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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 227 247
Rank change year-on-year -11 +20 +21
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 414 274 356
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 1.13% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.24% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 171 248
10th Percentile £319 £260 £313
25th Percentile £360 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £425 £455
Median % change year-on-year +7.24% -6.49% -4.32%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £630
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £454
% change year-on-year +5.88% -6.39% -4.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 18
10th Percentile £25.15 £19.16 -
25th Percentile £32.69 £45.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £85.00 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% +3.03% +18.28%
75th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
90th Percentile - £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £85.00 £82.50
% change year-on-year -20.59% +3.03% +18.28%

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 34,360 22,106 31,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 91.23% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,945 14,454 20,903
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,132 926 2,241
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.56 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.47 £29.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.40% -20.14% -2.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.19 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +1.39%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -13 171 £459 -3.47% 15
North of England -34 68 £404 -8.81% 11
Midlands -48 62 £368 +22.67% 9
West Midlands -41 48 £362 +53.83% 4
South East -59 48 £491 +22.75% 23
Yorkshire -15 41 £461 +67.45% 4
South West -20 34 £538 +13.16% 11
North West -45 24 £383 -19.47% 6
East of England -16 23 £350 -12.50% 12
East Midlands -22 14 £638 +72.06% 5
North East -16 3 £394 -6.25% 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 34 (8.21%) Confluence
2 10 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.21%) SAS
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 25 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 24 (5.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.90%) Aladdin
3 11 (2.66%) Loan IQ
4 9 (2.17%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (2.17%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.93%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (1.21%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.97%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.97%) SAP Payroll
9 3 (0.72%) Maximo
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.72%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.48%) BambooHR
10 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (0.48%) HFM
10 2 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 100 (24.15%) Azure
2 74 (17.87%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (11.11%) AWS
4 18 (4.35%) GCP
4 18 (4.35%) GitHub
5 16 (3.86%) OCI
6 15 (3.62%) SuccessFactors
7 13 (3.14%) Snowflake
8 12 (2.90%) Power Platform
9 10 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (1.93%) OpenShift
11 7 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.69%) SaaS
12 6 (1.45%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.45%) Power Automate
13 5 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (0.97%) Tricentis Tosca
15 3 (0.72%) Azure API Management
15 3 (0.72%) BlazeMeter
15 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.17%) Firewall
2 6 (1.45%) HTTP
3 5 (1.21%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.21%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.21%) Wireless
4 4 (0.97%) Network Security
5 2 (0.48%) BGP
5 2 (0.48%) DHCP
5 2 (0.48%) DNS
5 2 (0.48%) FTP
5 2 (0.48%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.48%) LAN
5 2 (0.48%) MPLS
5 2 (0.48%) OSPF
5 2 (0.48%) SAN
5 2 (0.48%) VLAN
5 2 (0.48%) VPN
5 2 (0.48%) WAN
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.24%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.76%) Oracle Reports
2 24 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.86%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.90%) Power BI
5 7 (1.69%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.45%) MySQL
7 5 (1.21%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.97%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.72%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.72%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.48%) Metadata
10 2 (0.48%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 2 (0.48%) Tableau
11 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
11 1 (0.24%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 135 (32.61%) JIRA
2 58 (14.01%) Postman
3 55 (13.29%) Selenium
4 41 (9.90%) Jenkins
5 32 (7.73%) Git
6 27 (6.52%) Cucumber
6 27 (6.52%) GitLab
7 25 (6.04%) Zephyr
8 23 (5.56%) JMeter
9 20 (4.83%) REST Assured
10 16 (3.86%) JUnit
11 14 (3.38%) Cypress.io
11 14 (3.38%) SpecFlow
11 14 (3.38%) WebDriver
12 11 (2.66%) Gatling
13 10 (2.42%) Rational DOORS
13 10 (2.42%) TestRail
14 9 (2.17%) LoadRunner
15 7 (1.69%) Jaeger
16 6 (1.45%) Appium
General
1 168 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 92 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 90 (21.74%) Finance
4 40 (9.66%) Public Sector
5 31 (7.49%) Banking
6 23 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (4.83%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.17%) Retail
10 8 (1.93%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.69%) General Ledger
