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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 214 240
Rank change year-on-year -63 +26 -26
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 403 347 352
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 1.27% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.40% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 240 251
10th Percentile £312 £263 £306
25th Percentile £365 £355 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £627
UK median daily rate £463 £427 £463
% change year-on-year +8.31% -7.68% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 5
10th Percentile £25.04 £18.48 £38.25
25th Percentile £40.00 £35.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +10.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £62.50
90th Percentile - £87.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year +22.73% +18.92% -45.59%

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 38,297 24,783 30,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.34% 90.63% 85.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,016 15,884 19,726
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £420 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £634 £645
90th Percentile £737 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,362 1,330 1,950
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.29 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.99 £17.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%
75th Percentile £69.75 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.23 £71.46 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £39.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -36.33% -7.06%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -69 141 £475 -5.00% 20
South East -51 74 £475 +11.76% 21
Midlands -37 66 £368 +8.24% 13
West Midlands -48 54 £360 +53.19% 8
North of England -68 50 £450 +5.88% 13
South West -31 34 £525 -2.33% 11
East of England -6 32 £74 -80.90% 3
North West -53 26 £402 -5.41% 5
Yorkshire -41 19 £450 +7.14% 5
East Midlands -7 12 £638 +82.14% 5
North East -36 5 £453 -1.52% 5
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 47 (11.66%) Confluence
2 10 (2.48%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.74%) SAS
4 3 (0.74%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.49%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 31 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.73%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.74%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.74%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.49%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.49%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.24%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.24%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.99%) HFM
6 4 (0.99%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.99%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 4 (0.99%) SAP GTS
6 4 (0.99%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.99%) SAP VC
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 81 (20.10%) Azure
2 62 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (10.67%) AWS
4 19 (4.71%) OCI
5 18 (4.47%) GitHub
6 11 (2.73%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.73%) SuccessFactors
7 8 (1.99%) GCP
7 8 (1.99%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (1.24%) OpenShift
8 5 (1.24%) Snowflake
9 4 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.99%) Lucidchart
9 4 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (0.99%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.99%) SaaS
9 4 (0.99%) Tricentis Tosca
10 3 (0.74%) Figma
10 3 (0.74%) Pendo
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.74%) HTTP
2 5 (1.24%) DNS
2 5 (1.24%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.24%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (1.24%) Wireless
3 4 (0.99%) Network Security
4 3 (0.74%) LAN
4 3 (0.74%) WAN
5 2 (0.50%) BGP
5 2 (0.50%) Firewall
5 2 (0.50%) iSCSI
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
6 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) WAAS
6 1 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.93%) Oracle Reports
2 30 (7.44%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.73%) Power BI
4 8 (1.99%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.74%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.74%) Metadata
7 3 (0.74%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.74%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.50%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.25%) SAS EBI
9 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 135 (33.50%) JIRA
2 48 (11.91%) Postman
3 42 (10.42%) Selenium
4 31 (7.69%) Git
4 31 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 31 (7.69%) Zephyr
5 24 (5.96%) Cucumber
6 19 (4.71%) JMeter
7 16 (3.97%) REST Assured
8 15 (3.72%) GitLab
9 12 (2.98%) JUnit
9 12 (2.98%) LoadRunner
10 9 (2.23%) Gatling
10 9 (2.23%) SpecFlow
11 8 (1.99%) Bitbucket
11 8 (1.99%) WebDriver
12 7 (1.74%) Cypress.io
12 7 (1.74%) Rational DOORS
13 5 (1.24%) NeoLoad
13 5 (1.24%) TestRail
General
1 163 (40.45%) Social Skills
2 82 (20.35%) Finance
3 76 (18.86%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.91%) Public Sector
5 32 (7.94%) Banking
6 21 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (2.98%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.48%) Legal
8 10 (2.48%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.99%) Automotive
11 6 (1.49%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.49%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.49%) Military
11 6 (1.49%) Retail
12 4 (0.99%) Billing
