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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 209 236
Rank change year-on-year -45 +27 +23
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 400 286 354
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 1.20% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.32% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 186 249
10th Percentile £325 £244 £312
25th Percentile £363 £361 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £436 £463
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% -5.68% -7.50%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £630
UK median daily rate £459 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +7.88% -8.11% -7.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 17
10th Percentile £25.38 £19.16 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £45.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £85.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +41.67% -22.08%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £90.00
90th Percentile - £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £85.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.65% +41.67% -22.08%

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 35,337 21,704 31,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.82% 91.29% 85.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,449 14,185 20,585
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £512 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.14% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,203 923 2,285
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.13 £15.95
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -23.29% -2.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £27.45 £36.02
% change year-on-year +52.79% -23.80% -2.64%

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 May 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 May 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 May 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 -36 155 £475 - 13
North of England -46 66 £400 -5.88% 11
Midlands -54 60 £362 +2.92% 11
South East -55 48 £500 +21.21% 17
West Midlands -52 46 £360 +53.19% 7
South West -8 40 £538 +10.26% 7
Yorkshire -23 40 £453 +30.36% 2
East of England -13 27 £350 -9.68% 6
North West -45 24 £383 -15.00% 7
East Midlands -24 14 £638 +63.04% 4
North East -25 2 £313 -25.60% 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 32 (8.00%) Confluence
2 10 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.25%) SAS
4 1 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.50%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.00%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 25 (6.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.75%) Aladdin
3 8 (2.00%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (2.00%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (1.75%) Loan IQ
5 6 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (1.25%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 5 (1.25%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (1.00%) HFM
7 4 (1.00%) Oracle EBS R12
7 4 (1.00%) SAP GTS
7 4 (1.00%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (1.00%) SAP SD
7 4 (1.00%) SAP VC
8 3 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.75%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.75%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 91 (22.75%) Azure
2 66 (16.50%) Azure DevOps
3 44 (11.00%) AWS
4 17 (4.25%) GCP
5 15 (3.75%) OCI
5 15 (3.75%) SuccessFactors
6 14 (3.50%) GitHub
7 11 (2.75%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.75%) Snowflake
8 7 (1.75%) SaaS
9 6 (1.50%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.25%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.25%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.00%) Tricentis Tosca
12 3 (0.75%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.25%) Firewall
2 7 (1.75%) HTTP
3 5 (1.25%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.25%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.25%) Wireless
4 4 (1.00%) Network Security
5 2 (0.50%) BGP
5 2 (0.50%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.50%) LAN
5 2 (0.50%) MPLS
5 2 (0.50%) OSPF
5 2 (0.50%) SAN
5 2 (0.50%) VLAN
5 2 (0.50%) VPN
5 2 (0.50%) WAN
6 1 (0.25%) DHCP
6 1 (0.25%) DNS
6 1 (0.25%) FTP
6 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.50%) Oracle Reports
2 28 (7.00%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.75%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.75%) Power BI
5 7 (1.75%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.50%) MySQL
7 4 (1.00%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.75%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.75%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.50%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.50%) Metadata
9 2 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 2 (0.50%) Tableau
10 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.25%) SAS EBI
10 1 (0.25%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 127 (31.75%) JIRA
2 62 (15.50%) Postman
3 48 (12.00%) Selenium
4 38 (9.50%) Jenkins
5 29 (7.25%) Git
6 27 (6.75%) Zephyr
7 26 (6.50%) Cucumber
8 23 (5.75%) REST Assured
9 22 (5.50%) GitLab
10 16 (4.00%) JMeter
11 12 (3.00%) JUnit
11 12 (3.00%) SpecFlow
11 12 (3.00%) WebDriver
12 11 (2.75%) Cypress.io
13 10 (2.50%) Gatling
13 10 (2.50%) LoadRunner
13 10 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
14 9 (2.25%) TestRail
15 7 (1.75%) Jaeger
16 6 (1.50%) Bitbucket
General
1 152 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 85 (21.25%) Analytical Skills
2 85 (21.25%) Finance
3 40 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 34 (8.50%) Banking