11 7 (1.69%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.45%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.45%) Military
13 5 (1.21%) Legal
14 4 (0.97%) Automotive
14 4 (0.97%) Electronics
15 3 (0.72%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 106 (25.60%) Analyst
2 84 (20.29%) Tester
3 60 (14.49%) Test Analyst
4 48 (11.59%) Lead
5 44 (10.63%) Test Engineer
6 30 (7.25%) Test Leader
7 28 (6.76%) Automation Tester
8 24 (5.80%) Senior
9 23 (5.56%) Test Automation Engineer
10 21 (5.07%) Business Analyst
10 21 (5.07%) Test Manager
11 20 (4.83%) QA Tester
12 18 (4.35%) QA Engineer
13 15 (3.62%) Developer
14 14 (3.38%) Consultant
15 13 (3.14%) Project Officer
16 12 (2.90%) Migration Analyst
16 12 (2.90%) Oracle Analyst
17 11 (2.66%) QA Automation Engineer
17 11 (2.66%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.42%) Playwright
2 26 (6.28%) REST
3 19 (4.59%) .NET
4 18 (4.35%) Kafka
5 13 (3.14%) Middleware
6 11 (2.66%) pytest
6 11 (2.66%) SailPoint
7 10 (2.42%) HTML
7 10 (2.42%) Node.js
7 10 (2.42%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (2.17%) ADO
8 9 (2.17%) LDAP
8 9 (2.17%) OpenID
8 9 (2.17%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.69%) CSS
9 7 (1.69%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (1.45%) React
11 5 (1.21%) .NET Core
11 5 (1.21%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.21%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.49%) Legacy Systems
2 23 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 23 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (3.14%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (2.90%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.66%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.17%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.93%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (1.93%) Tandem
9 7 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.69%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.21%) FPGA
10 5 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.21%) PACS
10 5 (1.21%) PCIe
11 4 (0.97%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.97%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.35%) Linux
1 18 (4.35%) Windows
2 7 (1.69%) Android
3 6 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.21%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.48%) AIX
5 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.48%) Unix
5 2 (0.48%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.24%) VMS
6 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (44.20%) Test Automation
2 171 (41.30%) Agile
3 121 (29.23%) User Acceptance Testing
4 103 (24.88%) DevOps
5 96 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (22.71%) Validation
7 93 (22.46%) Scenario Testing
8 87 (21.01%) CI/CD
9 83 (20.05%) Test Management
10 79 (19.08%) Migration
11 71 (17.15%) Continuous Improvement
12 70 (16.91%) End-to-End Testing
13 68 (16.43%) Software Testing
14 67 (16.18%) Integration Testing
15 66 (15.94%) Manual Testing
16 63 (15.22%) Data Migration
17 62 (14.98%) Test Strategy
18 61 (14.73%) Stakeholder Management
19 59 (14.25%) API Testing
20 57 (13.77%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 80 (19.32%) SQL
2 60 (14.49%) Python
3 57 (13.77%) Java
4 53 (12.80%) JavaScript
5 45 (10.87%) TypeScript
6 36 (8.70%) C#
7 7 (1.69%) Rust
8 6 (1.45%) PHP
9 5 (1.21%) C
9 5 (1.21%) Scala
10 4 (0.97%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.72%) Ada
11 3 (0.72%) C++
11 3 (0.72%) Cypher
11 3 (0.72%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.48%) Ruby
12 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.48%) VB
13 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 111 (26.81%) Security Cleared
2 73 (17.63%) SC Cleared
3 41 (9.90%) ISTQB
4 27 (6.52%) DV Cleared
5 26 (6.28%) Degree
6 11 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (1.21%) ISEB
10 2 (0.48%) ACCA
10 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.48%) CCNA
10 2 (0.48%) CCNP
10 2 (0.48%) CIMA
10 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.48%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (32.13%) QA
2 20 (4.83%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.35%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.45%) NCSC
5 5 (1.21%) GRC
5 5 (1.21%) SLA
6 4 (0.97%) WCAG
7 3 (0.72%) DICOM
7 3 (0.72%) HL7
7 3 (0.72%) JSP 440
7 3 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.48%) IFRS
8 2 (0.48%) PMO
8 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
9 1 (0.24%) GDPR
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (3.38%) Docker
2 10 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.72%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.48%) Firmware
5 2 (0.48%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 23 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.66%) Grafana
3 8 (1.93%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.69%) HP ALM
4 7 (1.69%) Kiali
4 7 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.45%) Ansible
6 5 (1.21%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (1.21%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.97%) Kibana
8 2 (0.48%) Puppet
8 2 (0.48%) Terraform
9 1 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 71 (17.15%) Oracle
2 38 (9.18%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.18%) SAP
3 16 (3.86%) ServiceNow
3 16 (3.86%) Workday
4 13 (3.14%) Databricks
5 10 (2.42%) HP
6 8 (1.93%) Splunk
7 7 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.45%) Avaloq
8 6 (1.45%) Google
8 6 (1.45%) Talend
8 6 (1.45%) VMware
9 4 (0.97%) Cisco
9 4 (0.97%) Dell
9 4 (0.97%) Hitachi
9 4 (0.97%) IBM
10 3 (0.72%) JD Edwards
10 3 (0.72%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.72%) Sage