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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 245 201
Rank change year-on-year +28 -44 +100
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 416 263 449
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 1.02% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.13% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 164 305
10th Percentile £312 £286 £325
25th Percentile £361 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £436 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.88% -8.16% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £614 £618 £671
UK median daily rate £475 £433 £475
% change year-on-year +9.83% -8.95% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 38
10th Percentile £36.54 - £41.25
25th Percentile £65.75 - £76.53
Median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% +1.18% +30.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £90.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -21.51% +1.18% +30.77%

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 30,350 23,294 33,147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.25% 90.10% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,414 14,536 22,024
10th Percentile £313 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £638 £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 1,891 752 2,034
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% - -
75th Percentile £63.32 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.48 £72.68
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £32.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.46% -6.26% -

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +25 183 £425 -10.53% 21
North of England -41 64 £400 +11.11% 19
Midlands -39 52 £472 +19.34% 20
West Midlands -47 43 £475 +33.80% 13
South East -13 42 £463 +8.88% 22
South West +5 37 £538 +5.39% 7
Yorkshire -34 37 £484 +17.33% 2
East of England -6 28 £400 +28.00% 9
North West -35 23 £365 +4.29% 16
East Midlands -29 9 £360 -10.00% 7
North East -17 4 £300 -17.24% 1
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 23 (5.53%) Confluence
2 17 (4.09%) SAS
3 4 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.72%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.72%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.24%) CMS
Applications
1 22 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.68%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.72%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.24%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 15 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.13%) Aladdin
3 9 (2.16%) Loan IQ
3 9 (2.16%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (2.16%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (2.16%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (1.92%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.20%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.72%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.72%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.72%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.72%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.72%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.48%) Algo Collateral
8 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.48%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 91 (21.88%) Azure
2 67 (16.11%) Azure DevOps
3 36 (8.65%) AWS
4 22 (5.29%) OpenShift
5 20 (4.81%) GCP
6 17 (4.09%) GitHub
7 14 (3.37%) OCI
7 14 (3.37%) Snowflake
8 13 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (2.64%) SuccessFactors
10 10 (2.40%) Tricentis Tosca
11 8 (1.92%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.68%) SaaS
13 6 (1.44%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.44%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.20%) PowerApps
15 4 (0.96%) Sentry
16 3 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.37%) Firewall
2 7 (1.68%) HTTP
3 4 (0.96%) BGP
3 4 (0.96%) DHCP
3 4 (0.96%) DNS
3 4 (0.96%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.96%) MPLS
3 4 (0.96%) OSPF
3 4 (0.96%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.96%) VLAN
3 4 (0.96%) VPN
4 2 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (0.48%) FTP
4 2 (0.48%) LAN
4 2 (0.48%) Multicast
4 2 (0.48%) WAN
4 2 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.05%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.88%) Oracle Database
3 11 (2.64%) BigQuery
4 9 (2.16%) Oracle Reports
5 8 (1.92%) MySQL
6 7 (1.68%) Big Data
6 7 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.68%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 6 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.44%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.20%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.20%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 5 (1.20%) Power BI
9 3 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.72%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
11 1 (0.24%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 109 (26.20%) JIRA
2 78 (18.75%) Selenium
3 62 (14.90%) Postman
4 52 (12.50%) Jenkins
5 41 (9.86%) GitLab
6 39 (9.38%) Cucumber
7 38 (9.13%) Git
8 32 (7.69%) REST Assured
9 31 (7.45%) JUnit
10 27 (6.49%) Cypress.io
11 25 (6.01%) JMeter
12 14 (3.37%) SpecFlow
13 12 (2.88%) TestRail
14 11 (2.64%) Rational DOORS
15 10 (2.40%) WebDriver
16 9 (2.16%) Appium
16 9 (2.16%) Zephyr
17 8 (1.92%) Gatling
18 7 (1.68%) Jaeger
18 7 (1.68%) LoadRunner
General
1 178 (42.79%) Social Skills
2 86 (20.67%) Finance
3 77 (18.51%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (11.30%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.49%) Banking
6 17 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.40%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.92%) Military
