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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 226 242 183
Rank change year-on-year +16 -59 +99
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 386 309 543
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 1.01% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.16% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 201 377
10th Percentile £300 £306 £350
25th Percentile £363 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £458 £472 £480
% change year-on-year -2.92% -1.77% +3.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 33
10th Percentile £41.26 - £76.53
25th Percentile £50.19 £36.25 £83.50
Median hourly rate £67.00 £37.50 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.67% -58.33% +63.64%
75th Percentile £68.75 £38.75 -
90th Percentile £70.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £25.60 £90.00
% change year-on-year +161.72% -71.56% +63.64%

All Process and 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 27,183 26,639 35,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.25% 86.82% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,253 16,245 24,094
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,795 955 1,480
10th Percentile £14.75 £15.10 £14.49
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -16.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £47.06 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.94 £74.82 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.45% +25.71%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025. 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 +36 172 £500 -3.61% 81
South East +16 64 £450 +9.09% 49
North of England -30 50 £400 -18.99% 8
Midlands -24 43 £394 +9.76% 13
North West -6 34 £400 +6.67% 6
West Midlands -20 32 £477 +35.18% 9
South West +8 27 £538 +2.38% 6
East of England -14 18 £400 +28.00% 15
Yorkshire -43 13 £400 -23.81%
East Midlands -14 11 £360 -5.57% 4
North East -8 3 £300 -29.41% 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 17 (4.40%) Confluence
2 12 (3.11%) SAS
3 4 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.04%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.52%) CICS
5 2 (0.52%) CMS
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.26%) EPiServer
Applications
1 14 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.04%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (4.92%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (4.40%) Oracle Payables
3 13 (3.37%) Oracle EBS R12
4 10 (2.59%) Oracle Financials
4 10 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (2.33%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (2.07%) Oracle Cash Management
6 8 (2.07%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (1.81%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (1.55%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (1.30%) Aladdin
10 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
10 3 (0.78%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.78%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.52%) Algo Collateral
11 2 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
11 2 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 2 (0.52%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.52%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 63 (16.32%) Azure
2 47 (12.18%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (7.51%) AWS
4 17 (4.40%) OpenShift
5 14 (3.63%) GitHub
6 11 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (2.85%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.59%) OCI
7 10 (2.59%) SuccessFactors
8 9 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (2.33%) Tricentis Tosca
9 8 (2.07%) GCP
10 6 (1.55%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.30%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.30%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.30%) Sentry
11 5 (1.30%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.04%) PaaS
12 4 (1.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.96%) Firewall
2 8 (2.07%) HTTP
3 5 (1.30%) DNS
4 4 (1.04%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.04%) LAN
4 4 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.78%) 4G
5 3 (0.78%) 5G
5 3 (0.78%) BGP
5 3 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.78%) DHCP
5 3 (0.78%) MPLS
5 3 (0.78%) Multicast
5 3 (0.78%) OSPF
5 3 (0.78%) VLAN
5 3 (0.78%) VPN
5 3 (0.78%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.52%) VoIP
6 2 (0.52%) WAAS
6 2 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.07%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.81%) Big Data
3 7 (1.81%) BigQuery
3 7 (1.81%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.55%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.55%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.04%) Electronic Patient Records
6 4 (1.04%) Power BI
7 3 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.52%) DB2
8 2 (0.52%) MySQL
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 88 (22.80%) JIRA
2 73 (18.91%) Selenium
3 45 (11.66%) Jenkins
4 39 (10.10%) Postman
5 37 (9.59%) Git
6 32 (8.29%) Cucumber
7 27 (6.99%) JUnit
8 26 (6.74%) GitLab
9 19 (4.92%) Cypress.io
10 18 (4.66%) REST Assured
11 15 (3.89%) JMeter
12 12 (3.11%) Appium
12 12 (3.11%) WebDriver
13 11 (2.85%) SpecFlow
14 9 (2.33%) Bitbucket
14 9 (2.33%) TestRail
15 8 (2.07%) Rational DOORS
15 8 (2.07%) Zephyr
16 7 (1.81%) SoapUI
16 7 (1.81%) TestNG
General
1 128 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 94 (24.35%) Finance
3 57 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (13.21%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.74%) Banking
6 20 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (4.40%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.37%) Local Government
