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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 237 202
Rank change year-on-year +14 -35 +83
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 399 268 443
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 1.03% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.15% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 165 295
10th Percentile £313 £300 £350
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £565
90th Percentile £632 £617 £664
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 5 40
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 29,128 23,342 33,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.51% 89.73% 87.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,638 14,331 22,291
10th Percentile £306 £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 £618 £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 1,831 740 1,986
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.96 £21.03 £16.54
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% - -
75th Percentile £60.13 £64.50 £61.62
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.66 £34.36
% change year-on-year -22.98% -4.95% +5.71%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +12 177 £475 - 16
North of England -33 64 £400 +10.34% 6
Midlands -40 45 £463 +16.94% 10
South East -17 41 £484 +12.12% 24
South West +15 38 £538 +3.86% 9
Yorkshire -33 36 £468 +13.45% 2
West Midlands -40 36 £476 +18.94% 6
North West -28 24 £398 +11.97% 4
East of England -9 23 £400 +12.28% 6
East Midlands -28 9 £360 -7.93% 4
North East -11 4 £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 23 (5.76%) Confluence
2 13 (3.26%) SAS
3 6 (1.50%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.75%) 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 20 (5.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.50%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.25%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.01%) Aladdin
3 8 (2.01%) Loan IQ
3 8 (2.01%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (2.01%) Oracle ERP
3 8 (2.01%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (1.75%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.25%) Oracle EBS R12
6 4 (1.00%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.75%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.75%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.75%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.75%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.50%) Algo Collateral
8 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.50%) Maximo
8 2 (0.50%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 85 (21.30%) Azure
2 59 (14.79%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (8.27%) AWS
4 20 (5.01%) GCP
5 18 (4.51%) OpenShift
6 15 (3.76%) GitHub
7 13 (3.26%) Snowflake
8 11 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (2.76%) SuccessFactors
9 10 (2.51%) Power Platform
9 10 (2.51%) Tricentis Tosca
10 9 (2.26%) OCI
11 8 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.75%) SaaS
13 6 (1.50%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.50%) Power Automate
13 6 (1.50%) Sentry
14 5 (1.25%) PowerApps
15 3 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.75%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.76%) Firewall
2 7 (1.75%) HTTP
3 5 (1.25%) DNS
4 4 (1.00%) DHCP
4 4 (1.00%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.75%) BGP
5 3 (0.75%) MPLS
5 3 (0.75%) OSPF
5 3 (0.75%) VLAN
5 3 (0.75%) VPN
6 2 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (0.50%) FTP
6 2 (0.50%) LAN
6 2 (0.50%) Multicast
6 2 (0.50%) WAAS
6 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.25%) VoIP
7 1 (0.25%) WAN
7 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.76%) BigQuery
3 9 (2.26%) Oracle Database
4 8 (2.01%) MySQL
5 7 (1.75%) Big Data
5 7 (1.75%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.75%) Oracle Reports
5 7 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (1.75%) Relational Database
6 6 (1.50%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.50%) Power BI
6 6 (1.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.75%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.75%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 101 (25.31%) JIRA
2 76 (19.05%) Selenium
3 61 (15.29%) Postman
4 48 (12.03%) Jenkins
5 38 (9.52%) GitLab
6 36 (9.02%) Cucumber
7 33 (8.27%) Git
8 30 (7.52%) REST Assured
9 25 (6.27%) Cypress.io
10 24 (6.02%) JUnit
11 23 (5.76%) JMeter
12 13 (3.26%) SpecFlow
13 12 (3.01%) Appium
13 12 (3.01%) TestRail
13 12 (3.01%) WebDriver
14 11 (2.76%) Rational DOORS
15 7 (1.75%) Jaeger
15 7 (1.75%) Zephyr
16 6 (1.50%) Gatling
16 6 (1.50%) Toad
General
1 170 (42.61%) Social Skills
2 82 (20.55%) Finance
3 68 (17.04%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (13.03%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.76%) Banking
6 18 (4.51%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.76%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.01%) Military
9 8 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.75%) Electronics
10 7 (1.75%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.75%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.50%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.50%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.25%) Billing
12 5 (1.25%) Legal
12 5 (1.25%) Retail
