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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 204 235
Rank change year-on-year -114 +31 -33
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 359 361 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.79% 1.32% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.45% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 255 224
10th Percentile £313 £274 £306
25th Percentile £382 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.33% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £539 £575
90th Percentile £621 £638 £630
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 3
10th Percentile £35.17 £18.14 £39.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £31.55 £43.13
Median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -44.44%
75th Percentile £74.00 £80.00 £56.25
90th Percentile - £87.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £50.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +40.00% +33.33% -58.33%

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 38,735 24,846 28,143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.90% 90.77% 85.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,900 15,805 17,939
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £751
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,596 1,469 1,428
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.38 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.01
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -40.82% +2.41%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -89 142 £488 -2.50% 69
South East -71 59 £475 - 34
Midlands -31 52 £387 +10.55% 13
West Midlands -30 44 £384 +61.88% 9
North of England -67 42 £402 -4.85% 23
East of England -2 30 £74 -78.71% 22
South West -37 28 £525 -2.33% 22
North West -57 23 £402 -5.41% 12
Yorkshire -38 15 £400 -4.76% 4
East Midlands -20 8 £438 +21.67% 4
North East -42 4 £453 +2.95% 7
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 45 (12.53%) Confluence
2 12 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.84%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.56%) SAS
5 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (2.23%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.28%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 26 (7.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.79%) SAP Payroll
3 5 (1.39%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.39%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (1.39%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.11%) HFM
4 4 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
4 4 (1.11%) Oracle General Ledger
4 4 (1.11%) SAP GTS
4 4 (1.11%) SAP SD
4 4 (1.11%) SAP VC
5 3 (0.84%) Aladdin
5 3 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.84%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.84%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.84%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.84%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.56%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 74 (20.61%) Azure
2 48 (13.37%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (11.70%) AWS
4 23 (6.41%) GitHub
5 12 (3.34%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.06%) GCP
7 8 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (1.95%) SaaS
9 6 (1.67%) Figma
9 6 (1.67%) Pendo
9 6 (1.67%) Tricentis Tosca
10 5 (1.39%) OCI
11 4 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.11%) Lucidchart
11 4 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.11%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.84%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.84%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.67%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.39%) DNS
2 5 (1.39%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (1.39%) Wireless
3 4 (1.11%) HTTP
4 3 (0.84%) LAN
4 3 (0.84%) WAN
5 2 (0.56%) Firewall
5 2 (0.56%) RTP
5 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.56%) tcpdump
5 2 (0.56%) VoIP
5 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.28%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.28%) INAP
6 1 (0.28%) Intelligent Network
6 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.28%) Network Security
6 1 (0.28%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.91%) Data Warehouse
2 30 (8.36%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (3.34%) Power BI
4 9 (2.51%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.39%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.11%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.11%) Metadata
6 4 (1.11%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.11%) Tableau
7 3 (0.84%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.84%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.56%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.56%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 119 (33.15%) JIRA
2 50 (13.93%) Postman
3 46 (12.81%) Selenium
4 32 (8.91%) Git
5 29 (8.08%) Zephyr
6 25 (6.96%) Jenkins
7 24 (6.69%) JMeter
8 21 (5.85%) Cucumber
9 14 (3.90%) GitLab
9 14 (3.90%) LoadRunner
9 14 (3.90%) REST Assured
10 11 (3.06%) Cypress.io
11 10 (2.79%) Gatling
12 9 (2.51%) NeoLoad
12 9 (2.51%) WebDriver
13 8 (2.23%) Bitbucket
13 8 (2.23%) Rational DOORS
14 7 (1.95%) SoapUI
15 6 (1.67%) SpecFlow
16 5 (1.39%) HP UFT
General
1 150 (41.78%) Social Skills
2 76 (21.17%) Analytical Skills
3 75 (20.89%) Finance
4 48 (13.37%) Public Sector
5 31 (8.64%) Banking
6 11 (3.06%) Legal
6 11 (3.06%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.51%) Automotive
9 8 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.95%) Retail
11 6 (1.67%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.39%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.39%) Military
