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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 253 202
Rank change year-on-year +23 -51 +93
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 405 261 445
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.19% 1.01% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.13% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 163 298
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £361 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -7.89% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £630 £617 £667
UK median daily rate £475 £433 £475
% change year-on-year +9.83% -8.95% +1.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 39
10th Percentile £33.62 - £41.25
25th Percentile £65.75 - £76.53
Median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% +1.18% +31.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £90.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -21.51% +1.18% +31.02%

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 29,729 23,178 33,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.40% 89.84% 87.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,995 14,353 22,084
10th Percentile £310 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £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 1,873 724 1,981
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.17 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% - -
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.18 £73.65
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -4.41% -1.68%

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 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 16 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 16 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 +16 179 £428 -10.00% 20
North of England -38 64 £400 +11.11% 8
Midlands -44 46 £475 +20.10% 18
South East -22 41 £467 +9.88% 23
South West +11 39 £538 +3.86% 10
West Midlands -38 37 £477 +19.13% 13
Yorkshire -32 36 £484 +17.33% 1
East of England -7 25 £400 +28.00% 10
North West -35 24 £398 +13.57% 6
East Midlands -22 9 £360 -7.93% 5
North East -9 4 £300 -17.24% 1
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 24 (5.93%) Confluence
2 13 (3.21%) SAS
3 5 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.74%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.49%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
Applications
1 23 (5.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.25%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.21%) Aladdin
3 9 (2.22%) Oracle Assets
3 9 (2.22%) Oracle ERP
3 9 (2.22%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (1.98%) Loan IQ
4 8 (1.98%) Oracle General Ledger
5 7 (1.73%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (1.23%) Oracle EBS R12
6 5 (1.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.74%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.74%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.74%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.74%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.49%) BambooHR
8 2 (0.49%) iTrent
8 2 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 90 (22.22%) Azure
2 65 (16.05%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (7.90%) AWS
4 20 (4.94%) GCP
5 18 (4.44%) OpenShift
6 17 (4.20%) GitHub
7 14 (3.46%) Snowflake
8 13 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (3.21%) OCI
9 11 (2.72%) SuccessFactors
10 10 (2.47%) Power Platform
10 10 (2.47%) Tricentis Tosca
11 7 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.73%) SaaS
12 6 (1.48%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.48%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.23%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.23%) Sentry
14 3 (0.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (0.74%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.70%) Firewall
2 6 (1.48%) HTTP
3 5 (1.23%) DNS
4 4 (0.99%) BGP
4 4 (0.99%) DHCP
4 4 (0.99%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.99%) MPLS
4 4 (0.99%) OSPF
4 4 (0.99%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.99%) VLAN
4 4 (0.99%) VPN
5 3 (0.74%) LAN
6 2 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.49%) FTP
6 2 (0.49%) Multicast
6 2 (0.49%) WAAS
6 2 (0.49%) WAN
6 2 (0.49%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.25%) VoIP
7 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.72%) BigQuery
3 10 (2.47%) Oracle Database
4 8 (1.98%) MySQL
5 7 (1.73%) Big Data
5 7 (1.73%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.73%) Power BI
6 6 (1.48%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.48%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.48%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 5 (1.23%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.23%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 4 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.74%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 105 (25.93%) JIRA
2 77 (19.01%) Selenium
3 61 (15.06%) Postman
4 50 (12.35%) Jenkins
5 37 (9.14%) GitLab
6 36 (8.89%) Cucumber
7 32 (7.90%) Git
7 32 (7.90%) REST Assured
8 27 (6.67%) Cypress.io
9 24 (5.93%) JUnit
10 23 (5.68%) JMeter
11 14 (3.46%) SpecFlow
12 12 (2.96%) TestRail
12 12 (2.96%) WebDriver
13 11 (2.72%) Appium
13 11 (2.72%) Rational DOORS
14 7 (1.73%) Jaeger
14 7 (1.73%) Zephyr
15 6 (1.48%) Gatling
15 6 (1.48%) Toad
General
1 175 (43.21%) Social Skills
2 83 (20.49%) Finance
3 71 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.85%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.68%) Banking
6 19 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (2.72%) Telecoms
8 8 (1.98%) Military
8 8 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.73%) Electronics
