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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 254 230
Rank change year-on-year +20 -24 +44
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 425 252 384
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 1.03% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.13% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 156 267
10th Percentile £317 £255 £325
25th Percentile £356 £341 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £430 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% -9.47% +2.70%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £609 £650
UK median daily rate £456 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +7.24% -10.53% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 26
10th Percentile £25.04 £18.82 £41.25
25th Percentile £25.38 £59.38 £52.19
Median hourly rate £68.75 £85.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.59% +0.59% +33.60%
75th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
90th Percentile £74.50 £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £85.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year -19.59% +0.59% +33.60%

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 33,547 22,212 32,344
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.44% 91.02% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,492 14,606 21,309
10th Percentile £314 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £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 2,069 881 2,207
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.84 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.09 £18.51 £15.76
Median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +30.84% -7.16% -8.77%
75th Percentile £66.25 £64.50 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.25 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.16 £30.45 £33.55
% change year-on-year +22.04% -9.24% -7.45%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 16 April 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 +12 181 £440 -7.37% 21
Midlands -38 67 £413 +17.86% 21
North of England -46 65 £400 -9.60% 12
West Midlands -32 57 £368 +56.60% 12
South East -36 47 £454 +11.82% 26
Yorkshire -26 37 £500 +81.82% 1
South West -8 36 £538 +10.26% 5
North West -40 25 £365 -23.16% 9
East of England -23 22 £350 -1.75% 13
East Midlands -30 10 £638 +63.04% 9
North East -16 3 £394 -4.26% 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 30 (7.06%) Confluence
2 17 (4.00%) SAS
3 7 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.71%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.24%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 27 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (5.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (3.29%) Aladdin
3 11 (2.59%) Loan IQ
4 9 (2.12%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (2.12%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.88%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (1.18%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.94%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.71%) Maximo
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.71%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.47%) Algo Collateral
10 2 (0.47%) BambooHR
10 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 102 (24.00%) Azure
2 79 (18.59%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (9.41%) AWS
4 21 (4.94%) GCP
5 20 (4.71%) OpenShift
6 18 (4.24%) GitHub
7 17 (4.00%) OCI
8 16 (3.76%) SuccessFactors
9 15 (3.53%) Snowflake
10 13 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (2.59%) Tricentis Tosca
12 8 (1.88%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.88%) SaaS
13 7 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.65%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.41%) Power Automate
15 5 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
16 3 (0.71%) Azure API Management
16 3 (0.71%) BlazeMeter
16 3 (0.71%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.12%) Firewall
2 7 (1.65%) HTTP
3 4 (0.94%) Network Security
4 3 (0.71%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (0.71%) Wireless
5 2 (0.47%) BGP
5 2 (0.47%) DHCP
5 2 (0.47%) DNS
5 2 (0.47%) FTP
5 2 (0.47%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.47%) LAN
5 2 (0.47%) MPLS
5 2 (0.47%) OSPF
5 2 (0.47%) SAN
5 2 (0.47%) VLAN
5 2 (0.47%) VPN
5 2 (0.47%) WAN
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.24%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.65%) Oracle Reports
2 20 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.53%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.82%) Oracle Database
5 11 (2.59%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.65%) Power BI
6 7 (1.65%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 6 (1.41%) MySQL
8 4 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.71%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.47%) Metadata
10 2 (0.47%) Tableau
11 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
11 1 (0.24%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 129 (30.35%) JIRA
2 76 (17.88%) Selenium
3 65 (15.29%) Postman
4 53 (12.47%) Jenkins
5 45 (10.59%) Git
6 39 (9.18%) GitLab
7 32 (7.53%) Cucumber
8 30 (7.06%) JUnit
9 28 (6.59%) REST Assured
10 23 (5.41%) JMeter
10 23 (5.41%) Zephyr
11 21 (4.94%) Cypress.io
12 16 (3.76%) SpecFlow
13 11 (2.59%) Gatling
13 11 (2.59%) TestRail
13 11 (2.59%) WebDriver
14 9 (2.12%) LoadRunner
15 7 (1.65%) Jaeger
16 6 (1.41%) Appium
16 6 (1.41%) Toad
General
1 170 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 86 (20.24%) Finance
