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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 309 213 246
Rank change year-on-year -96 +33 -63
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 393 370 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 1.31% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.44% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 271 220
10th Percentile £275 £293 £306
25th Percentile £380 £365 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £454 £469
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% -3.15% -6.25%
75th Percentile £538 £551 £575
90th Percentile £628 £638 £627
UK median daily rate £453 £450 £472
% change year-on-year +0.67% -4.56% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 2
10th Percentile £39.25 £35.00 £38.38
25th Percentile £40.00 £43.75 £41.56
Median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +36.41% -45.83%
75th Percentile £74.00 £68.75 £56.56
90th Percentile - £70.00 £60.13
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £66.50 £31.55
% change year-on-year +5.26% +110.78% -64.94%

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 39,797 25,656 27,726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 90.96% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 16,263 16,907
10th Percentile £325 £296 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,100 1,620 1,099
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.64 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £38.13 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.59% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.25 £45.00 £66.80
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.55 £74.09
UK median hourly rate £37.24 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +48.07% -37.13% -10.11%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -101 147 £500 - 16
South East -60 64 £478 +0.53% 11
Midlands -20 61 £400 +11.11% 9
West Midlands -11 53 £400 -5.88% 7
North of England -65 52 £432 +7.88% 5
East of England -12 32 £74 -81.50% 5
South West -30 29 £525 -2.33% 6
North West -51 27 £402 +0.50% 4
Yorkshire -27 22 £425 +1.19% 1
East Midlands -12 7 £250 -30.56% 2
North East -39 3 £453 +25.83%
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 (11.45%) Confluence
2 10 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.53%) WebLogic
4 4 (1.02%) SAS
5 3 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.04%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 35 (8.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.31%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (1.53%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.27%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.27%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.27%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (1.02%) HFM
5 4 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.02%) SAP ERP
5 4 (1.02%) SAP GTS
5 4 (1.02%) SAP SD
5 4 (1.02%) SAP VC
6 3 (0.76%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.76%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.76%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.76%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.76%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.76%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.51%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 84 (21.37%) Azure
2 55 (13.99%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (11.70%) AWS
4 28 (7.12%) GitHub
5 14 (3.56%) GCP
5 14 (3.56%) Power Platform
6 9 (2.29%) OCI
6 9 (2.29%) Tricentis Tosca
7 8 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (1.78%) SaaS
9 6 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.53%) Figma
9 6 (1.53%) Pendo
10 5 (1.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 5 (1.27%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.04%) Broadband
1 8 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
1 8 (2.04%) Wireless
2 6 (1.53%) 4G
2 6 (1.53%) 5G
2 6 (1.53%) IPv4
2 6 (1.53%) IPv6
2 6 (1.53%) xDSL
3 5 (1.27%) DNS
3 5 (1.27%) HTTP
3 5 (1.27%) PPP
3 5 (1.27%) UPnP
4 3 (0.76%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.76%) LAN
4 3 (0.76%) VoIP
4 3 (0.76%) WAN
5 2 (0.51%) Firewall
5 2 (0.51%) RTP
5 2 (0.51%) tcpdump
5 2 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.63%) Data Warehouse
2 27 (6.87%) Oracle Reports
3 14 (3.56%) Power BI
4 11 (2.80%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 5 (1.27%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.27%) SAP BW
7 4 (1.02%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.02%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.76%) Metadata
8 3 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.76%) Tableau
9 2 (0.51%) Base SAS
9 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.51%) PowerCenter
9 2 (0.51%) SAS Visual Analytics
10 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 128 (32.57%) JIRA
2 58 (14.76%) Selenium
3 47 (11.96%) Git
4 46 (11.70%) Postman
5 33 (8.40%) Jenkins
6 31 (7.89%) JMeter
7 29 (7.38%) Cucumber
8 27 (6.87%) Zephyr
9 25 (6.36%) GitLab
10 18 (4.58%) Cypress.io
10 18 (4.58%) LoadRunner
11 17 (4.33%) REST Assured
12 16 (4.07%) Gatling
13 14 (3.56%) JUnit
14 11 (2.80%) TestNG
15 9 (2.29%) Bitbucket
15 9 (2.29%) NeoLoad
15 9 (2.29%) SoapUI
16 8 (2.04%) Toad
17 7 (1.78%) WebDriver
General
1 166 (42.24%) Social Skills
2 84 (21.37%) Finance
3 69 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (16.28%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.89%) Banking
6 13 (3.31%) Telecoms
7 12 (3.05%) Legal
8 11 (2.80%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.29%) Automotive
