 6 (1.50%) 4G
2 6 (1.50%) 5G
2 6 (1.50%) IPv4
2 6 (1.50%) IPv6
2 6 (1.50%) xDSL
3 5 (1.25%) DNS
3 5 (1.25%) HTTP
3 5 (1.25%) PPP
3 5 (1.25%) UPnP
4 3 (0.75%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.75%) LAN
4 3 (0.75%) VoIP
4 3 (0.75%) WAN
5 2 (0.50%) RTP
5 2 (0.50%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.50%) tcpdump
5 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.48%) Data Warehouse
2 31 (7.73%) Oracle Reports
3 14 (3.49%) Power BI
4 11 (2.74%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 5 (1.25%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.25%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.00%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.00%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.75%) Metadata
7 3 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.75%) Tableau
8 2 (0.50%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.50%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.50%) PowerCenter
8 2 (0.50%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 1 (0.25%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 132 (32.92%) JIRA
2 62 (15.46%) Selenium
3 51 (12.72%) Postman
4 46 (11.47%) Git
5 34 (8.48%) Jenkins
6 31 (7.73%) JMeter
6 31 (7.73%) Zephyr
7 30 (7.48%) Cucumber
8 25 (6.23%) GitLab
9 18 (4.49%) LoadRunner
10 17 (4.24%) Cypress.io
10 17 (4.24%) REST Assured
11 16 (3.99%) Gatling
12 14 (3.49%) JUnit
13 11 (2.74%) TestNG
14 9 (2.24%) Bitbucket
14 9 (2.24%) NeoLoad
14 9 (2.24%) SoapUI
15 8 (2.00%) TestRail
15 8 (2.00%) Toad
General
1 167 (41.65%) Social Skills
2 84 (20.95%) Finance
3 76 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (16.21%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.73%) Banking
6 13 (3.24%) Telecoms
7 12 (2.99%) Legal
8 11 (2.74%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.24%) Automotive
9 9 (2.24%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.00%) Military
11 7 (1.75%) Billing
12 6 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.50%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.50%) Retail
13 4 (1.00%) Electronics
13 4 (1.00%) Local Government
14 3 (0.75%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 91 (22.69%) Analyst
2 67 (16.71%) Test Engineer
3 55 (13.72%) Tester
4 48 (11.97%) Consultant
5 47 (11.72%) Test Analyst
6 41 (10.22%) Lead
7 34 (8.48%) Senior
8 32 (7.98%) Business Analyst
9 20 (4.99%) Test Leader
10 19 (4.74%) SAP Analyst
11 17 (4.24%) Test Automation Engineer
11 17 (4.24%) Test Manager
12 16 (3.99%) QA Engineer
12 16 (3.99%) QA Tester
13 15 (3.74%) Software Engineer
14 14 (3.49%) Principal Engineer
15 13 (3.24%) Developer
15 13 (3.24%) Principal Software Engineer
15 13 (3.24%) SAP Test Analyst
16 11 (2.74%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (9.23%) Playwright
2 18 (4.49%) REST
3 16 (3.99%) .NET
3 16 (3.99%) RESTful
4 13 (3.24%) HTML
4 13 (3.24%) React
4 13 (3.24%) SOAP
4 13 (3.24%) XML
5 10 (2.49%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (2.49%) Web Services
6 8 (2.00%) Middleware
6 8 (2.00%) Node.js
7 7 (1.75%) Kafka
7 7 (1.75%) Terraform
8 6 (1.50%) ADO
9 5 (1.25%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.25%) Jest
10 4 (1.00%) JSON
10 4 (1.00%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (1.00%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.23%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.49%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (3.49%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.74%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.24%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.75%) CMDB
8 7 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.50%) NHS
10 5 (1.25%) Life Science
10 5 (1.25%) Wiki
11 4 (1.00%) FMCG
11 4 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.00%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.23%) Windows
2 24 (5.99%) Linux
3 10 (2.49%) VMS
4 5 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.00%) Android
6 3 (0.75%) Unix
7 2 (0.50%) AIX
7 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.50%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.25%) CentOS
8 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (46.38%) Test Automation
2 173 (43.14%) Agile
3 135 (33.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 99 (24.69%) Scenario Testing
5 96 (23.94%) End-to-End Testing
6 95 (23.69%) Validation
7 90 (22.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 83 (20.70%) CI/CD
8 83 (20.70%) Software Testing
9 82 (20.45%) Migration
10 81 (20.20%) Defect Management
10 81 (20.20%) DevOps
11 76 (18.95%) Test Management
12 73 (18.20%) Problem-Solving
13 70 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 70 (17.46%) Test Strategy
14 64 (15.96%) Data Migration
15 63 (15.71%) Integration Testing
16 57 (14.21%) Manual Testing
16 57 (14.21%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 81 (20.20%) SQL
2 60 (14.96%) Java
3 49 (12.22%) Python
4 39 (9.73%) JavaScript
5 17 (4.24%) TypeScript
6 15 (3.74%) C#
7 9 (2.24%) ABAP
8 8 (2.00%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.25%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.00%) C++
10 4 (1.00%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.75%) Groovy
11 3 (0.75%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.50%) C
12 2 (0.50%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.50%) PROC SQL
12 2 (0.50%) Ruby
13 1 (0.25%) Korn
13 1 (0.25%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 140 (34.91%) Security Cleared
2 101 (25.19%) SC Cleared
3 48 (11.97%) ISTQB
4 35 (8.73%) Degree
5 34 (8.48%) DV Cleared
6 22 (5.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 15 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.24%) ISEB
9 8 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.75%) ACCA
10 7 (1.75%) CIMA
11 2 (0.50%) CBAP
11 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.50%) MOS
11 2 (0.50%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.25%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (31.42%) QA
2 25 (6.23%) Data Quality
3 23 (5.74%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.24%) WCAG
5 7 (1.75%) NCSC
6 5 (1.25%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.00%) IFRS
7 4 (1.00%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.00%) SEPA
8 2 (0.50%) GRC
8 2 (0.50%) NIST
8 2 (0.50%) PMO
8 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.25%) GDPR
9 1 (0.25%) GMP
9 1 (0.25%) GxP
9 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (5.24%) Docker
2 5 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.00%) vSphere
4 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.49%) Grafana
3 5 (1.25%) HP ALM
4 4 (1.00%) Control-M
4 4 (1.00%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.75%) Ansible
5 3 (0.75%) Kibana
6 2 (0.50%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.50%) OPNET
7 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (16.21%) Oracle
1 65 (16.21%) SAP
2 40 (9.98%) Microsoft
3 19 (4.74%) Salesforce
4 16 (3.99%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.74%) Dynatrace
6 10 (2.49%) AppDynamics
7 8 (2.00%) Databricks
8 6 (1.50%) Ariba
8 6 (1.50%) Splunk
8 6 (1.50%) webMethods
9 5 (1.25%) Conga
9 5 (1.25%) GoCardless
9 5 (1.25%) HP
9 5 (1.25%) IBM
10 4 (1.00%) Hyperion
10 4 (1.00%) Informatica
10 4 (1.00%) Tagetik
10 4 (1.00%) Talend
10 4 (1.00%) VMware