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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 247 187
Rank change year-on-year +30 -60 +98
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 393 308 517
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.26% 1.01% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.15% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 202 354
10th Percentile £300 £306 £356
25th Percentile £360 £356 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £457 £495
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -7.68% +7.03%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £573
90th Percentile £638 £626 £664
UK median daily rate £452 £454 £480
% change year-on-year -0.44% -5.42% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 32
10th Percentile £42.50 £41.23 £76.53
25th Percentile £55.38 £48.69 £83.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £61.75 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.31% -31.39% +39.00%
75th Percentile £69.38 £74.19 -
90th Percentile £70.00 £81.28 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £31.55 £90.00
% change year-on-year +113.95% -64.94% +39.00%

All Process and 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 27,869 26,864 33,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.46% 87.86% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,747 16,503 22,915
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £417 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,797 957 1,425
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.90%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.35 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £43.63
% change year-on-year -23.21% -24.93% +24.64%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +24 181 £500 - 18
South East +6 60 £450 +9.09% 36
Midlands -15 48 £393 +8.28% 12
North of England -35 48 £400 -13.51% 9
West Midlands -17 36 £476 +32.61% 10
North West -13 32 £400 - 3
South West +1 24 £529 +0.67% 8
East of England -11 18 £400 +28.00% 10
Yorkshire -30 13 £400 -22.89% 5
East Midlands -11 12 £360 -0.69% 2
North East -10 3 £300 -29.41% 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 19 (4.83%) Confluence
2 12 (3.05%) SAS
3 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.76%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.76%) CMS
4 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.76%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.76%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.51%) CICS
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.25%) EPiServer
Applications
1 16 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.25%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (4.83%) Oracle EBS
1 19 (4.83%) Oracle Payables
2 13 (3.31%) Oracle EBS R12
3 10 (2.54%) Oracle Financials
3 10 (2.54%) Oracle General Ledger
3 10 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (2.29%) Oracle Cash Management
4 9 (2.29%) Oracle Receivables
5 8 (2.04%) Oracle Assets
5 8 (2.04%) Oracle ERP
6 7 (1.78%) Aladdin
7 4 (1.02%) Loan IQ
8 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.76%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.76%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.76%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.51%) Maximo
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 67 (17.05%) Azure
2 50 (12.72%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (7.38%) AWS
4 17 (4.33%) OpenShift
5 16 (4.07%) GitHub
6 12 (3.05%) OCI
7 11 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (2.54%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.54%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (2.29%) GCP
9 9 (2.29%) Tricentis Tosca
10 7 (1.78%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.78%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.53%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.53%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (1.27%) Sentry
13 4 (1.02%) PaaS
13 4 (1.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.09%) Firewall
2 8 (2.04%) HTTP
3 5 (1.27%) DNS
4 4 (1.02%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.02%) LAN
4 4 (1.02%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.76%) 4G
5 3 (0.76%) 5G
5 3 (0.76%) BGP
5 3 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.76%) DHCP
5 3 (0.76%) MPLS
5 3 (0.76%) Multicast
5 3 (0.76%) OSPF
5 3 (0.76%) VLAN
5 3 (0.76%) VPN
5 3 (0.76%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.51%) VoIP
6 2 (0.51%) WAAS
6 2 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.80%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.04%) BigQuery
3 8 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.78%) Big Data
4 7 (1.78%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.78%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.53%) Oracle Database
5 6 (1.53%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.27%) Power BI
6 5 (1.27%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 4 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.02%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.76%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.76%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.51%) DB2
9 2 (0.51%) MySQL
10 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.25%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 93 (23.66%) JIRA
2 79 (20.10%) Selenium
3 45 (11.45%) Postman
4 44 (11.20%) Jenkins
5 36 (9.16%) Git
6 34 (8.65%) Cucumber
7 30 (7.63%) GitLab
8 26 (6.62%) JUnit
9 20 (5.09%) Cypress.io
10 19 (4.83%) REST Assured
11 18 (4.58%) JMeter
12 14 (3.56%) Appium
13 13 (3.31%) SpecFlow
14 12 (3.05%) WebDriver
15 9 (2.29%) Bitbucket
15 9 (2.29%) Rational DOORS
16 8 (2.04%) TestRail
17 7 (1.78%) SoapUI
17 7 (1.78%) Zephyr
18 6 (1.53%) TestNG
General
1 143 (36.39%) Social Skills
2 93 (23.66%) Finance