12 4 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.74%) Electronics
13 3 (0.74%) Marketing
13 3 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 97 (24.07%) Analyst
2 77 (19.11%) Tester
3 49 (12.16%) Test Analyst
4 47 (11.66%) Lead
5 43 (10.67%) Test Engineer
6 41 (10.17%) Consultant
7 30 (7.44%) Business Analyst
8 23 (5.71%) Test Leader
9 22 (5.46%) QA Tester
10 20 (4.96%) Senior
11 19 (4.71%) Software Engineer
11 19 (4.71%) Test Manager
12 16 (3.97%) Principal Engineer
13 15 (3.72%) Principal Software Engineer
13 15 (3.72%) Test Automation Engineer
14 14 (3.47%) Developer
14 14 (3.47%) QA Engineer
15 13 (3.23%) Automation Tester
16 12 (2.98%) QA Analyst
17 10 (2.48%) Performance Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.20%) Playwright
2 18 (4.47%) REST
3 13 (3.23%) .NET
4 12 (2.98%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (2.73%) React
6 10 (2.48%) pytest
7 8 (1.99%) HTML
7 8 (1.99%) SOAP
8 7 (1.74%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.74%) Kafka
9 6 (1.49%) ADO
9 6 (1.49%) XML
10 5 (1.24%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.24%) CSS
10 5 (1.24%) RESTful
10 5 (1.24%) SAP Fiori
10 5 (1.24%) Web Services
11 4 (0.99%) Middleware
11 4 (0.99%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.99%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.71%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (5.21%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (4.47%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.73%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.23%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.23%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.99%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.99%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.74%) CMDB
10 6 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.24%) FPGA
11 5 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.24%) PACS
11 5 (1.24%) PCIe
11 5 (1.24%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.99%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.20%) Windows
2 16 (3.97%) Linux
3 6 (1.49%) Android
4 5 (1.24%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.99%) VMS
5 4 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.50%) AIX
6 2 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.50%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (42.18%) Test Automation
2 154 (38.21%) Agile
3 123 (30.52%) User Acceptance Testing
4 98 (24.32%) Validation
5 83 (20.60%) Migration
6 82 (20.35%) DevOps
6 82 (20.35%) End-to-End Testing
7 81 (20.10%) Scenario Testing
8 75 (18.61%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (16.87%) Test Strategy
10 67 (16.63%) Software Testing
10 67 (16.63%) Test Management
11 66 (16.38%) Data Migration
11 66 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 65 (16.13%) CI/CD
13 64 (15.88%) Defect Management
14 61 (15.14%) Continuous Improvement
15 60 (14.89%) Integration Testing
16 54 (13.40%) Manual Testing
17 53 (13.15%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 66 (16.38%) SQL
2 51 (12.66%) Python
3 43 (10.67%) Java
4 26 (6.45%) JavaScript
5 21 (5.21%) C#
6 15 (3.72%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.99%) ABAP
8 7 (1.74%) C++
9 6 (1.49%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.24%) Apex Code
10 5 (1.24%) C
11 3 (0.74%) Groovy
11 3 (0.74%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.74%) Ruby
11 3 (0.74%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.50%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.50%) PROC SQL
13 1 (0.25%) Bash
13 1 (0.25%) Korn
13 1 (0.25%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 131 (32.51%) Security Cleared
2 84 (20.84%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.17%) ISTQB
4 34 (8.44%) DV Cleared
5 25 (6.20%) Degree
6 15 (3.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 9 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.49%) ISEB
10 5 (1.24%) ACCA
10 5 (1.24%) CIMA
11 2 (0.50%) CCNA
11 2 (0.50%) CCNP
11 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.25%) ISEB Practitioner
12 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
12 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (26.30%) QA
2 26 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.47%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.23%) NCSC
5 7 (1.74%) GRC
6 6 (1.49%) WCAG
7 5 (1.24%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.24%) SLA
8 4 (0.99%) IFRS
9 3 (0.74%) DICOM
9 3 (0.74%) HL7
10 2 (0.50%) NIST
10 2 (0.50%) PMO
10 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.25%) Basel III
11 1 (0.25%) GDPR
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.49%) Docker
2 6 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (0.99%) vSphere
4 2 (0.50%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 18 (4.47%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.74%) Grafana
2 7 (1.74%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.49%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.99%) Ansible
4 4 (0.99%) Kibana
5 3 (0.74%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.50%) Puppet
6 2 (0.50%) Terraform
7 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 78 (19.35%) Oracle
2 51 (12.66%) SAP
3 27 (6.70%) Microsoft
4 18 (4.47%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.47%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.23%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.23%) HP
7 8 (1.99%) AppDynamics
7 8 (1.99%) Databricks
7 8 (1.99%) Workday
8 6 (1.49%) Talend
8 6 (1.49%) VMware
9 5 (1.24%) Conga
9 5 (1.24%) Denodo
9 5 (1.24%) GoCardless
9 5 (1.24%) Google
10 4 (0.99%) Cisco
10 4 (0.99%) Hitachi
10 4 (0.99%) Hyperion
10 4 (0.99%) Tagetik