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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 220 244
Rank change year-on-year -50 +24 -24
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 399 342 352
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.89% 1.25% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.38% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 235 250
10th Percentile £310 £263 £306
25th Percentile £363 £353 £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 £636 £627
UK median daily rate £463 £425 £464
% change year-on-year +8.82% -8.36% -7.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 6
10th Percentile £25.04 £18.82 £38.75
25th Percentile £40.00 £36.88 £41.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £46.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +35.14% -45.59%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £59.38
90th Percentile - £87.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +8.00% +47.06% -50.00%

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 38,258 24,707 30,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.32% 90.66% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,997 15,833 19,804
10th Percentile £325 £300 £310
25th Percentile £421 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £745 £751
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,373 1,323 1,986
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.22 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £17.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%
75th Percentile £69.50 £53.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.03 £74.22
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -10.31%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -71 139 £475 -5.00% 27
South East -51 74 £475 +13.43% 21
Midlands -32 64 £368 +8.24% 12
West Midlands -42 53 £360 +53.19% 8
North of England -70 50 £450 +5.88% 10
South West -31 34 £525 -2.33% 7
East of England -3 32 £74 -80.90% 3
North West -54 26 £402 -5.41% 6
Yorkshire -46 19 £450 +7.14% 2
East Midlands -8 11 £638 +82.14% 4
North East -40 5 £453 -1.52% 4
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 (11.78%) Confluence
2 10 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.75%) SAS
4 2 (0.50%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.50%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 31 (7.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.76%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.75%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.50%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.50%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.50%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.25%) Loan IQ
5 5 (1.25%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.25%) SAP ERP
6 4 (1.00%) HFM
6 4 (1.00%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 4 (1.00%) SAP GTS
6 4 (1.00%) SAP SD
6 4 (1.00%) SAP VC
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 80 (20.05%) Azure
2 62 (15.54%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (10.53%) AWS
4 19 (4.76%) OCI
5 18 (4.51%) GitHub
6 11 (2.76%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.76%) SuccessFactors
7 8 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (1.75%) GCP
9 5 (1.25%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.25%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.00%) Lucidchart
10 4 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.00%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.00%) SaaS
11 3 (0.75%) Azure API Management
11 3 (0.75%) Tricentis Tosca
12 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.75%) HTTP
2 5 (1.25%) DNS
2 5 (1.25%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.25%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (1.25%) Wireless
3 4 (1.00%) Network Security
4 3 (0.75%) LAN
4 3 (0.75%) 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%) DHCP
6 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.25%) WAAS
6 1 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.02%) Oracle Reports
2 30 (7.52%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.76%) Power BI
4 8 (2.01%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.75%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.75%) Metadata
7 3 (0.75%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.75%) 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
1 134 (33.58%) JIRA
2 48 (12.03%) Postman
3 42 (10.53%) Selenium
4 31 (7.77%) Git
4 31 (7.77%) Jenkins
5 30 (7.52%) Zephyr
6 24 (6.02%) Cucumber
7 17 (4.26%) JMeter
8 16 (4.01%) REST Assured
9 15 (3.76%) GitLab
10 12 (3.01%) JUnit
11 11 (2.76%) LoadRunner
12 9 (2.26%) SpecFlow
13 8 (2.01%) Bitbucket
13 8 (2.01%) Gatling
13 8 (2.01%) WebDriver
14 7 (1.75%) Cypress.io
14 7 (1.75%) Rational DOORS
15 5 (1.25%) TestRail
16 4 (1.00%) NeoLoad
General
1 161 (40.35%) Social Skills
2 81 (20.30%) Finance
3 75 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.53%) Public Sector
5 32 (8.02%) Banking
6 22 (5.51%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.51%) Legal
8 10 (2.51%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.01%) Automotive
11 6 (1.50%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.50%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.50%) Military
11 6 (1.50%) Retail