13 4 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.84%) Back Office
14 3 (0.84%) Billing
14 3 (0.84%) Electronics
14 3 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 81 (22.56%) Analyst
2 55 (15.32%) Tester
3 51 (14.21%) Test Engineer
4 43 (11.98%) Consultant
5 39 (10.86%) Test Analyst
6 37 (10.31%) Lead
7 30 (8.36%) Business Analyst
8 21 (5.85%) Test Manager
9 20 (5.57%) Senior
10 17 (4.74%) QA Tester
10 17 (4.74%) Software Engineer
10 17 (4.74%) Test Automation Engineer
10 17 (4.74%) Test Leader
11 15 (4.18%) QA Engineer
12 14 (3.90%) Principal Engineer
13 13 (3.62%) Principal Software Engineer
14 10 (2.79%) Developer
15 9 (2.51%) Automation Tester
15 9 (2.51%) QA Analyst
15 9 (2.51%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.80%) Playwright
2 15 (4.18%) .NET
2 15 (4.18%) REST
3 11 (3.06%) SOAP
4 10 (2.79%) Web Services
5 9 (2.51%) React
5 9 (2.51%) RESTful
5 9 (2.51%) XML
6 8 (2.23%) HTML
6 8 (2.23%) Middleware
7 7 (1.95%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (1.67%) Kafka
9 5 (1.39%) Terraform
10 4 (1.11%) ADO
10 4 (1.11%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.11%) SAP Fiori
11 3 (0.84%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.84%) Node.js
11 3 (0.84%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.84%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.85%) Embedded Systems
2 20 (5.57%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.90%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.34%) Data Structures
4 12 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.51%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.95%) CMDB
7 7 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.39%) FPGA
8 5 (1.39%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.39%) NHS
8 5 (1.39%) PACS
8 5 (1.39%) PCIe
8 5 (1.39%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.11%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.11%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.08%) Windows
2 19 (5.29%) Linux
3 5 (1.39%) Android
3 5 (1.39%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (1.39%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.11%) VMS
5 3 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.84%) Unix
6 2 (0.56%) AIX
6 2 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (43.45%) Test Automation
2 142 (39.55%) Agile
3 115 (32.03%) User Acceptance Testing
4 93 (25.91%) Validation
5 84 (23.40%) End-to-End Testing
6 82 (22.84%) Scenario Testing
7 79 (22.01%) Migration
8 69 (19.22%) Defect Management
8 69 (19.22%) DevOps
9 68 (18.94%) Test Management
10 66 (18.38%) Software Testing
11 65 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (18.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 64 (17.83%) Test Strategy
13 63 (17.55%) CI/CD
14 62 (17.27%) Data Migration
15 56 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
16 54 (15.04%) Integration Testing
17 53 (14.76%) Manual Testing
17 53 (14.76%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 73 (20.33%) SQL
2 41 (11.42%) Java
3 38 (10.58%) Python
4 26 (7.24%) JavaScript
5 16 (4.46%) C#
6 11 (3.06%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.23%) ABAP
8 6 (1.67%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.39%) Apex Code
9 5 (1.39%) C
10 4 (1.11%) C++
10 4 (1.11%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.84%) Groovy
11 3 (0.84%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.84%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.56%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.56%) PROC SQL
12 2 (0.56%) Ruby
13 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 121 (33.70%) Security Cleared
2 82 (22.84%) SC Cleared
3 41 (11.42%) ISTQB
4 33 (9.19%) Degree
5 31 (8.64%) DV Cleared
6 17 (4.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 12 (3.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.95%) ACCA
9 7 (1.95%) CIMA
10 6 (1.67%) ISEB
11 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.56%) MOS
12 1 (0.28%) CCNA
12 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.28%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (30.64%) QA
2 25 (6.96%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.90%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.51%) WCAG
5 7 (1.95%) NCSC
6 5 (1.39%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.11%) IFRS
8 3 (0.84%) DICOM
8 3 (0.84%) GRC
8 3 (0.84%) HL7
9 2 (0.56%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.56%) NIST
9 2 (0.56%) PMO
9 2 (0.56%) SEPA
9 2 (0.56%) SLA
9 2 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.28%) GDPR
10 1 (0.28%) GMP
System Software
1 8 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.67%) Docker
3 4 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.11%) vSphere
4 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.34%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.67%) Grafana
3 4 (1.11%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.84%) Ansible
4 3 (0.84%) Control-M
4 3 (0.84%) HP Fortify
4 3 (0.84%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.28%) Kibana
6 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.28%) OPNET
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) SCCM
Vendors
1 55 (15.32%) Oracle
2 50 (13.93%) SAP
3 34 (9.47%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.74%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.90%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.23%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.95%) AppDynamics
7 7 (1.95%) Databricks
8 5 (1.39%) Conga
8 5 (1.39%) Denodo
8 5 (1.39%) GoCardless
8 5 (1.39%) Google
8 5 (1.39%) HP
8 5 (1.39%) Talend
9 4 (1.11%) Hyperion
9 4 (1.11%) Splunk
9 4 (1.11%) Tagetik
9 4 (1.11%) VMware
9 4 (1.11%) Workday
10 3 (0.84%) Centrify