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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 210 244
Rank change year-on-year -44 +34 0
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 406 309 364
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.25% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.37% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 216 253
10th Percentile £319 £258 £309
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -3.23% -7.00%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £629
UK median daily rate £463 £429 £465
% change year-on-year +7.81% -7.74% -7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 15
10th Percentile £25.34 £18.82 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £40.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -22.08%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £90.00
90th Percentile - £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -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 36,560 22,594 31,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.16% 91.33% 85.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,106 14,607 20,685
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £726 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,294 1,062 2,382
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.10 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.45 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +71.22% -27.28% +7.09%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.27 £37.34
% change year-on-year +67.37% -29.66% +6.69%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 -45 156 £464 -2.26% 20
Midlands -41 60 £362 +4.78% 13
North of England -51 60 £435 +1.40% 10
South East -50 55 £500 +25.00% 30
West Midlands -42 48 £360 +53.19% 7
South West -7 42 £538 +3.61% 4
Yorkshire -34 31 £452 +7.50% 4
East of England -11 29 £350 -9.68% 9
North West -48 24 £400 -6.32% 6
East Midlands -16 12 £638 +72.06% 6
North East -30 5 £453 -1.52% 1
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 36 (8.87%) Confluence
2 10 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.72%) SAS
4 1 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 31 (7.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.46%) SAP Payroll
3 9 (2.22%) Aladdin
4 7 (1.72%) Loan IQ
5 5 (1.23%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.23%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.23%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.99%) HFM
6 4 (0.99%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 4 (0.99%) SAP ERP
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
8 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 84 (20.69%) Azure
2 68 (16.75%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (10.59%) AWS
4 16 (3.94%) OCI
5 14 (3.45%) GitHub
5 14 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
6 11 (2.71%) GCP
7 10 (2.46%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.97%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.23%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.23%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.23%) SaaS
11 4 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.99%) Lucidchart
11 4 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.99%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 4 (0.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.72%) Firewall
1 7 (1.72%) HTTP
2 5 (1.23%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (1.23%) Wireless
3 4 (0.99%) Network Security
4 2 (0.49%) BGP
4 2 (0.49%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.49%) LAN
4 2 (0.49%) MPLS
4 2 (0.49%) OSPF
4 2 (0.49%) SAN
4 2 (0.49%) VLAN
4 2 (0.49%) VPN
4 2 (0.49%) WAN
5 1 (0.25%) DHCP
5 1 (0.25%) DNS
5 1 (0.25%) FTP
5 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.37%) Oracle Reports
2 30 (7.39%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.46%) Power BI
4 9 (2.22%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.72%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.99%) BigQuery
7 3 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.74%) Neo4j
7 3 (0.74%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.74%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.49%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.49%) Metadata
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 1 (0.25%) SAS EBI
9 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 131 (32.27%) JIRA
2 59 (14.53%) Postman
3 43 (10.59%) Selenium
4 35 (8.62%) Jenkins
5 31 (7.64%) Git
6 30 (7.39%) Zephyr
7 22 (5.42%) Cucumber
8 20 (4.93%) GitLab
8 20 (4.93%) REST Assured
9 16 (3.94%) JMeter
10 13 (3.20%) WebDriver
11 12 (2.96%) JUnit
12 11 (2.71%) Cypress.io
13 10 (2.46%) LoadRunner
13 10 (2.46%) SpecFlow
14 9 (2.22%) Gatling
15 7 (1.72%) Bitbucket
15 7 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
16 5 (1.23%) Jaeger
16 5 (1.23%) TestRail
General
1 153 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 84 (20.69%) Finance
3 78 (19.21%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (11.33%) Public Sector
5 33 (8.13%) Banking
6 23 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.22%) Legal
8 9 (2.22%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.97%) Automotive
9 8 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.48%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.48%) Military
10 6 (1.48%) Retail
11 5 (1.23%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.23%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.74%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.74%) Local Government