11 7 (1.68%) Electronics
11 7 (1.68%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.68%) General Ledger
11 7 (1.68%) Retail
12 6 (1.44%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.20%) Legal
13 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.96%) Back Office
14 4 (0.96%) Law
15 3 (0.72%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 95 (22.84%) Analyst
2 78 (18.75%) Tester
3 64 (15.38%) Test Analyst
4 52 (12.50%) Test Engineer
5 46 (11.06%) Lead
6 38 (9.13%) Senior
7 28 (6.73%) Automation Tester
8 24 (5.77%) Test Leader
9 22 (5.29%) QA Engineer
10 21 (5.05%) Test Automation Engineer
11 19 (4.57%) Test Specialist
12 17 (4.09%) Consultant
13 16 (3.85%) Developer
14 14 (3.37%) Business Analyst
14 14 (3.37%) Software Engineer
15 13 (3.13%) Functional Consultant
15 13 (3.13%) Oracle Analyst
16 12 (2.88%) SAP Analyst
16 12 (2.88%) SAP Consultant
17 11 (2.64%) SAP Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.78%) Playwright
2 39 (9.38%) REST
3 22 (5.29%) pytest
4 19 (4.57%) .NET
4 19 (4.57%) Kafka
5 14 (3.37%) Middleware
6 13 (3.13%) ADO
6 13 (3.13%) Node.js
6 13 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (3.13%) SailPoint
7 11 (2.64%) XML
8 10 (2.40%) CSS
8 10 (2.40%) HTML
9 9 (2.16%) LDAP
9 9 (2.16%) OpenID
10 8 (1.92%) Spring Boot
11 7 (1.68%) Apache NiFi
11 7 (1.68%) OpenTelemetry
11 7 (1.68%) SOAP
11 7 (1.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.05%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (4.81%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.57%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (3.13%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.92%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.68%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.68%) Tandem
9 6 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.20%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.20%) Fibre Optics
11 4 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (0.96%) NHS
11 4 (0.96%) PCIe
11 4 (0.96%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.72%) Embedded Systems
12 3 (0.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.77%) Windows
2 17 (4.09%) Linux
3 9 (2.16%) Android
4 8 (1.92%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.96%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.72%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.24%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (50.24%) Test Automation
2 158 (37.98%) Agile
3 109 (26.20%) DevOps
4 108 (25.96%) CI/CD
4 108 (25.96%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (24.28%) User Acceptance Testing
6 90 (21.63%) Software Testing
7 89 (21.39%) Test Strategy
8 86 (20.67%) Validation
9 73 (17.55%) Regression Testing
10 71 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
10 71 (17.07%) Scenario Testing
11 63 (15.14%) Integration Testing
12 62 (14.90%) Defect Management
13 60 (14.42%) API Testing
14 59 (14.18%) Test Management
15 56 (13.46%) Manual Testing
16 55 (13.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 52 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
18 43 (10.34%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 81 (19.47%) SQL
2 80 (19.23%) Python
3 71 (17.07%) Java
4 57 (13.70%) JavaScript
5 49 (11.78%) TypeScript
6 43 (10.34%) C#
7 7 (1.68%) Ada
7 7 (1.68%) Rust
8 6 (1.44%) PHP
8 6 (1.44%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.20%) Scala
10 4 (0.96%) Bash
10 4 (0.96%) C
11 3 (0.72%) C++
11 3 (0.72%) Cypher
11 3 (0.72%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.72%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.72%) Swift
11 3 (0.72%) VB
11 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 125 (30.05%) Security Cleared
2 83 (19.95%) SC Cleared
3 39 (9.38%) ISTQB
4 31 (7.45%) Degree
5 26 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.88%) ISEB
8 11 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (1.44%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.20%) CCNP
10 5 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.20%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.72%) CCNA
11 3 (0.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.48%) CCIE
12 2 (0.48%) MCSA
12 2 (0.48%) MCSE
12 2 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (34.13%) QA
2 24 (5.77%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.33%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.72%) NCSC
4 3 (0.72%) SLA
4 3 (0.72%) WCAG
5 2 (0.48%) PMO
5 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.24%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) GRC
6 1 (0.24%) GxP
6 1 (0.24%) HL7
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.24%) ITGC
6 1 (0.24%) MiFID
6 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (6.49%) Docker
2 7 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.72%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.48%) Firmware
6 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.61%) Grafana
3 11 (2.64%) HP ALM
4 9 (2.16%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.92%) Ansible
6 7 (1.68%) Kiali
7 5 (1.20%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (1.20%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.72%) Terraform
9 2 (0.48%) Iperf
9 2 (0.48%) Kibana
9 2 (0.48%) Nmap
9 2 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 55 (13.22%) Oracle
2 39 (9.38%) SAP
3 33 (7.93%) Microsoft
4 16 (3.85%) Databricks
4 16 (3.85%) Workday
5 15 (3.61%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.61%) Splunk
6 12 (2.88%) HP
7 9 (2.16%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.92%) Avaloq
9 7 (1.68%) Cisco
9 7 (1.68%) VMware
10 4 (0.96%) webMethods
11 3 (0.72%) Ariba
11 3 (0.72%) Charles River
11 3 (0.72%) Google
11 3 (0.72%) IBM
11 3 (0.72%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.72%) UiPath
12 2 (0.48%) Concur