13 4 (1.00%) Back Office
13 4 (1.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 88 (22.06%) Analyst
2 71 (17.79%) Tester
3 61 (15.29%) Test Analyst
4 50 (12.53%) Test Engineer
5 49 (12.28%) Lead
6 38 (9.52%) Senior
7 27 (6.77%) Automation Tester
8 25 (6.27%) Test Leader
9 23 (5.76%) QA Engineer
10 21 (5.26%) Test Automation Engineer
11 19 (4.76%) Consultant
12 15 (3.76%) Developer
12 15 (3.76%) Test Specialist
13 13 (3.26%) SAP Analyst
14 12 (3.01%) Functional Consultant
14 12 (3.01%) Oracle Analyst
14 12 (3.01%) SAP Consultant
14 12 (3.01%) SAP Test Analyst
14 12 (3.01%) Software Engineer
15 11 (2.76%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (11.53%) Playwright
2 36 (9.02%) REST
3 17 (4.26%) .NET
4 16 (4.01%) pytest
5 15 (3.76%) Kafka
6 14 (3.51%) Middleware
6 14 (3.51%) Node.js
7 13 (3.26%) ADO
7 13 (3.26%) SailPoint
8 12 (3.01%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (2.76%) XML
10 9 (2.26%) HTML
10 9 (2.26%) LDAP
10 9 (2.26%) OpenID
10 9 (2.26%) Spring Boot
11 8 (2.01%) CSS
11 8 (2.01%) Web Services
12 7 (1.75%) Apache NiFi
12 7 (1.75%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (1.50%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 19 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 18 (4.51%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (4.01%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.01%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.51%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.75%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.50%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.50%) Fibre Optics
10 6 (1.50%) Tandem
11 5 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.00%) NHS
12 4 (1.00%) Onboarding
12 4 (1.00%) PCIe
12 4 (1.00%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.77%) Windows
2 17 (4.26%) Linux
3 12 (3.01%) Android
3 12 (3.01%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.00%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.75%) 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
1 199 (49.87%) Test Automation
2 152 (38.10%) Agile
3 106 (26.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 102 (25.56%) CI/CD
5 101 (25.31%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (24.81%) DevOps
7 85 (21.30%) Software Testing
8 83 (20.80%) Test Strategy
9 77 (19.30%) Validation
10 70 (17.54%) Regression Testing
11 68 (17.04%) Scenario Testing
12 67 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
13 62 (15.54%) API Testing
13 62 (15.54%) Defect Management
14 56 (14.04%) Integration Testing
15 55 (13.78%) Test Management
16 52 (13.03%) Manual Testing
17 47 (11.78%) End-to-End Testing
17 47 (11.78%) Stakeholder Management
18 41 (10.28%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 78 (19.55%) SQL
2 74 (18.55%) Python
3 66 (16.54%) Java
4 55 (13.78%) JavaScript
5 46 (11.53%) TypeScript
6 39 (9.77%) C#
7 7 (1.75%) Ada
7 7 (1.75%) Rust
8 6 (1.50%) PHP
8 6 (1.50%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.50%) Scala
9 5 (1.25%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.25%) Swift
10 4 (1.00%) Bash
10 4 (1.00%) C
11 3 (0.75%) Cypher
11 3 (0.75%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.75%) VB
11 3 (0.75%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.50%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 112 (28.07%) Security Cleared
2 74 (18.55%) SC Cleared
3 35 (8.77%) Degree
4 34 (8.52%) ISTQB
5 24 (6.02%) DV Cleared
6 15 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (3.01%) ISEB
8 11 (2.76%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (1.75%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.75%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.00%) CCNP
11 4 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.75%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.50%) CCIE
13 2 (0.50%) CCNA
13 2 (0.50%) MCSA
13 2 (0.50%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (35.34%) QA
2 29 (7.27%) Accessibility
3 16 (4.01%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.00%) WCAG
5 2 (0.50%) NCSC
5 2 (0.50%) SLA
5 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
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%) PMO
6 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
6 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (6.77%) Docker
2 7 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.75%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.50%) Firmware
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.51%) Grafana
3 11 (2.76%) HP ALM
4 9 (2.26%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.01%) Ansible
6 7 (1.75%) Kiali
7 5 (1.25%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (1.25%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.75%) Terraform
9 2 (0.50%) Iperf
9 2 (0.50%) Nmap
9 2 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.25%) Kibana
10 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (12.53%) Oracle
2 38 (9.52%) SAP
3 36 (9.02%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.26%) Splunk
5 15 (3.76%) Databricks
6 14 (3.51%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.51%) Workday
7 12 (3.01%) HP
8 9 (2.26%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.01%) Avaloq
9 8 (2.01%) Cisco
10 7 (1.75%) VMware
11 4 (1.00%) UiPath
11 4 (1.00%) webMethods
12 3 (0.75%) Ariba
12 3 (0.75%) Brio
12 3 (0.75%) Charles River
12 3 (0.75%) Google
12 3 (0.75%) IBM
12 3 (0.75%) Optimizely