13 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 102 (25.12%) Analyst
2 77 (18.97%) Tester
3 52 (12.81%) Test Analyst
4 44 (10.84%) Lead
5 39 (9.61%) Test Engineer
6 30 (7.39%) Business Analyst
7 27 (6.65%) Consultant
7 27 (6.65%) Test Leader
8 25 (6.16%) Senior
9 23 (5.67%) Test Manager
10 22 (5.42%) Automation Tester
10 22 (5.42%) QA Tester
11 16 (3.94%) QA Engineer
11 16 (3.94%) Test Automation Engineer
12 14 (3.45%) Software Engineer
13 13 (3.20%) Project Officer
14 11 (2.71%) Developer
14 11 (2.71%) QA Analyst
15 10 (2.46%) Principal Engineer
15 10 (2.46%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.62%) Playwright
2 20 (4.93%) REST
3 12 (2.96%) Kafka
4 11 (2.71%) .NET
4 11 (2.71%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (2.46%) pytest
5 10 (2.46%) React
6 9 (2.22%) Middleware
7 8 (1.97%) ADO
7 8 (1.97%) HTML
8 6 (1.48%) Spring Boot
9 5 (1.23%) .NET Core
9 5 (1.23%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.23%) CSS
9 5 (1.23%) OpenTelemetry
9 5 (1.23%) SailPoint
9 5 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.99%) SOAP
11 3 (0.74%) LDAP
11 3 (0.74%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (4.93%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.68%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.19%) Embedded Systems
5 13 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.96%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (2.96%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.71%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.72%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.72%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.23%) FPGA
10 5 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.23%) PACS
10 5 (1.23%) PCIe
10 5 (1.23%) Tandem
11 4 (0.99%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.99%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.94%) Windows
2 13 (3.20%) Linux
3 6 (1.48%) Android
4 5 (1.23%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.99%) VMS
6 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.49%) AIX
7 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.49%) Unix
8 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (42.86%) Test Automation
2 162 (39.90%) Agile
3 121 (29.80%) User Acceptance Testing
4 92 (22.66%) DevOps
5 91 (22.41%) Validation
6 85 (20.94%) Migration
6 85 (20.94%) Scenario Testing
7 79 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
8 74 (18.23%) End-to-End Testing
8 74 (18.23%) Test Management
9 71 (17.49%) CI/CD
10 68 (16.75%) Data Migration
10 68 (16.75%) Software Testing
11 67 (16.50%) Integration Testing
12 64 (15.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 62 (15.27%) Test Strategy
14 56 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 53 (13.05%) Manual Testing
16 52 (12.81%) Regression Testing
17 50 (12.32%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (15.76%) SQL
2 52 (12.81%) Python
3 49 (12.07%) Java
4 30 (7.39%) JavaScript
5 27 (6.65%) C#
5 27 (6.65%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.48%) ABAP
6 6 (1.48%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.23%) Apex Code
7 5 (1.23%) C
7 5 (1.23%) C++
7 5 (1.23%) Rust
7 5 (1.23%) Scala
8 3 (0.74%) Cypher
8 3 (0.74%) Groovy
8 3 (0.74%) Ruby
9 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.49%) PROC SQL
9 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 123 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 80 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 47 (11.58%) ISTQB
4 32 (7.88%) DV Cleared
5 27 (6.65%) Degree
6 13 (3.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 11 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.99%) ACCA
9 4 (0.99%) CIMA
10 3 (0.74%) ISEB
10 3 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.49%) CCNA
11 2 (0.49%) CCNP
11 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 2 (0.49%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
12 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (29.56%) QA
2 22 (5.42%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.20%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.22%) NCSC
5 7 (1.72%) GRC
6 6 (1.48%) SLA
7 5 (1.23%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.99%) IFRS
9 3 (0.74%) DICOM
9 3 (0.74%) HL7
9 3 (0.74%) WCAG
10 2 (0.49%) NIST
10 2 (0.49%) PMO
11 1 (0.25%) Basel III
11 1 (0.25%) GDPR
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (2.46%) Docker
2 9 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.74%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 2 (0.49%) Firmware
4 2 (0.49%) SRDF
4 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (4.93%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.97%) Grafana
3 6 (1.48%) HP ALM
3 6 (1.48%) Prometheus
3 6 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.23%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (1.23%) Kiali
5 4 (0.99%) Kibana
6 2 (0.49%) Ansible
6 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.49%) Puppet
6 2 (0.49%) Terraform
7 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (18.23%) Oracle
2 48 (11.82%) SAP
3 30 (7.39%) Microsoft
4 18 (4.43%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.45%) Workday
6 10 (2.46%) Databricks
7 9 (2.22%) HP
8 6 (1.48%) Google
8 6 (1.48%) Talend
9 5 (1.23%) Conga
9 5 (1.23%) Denodo
9 5 (1.23%) GoCardless
9 5 (1.23%) Splunk
10 4 (0.99%) Avaloq
10 4 (0.99%) Cisco
10 4 (0.99%) Dell
10 4 (0.99%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.99%) Sage
10 4 (0.99%) Tagetik