5 23 (5.75%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.25%) Retail
8 8 (2.00%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.75%) Automotive
9 7 (1.75%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.50%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.50%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.50%) Military
11 4 (1.00%) Electronics
11 4 (1.00%) Legal
12 3 (0.75%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 99 (24.75%) Analyst
2 76 (19.00%) Tester
3 53 (13.25%) Test Analyst
4 49 (12.25%) Lead
5 44 (11.00%) Test Engineer
6 31 (7.75%) Test Leader
7 26 (6.50%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.25%) Automation Tester
9 23 (5.75%) Senior
10 22 (5.50%) Test Manager
11 21 (5.25%) Test Automation Engineer
12 20 (5.00%) QA Tester
13 17 (4.25%) Consultant
14 15 (3.75%) QA Engineer
15 13 (3.25%) Project Officer
15 13 (3.25%) Software Engineer
16 12 (3.00%) Oracle Analyst
17 10 (2.50%) Developer
17 10 (2.50%) QA Analyst
18 9 (2.25%) QA Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (9.00%) Playwright
2 25 (6.25%) REST
3 19 (4.75%) .NET
4 14 (3.50%) Kafka
5 11 (2.75%) Middleware
5 11 (2.75%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (2.50%) pytest
6 10 (2.50%) React
6 10 (2.50%) SailPoint
7 9 (2.25%) ADO
7 9 (2.25%) HTML
7 9 (2.25%) OpenID
8 8 (2.00%) LDAP
8 8 (2.00%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.75%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (1.25%) .NET Core
10 5 (1.25%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.25%) CSS
10 5 (1.25%) Node.js
10 5 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (5.50%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.75%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
5 13 (3.25%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (3.25%) Embedded Systems
6 11 (2.75%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.75%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.75%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.50%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.25%) FPGA
10 5 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.25%) PACS
10 5 (1.25%) PCIe
10 5 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.25%) Tandem
11 4 (1.00%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.00%) Windows
2 15 (3.75%) Linux
3 5 (1.25%) Android
3 5 (1.25%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.00%) VMS
5 2 (0.50%) AIX
5 2 (0.50%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.50%) Unix
6 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (44.00%) Test Automation
2 159 (39.75%) Agile
3 115 (28.75%) User Acceptance Testing
4 97 (24.25%) DevOps
5 91 (22.75%) Scenario Testing
6 88 (22.00%) Validation
7 87 (21.75%) Problem-Solving
8 81 (20.25%) Migration
9 77 (19.25%) CI/CD
10 76 (19.00%) Test Management
11 72 (18.00%) End-to-End Testing
12 67 (16.75%) Software Testing
13 64 (16.00%) Data Migration
13 64 (16.00%) Integration Testing
14 63 (15.75%) Test Strategy
15 61 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
16 59 (14.75%) Manual Testing
17 58 (14.50%) API Testing
17 58 (14.50%) Stakeholder Management
18 50 (12.50%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 75 (18.75%) SQL
2 62 (15.50%) Python
3 56 (14.00%) Java
4 43 (10.75%) JavaScript
5 33 (8.25%) TypeScript
6 32 (8.00%) C#
7 7 (1.75%) Rust
8 6 (1.50%) Kotlin
8 6 (1.50%) PHP
9 5 (1.25%) Apex Code
9 5 (1.25%) C
9 5 (1.25%) C++
9 5 (1.25%) Scala
10 3 (0.75%) Ada
10 3 (0.75%) Cypher
10 3 (0.75%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.75%) Ruby
11 2 (0.50%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.50%) VB
12 1 (0.25%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 114 (28.50%) Security Cleared
2 74 (18.50%) SC Cleared
3 48 (12.00%) ISTQB
4 31 (7.75%) Degree
5 29 (7.25%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 9 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.00%) ACCA
9 4 (1.00%) CIMA
9 4 (1.00%) ISEB
10 2 (0.50%) CCNA
10 2 (0.50%) CCNP
10 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.50%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.50%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (31.00%) QA
2 20 (5.00%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.25%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.00%) NCSC
5 6 (1.50%) GRC
6 5 (1.25%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.25%) SLA
7 4 (1.00%) IFRS
8 3 (0.75%) DICOM
8 3 (0.75%) HL7
8 3 (0.75%) WCAG
9 2 (0.50%) PMO
9 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.25%) Basel III
10 1 (0.25%) GDPR
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.25%) NIST
10 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 12 (3.00%) Docker
2 9 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.75%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 2 (0.50%) Firmware
4 2 (0.50%) SRDF
4 2 (0.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (5.25%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.50%) Grafana
3 8 (2.00%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.75%) Kiali
4 7 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.50%) HP ALM
6 5 (1.25%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (1.00%) Kibana
8 2 (0.50%) Ansible
8 2 (0.50%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.50%) Puppet
9 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 72 (18.00%) Oracle
2 40 (10.00%) SAP
3 31 (7.75%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.25%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.00%) Workday
6 12 (3.00%) Databricks
7 10 (2.50%) Salesforce
8 9 (2.25%) HP
9 7 (1.75%) Splunk
10 6 (1.50%) Google
10 6 (1.50%) Talend
11 5 (1.25%) Avaloq
11 5 (1.25%) Conga
11 5 (1.25%) GoCardless
12 4 (1.00%) Cisco
12 4 (1.00%) Dell
12 4 (1.00%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.00%) Hitachi
12 4 (1.00%) Hyperion
12 4 (1.00%) Tagetik