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 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 212 241
Rank change year-on-year -86 +29 -24
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 367 361 335
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.80% 1.31% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.44% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 255 228
10th Percentile £316 £268 £304
25th Percentile £394 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £463 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.70% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 12 3
10th Percentile £25.38 £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 38,772 25,064 28,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.82% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,937 15,945 18,292
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,483 1,510
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -81 146 £500 - 69
Midlands -33 57 £398 +16.91% 12
South East -66 57 £475 +5.56% 40
West Midlands -34 44 £382 +62.55% 10
North of England -74 44 £416 -2.12% 23
South West -40 29 £525 -2.33% 23
East of England -6 28 £74 -80.27% 12
North West -55 25 £432 +1.71% 13
Yorkshire -46 15 £404 -3.93% 2
East Midlands -10 13 £638 +77.08% 2
North East -40 4 £453 -1.52% 8
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 43 (11.72%) Confluence
2 13 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 3 (0.82%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.54%) SAS
5 1 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.18%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 30 (8.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.72%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.91%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.63%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.63%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.36%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.36%) SAP ERP
6 4 (1.09%) HFM
6 4 (1.09%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 4 (1.09%) SAP GTS
6 4 (1.09%) SAP SD
6 4 (1.09%) SAP VC
7 3 (0.82%) Aladdin
7 3 (0.82%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.82%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.82%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.82%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 76 (20.71%) Azure
2 51 (13.90%) Azure DevOps
3 45 (12.26%) AWS
4 22 (5.99%) GitHub
5 12 (3.27%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.00%) GCP
7 8 (2.18%) SuccessFactors
8 7 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (1.91%) OCI
8 7 (1.91%) SaaS
9 6 (1.63%) Figma
9 6 (1.63%) Pendo
9 6 (1.63%) Tricentis Tosca
10 5 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.09%) Lucidchart
12 3 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.63%) Ethernet
1 6 (1.63%) HTTP
2 5 (1.36%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (1.36%) Wireless
3 4 (1.09%) DNS
3 4 (1.09%) Network Security
4 3 (0.82%) LAN
4 3 (0.82%) WAN
5 2 (0.54%) Firewall
5 2 (0.54%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.27%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.27%) WAAS
6 1 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.90%) Data Warehouse
2 28 (7.63%) Oracle Reports
3 12 (3.27%) Power BI
4 8 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.36%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.09%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.09%) Metadata
6 4 (1.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.09%) Tableau
7 3 (0.82%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.82%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.54%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.54%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 121 (32.97%) JIRA
2 49 (13.35%) Postman
3 46 (12.53%) Selenium
4 32 (8.72%) Git
5 27 (7.36%) Zephyr
6 25 (6.81%) JMeter
7 24 (6.54%) Jenkins
8 21 (5.72%) Cucumber
9 16 (4.36%) LoadRunner
10 14 (3.81%) REST Assured
11 12 (3.27%) Gatling
11 12 (3.27%) GitLab
12 11 (3.00%) Cypress.io
13 9 (2.45%) NeoLoad
13 9 (2.45%) WebDriver
14 8 (2.18%) Bitbucket
14 8 (2.18%) Rational DOORS
15 7 (1.91%) SoapUI
16 6 (1.63%) SpecFlow
17 5 (1.36%) HP UFT
General
1 153 (41.69%) Social Skills
2 78 (21.25%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (20.98%) Finance
4 54 (14.71%) Public Sector
5 32 (8.72%) Banking
6 11 (3.00%) Legal
6 11 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.72%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.45%) Automotive
8 9 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.91%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.63%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.63%) Retail
11 5 (1.36%) Military
12 4 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.82%) Billing
13 3 (0.82%) Electronics
13 3 (0.82%) Local Government
13 3 (0.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 77 (20.98%) Analyst
2 62 (16.89%) Tester
3 50 (13.62%) Test Engineer
4 45 (12.26%) Consultant
5 40 (10.90%) Lead
6 34 (9.26%) Test Analyst
7 29 (7.90%) Business Analyst
8 22 (5.99%) Senior
8 22 (5.99%) Test Manager
9 17 (4.63%) QA Tester
9 17 (4.63%) Software Engineer
9 17 (4.63%) Test Automation Engineer