9 9 (2.33%) Military
10 8 (2.07%) General Ledger
10 8 (2.07%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.81%) Billing
11 7 (1.81%) Legal
12 6 (1.55%) Back Office
12 6 (1.55%) Law
12 6 (1.55%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.04%) Electronics
14 3 (0.78%) Front Office
14 3 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (21.76%) Analyst
2 77 (19.95%) Tester
3 62 (16.06%) Test Analyst
4 41 (10.62%) Test Engineer
5 39 (10.10%) Lead
6 36 (9.33%) Senior
7 33 (8.55%) Consultant
8 20 (5.18%) Automation Tester
9 19 (4.92%) QA Engineer
9 19 (4.92%) Test Leader
10 18 (4.66%) Test Manager
11 16 (4.15%) Business Analyst
11 16 (4.15%) Test Specialist
12 15 (3.89%) Functional Consultant
12 15 (3.89%) Oracle Consultant
12 15 (3.89%) QA Tester
13 14 (3.63%) Developer
14 13 (3.37%) Oracle Analyst
14 13 (3.37%) Test Automation Engineer
15 12 (3.11%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.25%) Playwright
2 23 (5.96%) REST
3 16 (4.15%) RFC 2544
3 16 (4.15%) Web Services
3 16 (4.15%) XML
4 14 (3.63%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (3.37%) pytest
5 13 (3.37%) SOAP
6 10 (2.59%) .NET
6 10 (2.59%) ADO
7 8 (2.07%) Node.js
8 7 (1.81%) Apache NiFi
8 7 (1.81%) HTML
9 6 (1.55%) Kafka
9 6 (1.55%) Middleware
9 6 (1.55%) SailPoint
9 6 (1.55%) Spring
10 5 (1.30%) Hibernate
10 5 (1.30%) JSON
10 5 (1.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.15%) Data Centre
2 13 (3.37%) Fibre Optics
2 13 (3.37%) Mobile App
2 13 (3.37%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (2.59%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (1.55%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.55%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.55%) SCADA
6 5 (1.30%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.30%) NHS
6 5 (1.30%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.30%) PKI
7 4 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.04%) PCIe
8 3 (0.78%) Derivative
8 3 (0.78%) Fixed Income
8 3 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.22%) Windows
2 13 (3.37%) Apple iOS
3 12 (3.11%) Android
4 10 (2.59%) Linux
5 5 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.78%) Unix
7 3 (0.78%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (46.89%) Test Automation
2 115 (29.79%) Agile
3 112 (29.02%) User Acceptance Testing
4 95 (24.61%) Test Strategy
5 90 (23.32%) CI/CD
6 86 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (20.98%) DevOps
8 72 (18.65%) Defect Management
9 71 (18.39%) Software Testing
10 66 (17.10%) Regression Testing
11 59 (15.28%) Validation
12 50 (12.95%) Scenario Testing
13 49 (12.69%) End-to-End Testing
14 48 (12.44%) Integration Testing
15 45 (11.66%) Test Management
16 37 (9.59%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (9.59%) Manual Testing
16 37 (9.59%) System Integration Testing
17 35 (9.07%) Performance Testing
18 33 (8.55%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 55 (14.25%) SQL
2 53 (13.73%) Python
3 50 (12.95%) Java
4 35 (9.07%) JavaScript
5 29 (7.51%) C#
6 18 (4.66%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.55%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.55%) VB.NET
8 5 (1.30%) C
8 5 (1.30%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.30%) Swift
9 4 (1.04%) Ada
9 4 (1.04%) Bash
10 3 (0.78%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.52%) COBOL
11 2 (0.52%) Groovy
11 2 (0.52%) JCL
12 1 (0.26%) Korn
12 1 (0.26%) Scala
12 1 (0.26%) XPath
Qualifications
1 100 (25.91%) Security Cleared
2 76 (19.69%) SC Cleared
3 31 (8.03%) ISTQB
4 26 (6.74%) Degree
5 13 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.59%) DV Cleared
7 9 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 8 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.07%) ISEB
9 6 (1.55%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.04%) CCNP
10 4 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.52%) CCIE
12 2 (0.52%) CCNA
12 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 2 (0.52%) MCSA
12 2 (0.52%) MCSE
12 2 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (33.94%) QA
2 30 (7.77%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.55%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.04%) WCAG
5 3 (0.78%) GDPR
5 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.78%) NCSC
5 3 (0.78%) SLA
6 2 (0.52%) HL7
6 2 (0.52%) SEPA
6 2 (0.52%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.26%) DICOM
7 1 (0.26%) GAAP
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) GxP
7 1 (0.26%) IFRS
7 1 (0.26%) ITGC
7 1 (0.26%) MiFID
7 1 (0.26%) NIST
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (4.40%) Docker
2 7 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.52%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (4.92%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.59%) HP ALM
3 9 (2.33%) Ansible
4 6 (1.55%) Grafana
5 5 (1.30%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.78%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.78%) Iperf
6 3 (0.78%) Nmap
7 2 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.52%) SCCM
8 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.26%) Rsyslog
8 1 (0.26%) SCOM
8 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (16.06%) Oracle
2 41 (10.62%) Microsoft
3 33 (8.55%) SAP
4 22 (5.70%) Cisco
5 14 (3.63%) Splunk
6 13 (3.37%) HP
6 13 (3.37%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.59%) UiPath
8 9 (2.33%) Databricks
9 7 (1.81%) CyberArk
9 7 (1.81%) VMware
10 6 (1.55%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.30%) webMethods
12 3 (0.78%) Ariba
12 3 (0.78%) Brio
12 3 (0.78%) Charles River
12 3 (0.78%) CheckPoint
12 3 (0.78%) Guidewire
12 3 (0.78%) Juniper
12 3 (0.78%) SolarWinds