9 9 (2.29%) Military
9 9 (2.29%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.78%) Billing
11 6 (1.53%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.53%) Retail
12 5 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.02%) Electronics
13 4 (1.02%) Local Government
14 3 (0.76%) German Language
14 3 (0.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 84 (21.37%) Analyst
2 67 (17.05%) Test Engineer
3 52 (13.23%) Tester
4 48 (12.21%) Consultant
5 42 (10.69%) Lead
6 40 (10.18%) Test Analyst
7 34 (8.65%) Senior
8 32 (8.14%) Business Analyst
9 21 (5.34%) Test Leader
10 19 (4.83%) SAP Analyst
11 17 (4.33%) Test Manager
12 16 (4.07%) QA Engineer
12 16 (4.07%) QA Tester
12 16 (4.07%) Test Automation Engineer
13 15 (3.82%) Software Engineer
14 14 (3.56%) Principal Engineer
15 13 (3.31%) Developer
15 13 (3.31%) Principal Software Engineer
15 13 (3.31%) SAP Test Analyst
16 11 (2.80%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (9.67%) Playwright
2 18 (4.58%) REST
3 17 (4.33%) RESTful
4 14 (3.56%) React
5 13 (3.31%) .NET
5 13 (3.31%) HTML
5 13 (3.31%) SOAP
5 13 (3.31%) XML
6 10 (2.54%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (2.54%) Web Services
7 9 (2.29%) Node.js
8 8 (2.04%) Middleware
8 8 (2.04%) Terraform
9 7 (1.78%) Kafka
10 6 (1.53%) ADO
10 6 (1.53%) Jest
11 5 (1.27%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.02%) JSON
12 4 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (1.02%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.36%) Product Ownership
2 18 (4.58%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (3.56%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.80%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.29%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.78%) CMDB
7 7 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.78%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.53%) NHS
9 5 (1.27%) Life Science
9 5 (1.27%) Wiki
10 4 (1.02%) FMCG
10 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (0.76%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 29 (7.38%) Windows
2 24 (6.11%) Linux
3 10 (2.54%) VMS
4 5 (1.27%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.02%) Android
6 3 (0.76%) Unix
7 2 (0.51%) AIX
7 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.25%) CentOS
8 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (45.80%) Test Automation
2 168 (42.75%) Agile
3 129 (32.82%) User Acceptance Testing
4 94 (23.92%) Validation
5 92 (23.41%) Scenario Testing
6 90 (22.90%) End-to-End Testing
6 90 (22.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 83 (21.12%) CI/CD
8 81 (20.61%) Defect Management
9 80 (20.36%) DevOps
9 80 (20.36%) Software Testing
10 78 (19.85%) Migration
11 70 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 70 (17.81%) Test Strategy
12 69 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
13 68 (17.30%) Test Management
14 60 (15.27%) Data Migration
15 57 (14.50%) Integration Testing
16 52 (13.23%) Regression Testing
17 50 (12.72%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 79 (20.10%) SQL
2 60 (15.27%) Java
3 48 (12.21%) Python
4 40 (10.18%) JavaScript
5 18 (4.58%) TypeScript
6 15 (3.82%) C#
7 9 (2.29%) ABAP
8 8 (2.04%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.27%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.02%) C++
10 4 (1.02%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.76%) Groovy
11 3 (0.76%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.51%) C
12 2 (0.51%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.51%) PROC SQL
13 1 (0.25%) Korn
13 1 (0.25%) PeopleCode
13 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 137 (34.86%) Security Cleared
2 98 (24.94%) SC Cleared
3 47 (11.96%) ISTQB
4 35 (8.91%) Degree
5 34 (8.65%) DV Cleared
6 22 (5.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 15 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.29%) ISEB
9 8 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (1.78%) ACCA
10 7 (1.78%) CIMA
11 2 (0.51%) CBAP
11 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.51%) MOS
11 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.25%) CCNA
12 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (31.55%) QA
2 25 (6.36%) Data Quality
3 23 (5.85%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.29%) WCAG
5 7 (1.78%) NCSC
6 5 (1.27%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.02%) IFRS
7 4 (1.02%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.02%) SEPA
8 2 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) NIST
8 2 (0.51%) PMO
8 2 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.25%) GDPR
9 1 (0.25%) GMP
9 1 (0.25%) GxP
9 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (5.34%) Docker
2 5 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.02%) vSphere
4 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (5.85%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.54%) Grafana
3 5 (1.27%) HP ALM
4 4 (1.02%) Control-M
4 4 (1.02%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.76%) Ansible
5 3 (0.76%) Kibana
6 2 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.51%) OPNET
7 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (16.54%) SAP
2 61 (15.52%) Oracle
3 40 (10.18%) Microsoft
4 19 (4.83%) Salesforce
5 16 (4.07%) ServiceNow
6 11 (2.80%) Dynatrace
7 10 (2.54%) AppDynamics
8 8 (2.04%) Databricks
9 6 (1.53%) Ariba
9 6 (1.53%) Splunk
9 6 (1.53%) webMethods
10 5 (1.27%) Conga
10 5 (1.27%) GoCardless
10 5 (1.27%) HP
10 5 (1.27%) IBM
11 4 (1.02%) Hyperion
11 4 (1.02%) Informatica
11 4 (1.02%) Tagetik
11 4 (1.02%) VMware
12 3 (0.76%) Siemens