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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 254 200
Rank change year-on-year +32 -54 +95
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 440 248 449
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.22% 0.99% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.09% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 309 155 311
10th Percentile £313 £270 £325
25th Percentile £360 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £556 £536 £568
90th Percentile £638 £611 £664
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 37
10th Percentile £36.54 - £41.25
25th Percentile £65.75 - £76.53
Median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% +1.18% +31.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £90.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -21.51% +1.18% +31.02%

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 31,295 22,746 32,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.03% 90.36% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,032 14,434 21,722
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 776 2,084
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.38 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £32.50 £32.85
% change year-on-year -14.03% -1.05% -6.16%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 4 March 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 +18 186 £428 -5.00% 11
North of England -33 66 £400 +10.34% 22
Midlands -39 65 £463 +16.94% 16
West Midlands -35 52 £467 +31.62% 11
South East -9 47 £463 +12.18% 17
Yorkshire -32 39 £500 +33.33% 2
South West +1 38 £538 +5.39% 6
East of England -6 28 £400 +28.00% 12
North West -42 24 £358 -0.69% 18
East Midlands -27 13 £360 -10.00% 5
North East -11 3 £388 +6.90% 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 28 (6.36%) Confluence
2 17 (3.86%) SAS
3 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.68%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.91%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.23%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 21 (4.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (3.18%) Aladdin
3 11 (2.50%) Loan IQ
4 10 (2.27%) Oracle Assets
4 10 (2.27%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (2.05%) Oracle General Ledger
6 8 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
7 6 (1.36%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (1.14%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 4 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
9 4 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.68%) Maximo
10 3 (0.68%) NetSuite
10 3 (0.68%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.68%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (0.68%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.68%) SAP MM
10 3 (0.68%) Workday HCM
11 2 (0.45%) BambooHR
11 2 (0.45%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 96 (21.82%) Azure
2 74 (16.82%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (9.32%) AWS
4 22 (5.00%) OpenShift
5 20 (4.55%) GCP
5 20 (4.55%) OCI
6 17 (3.86%) GitHub
7 16 (3.64%) SuccessFactors
8 15 (3.41%) Snowflake
9 13 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (2.27%) Tricentis Tosca
11 7 (1.59%) Power Platform
11 7 (1.59%) SaaS
12 6 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.36%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.14%) Power Automate
14 4 (0.91%) Sentry
15 3 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.68%) BlazeMeter
15 3 (0.68%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.95%) Firewall
2 9 (2.05%) HTTP
3 4 (0.91%) DHCP
3 4 (0.91%) DNS
3 4 (0.91%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.68%) BGP
4 3 (0.68%) MPLS
4 3 (0.68%) Network Security
4 3 (0.68%) OSPF
4 3 (0.68%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.68%) VLAN
4 3 (0.68%) VPN
5 2 (0.45%) FTP
5 2 (0.45%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.45%) LAN
5 2 (0.45%) SAN
5 2 (0.45%) WAN
6 1 (0.23%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.23%) Multicast
6 1 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.09%) Oracle Reports
3 14 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.73%) Oracle Database
5 11 (2.50%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.82%) MySQL
7 7 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.59%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 6 (1.36%) Big Data
8 6 (1.36%) Power BI
9 5 (1.14%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.14%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.14%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 5 (1.14%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.68%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.68%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.23%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 121 (27.50%) JIRA
2 76 (17.27%) Selenium
3 65 (14.77%) Postman
4 54 (12.27%) Jenkins
5 42 (9.55%) Git
6 41 (9.32%) GitLab
7 38 (8.64%) Cucumber
8 31 (7.05%) REST Assured
9 30 (6.82%) JUnit
10 27 (6.14%) Cypress.io
11 26 (5.91%) JMeter
12 15 (3.41%) SpecFlow
12 15 (3.41%) Zephyr
13 11 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
14 10 (2.27%) Gatling
14 10 (2.27%) TestRail
14 10 (2.27%) WebDriver
15 9 (2.05%) Appium
16 8 (1.82%) LoadRunner
17 7 (1.59%) Jaeger
General
1 183 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 89 (20.23%) Finance
3 79 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (11.82%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.59%) Banking
6 16 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.05%) Military
8 9 (2.05%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.82%) General Ledger
10 7 (1.59%) Electronics
