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 19 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 240 188
Rank change year-on-year +19 -52 +99
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 386 272 462
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.22% 1.02% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.14% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 169 314
10th Percentile £308 £306 £356
25th Percentile £360 £353 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £573
90th Percentile £638 £616 £664
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 38
10th Percentile £65.75 - £47.38
25th Percentile £66.00 - £82.56
Median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% -4.44% +41.45%
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £90.00
% change year-on-year -21.51% -4.44% +41.45%

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 27,911 23,801 32,210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.11% 89.29% 87.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,824 14,585 21,671
10th Percentile £304 £310 £304
25th Percentile £409 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,743 772 1,617
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.94 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.20 £64.50
90th Percentile £69.43 £75.00 £75.84
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £38.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -16.34% +19.54%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 19 January 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 +19 175 £475 - 16
North of England -26 62 £400 -11.11% 12
South East 0 48 £463 +7.25% 19
Midlands -30 40 £418 +17.61% 8
Yorkshire -23 32 £461 -3.05% 10
South West +15 31 £538 +5.39% 9
West Midlands -27 28 £477 +35.18% 6
North West -29 27 £365 +1.39% 2
East of England -8 19 £413 +32.00% 2
East Midlands -22 12 £360 -0.69% 2
North East -11 3 £300 -17.24%
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 19 (4.92%) Confluence
2 12 (3.11%) SAS
3 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.78%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (3.89%) Oracle Payables
2 14 (3.63%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (2.85%) Aladdin
3 11 (2.85%) Oracle Assets
3 11 (2.85%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (2.85%) Oracle General Ledger
3 11 (2.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (2.33%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (2.33%) Oracle Financials
5 7 (1.81%) Oracle Receivables
6 6 (1.55%) Oracle Cash Management
7 5 (1.30%) Loan IQ
8 3 (0.78%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.78%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 3 (0.78%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.78%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.78%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.52%) Algo Collateral
9 2 (0.52%) BambooHR
9 2 (0.52%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 74 (19.17%) Azure
2 49 (12.69%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (9.07%) AWS
4 20 (5.18%) GCP
5 17 (4.40%) OpenShift
6 15 (3.89%) GitHub
7 12 (3.11%) Snowflake
7 12 (3.11%) Tricentis Tosca
8 11 (2.85%) OCI
9 10 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (2.33%) Power Platform
10 9 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
11 7 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.81%) SaaS
12 6 (1.55%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.55%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.30%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.30%) Sentry
14 4 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.78%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.40%) Firewall
2 7 (1.81%) HTTP
3 4 (1.04%) DNS
3 4 (1.04%) Ethernet
3 4 (1.04%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.78%) BGP
4 3 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (0.78%) DHCP
4 3 (0.78%) MPLS
4 3 (0.78%) Multicast
4 3 (0.78%) OSPF
4 3 (0.78%) VLAN
4 3 (0.78%) VPN
4 3 (0.78%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.52%) FTP
5 2 (0.52%) WAAS
6 1 (0.26%) LAN
6 1 (0.26%) VoIP
6 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.85%) BigQuery
3 9 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
4 8 (2.07%) MySQL
5 7 (1.81%) Big Data
5 7 (1.81%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.30%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.30%) Power BI
7 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 4 (1.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.78%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 86 (22.28%) JIRA
2 76 (19.69%) Selenium
3 56 (14.51%) Postman
4 48 (12.44%) Jenkins
5 36 (9.33%) Cucumber
5 36 (9.33%) GitLab
6 30 (7.77%) Git
7 25 (6.48%) JUnit
7 25 (6.48%) REST Assured
8 22 (5.70%) Cypress.io
9 20 (5.18%) JMeter
10 14 (3.63%) Appium
10 14 (3.63%) SpecFlow
11 13 (3.37%) TestRail
12 11 (2.85%) Rational DOORS
12 11 (2.85%) WebDriver
13 7 (1.81%) Gatling
13 7 (1.81%) Jaeger
14 6 (1.55%) Bitbucket
14 6 (1.55%) Zephyr
General
1 160 (41.45%) Social Skills
2 94 (24.35%) Finance
3 63 (16.32%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (13.21%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.99%) Banking
6 20 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.37%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.59%) General Ledger
9 7 (1.81%) Electronics
9 7 (1.81%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.81%) Military
