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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 249 215
Rank change year-on-year +9 -34 +72
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 417 243 420
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.11% 1.00% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.10% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 152 289
10th Percentile £314 £263 £325
25th Percentile £358 £331 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% -11.46% +1.05%
75th Percentile £556 £525 £575
90th Percentile £638 £600 £665
UK median daily rate £468 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +10.12% -10.53% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 34
10th Percentile £25.15 £25.24 £41.25
25th Percentile £43.94 £72.50 £75.38
Median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.51% +1.18% +31.27%
75th Percentile £69.38 - £90.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £86.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -21.51% +1.18% +31.27%

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 32,394 22,046 32,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.25% 90.85% 86.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,755 14,514 21,646
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 1,983 845 2,157
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.55 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.20 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.81% -1.54% -9.72%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 +22 172 £428 -7.57% 24
North of England -36 69 £400 - 22
Midlands -33 63 £472 +19.34% 17
West Midlands -37 52 £463 +15.16% 11
South East -40 43 £450 +5.88% 21
Yorkshire -23 39 £500 +53.85% 5
South West -3 36 £538 +6.44% 3
East of England -16 27 £400 +12.28% 3
North West -42 27 £365 -23.16% 12
East Midlands -29 11 £638 +63.04% 6
North East -10 3 £394 +8.62% 5
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 25 (6.00%) Confluence
2 17 (4.08%) SAS
3 7 (1.68%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.72%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 25 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.24%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 22 (5.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (3.36%) Aladdin
3 11 (2.64%) Loan IQ
4 9 (2.16%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (2.16%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.92%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.96%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 4 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.72%) Maximo
8 3 (0.72%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.72%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.72%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.72%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.48%) Algo Collateral
9 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 103 (24.70%) Azure
2 81 (19.42%) Azure DevOps
3 38 (9.11%) AWS
4 21 (5.04%) GCP
5 20 (4.80%) OpenShift
6 17 (4.08%) OCI
7 16 (3.84%) SuccessFactors
8 15 (3.60%) GitHub
8 15 (3.60%) Snowflake
9 13 (3.12%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (2.40%) Tricentis Tosca
11 8 (1.92%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.68%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.68%) SaaS
13 6 (1.44%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
15 3 (0.72%) Azure API Management
15 3 (0.72%) BlazeMeter
15 3 (0.72%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.16%) Firewall
1 9 (2.16%) HTTP
2 4 (0.96%) DHCP
2 4 (0.96%) DNS
2 4 (0.96%) Ethernet
2 4 (0.96%) Network Security
3 2 (0.48%) BGP
3 2 (0.48%) FTP
3 2 (0.48%) iSCSI
3 2 (0.48%) LAN
3 2 (0.48%) MPLS
3 2 (0.48%) OSPF
3 2 (0.48%) SAN
3 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.48%) VLAN
3 2 (0.48%) VPN
3 2 (0.48%) WAN
4 1 (0.24%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.84%) Oracle Reports
2 15 (3.60%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.88%) Oracle Database
4 11 (2.64%) BigQuery
5 7 (1.68%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 6 (1.44%) MySQL
6 6 (1.44%) Power BI
7 5 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.72%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.72%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.48%) Metadata
11 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
11 1 (0.24%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 116 (27.82%) JIRA
2 69 (16.55%) Selenium
3 59 (14.15%) Postman
4 52 (12.47%) Jenkins
5 41 (9.83%) Git
6 40 (9.59%) GitLab
7 36 (8.63%) Cucumber
8 29 (6.95%) JUnit
9 28 (6.71%) REST Assured
10 23 (5.52%) Cypress.io
11 22 (5.28%) JMeter
12 15 (3.60%) SpecFlow
12 15 (3.60%) Zephyr
13 11 (2.64%) Rational DOORS
14 10 (2.40%) Gatling
14 10 (2.40%) TestRail
14 10 (2.40%) WebDriver
15 8 (1.92%) LoadRunner
16 7 (1.68%) Appium
16 7 (1.68%) Jaeger
General
1 167 (40.05%) Social Skills
2 87 (20.86%) Finance
3 76 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (11.99%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.95%) Banking
6 16 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (1.92%) Electronics
8 8 (1.92%) Military
8 8 (1.92%) Retail