10 16 (4.36%) Test Leader
11 14 (3.81%) Principal Engineer
11 14 (3.81%) QA Engineer
12 13 (3.54%) Principal Software Engineer
13 11 (3.00%) Automation Tester
14 10 (2.72%) Developer
14 10 (2.72%) SAP Consultant
15 9 (2.45%) Performance Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.63%) Playwright
2 16 (4.36%) REST
3 14 (3.81%) .NET
4 11 (3.00%) SOAP
5 10 (2.72%) Web Services
6 9 (2.45%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (2.45%) React
6 9 (2.45%) RESTful
6 9 (2.45%) XML
7 8 (2.18%) HTML
7 8 (2.18%) Middleware
8 6 (1.63%) Kafka
9 5 (1.36%) SAP Fiori
9 5 (1.36%) Terraform
10 4 (1.09%) ADO
10 4 (1.09%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.09%) Swagger
11 3 (0.82%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.82%) SailPoint
11 3 (0.82%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.72%) Embedded Systems
2 20 (5.45%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.81%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (3.81%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.00%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.91%) CMDB
10 5 (1.36%) FPGA
10 5 (1.36%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.36%) NHS
10 5 (1.36%) PACS
10 5 (1.36%) PCIe
10 5 (1.36%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.36%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.09%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.36%) Windows
2 17 (4.63%) Linux
3 5 (1.36%) Android
3 5 (1.36%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.09%) VMS
4 4 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.82%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.82%) Unix
6 2 (0.54%) AIX
6 2 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (41.96%) Test Automation
2 143 (38.96%) Agile
3 121 (32.97%) User Acceptance Testing
4 98 (26.70%) Validation
5 82 (22.34%) End-to-End Testing
6 80 (21.80%) Migration
6 80 (21.80%) Scenario Testing
7 70 (19.07%) DevOps
8 68 (18.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 67 (18.26%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (17.71%) Defect Management
10 65 (17.71%) Software Testing
11 64 (17.44%) Test Strategy
12 63 (17.17%) CI/CD
13 62 (16.89%) Test Management
14 61 (16.62%) Data Migration
15 58 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
16 52 (14.17%) Integration Testing
16 52 (14.17%) Manual Testing
17 50 (13.62%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.16%) SQL
2 41 (11.17%) Java
3 38 (10.35%) Python
4 26 (7.08%) JavaScript
5 15 (4.09%) C#
6 11 (3.00%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.18%) ABAP
8 6 (1.63%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.36%) Apex Code
9 5 (1.36%) C
10 4 (1.09%) C++
11 3 (0.82%) Groovy
11 3 (0.82%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.82%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.54%) PROC SQL
12 2 (0.54%) Ruby
13 1 (0.27%) PeopleCode
13 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 119 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 82 (22.34%) SC Cleared
3 41 (11.17%) ISTQB
4 31 (8.45%) Degree
5 30 (8.17%) DV Cleared
6 17 (4.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 11 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.91%) ACCA
9 7 (1.91%) CIMA
10 6 (1.63%) ISEB
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.27%) CCNA
12 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.27%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.27%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.27%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
12 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (29.70%) QA
2 25 (6.81%) Data Quality
3 15 (4.09%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.45%) WCAG
5 7 (1.91%) GRC
5 7 (1.91%) NCSC
6 6 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.36%) JSP 440
8 4 (1.09%) IFRS
9 3 (0.82%) DICOM
9 3 (0.82%) HL7
9 3 (0.82%) SLA
10 2 (0.54%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.54%) NIST
10 2 (0.54%) PMO
10 2 (0.54%) SEPA
10 2 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.27%) GDPR
11 1 (0.27%) GMP
System Software
1 12 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.63%) Docker
3 4 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.09%) vSphere
4 1 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.91%) Grafana
3 6 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.82%) Ansible
4 3 (0.82%) Control-M
4 3 (0.82%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.82%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.54%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.54%) Kibana
6 1 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.27%) OPNET
6 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 57 (15.53%) Oracle
2 53 (14.44%) SAP
3 35 (9.54%) Microsoft
4 18 (4.90%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.81%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.45%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.18%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.63%) Databricks
9 5 (1.36%) Conga
9 5 (1.36%) Denodo
9 5 (1.36%) GoCardless
9 5 (1.36%) Google
9 5 (1.36%) Workday
10 4 (1.09%) Ariba
10 4 (1.09%) HP
10 4 (1.09%) Hyperion
10 4 (1.09%) IBM
10 4 (1.09%) Splunk
10 4 (1.09%) Tagetik
10 4 (1.09%) VMware