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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 221 229
Rank change year-on-year -39 +8 +23
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 407 306 366
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.25% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.37% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 210 254
10th Percentile £319 £252 £309
25th Percentile £363 £361 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £439 £470
Median % change year-on-year +4.96% -6.65% -6.00%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £626 £629
UK median daily rate £461 £425 £470
% change year-on-year +8.35% -9.57% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 16
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 36,315 22,393 32,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.15% 91.34% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,987 14,479 20,805
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £414 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,273 1,020 2,369
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -40 157 £473 -0.53% 16
North of England -54 63 £421 -1.86% 9
Midlands -47 60 £362 +4.78% 16
South East -68 54 £500 +25.00% 25
West Midlands -46 48 £360 +53.19% 10
South West -3 40 £538 +3.61% 3
Yorkshire -26 35 £452 +7.50% 3
East of England -5 29 £350 -6.67% 11
North West -41 24 £400 -6.76% 6
East Midlands -18 12 £638 +72.06% 6
North East -34 4 £453 +2.95% 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 35 (8.60%) 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 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.46%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 30 (7.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.21%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.21%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.72%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.98%) HFM
5 4 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.98%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.98%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.98%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.98%) SAP VC
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 88 (21.62%) Azure
2 68 (16.71%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (11.30%) AWS
4 16 (3.93%) OCI
5 15 (3.69%) GCP
6 14 (3.44%) GitHub
6 14 (3.44%) SuccessFactors
7 10 (2.46%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.21%) SaaS
9 8 (1.97%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.23%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.23%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (0.98%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 4 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (0.98%) Tricentis Tosca
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 (0.98%) 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 (8.35%) Oracle Reports
2 30 (7.37%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (3.19%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.46%) Power BI
5 7 (1.72%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
6 4 (0.98%) MySQL
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
1 135 (33.17%) JIRA
2 61 (14.99%) Postman
3 47 (11.55%) Selenium
4 39 (9.58%) Jenkins
5 31 (7.62%) Git
6 30 (7.37%) Zephyr
7 24 (5.90%) Cucumber
8 23 (5.65%) GitLab
8 23 (5.65%) REST Assured
9 15 (3.69%) JMeter
10 13 (3.19%) WebDriver
11 12 (2.95%) JUnit
12 11 (2.70%) Cypress.io
13 10 (2.46%) LoadRunner
13 10 (2.46%) SpecFlow
14 9 (2.21%) Gatling
14 9 (2.21%) TestRail
15 7 (1.72%) Bitbucket
15 7 (1.72%) Rational DOORS
16 5 (1.23%) Jaeger
General
1 153 (37.59%) Social Skills
2 85 (20.88%) Finance
3 80 (19.66%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 35 (8.60%) Banking
6 23 (5.65%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.93%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.21%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.97%) Automotive
9 8 (1.97%) Legal
9 8 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.47%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.47%) Military
10 6 (1.47%) Retail
11 5 (1.23%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.98%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.74%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.74%) Local Government
14 2 (0.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 101 (24.82%) Analyst
2 76 (18.67%) Tester
3 52 (12.78%) Test Analyst
4 47 (11.55%) Lead
5 41 (10.07%) Test Engineer
6 29 (7.13%) Business Analyst
7 28 (6.88%) Test Leader
8 24 (5.90%) Consultant
8 24 (5.90%) Senior
8 24 (5.90%) Test Manager
9 22 (5.41%) QA Tester
10 21 (5.16%) Automation Tester
11 18 (4.42%) Test Automation Engineer
12 16 (3.93%) QA Engineer
13 14 (3.44%) Software Engineer
14 13 (3.19%) Project Officer
15 11 (2.70%) Developer
15 11 (2.70%) QA Analyst
16 10 (2.46%) Principal Engineer
16 10 (2.46%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.35%) Playwright
2 23 (5.65%) REST
3 15 (3.69%) .NET
4 12 (2.95%) Kafka
5 11 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (2.46%) pytest
6 10 (2.46%) React
7 9 (2.21%) Middleware
7 9 (2.21%) SailPoint
8 8 (1.97%) ADO
8 8 (1.97%) HTML
9 7 (1.72%) LDAP
9 7 (1.72%) OpenID
10 6 (1.47%) Spring Boot
11 5 (1.23%) .NET Core
11 5 (1.23%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.23%) CSS
11 5 (1.23%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (0.98%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.13%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (4.91%) Management Information System
2 20 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 17 (4.18%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (2.95%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (2.95%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.70%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.72%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.72%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.23%) FPGA
9 5 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.23%) PACS
9 5 (1.23%) PCIe
9 5 (1.23%) Tandem
10 4 (0.98%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.93%) Windows
2 13 (3.19%) Linux
3 6 (1.47%) Android
4 5 (1.23%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.98%) 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
1 178 (43.73%) Test Automation
2 163 (40.05%) Agile
3 121 (29.73%) User Acceptance Testing
4 95 (23.34%) DevOps
5 91 (22.36%) Validation
6 88 (21.62%) Scenario Testing
7 86 (21.13%) Migration
8 82 (20.15%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (18.18%) CI/CD
9 74 (18.18%) End-to-End Testing
9 74 (18.18%) Test Management
10 69 (16.95%) Data Migration
10 69 (16.95%) Software Testing
11 67 (16.46%) Integration Testing
12 64 (15.72%) Test Strategy
13 63 (15.48%) Stakeholder Management
14 58 (14.25%) Manual Testing
15 57 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
16 53 (13.02%) Regression Testing
17 51 (12.53%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (16.95%) SQL
2 57 (14.00%) Python
3 53 (13.02%) Java
4 34 (8.35%) JavaScript
5 28 (6.88%) C#
6 27 (6.63%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.47%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.23%) ABAP
8 5 (1.23%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.23%) C
8 5 (1.23%) C++
8 5 (1.23%) Rust
8 5 (1.23%) Scala
9 4 (0.98%) PHP
10 3 (0.74%) Cypher
10 3 (0.74%) Groovy
10 3 (0.74%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.74%) Ruby
11 2 (0.49%) PROC SQL
11 2 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 121 (29.73%) Security Cleared
2 79 (19.41%) SC Cleared
3 47 (11.55%) ISTQB
4 31 (7.62%) DV Cleared
5 27 (6.63%) Degree
6 13 (3.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 12 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.98%) ACCA
9 4 (0.98%) 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
1 126 (30.96%) QA
2 22 (5.41%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.19%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.21%) NCSC
5 7 (1.72%) GRC
6 6 (1.47%) SLA
7 5 (1.23%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.98%) 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
10 2 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.25%) Basel III
11 1 (0.25%) GDPR
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.25%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (2.46%) Docker
2 9 (2.21%) 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 19 (4.67%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.97%) Grafana
3 6 (1.47%) HP ALM
3 6 (1.47%) Prometheus
3 6 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.23%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (1.23%) Kiali
5 4 (0.98%) 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 73 (17.94%) Oracle
2 47 (11.55%) SAP
3 30 (7.37%) Microsoft
4 21 (5.16%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.44%) Workday
6 13 (3.19%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.46%) Databricks
8 9 (2.21%) HP
9 6 (1.47%) Google
9 6 (1.47%) Talend
10 5 (1.23%) Avaloq
10 5 (1.23%) Conga
10 5 (1.23%) Denodo
10 5 (1.23%) GoCardless
10 5 (1.23%) Splunk
11 4 (0.98%) Cisco
11 4 (0.98%) Dell
11 4 (0.98%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.98%) Hitachi
11 4 (0.98%) Tagetik