9 7 (1.68%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.68%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.44%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.20%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.20%) Legal
12 4 (0.96%) Law
12 4 (0.96%) Local Government
13 3 (0.72%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 97 (23.26%) Analyst
2 82 (19.66%) Tester
3 65 (15.59%) Test Analyst
4 51 (12.23%) Lead
4 51 (12.23%) Test Engineer
5 36 (8.63%) Senior
6 31 (7.43%) Automation Tester
7 28 (6.71%) Test Leader
8 21 (5.04%) Test Automation Engineer
9 18 (4.32%) QA Engineer
9 18 (4.32%) Test Specialist
10 15 (3.60%) QA Tester
11 14 (3.36%) Software Engineer
11 14 (3.36%) Test Manager
12 13 (3.12%) Oracle Analyst
12 13 (3.12%) Project Officer
13 12 (2.88%) Business Analyst
13 12 (2.88%) Migration Analyst
14 11 (2.64%) Embedded Engineer
14 11 (2.64%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.31%) Playwright
2 38 (9.11%) REST
3 23 (5.52%) pytest
4 19 (4.56%) .NET
5 18 (4.32%) Kafka
6 13 (3.12%) Middleware
6 13 (3.12%) Node.js
6 13 (3.12%) SailPoint
7 12 (2.88%) ADO
8 11 (2.64%) XML
9 10 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
10 9 (2.16%) LDAP
10 9 (2.16%) OpenID
11 8 (1.92%) CSS
11 8 (1.92%) HTML
11 8 (1.92%) Spring Boot
12 7 (1.68%) Apache NiFi
12 7 (1.68%) OpenTelemetry
13 6 (1.44%) .NET Framework
13 6 (1.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.76%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (5.28%) Management Information System
3 21 (5.04%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.12%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (2.88%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.16%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.92%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.92%) Tandem
8 7 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.96%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.96%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.96%) PCIe
12 3 (0.72%) Cloud Native
12 3 (0.72%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.71%) Windows
2 15 (3.60%) Linux
3 7 (1.68%) Android
4 6 (1.44%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.96%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.72%) Unix
6 3 (0.72%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (48.92%) Test Automation
2 168 (40.29%) Agile
3 119 (28.54%) DevOps
4 114 (27.34%) User Acceptance Testing
5 108 (25.90%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (24.22%) CI/CD
7 91 (21.82%) Validation
8 81 (19.42%) Software Testing
9 80 (19.18%) Test Strategy
10 78 (18.71%) Scenario Testing
11 70 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 70 (16.79%) Integration Testing
12 67 (16.07%) Regression Testing
13 65 (15.59%) Stakeholder Management
13 65 (15.59%) Test Management
14 62 (14.87%) Defect Management
15 60 (14.39%) API Testing
16 57 (13.67%) Migration
17 56 (13.43%) End-to-End Testing
18 55 (13.19%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 73 (17.51%) Python
1 73 (17.51%) SQL
2 66 (15.83%) Java
3 58 (13.91%) JavaScript
4 48 (11.51%) TypeScript
5 42 (10.07%) C#
6 7 (1.68%) Ada
6 7 (1.68%) Rust
7 6 (1.44%) PHP
8 5 (1.20%) Scala
9 4 (0.96%) C
10 3 (0.72%) C++
10 3 (0.72%) Cypher
10 3 (0.72%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.72%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.48%) Bash
11 2 (0.48%) VB
12 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 118 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 77 (18.47%) SC Cleared
3 40 (9.59%) ISTQB
4 27 (6.47%) DV Cleared
5 24 (5.76%) Degree
6 14 (3.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 9 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.16%) ISEB
9 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.48%) CCNA
10 2 (0.48%) CCNP
10 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.48%) MCSA
10 2 (0.48%) MCSE
10 2 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (32.61%) QA
2 21 (5.04%) Accessibility
3 16 (3.84%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.20%) GRC
4 5 (1.20%) SLA
5 4 (0.96%) WCAG
6 3 (0.72%) NCSC
7 2 (0.48%) PMO
7 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.24%) GDPR
8 1 (0.24%) GxP
8 1 (0.24%) HL7
8 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.24%) MiFID
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (6.47%) Docker
2 11 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.72%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.48%) Firmware
5 2 (0.48%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 36 (8.63%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.60%) Grafana
3 10 (2.40%) HP ALM
4 8 (1.92%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.68%) Kiali
5 7 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (1.44%) Ansible
7 5 (1.20%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (1.20%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.96%) Kibana
9 3 (0.72%) Terraform
10 2 (0.48%) Puppet
11 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 66 (15.83%) Oracle
2 40 (9.59%) SAP
3 37 (8.87%) Microsoft
4 19 (4.56%) Workday
5 16 (3.84%) ServiceNow
6 15 (3.60%) Databricks
7 13 (3.12%) HP
8 11 (2.64%) Splunk
9 8 (1.92%) Avaloq
9 8 (1.92%) Salesforce
10 7 (1.68%) VMware
11 5 (1.20%) Google
12 4 (0.96%) Ariba
12 4 (0.96%) Charles River
12 4 (0.96%) Cisco
12 4 (0.96%) Dell
12 4 (0.96%) IBM
12 4 (0.96%) webMethods
13 3 (0.72%) Hitachi
13 3 (0.72%) Sage