10 5 (1.30%) Back Office
10 5 (1.30%) Billing
10 5 (1.30%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.30%) Legal
10 5 (1.30%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.30%) Retail
11 4 (1.04%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 79 (20.47%) Analyst
2 72 (18.65%) Tester
3 54 (13.99%) Test Analyst
4 49 (12.69%) Test Engineer
5 46 (11.92%) Lead
6 40 (10.36%) Senior
7 27 (6.99%) Consultant
8 25 (6.48%) Automation Tester
8 25 (6.48%) QA Engineer
9 23 (5.96%) Test Automation Engineer
9 23 (5.96%) Test Leader
10 14 (3.63%) Test Specialist
11 13 (3.37%) Oracle Analyst
12 12 (3.11%) Business Analyst
12 12 (3.11%) Functional Consultant
12 12 (3.11%) SAP Analyst
12 12 (3.11%) Software Engineer
13 11 (2.85%) Developer
13 11 (2.85%) Embedded Engineer
13 11 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (11.14%) Playwright
2 30 (7.77%) REST
3 15 (3.89%) Kafka
4 14 (3.63%) pytest
5 13 (3.37%) .NET
5 13 (3.37%) Middleware
5 13 (3.37%) Node.js
6 12 (3.11%) Oracle Fusion
6 12 (3.11%) XML
7 11 (2.85%) SailPoint
8 9 (2.33%) ADO
8 9 (2.33%) LDAP
8 9 (2.33%) OpenID
8 9 (2.33%) Spring Boot
9 8 (2.07%) Web Services
10 7 (1.81%) Apache NiFi
10 7 (1.81%) HTML
10 7 (1.81%) OpenTelemetry
10 7 (1.81%) RFC 2544
11 6 (1.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.40%) Management Information System
1 17 (4.40%) Product Ownership
2 14 (3.63%) Mobile App
3 11 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
4 10 (2.59%) Data Structures
4 10 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.81%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.81%) Fibre Optics
8 6 (1.55%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.04%) NHS
10 4 (1.04%) PCIe
10 4 (1.04%) Tandem
11 3 (0.78%) Derivative
11 3 (0.78%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.78%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.22%) Windows
2 16 (4.15%) Linux
3 12 (3.11%) Android
3 12 (3.11%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.52%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (48.96%) Test Automation
2 132 (34.20%) Agile
3 110 (28.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 103 (26.68%) CI/CD
5 95 (24.61%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (24.35%) DevOps
7 81 (20.98%) Test Strategy
8 72 (18.65%) Validation
9 70 (18.13%) Software Testing
10 69 (17.88%) Regression Testing
11 60 (15.54%) Scenario Testing
12 55 (14.25%) Defect Management
13 54 (13.99%) API Testing
14 53 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
15 48 (12.44%) Manual Testing
16 46 (11.92%) Integration Testing
16 46 (11.92%) Test Management
17 42 (10.88%) End-to-End Testing
17 42 (10.88%) System Integration Testing
18 40 (10.36%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 78 (20.21%) SQL
2 68 (17.62%) Python
3 66 (17.10%) Java
4 52 (13.47%) JavaScript
5 38 (9.84%) TypeScript
6 32 (8.29%) C#
7 7 (1.81%) Ada
7 7 (1.81%) Rust
8 6 (1.55%) PHP
8 6 (1.55%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.55%) Scala
9 5 (1.30%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.30%) Swift
10 4 (1.04%) Bash
10 4 (1.04%) C
11 3 (0.78%) Cypher
11 3 (0.78%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.78%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.52%) Groovy
13 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 97 (25.13%) Security Cleared
2 64 (16.58%) SC Cleared
3 35 (9.07%) Degree
4 25 (6.48%) ISTQB
5 16 (4.15%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.59%) ISEB
8 7 (1.81%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.81%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.78%) CCNP
11 3 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.52%) CCIE
12 2 (0.52%) MCSA
12 2 (0.52%) MCSE
12 2 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (34.46%) QA
2 26 (6.74%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.04%) WCAG
5 2 (0.52%) GDPR
5 2 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.26%) GAAP
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) GxP
6 1 (0.26%) HL7
6 1 (0.26%) IFRS
6 1 (0.26%) ITGC
6 1 (0.26%) MiFID
6 1 (0.26%) NCSC
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
6 1 (0.26%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.26%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (6.74%) Docker
2 7 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.78%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.78%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (6.99%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.63%) Grafana
3 9 (2.33%) Ansible
4 8 (2.07%) HP ALM
4 8 (2.07%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.81%) Kiali
6 5 (1.30%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.78%) Iperf
7 3 (0.78%) Nmap
7 3 (0.78%) Terraform
8 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.26%) SCCM
8 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 57 (14.77%) Oracle
2 32 (8.29%) SAP
3 31 (8.03%) Microsoft
4 19 (4.92%) Splunk
5 13 (3.37%) Databricks
6 12 (3.11%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.59%) Cisco
7 10 (2.59%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.59%) Workday
8 9 (2.33%) HP
9 7 (1.81%) Avaloq
9 7 (1.81%) VMware
10 4 (1.04%) UiPath
10 4 (1.04%) webMethods
11 3 (0.78%) Brio
11 3 (0.78%) Charles River
11 3 (0.78%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.78%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.78%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.78%) Palo Alto