3 81 (19.06%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.53%) Public Sector
5 28 (6.59%) Banking
6 22 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.12%) Retail
10 8 (1.88%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.65%) General Ledger
11 7 (1.65%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.41%) Legal
13 4 (0.94%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.94%) Electronics
13 4 (0.94%) Local Government
13 4 (0.94%) Military
14 3 (0.71%) Front Office
14 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 108 (25.41%) Analyst
2 88 (20.71%) Tester
3 74 (17.41%) Test Analyst
4 53 (12.47%) Lead
5 44 (10.35%) Test Engineer
6 34 (8.00%) Senior
7 32 (7.53%) Automation Tester
8 29 (6.82%) Test Leader
9 21 (4.94%) Test Automation Engineer
10 19 (4.47%) QA Engineer
11 18 (4.24%) QA Tester
11 18 (4.24%) Test Specialist
12 15 (3.53%) Business Analyst
13 14 (3.29%) Test Manager
14 13 (3.06%) Project Officer
15 12 (2.82%) Consultant
15 12 (2.82%) Developer
15 12 (2.82%) Migration Analyst
15 12 (2.82%) Oracle Analyst
15 12 (2.82%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.12%) Playwright
2 38 (8.94%) REST
3 23 (5.41%) pytest
4 21 (4.94%) .NET
5 18 (4.24%) Kafka
6 13 (3.06%) Middleware
7 12 (2.82%) SailPoint
8 11 (2.59%) XML
9 10 (2.35%) ADO
9 10 (2.35%) Node.js
10 9 (2.12%) LDAP
10 9 (2.12%) OpenID
10 9 (2.12%) Oracle Fusion
11 8 (1.88%) CSS
11 8 (1.88%) HTML
11 8 (1.88%) Spring Boot
12 7 (1.65%) Apache NiFi
12 7 (1.65%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (1.41%) .NET Framework
13 6 (1.41%) React
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.82%) Legacy Systems
2 23 (5.41%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.71%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.82%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.12%) Data Structures
7 9 (2.12%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.88%) Tandem
9 7 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.65%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.18%) PACS
12 4 (0.94%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.94%) Derivative
13 3 (0.71%) FPGA
13 3 (0.71%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.06%) Windows
2 16 (3.76%) Linux
3 7 (1.65%) Android
4 6 (1.41%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.71%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.47%) Unix
6 2 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (49.41%) Test Automation
2 173 (40.71%) Agile
3 118 (27.76%) DevOps
4 116 (27.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 107 (25.18%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (23.76%) CI/CD
7 95 (22.35%) Validation
8 86 (20.24%) Scenario Testing
9 79 (18.59%) Software Testing
9 79 (18.59%) Test Management
10 77 (18.12%) Integration Testing
11 76 (17.88%) Test Strategy
12 69 (16.24%) Regression Testing
13 68 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 68 (16.00%) Migration
14 67 (15.76%) End-to-End Testing
15 65 (15.29%) Manual Testing
16 64 (15.06%) Stakeholder Management
17 62 (14.59%) Defect Management
18 61 (14.35%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 82 (19.29%) SQL
2 73 (17.18%) Python
3 63 (14.82%) Java
4 56 (13.18%) JavaScript
5 47 (11.06%) TypeScript
6 42 (9.88%) C#
7 7 (1.65%) Rust
8 6 (1.41%) PHP
9 5 (1.18%) Scala
10 3 (0.71%) Ada
10 3 (0.71%) C
10 3 (0.71%) C++
10 3 (0.71%) Cypher
10 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.47%) Ruby
11 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.47%) VB
12 1 (0.24%) Bash
12 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 119 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 80 (18.82%) SC Cleared
3 44 (10.35%) ISTQB
4 27 (6.35%) DV Cleared
5 23 (5.41%) Degree
6 14 (3.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.12%) ISEB
9 2 (0.47%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.47%) CCNA
9 2 (0.47%) CCNP
9 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 2 (0.47%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
10 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (32.94%) QA
2 17 (4.00%) Accessibility
3 15 (3.53%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.18%) GRC
4 5 (1.18%) SLA
5 4 (0.94%) HL7
5 4 (0.94%) WCAG
6 3 (0.71%) DICOM
6 3 (0.71%) NCSC
6 3 (0.71%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.47%) PMO
8 1 (0.24%) Basel III
8 1 (0.24%) GDPR
8 1 (0.24%) GxP
8 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.24%) MiFID
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (6.35%) Docker
2 10 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.47%) Firmware
5 2 (0.47%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 36 (8.47%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.06%) Grafana
3 8 (1.88%) HP ALM
3 8 (1.88%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.65%) Kiali
4 7 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.41%) Ansible
6 5 (1.18%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (1.18%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.94%) Kibana
8 3 (0.71%) Terraform
9 2 (0.47%) Puppet
10 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (17.65%) Oracle
2 40 (9.41%) SAP
3 36 (8.47%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.00%) Workday
5 16 (3.76%) ServiceNow
6 15 (3.53%) Databricks
7 11 (2.59%) HP
8 8 (1.88%) Avaloq
8 8 (1.88%) Splunk
9 7 (1.65%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.41%) Talend
10 6 (1.41%) VMware
11 5 (1.18%) Google
12 4 (0.94%) Ariba
12 4 (0.94%) Charles River
12 4 (0.94%) Cisco
12 4 (0.94%) Dell
12 4 (0.94%) Hitachi
12 4 (0.94%) IBM
12 4 (0.94%) webMethods