9 7 (1.73%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.73%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.48%) Billing
10 6 (1.48%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.48%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.48%) Retail
11 5 (1.23%) Legal
12 4 (0.99%) Back Office
12 4 (0.99%) Law
Job Titles
1 94 (23.21%) Analyst
2 74 (18.27%) Tester
3 64 (15.80%) Test Analyst
4 52 (12.84%) Test Engineer
5 46 (11.36%) Lead
6 37 (9.14%) Senior
7 28 (6.91%) Automation Tester
8 23 (5.68%) QA Engineer
9 22 (5.43%) Test Leader
10 21 (5.19%) Test Automation Engineer
11 18 (4.44%) Consultant
12 15 (3.70%) Developer
12 15 (3.70%) Test Specialist
13 14 (3.46%) Oracle Analyst
14 13 (3.21%) Functional Consultant
14 13 (3.21%) SAP Analyst
15 12 (2.96%) Business Analyst
15 12 (2.96%) SAP Consultant
15 12 (2.96%) SAP Test Analyst
15 12 (2.96%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (12.10%) Playwright
2 39 (9.63%) REST
3 18 (4.44%) .NET
3 18 (4.44%) pytest
4 15 (3.70%) Kafka
5 14 (3.46%) Middleware
6 13 (3.21%) ADO
6 13 (3.21%) Node.js
6 13 (3.21%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (3.21%) SailPoint
7 11 (2.72%) XML
8 9 (2.22%) CSS
8 9 (2.22%) HTML
8 9 (2.22%) LDAP
8 9 (2.22%) OpenID
9 8 (1.98%) Spring Boot
9 8 (1.98%) Web Services
10 7 (1.73%) Apache NiFi
10 7 (1.73%) OpenTelemetry
10 7 (1.73%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
1 19 (4.69%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.70%) Mobile App
4 13 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
5 11 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.22%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.73%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.48%) Data Centre
9 6 (1.48%) Fibre Optics
9 6 (1.48%) Tandem
10 5 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.99%) NHS
11 4 (0.99%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.99%) PCIe
11 4 (0.99%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.74%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.67%) Windows
2 17 (4.20%) Linux
3 11 (2.72%) Android
3 11 (2.72%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.99%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.74%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.49%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.25%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (49.38%) Test Automation
2 154 (38.02%) Agile
3 104 (25.68%) DevOps
3 104 (25.68%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (25.68%) User Acceptance Testing
4 103 (25.43%) CI/CD
5 87 (21.48%) Software Testing
6 83 (20.49%) Test Strategy
7 78 (19.26%) Validation
8 69 (17.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 69 (17.04%) Regression Testing
9 66 (16.30%) Scenario Testing
10 64 (15.80%) Defect Management
11 62 (15.31%) API Testing
12 57 (14.07%) Test Management
13 56 (13.83%) Integration Testing
14 52 (12.84%) Manual Testing
15 49 (12.10%) Stakeholder Management
16 46 (11.36%) End-to-End Testing
17 43 (10.62%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 79 (19.51%) SQL
2 77 (19.01%) Python
3 68 (16.79%) Java
4 58 (14.32%) JavaScript
5 48 (11.85%) TypeScript
6 43 (10.62%) C#
7 7 (1.73%) Ada
7 7 (1.73%) Rust
8 6 (1.48%) PHP
8 6 (1.48%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.48%) Scala
9 4 (0.99%) Bash
9 4 (0.99%) C
9 4 (0.99%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.99%) Swift
10 3 (0.74%) Cypher
10 3 (0.74%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.74%) VB
10 3 (0.74%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.49%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 114 (28.15%) Security Cleared
2 75 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.64%) ISTQB
4 34 (8.40%) Degree
5 25 (6.17%) DV Cleared
6 15 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.96%) ISEB
8 11 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.48%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.23%) CCNP
11 5 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.74%) CCNA
13 3 (0.74%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 2 (0.49%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.49%) CCIE
14 2 (0.49%) MCSA
14 2 (0.49%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (34.57%) QA
2 27 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 17 (4.20%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.99%) WCAG
5 3 (0.74%) NCSC
5 3 (0.74%) SLA
6 2 (0.49%) PMO
6 2 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.25%) GDPR
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) GxP
7 1 (0.25%) HL7
7 1 (0.25%) ITGC
7 1 (0.25%) MiFID
7 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (6.67%) Docker
2 7 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.99%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.74%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.49%) Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (7.16%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.46%) Grafana
3 11 (2.72%) HP ALM
4 9 (2.22%) Prometheus
5 8 (1.98%) Ansible
6 7 (1.73%) Kiali
7 5 (1.23%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (1.23%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.74%) Terraform
9 2 (0.49%) Iperf
9 2 (0.49%) Nmap
9 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.25%) Kibana
10 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (13.09%) Oracle
2 38 (9.38%) SAP
3 35 (8.64%) Microsoft
4 16 (3.95%) Databricks
4 16 (3.95%) Splunk
5 15 (3.70%) Workday
6 14 (3.46%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.96%) HP
8 9 (2.22%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.98%) Avaloq
9 8 (1.98%) Cisco
10 7 (1.73%) VMware
11 4 (0.99%) UiPath
11 4 (0.99%) webMethods
12 3 (0.74%) Ariba
12 3 (0.74%) Charles River
12 3 (0.74%) Google
12 3 (0.74%) IBM
12 3 (0.74%) Optimizely
13 2 (0.49%) Fortinet