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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 204 234
Rank change year-on-year -104 +30 -48
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 390 379 333
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 1.35% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.49% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 281 220
10th Percentile £275 £293 £306
25th Percentile £373 £368 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £456 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% -1.51% -7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £575
90th Percentile £608 £638 £627
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% -6.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 2
10th Percentile £39.38 £25.63 £38.38
25th Percentile £40.00 £31.29 £41.56
Median hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -17.95% -45.83%
75th Percentile £74.00 £46.88 £56.56
90th Percentile - £61.25 £60.13
UK median hourly rate £66.57 £40.00 £31.55
% change year-on-year +66.42% +26.78% -64.94%

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 39,417 25,490 28,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.96% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,890 16,169 17,141
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,564 1,197
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.44 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.59 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.27
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.49% -0.55%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -101 147 £500 - 116
South East -66 64 £490 +3.16% 52
Midlands -22 59 £391 +8.60% 30
West Midlands -10 50 £391 +13.74% 19
North of England -76 49 £402 +0.50% 33
East of England -1 32 £74 -81.21% 16
South West -34 30 £525 -2.33% 20
North West -56 27 £398 -0.63% 16
Yorkshire -33 19 £404 -3.93% 13
East Midlands -21 8 £250 -30.56% 11
North East -46 3 £453 +25.83% 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 51 (13.08%) Confluence
2 10 (2.56%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.03%) SAS
3 4 (1.03%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.31%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 35 (8.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.33%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (1.54%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.54%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.28%) Oracle General Ledger
4 5 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.28%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (1.03%) HFM
5 4 (1.03%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (1.03%) SAP ERP
5 4 (1.03%) SAP GTS
5 4 (1.03%) SAP SD
5 4 (1.03%) SAP VC
6 3 (0.77%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.77%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.77%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 80 (20.51%) Azure
2 54 (13.85%) Azure DevOps
3 44 (11.28%) AWS
4 26 (6.67%) GitHub
5 15 (3.85%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.82%) GCP
7 8 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (1.79%) SaaS
8 7 (1.79%) Tricentis Tosca
9 6 (1.54%) Figma
9 6 (1.54%) Pendo
10 5 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.28%) OCI
10 5 (1.28%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.03%) Lucidchart
12 3 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.79%) Wireless
2 6 (1.54%) Broadband
2 6 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.28%) DNS
3 5 (1.28%) HTTP
4 4 (1.03%) 4G
4 4 (1.03%) 5G
4 4 (1.03%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.03%) IPv4
4 4 (1.03%) IPv6
4 4 (1.03%) xDSL
5 3 (0.77%) LAN
5 3 (0.77%) PPP
5 3 (0.77%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.77%) UPnP
5 3 (0.77%) VoIP
5 3 (0.77%) WAN
6 2 (0.51%) Firewall
6 2 (0.51%) RTP
6 2 (0.51%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.72%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (7.44%) Oracle Reports
3 15 (3.85%) Power BI
4 11 (2.82%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.28%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.28%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.03%) Tableau
7 3 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.77%) Metadata
7 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.77%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.51%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.51%) PowerCenter
8 2 (0.51%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 129 (33.08%) JIRA
2 57 (14.62%) Selenium
3 50 (12.82%) Postman
4 38 (9.74%) Git
5 32 (8.21%) Jenkins
6 31 (7.95%) JMeter
6 31 (7.95%) Zephyr
7 27 (6.92%) Cucumber
8 22 (5.64%) GitLab
9 19 (4.87%) LoadRunner
10 16 (4.10%) REST Assured
11 15 (3.85%) Gatling
12 14 (3.59%) Cypress.io
13 12 (3.08%) JUnit
14 10 (2.56%) TestNG
15 9 (2.31%) NeoLoad
15 9 (2.31%) SoapUI
16 8 (2.05%) Bitbucket
16 8 (2.05%) TestRail
17 7 (1.79%) WebDriver
General
1 160 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 82 (21.03%) Finance
3 78 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (14.87%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.95%) Banking
6 12 (3.08%) Legal
6 12 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 11 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.56%) Telecoms
9 9 (2.31%) Automotive
9 9 (2.31%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.05%) Military
11 7 (1.79%) Billing
11 7 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.79%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.54%) Retail