3 58 (14.76%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (12.98%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.36%) Banking
6 22 (5.60%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (3.82%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.80%) Local Government
9 10 (2.54%) Military
10 9 (2.29%) General Ledger
11 8 (2.04%) Investment Banking
12 7 (1.78%) Billing
12 7 (1.78%) Legal
13 6 (1.53%) Back Office
13 6 (1.53%) Law
13 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.27%) Electronics
14 5 (1.27%) Retail
15 3 (0.76%) Front Office
15 3 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 92 (23.41%) Analyst
2 78 (19.85%) Tester
3 67 (17.05%) Test Analyst
4 44 (11.20%) Test Engineer
5 40 (10.18%) Lead
6 36 (9.16%) Senior
7 34 (8.65%) Consultant
8 23 (5.85%) Automation Tester
8 23 (5.85%) QA Engineer
9 19 (4.83%) Test Leader
10 16 (4.07%) Test Specialist
11 15 (3.82%) Functional Consultant
11 15 (3.82%) Oracle Consultant
11 15 (3.82%) Test Automation Engineer
12 14 (3.56%) Business Analyst
13 13 (3.31%) Developer
13 13 (3.31%) Oracle Analyst
13 13 (3.31%) QA Tester
13 13 (3.31%) SAP Consultant
14 12 (3.05%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.40%) Playwright
2 24 (6.11%) REST
3 15 (3.82%) pytest
4 14 (3.56%) Oracle Fusion
4 14 (3.56%) XML
5 13 (3.31%) RFC 2544
5 13 (3.31%) Web Services
6 12 (3.05%) SOAP
7 11 (2.80%) ADO
8 10 (2.54%) .NET
8 10 (2.54%) Node.js
9 8 (2.04%) HTML
10 7 (1.78%) Apache NiFi
10 7 (1.78%) Kafka
10 7 (1.78%) Middleware
10 7 (1.78%) SailPoint
11 6 (1.53%) CSS
11 6 (1.53%) RESTful
11 6 (1.53%) Spring
12 5 (1.27%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.07%) Product Ownership
2 15 (3.82%) Mobile App
3 13 (3.31%) Data Centre
4 11 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.54%) Data Structures
5 10 (2.54%) Fibre Optics
6 9 (2.29%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.53%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.27%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.27%) PKI
9 5 (1.27%) SCADA
10 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.02%) NHS
10 4 (1.02%) PCIe
11 3 (0.76%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.76%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.76%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.62%) Windows
2 15 (3.82%) Apple iOS
3 14 (3.56%) Android
4 9 (2.29%) Linux
5 6 (1.53%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.02%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.76%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.51%) Unix
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.25%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (47.84%) Test Automation
2 129 (32.82%) Agile
3 122 (31.04%) User Acceptance Testing
4 95 (24.17%) CI/CD
5 93 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (22.65%) Test Strategy
7 84 (21.37%) DevOps
8 73 (18.58%) Software Testing
9 71 (18.07%) Regression Testing
10 68 (17.30%) Defect Management
11 67 (17.05%) Validation
12 53 (13.49%) Scenario Testing
13 52 (13.23%) Integration Testing
13 52 (13.23%) Test Management
14 46 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
15 45 (11.45%) End-to-End Testing
16 41 (10.43%) Manual Testing
17 40 (10.18%) Scrum
18 39 (9.92%) API Testing
18 39 (9.92%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 62 (15.78%) SQL
2 54 (13.74%) Python
3 52 (13.23%) Java
4 40 (10.18%) JavaScript
5 34 (8.65%) C#
6 25 (6.36%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.53%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.53%) VB.NET
8 5 (1.27%) Ada
8 5 (1.27%) C
8 5 (1.27%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.27%) Swift
9 4 (1.02%) Bash
10 3 (0.76%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.51%) COBOL
11 2 (0.51%) Groovy
11 2 (0.51%) JCL
12 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.25%) Scala
12 1 (0.25%) XPath
Qualifications
1 98 (24.94%) Security Cleared
2 76 (19.34%) SC Cleared
3 30 (7.63%) Degree
3 30 (7.63%) ISTQB
4 13 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.54%) ISEB
7 8 (2.04%) AWS Certification
7 8 (2.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (1.53%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.27%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.02%) CCNP
10 4 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.51%) CCIE
12 2 (0.51%) CCNA
12 2 (0.51%) MCSA
12 2 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (33.59%) QA
2 31 (7.89%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.27%) WCAG
5 4 (1.02%) NCSC
6 3 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.51%) GDPR
7 2 (0.51%) SEPA
7 2 (0.51%) SLA
8 1 (0.25%) GAAP
8 1 (0.25%) GRC
8 1 (0.25%) GxP
8 1 (0.25%) HL7
8 1 (0.25%) IFRS
8 1 (0.25%) ITGC
8 1 (0.25%) MiFID
8 1 (0.25%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 19 (4.83%) Docker
2 7 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.76%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (5.09%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.54%) Ansible
3 9 (2.29%) HP ALM
4 7 (1.78%) Grafana
5 5 (1.27%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.76%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.76%) Iperf
6 3 (0.76%) Nmap
6 3 (0.76%) Terraform
7 2 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.51%) SCCM
8 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.25%) Rsyslog
8 1 (0.25%) SCOM
8 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (17.05%) Oracle
2 43 (10.94%) Microsoft
3 31 (7.89%) SAP
4 19 (4.83%) Cisco
5 15 (3.82%) Splunk
6 13 (3.31%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.05%) HP
8 11 (2.80%) Databricks
9 10 (2.54%) UiPath
10 7 (1.78%) VMware
11 6 (1.53%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.53%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.27%) webMethods
12 5 (1.27%) Workday
13 4 (1.02%) Optimizely
13 4 (1.02%) ServiceNow
14 3 (0.76%) Avaloq
14 3 (0.76%) Charles River
14 3 (0.76%) IBM
14 3 (0.76%) SolarWinds