10 7 (1.59%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.36%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.36%) Retail
12 5 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.14%) Legal
12 5 (1.14%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.91%) Law
13 4 (0.91%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 100 (22.73%) Analyst
2 84 (19.09%) Tester
3 68 (15.45%) Test Analyst
4 55 (12.50%) Lead
5 52 (11.82%) Test Engineer
6 39 (8.86%) Senior
7 29 (6.59%) Automation Tester
8 28 (6.36%) Test Leader
9 21 (4.77%) QA Engineer
9 21 (4.77%) Test Automation Engineer
10 20 (4.55%) Consultant
11 19 (4.32%) Test Specialist
12 16 (3.64%) QA Tester
13 15 (3.41%) Developer
14 14 (3.18%) Functional Consultant
14 14 (3.18%) Oracle Analyst
14 14 (3.18%) Software Engineer
15 13 (2.95%) Business Analyst
15 13 (2.95%) SAP Consultant
16 12 (2.73%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.14%) Playwright
2 39 (8.86%) REST
3 22 (5.00%) pytest
4 19 (4.32%) .NET
4 19 (4.32%) Kafka
5 14 (3.18%) Middleware
6 13 (2.95%) Node.js
6 13 (2.95%) Oracle Fusion
6 13 (2.95%) SailPoint
7 12 (2.73%) ADO
8 11 (2.50%) XML
9 10 (2.27%) CSS
9 10 (2.27%) HTML
10 9 (2.05%) LDAP
10 9 (2.05%) OpenID
11 8 (1.82%) Spring Boot
12 7 (1.59%) Apache NiFi
12 7 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
12 7 (1.59%) SOAP
12 7 (1.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.23%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (4.77%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.32%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (2.95%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (2.73%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.82%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.82%) Tandem
8 6 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.14%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.14%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.91%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.91%) PCIe
10 4 (0.91%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.68%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (0.68%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.91%) Windows
2 19 (4.32%) Linux
3 9 (2.05%) Android
4 8 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.91%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.68%) Unix
6 3 (0.68%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (49.32%) Test Automation
2 171 (38.86%) Agile
3 118 (26.82%) DevOps
4 112 (25.45%) User Acceptance Testing
5 111 (25.23%) CI/CD
5 111 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
6 90 (20.45%) Software Testing
6 90 (20.45%) Validation
7 88 (20.00%) Test Strategy
8 83 (18.86%) Scenario Testing
9 73 (16.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 70 (15.91%) Regression Testing
11 69 (15.68%) Integration Testing
12 67 (15.23%) Test Management
13 63 (14.32%) End-to-End Testing
13 63 (14.32%) Stakeholder Management
14 62 (14.09%) Defect Management
15 59 (13.41%) Manual Testing
16 58 (13.18%) API Testing
17 55 (12.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 85 (19.32%) SQL
2 82 (18.64%) Python
3 70 (15.91%) Java
4 58 (13.18%) JavaScript
5 50 (11.36%) TypeScript
6 43 (9.77%) C#
7 7 (1.59%) Ada
7 7 (1.59%) Rust
8 6 (1.36%) PHP
8 6 (1.36%) PL/SQL
9 5 (1.14%) Scala
10 4 (0.91%) C
11 3 (0.68%) Bash
11 3 (0.68%) C++
11 3 (0.68%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.68%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.68%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.68%) Swift
11 3 (0.68%) VB
11 3 (0.68%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 135 (30.68%) Security Cleared
2 93 (21.14%) SC Cleared
3 46 (10.45%) ISTQB
4 30 (6.82%) Degree
5 26 (5.91%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.73%) ISEB
7 12 (2.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 11 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.36%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.91%) CCNP
11 4 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.68%) CCNA
12 3 (0.68%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.45%) MCSA
13 2 (0.45%) MCSE
13 2 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (34.55%) QA
2 23 (5.23%) Accessibility
3 19 (4.32%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.91%) GRC
4 4 (0.91%) SLA
5 3 (0.68%) NCSC
5 3 (0.68%) WCAG
6 2 (0.45%) PMO
6 2 (0.45%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.23%) GDPR
7 1 (0.23%) GxP
7 1 (0.23%) HL7
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.23%) MiFID
7 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 28 (6.36%) Docker
2 9 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.82%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.68%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.45%) Firmware
5 2 (0.45%) SRDF
6 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (8.41%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.64%) Grafana
3 11 (2.50%) HP ALM
4 9 (2.05%) Ansible
4 9 (2.05%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.59%) Kiali
5 7 (1.59%) Progress Chef
6 6 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.14%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.68%) Kibana
8 3 (0.68%) Terraform
9 2 (0.45%) Puppet
10 1 (0.23%) Iperf
10 1 (0.23%) Nmap
Vendors
1 71 (16.14%) Oracle
2 45 (10.23%) SAP
3 33 (7.50%) Microsoft
4 18 (4.09%) Workday
5 17 (3.86%) Databricks
6 16 (3.64%) ServiceNow
7 15 (3.41%) Splunk
8 14 (3.18%) HP
9 9 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 9 (2.05%) VMware
10 8 (1.82%) Avaloq
10 8 (1.82%) Cisco
11 4 (0.91%) Ariba
11 4 (0.91%) Charles River
11 4 (0.91%) Dell
11 4 (0.91%) IBM
11 4 (0.91%) webMethods
12 3 (0.68%) Google
12 3 (0.68%) Sage
12 3 (0.68%) Talend