12 5 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.00%) Billing
14 3 (0.75%) Electronics
14 3 (0.75%) Marketing
14 3 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 97 (24.31%) Analyst
2 75 (18.80%) Tester
3 48 (12.03%) Test Analyst
4 47 (11.78%) Lead
5 43 (10.78%) Test Engineer
6 41 (10.28%) Consultant
7 30 (7.52%) Business Analyst
8 23 (5.76%) Test Leader
9 22 (5.51%) QA Tester
10 20 (5.01%) Senior
11 19 (4.76%) Software Engineer
11 19 (4.76%) Test Manager
12 16 (4.01%) Principal Engineer
13 15 (3.76%) Principal Software Engineer
13 15 (3.76%) Test Automation Engineer
14 14 (3.51%) Developer
14 14 (3.51%) QA Engineer
15 13 (3.26%) Automation Tester
16 12 (3.01%) QA Analyst
17 9 (2.26%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.27%) Playwright
2 18 (4.51%) REST
3 13 (3.26%) .NET
4 12 (3.01%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (2.76%) React
6 10 (2.51%) pytest
7 8 (2.01%) HTML
8 7 (1.75%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.75%) Kafka
8 7 (1.75%) SOAP
9 6 (1.50%) ADO
10 5 (1.25%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.25%) CSS
10 5 (1.25%) RESTful
10 5 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (1.00%) Middleware
11 4 (1.00%) SailPoint
11 4 (1.00%) Swagger
11 4 (1.00%) Web Services
11 4 (1.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.76%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (4.51%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (3.01%) Management Information System
5 9 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.26%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (2.01%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.01%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.75%) CMDB
8 6 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.25%) FPGA
9 5 (1.25%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.25%) PACS
9 5 (1.25%) PCIe
9 5 (1.25%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.02%) Windows
2 16 (4.01%) Linux
3 6 (1.50%) Android
4 5 (1.25%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.00%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.00%) VMS
5 4 (1.00%) 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
1 169 (42.36%) Test Automation
2 151 (37.84%) Agile
3 124 (31.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 96 (24.06%) Validation
5 84 (21.05%) Migration
6 81 (20.30%) DevOps
6 81 (20.30%) End-to-End Testing
6 81 (20.30%) Scenario Testing
7 76 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 67 (16.79%) Data Migration
8 67 (16.79%) Software Testing
8 67 (16.79%) Test Strategy
9 66 (16.54%) Test Management
10 65 (16.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 64 (16.04%) CI/CD
12 62 (15.54%) Defect Management
13 61 (15.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 60 (15.04%) Integration Testing
15 54 (13.53%) Manual Testing
16 53 (13.28%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 65 (16.29%) SQL
2 51 (12.78%) Python
3 42 (10.53%) Java
4 26 (6.52%) JavaScript
5 21 (5.26%) C#
6 15 (3.76%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.01%) ABAP
8 7 (1.75%) C++
9 6 (1.50%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.25%) Apex Code
10 5 (1.25%) C
11 3 (0.75%) Groovy
11 3 (0.75%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.75%) Ruby
11 3 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.50%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.50%) PROC SQL
13 1 (0.25%) Bash
13 1 (0.25%) PeopleCode
13 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (32.33%) Security Cleared
2 82 (20.55%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.03%) ISTQB
4 34 (8.52%) DV Cleared
5 25 (6.27%) Degree
6 14 (3.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 10 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.25%) ACCA
9 5 (1.25%) CIMA
9 5 (1.25%) ISEB
10 2 (0.50%) CCNA
10 2 (0.50%) CCNP
10 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.25%) ISEB Practitioner
11 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (26.32%) QA
2 27 (6.77%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.01%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.26%) NCSC
5 7 (1.75%) GRC
6 5 (1.25%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.25%) SLA
7 4 (1.00%) IFRS
7 4 (1.00%) WCAG
8 3 (0.75%) DICOM
8 3 (0.75%) HL7
9 2 (0.50%) NIST
9 2 (0.50%) PMO
9 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) Basel III
10 1 (0.25%) GDPR
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (2.76%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.50%) Docker
2 6 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.00%) vSphere
4 2 (0.50%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 18 (4.51%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.50%) Grafana
3 6 (1.50%) HP ALM
4 4 (1.00%) Ansible
4 4 (1.00%) Kibana
5 3 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.50%) Puppet
6 2 (0.50%) Terraform
7 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (19.30%) Oracle
2 50 (12.53%) SAP
3 28 (7.02%) Microsoft
4 18 (4.51%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.26%) HP
7 8 (2.01%) Databricks
7 8 (2.01%) Dynatrace
7 8 (2.01%) Workday
8 7 (1.75%) AppDynamics
9 6 (1.50%) Talend
9 6 (1.50%) VMware
10 5 (1.25%) Conga
10 5 (1.25%) Denodo
10 5 (1.25%) GoCardless
11 4 (1.00%) Cisco
11 4 (1.00%) Google
11 4 (1.00%) Hitachi
11 4 (1.00%) Hyperion
11 4 (1.00%) Tagetik