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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 221 234 199
Rank change year-on-year +13 -35 +87
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 397 272 446
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.21% 1.04% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.16% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 167 303
10th Percentile £313 £300 £350
25th Percentile £363 £351 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £556
90th Percentile £638 £613 £664
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 39
10th Percentile £65.75 - £41.25
25th Percentile £66.00 - £76.53
Median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% +1.18% +33.60%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £90.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £87.50
% change year-on-year -21.51% -1.71% +37.52%

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 28,761 23,490 33,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.64% 89.52% 87.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,392 14,344 22,407
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £641 £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 1,792 750 1,956
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £16.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -1.41% +1.43%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £61.90
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +15 178 £475 - 23
North of England -30 62 £400 +8.47% 15
South East -10 47 £471 +9.22% 26
Midlands -46 39 £475 +26.08% 14
South West +12 37 £538 +3.86% 9
Yorkshire -33 35 £468 +4.00% 10
West Midlands -34 29 £477 +34.23% 9
North West -33 24 £398 +11.97% 5
East of England -13 21 £413 +15.79% 6
East Midlands -22 10 £360 -7.93% 5
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 20 (5.04%) Confluence
2 12 (3.02%) SAS
3 5 (1.26%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.76%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (4.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.76%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.25%) S-PLUS
6 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.02%) Aladdin
3 10 (2.52%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (2.02%) Loan IQ
4 8 (2.02%) Oracle Assets
4 8 (2.02%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (2.02%) Oracle ERP
5 7 (1.76%) Oracle EBS R12
5 7 (1.76%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (1.26%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (1.01%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.76%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 3 (0.76%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.76%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.76%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.50%) BambooHR
9 2 (0.50%) iTrent
9 2 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 83 (20.91%) Azure
2 58 (14.61%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (8.31%) AWS
4 20 (5.04%) GCP
5 17 (4.28%) OpenShift
6 14 (3.53%) GitHub
7 13 (3.27%) Snowflake
8 11 (2.77%) OCI
8 11 (2.77%) SuccessFactors
8 11 (2.77%) Tricentis Tosca
9 10 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (2.27%) Power Platform
11 7 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.76%) SaaS
12 6 (1.51%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.51%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.26%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.26%) Sentry
14 4 (1.01%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 3 (0.76%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.03%) Firewall
2 7 (1.76%) HTTP
3 5 (1.26%) DNS
3 5 (1.26%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.01%) DHCP
4 4 (1.01%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.76%) BGP
5 3 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.76%) MPLS
5 3 (0.76%) Multicast
5 3 (0.76%) OSPF
5 3 (0.76%) VLAN
5 3 (0.76%) VPN
5 3 (0.76%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.50%) FTP
6 2 (0.50%) WAAS
7 1 (0.25%) LAN
7 1 (0.25%) VoIP
7 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.79%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.77%) BigQuery
3 8 (2.02%) MySQL
3 8 (2.02%) Oracle Database
4 7 (1.76%) Big Data
4 7 (1.76%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.76%) Oracle Reports
4 7 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.51%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.51%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.26%) Power BI
6 5 (1.26%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.76%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 97 (24.43%) JIRA
2 75 (18.89%) Selenium
3 60 (15.11%) Postman
4 47 (11.84%) Jenkins
5 37 (9.32%) GitLab
6 35 (8.82%) Cucumber
7 31 (7.81%) Git
8 29 (7.30%) REST Assured
9 24 (6.05%) Cypress.io
10 23 (5.79%) JUnit
11 21 (5.29%) JMeter
12 13 (3.27%) SpecFlow
13 12 (3.02%) Appium
13 12 (3.02%) WebDriver
14 11 (2.77%) Rational DOORS
14 11 (2.77%) TestRail
15 7 (1.76%) Jaeger
16 6 (1.51%) Gatling
16 6 (1.51%) Toad
16 6 (1.51%) Zephyr
General
1 163 (41.06%) Social Skills
2 88 (22.17%) Finance
3 66 (16.62%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (13.35%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.05%) Banking
6 17 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.02%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.76%) Electronics
9 7 (1.76%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.76%) General Ledger
9 7 (1.76%) Military
10 6 (1.51%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.26%) Billing