13 4 (1.03%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.77%) Electronics
14 3 (0.77%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (23.08%) Analyst
2 63 (16.15%) Test Engineer
3 57 (14.62%) Tester
4 47 (12.05%) Consultant
5 45 (11.54%) Test Analyst
6 41 (10.51%) Lead
7 33 (8.46%) Business Analyst
8 32 (8.21%) Senior
9 20 (5.13%) Test Leader
10 18 (4.62%) SAP Analyst
10 18 (4.62%) Test Manager
11 17 (4.36%) QA Engineer
11 17 (4.36%) Test Automation Engineer
12 16 (4.10%) QA Tester
12 16 (4.10%) Software Engineer
13 14 (3.59%) Principal Engineer
14 13 (3.33%) Principal Software Engineer
15 12 (3.08%) Developer
16 11 (2.82%) SAP Consultant
16 11 (2.82%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.46%) Playwright
2 16 (4.10%) .NET
2 16 (4.10%) REST
3 13 (3.33%) RESTful
3 13 (3.33%) SOAP
4 12 (3.08%) HTML
5 11 (2.82%) XML
6 10 (2.56%) React
6 10 (2.56%) Web Services
7 8 (2.05%) Middleware
7 8 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.79%) Kafka
9 5 (1.28%) ADO
9 5 (1.28%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.28%) Node.js
9 5 (1.28%) Terraform
10 4 (1.03%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (1.03%) XBRL
11 3 (0.77%) ASP.NET
11 3 (0.77%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.38%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.87%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.08%) Data Structures
4 12 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.05%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.05%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.79%) CMDB
9 6 (1.54%) NHS
10 5 (1.28%) Life Science
10 5 (1.28%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.03%) FMCG
11 4 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (0.77%) PCIe
12 3 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.92%) Windows
2 22 (5.64%) Linux
3 8 (2.05%) VMS
4 5 (1.28%) Android
4 5 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.77%) Unix
6 2 (0.51%) AIX
6 2 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.26%) CentOS
7 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (44.87%) Test Automation
2 164 (42.05%) Agile
3 132 (33.85%) User Acceptance Testing
4 95 (24.36%) Scenario Testing
5 92 (23.59%) Validation
6 88 (22.56%) End-to-End Testing
7 83 (21.28%) Migration
8 80 (20.51%) Software Testing
9 79 (20.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 78 (20.00%) Defect Management
11 77 (19.74%) CI/CD
12 76 (19.49%) DevOps
12 76 (19.49%) Test Management
13 70 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
14 69 (17.69%) Test Strategy
15 64 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
15 64 (16.41%) Data Migration
16 58 (14.87%) Integration Testing
16 58 (14.87%) Regression Testing
17 57 (14.62%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 78 (20.00%) SQL
2 54 (13.85%) Java
3 46 (11.79%) Python
4 34 (8.72%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.85%) C#
6 14 (3.59%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.31%) ABAP
8 8 (2.05%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.28%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.03%) C++
10 4 (1.03%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.77%) C
11 3 (0.77%) Groovy
11 3 (0.77%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.51%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.51%) PROC SQL
12 2 (0.51%) Ruby
13 1 (0.26%) PeopleCode
13 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 136 (34.87%) Security Cleared
2 97 (24.87%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.28%) ISTQB
4 35 (8.97%) Degree
5 33 (8.46%) DV Cleared
6 18 (4.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 13 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.79%) ACCA
9 7 (1.79%) CIMA
9 7 (1.79%) ISEB
10 2 (0.51%) CBAP
10 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.51%) MOS
10 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (31.03%) QA
2 26 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 20 (5.13%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.05%) WCAG
5 7 (1.79%) NCSC
6 5 (1.28%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.03%) IFRS
7 4 (1.03%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.03%) SEPA
8 3 (0.77%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.51%) GRC
9 2 (0.51%) NIST
9 2 (0.51%) PMO
10 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.26%) GDPR
10 1 (0.26%) GMP
10 1 (0.26%) GxP
10 1 (0.26%) HL7
10 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (4.10%) Docker
2 5 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.03%) vSphere
4 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (4.36%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.56%) Grafana
3 5 (1.28%) HP ALM
4 4 (1.03%) Control-M
4 4 (1.03%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.77%) Ansible
5 3 (0.77%) Kibana
6 2 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.51%) OPNET
7 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (15.64%) SAP
2 59 (15.13%) Oracle
3 39 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.36%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.10%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.82%) Dynatrace
7 10 (2.56%) AppDynamics
8 8 (2.05%) Databricks
9 6 (1.54%) Ariba
9 6 (1.54%) Splunk
10 5 (1.28%) Conga
10 5 (1.28%) GoCardless
10 5 (1.28%) HP
10 5 (1.28%) IBM
10 5 (1.28%) Talend
11 4 (1.03%) Hyperion
11 4 (1.03%) Informatica
11 4 (1.03%) Tagetik
11 4 (1.03%) VMware
11 4 (1.03%) webMethods