11 5 (1.26%) Legal
11 5 (1.26%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.26%) Retail
12 4 (1.01%) Law
12 4 (1.01%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 81 (20.40%) Analyst
2 73 (18.39%) Tester
3 57 (14.36%) Test Analyst
4 49 (12.34%) Lead
4 49 (12.34%) Test Engineer
5 37 (9.32%) Senior
6 28 (7.05%) Automation Tester
7 25 (6.30%) Test Leader
8 24 (6.05%) QA Engineer
9 22 (5.54%) Consultant
10 21 (5.29%) Test Automation Engineer
11 15 (3.78%) Developer
12 14 (3.53%) Test Specialist
13 13 (3.27%) Oracle Analyst
13 13 (3.27%) SAP Analyst
14 12 (3.02%) Functional Consultant
14 12 (3.02%) SAP Consultant
14 12 (3.02%) SAP Test Analyst
14 12 (3.02%) Software Engineer
15 11 (2.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (11.34%) Playwright
2 35 (8.82%) REST
3 17 (4.28%) .NET
4 15 (3.78%) Kafka
5 14 (3.53%) Middleware
5 14 (3.53%) Node.js
5 14 (3.53%) pytest
6 13 (3.27%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (2.77%) SailPoint
7 11 (2.77%) XML
8 10 (2.52%) ADO
9 9 (2.27%) HTML
9 9 (2.27%) LDAP
9 9 (2.27%) OpenID
9 9 (2.27%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.02%) CSS
10 8 (2.02%) Web Services
11 7 (1.76%) Apache NiFi
11 7 (1.76%) OpenTelemetry
12 6 (1.51%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.79%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.28%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (4.03%) Mobile App
4 12 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (2.77%) Data Structures
5 11 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.76%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.51%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.51%) Fibre Optics
8 6 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.51%) Tandem
9 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.01%) NHS
10 4 (1.01%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.01%) PCIe
10 4 (1.01%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.80%) Windows
2 17 (4.28%) Linux
3 12 (3.02%) Android
3 12 (3.02%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.01%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.50%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (49.62%) Test Automation
2 146 (36.78%) Agile
3 108 (27.20%) User Acceptance Testing
4 102 (25.69%) CI/CD
5 100 (25.19%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (24.94%) DevOps
7 83 (20.91%) Test Strategy
8 81 (20.40%) Software Testing
9 76 (19.14%) Validation
10 70 (17.63%) Regression Testing
11 66 (16.62%) Scenario Testing
12 63 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 62 (15.62%) API Testing
14 60 (15.11%) Defect Management
15 52 (13.10%) Integration Testing
16 51 (12.85%) Test Management
17 47 (11.84%) End-to-End Testing
18 46 (11.59%) Manual Testing
18 46 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
19 40 (10.08%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 75 (18.89%) SQL
2 72 (18.14%) Python
3 64 (16.12%) Java
4 54 (13.60%) JavaScript
5 46 (11.59%) TypeScript
6 39 (9.82%) C#
7 7 (1.76%) Ada
7 7 (1.76%) Rust
8 6 (1.51%) PHP
8 6 (1.51%) Scala
9 5 (1.26%) Bash
9 5 (1.26%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.26%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.26%) Swift
10 4 (1.01%) C
11 3 (0.76%) Cypher
11 3 (0.76%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.76%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.50%) Groovy
12 2 (0.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 109 (27.46%) Security Cleared
2 71 (17.88%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.56%) Degree
4 30 (7.56%) ISTQB
5 23 (5.79%) DV Cleared
6 15 (3.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (2.77%) ISEB
8 7 (1.76%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.76%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.76%) CCNP
10 3 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.50%) CCIE
11 2 (0.50%) MCSA
11 2 (0.50%) MCSE
11 2 (0.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (36.02%) QA
2 27 (6.80%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.78%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.01%) WCAG
5 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.25%) GDPR
6 1 (0.25%) GRC
6 1 (0.25%) GxP
6 1 (0.25%) HL7
6 1 (0.25%) ITGC
6 1 (0.25%) MiFID
6 1 (0.25%) NCSC
6 1 (0.25%) PMO
6 1 (0.25%) SLA
6 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 26 (6.55%) Docker
2 7 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.01%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.76%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.50%) Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (6.55%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.53%) Grafana
3 9 (2.27%) Ansible
4 8 (2.02%) HP ALM
4 8 (2.02%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.76%) Kiali
6 5 (1.26%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.01%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.76%) Iperf
8 3 (0.76%) Nmap
8 3 (0.76%) Terraform
9 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 52 (13.10%) Oracle
2 36 (9.07%) SAP
3 34 (8.56%) Microsoft
4 18 (4.53%) Splunk
5 14 (3.53%) Databricks
6 13 (3.27%) ServiceNow
6 13 (3.27%) Workday
7 10 (2.52%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.27%) Cisco
8 9 (2.27%) HP
9 8 (2.02%) Avaloq
10 7 (1.76%) VMware
11 4 (1.01%) UiPath
11 4 (1.01%) webMethods
12 3 (0.76%) Brio
12 3 (0.76%) Charles River
12 3 (0.76%) Google
12 3 (0.76%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.76%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.76%) SolarWinds