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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 210 238
Rank change year-on-year -75 +28 -23
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 396 358 332
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.30% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.43% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 249 236
10th Percentile £314 £263 £306
25th Percentile £380 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £634 £627
UK median daily rate £466 £429 £475
% change year-on-year +8.68% -9.68% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 3
10th Percentile £25.38 £18.48 £39.00
25th Percentile £40.00 £35.00 £43.13
Median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +10.00% -44.44%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £56.25
90th Percentile - £87.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +22.73% +46.67% -58.33%

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 38,785 25,097 28,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.06% 90.81% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,091 16,007 18,621
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,429 1,649
10th Percentile £14.48 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.87 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.87%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.30 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +68.19% -39.40% -2.35%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -81 146 £506 +1.25% 37
Midlands -24 68 £378 +11.03% 11
South East -67 66 £475 +5.56% 29
West Midlands -32 55 £368 +56.60% 8
North of England -62 48 £438 +3.55% 13
East of England +1 32 £74 -80.27% 5
South West -45 30 £525 -2.33% 11
North West -49 26 £402 -5.41% 7
Yorkshire -32 18 £425 +1.19% 1
East Midlands -17 13 £638 +77.08% 3
North East -42 4 £453 -1.52% 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 45 (11.36%) Confluence
2 11 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.52%) SAS
4 3 (0.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (0.76%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 32 (8.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.53%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.77%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.52%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.52%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.26%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.26%) SAP ERP
6 4 (1.01%) Aladdin
6 4 (1.01%) HFM
6 4 (1.01%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 4 (1.01%) SAP GTS
6 4 (1.01%) SAP SD
6 4 (1.01%) SAP VC
7 3 (0.76%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.76%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.76%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.76%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.76%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.76%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 75 (18.94%) Azure
2 53 (13.38%) AWS
3 51 (12.88%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (5.30%) GitHub
5 12 (3.03%) OCI
6 11 (2.78%) GCP
6 11 (2.78%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.53%) SuccessFactors
8 7 (1.77%) SaaS
9 6 (1.52%) Figma
9 6 (1.52%) Pendo
9 6 (1.52%) Tricentis Tosca
10 5 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.01%) Lucidchart
11 4 (1.01%) OpenShift
12 3 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.76%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.76%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.77%) HTTP
2 6 (1.52%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.26%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.26%) Wireless
4 4 (1.01%) DNS
4 4 (1.01%) Network Security
5 2 (0.51%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.51%) SAN
6 1 (0.25%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.25%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.25%) LAN
6 1 (0.25%) WAAS
6 1 (0.25%) WAN
6 1 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.60%) Oracle Reports
2 36 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.78%) Power BI
4 6 (1.52%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.26%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.01%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.01%) Metadata
6 4 (1.01%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (1.01%) Tableau
7 3 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.76%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.76%) SAS Visual Analytics
8 2 (0.51%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.51%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.25%) SAS EBI
9 1 (0.25%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 132 (33.33%) JIRA
2 56 (14.14%) Postman
3 41 (10.35%) Selenium
4 39 (9.85%) Git
5 37 (9.34%) Zephyr
6 27 (6.82%) Jenkins
7 25 (6.31%) JMeter
8 22 (5.56%) Cucumber
9 18 (4.55%) LoadRunner
10 15 (3.79%) GitLab
11 13 (3.28%) REST Assured
12 12 (3.03%) Gatling
13 10 (2.53%) JUnit
14 9 (2.27%) NeoLoad
15 8 (2.02%) Bitbucket
15 8 (2.02%) Rational DOORS
16 7 (1.77%) Cypress.io
16 7 (1.77%) SoapUI
16 7 (1.77%) SpecFlow
16 7 (1.77%) WebDriver
General
1 166 (41.92%) Social Skills
2 83 (20.96%) Finance
3 81 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 55 (13.89%) Public Sector
5 36 (9.09%) Banking
6 15 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (2.78%) Legal
8 10 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.53%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.27%) Automotive
10 7 (1.77%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.52%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.52%) Military
11 6 (1.52%) Retail
12 4 (1.01%) Local Government
12 4 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.76%) Billing
13 3 (0.76%) Electronics
13 3 (0.76%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 79 (19.95%) Analyst
2 72 (18.18%) Tester
3 50 (12.63%) Lead
4 47 (11.87%) Test Engineer
5 45 (11.36%) Consultant
6 36 (9.09%) Test Analyst
7 28 (7.07%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.31%) Senior
9 24 (6.06%) Test Leader
10 23 (5.81%) QA Tester
11 22 (5.56%) Test Manager
12 19 (4.80%) Software Engineer
13 16 (4.04%) Principal Engineer
13 16 (4.04%) Test Automation Engineer
14 15 (3.79%) Principal Software Engineer
15 14 (3.54%) QA Engineer
16 11 (2.78%) Performance Tester
17 10 (2.53%) Developer
17 10 (2.53%) QA Analyst
17 10 (2.53%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.56%) Playwright
2 15 (3.79%) REST
3 13 (3.28%) .NET
4 11 (2.78%) SOAP
5 10 (2.53%) Kafka
5 10 (2.53%) React
6 9 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (2.27%) Web Services
7 8 (2.02%) XML
8 7 (1.77%) HTML
8 7 (1.77%) pytest
8 7 (1.77%) RESTful
9 6 (1.52%) Middleware
10 5 (1.26%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (1.01%) .NET Core
11 4 (1.01%) ADO
11 4 (1.01%) AngularJS
11 4 (1.01%) Swagger
12 3 (0.76%) ASP.NET
12 3 (0.76%) XBRL
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 16 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.28%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.27%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.77%) CMDB
10 7 (1.77%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.26%) FPGA
11 5 (1.26%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.26%) NHS
11 5 (1.26%) PACS
11 5 (1.26%) PCIe
11 5 (1.26%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 25 (6.31%) Windows
2 19 (4.80%) Linux
3 5 (1.26%) Android
3 5 (1.26%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (1.26%) Unix
4 4 (1.01%) VMS
4 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.76%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.51%) AIX
6 2 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (42.42%) Test Automation
2 154 (38.89%) Agile
3 120 (30.30%) User Acceptance Testing
4 101 (25.51%) Validation
5 94 (23.74%) End-to-End Testing
5 94 (23.74%) Migration
6 88 (22.22%) Scenario Testing
7 76 (19.19%) DevOps
8 73 (18.43%) Data Migration
9 71 (17.93%) Problem-Solving
10 70 (17.68%) Test Strategy
11 69 (17.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 66 (16.67%) Test Management
13 63 (15.91%) CI/CD
13 63 (15.91%) Integration Testing
13 63 (15.91%) Software Testing
14 59 (14.90%) Defect Management
15 57 (14.39%) Continuous Improvement
16 56 (14.14%) Manual Testing
17 51 (12.88%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 75 (18.94%) SQL
2 46 (11.62%) Python
3 41 (10.35%) Java
4 25 (6.31%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.79%) C#
6 10 (2.53%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.02%) ABAP
8 7 (1.77%) C++
9 6 (1.52%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.26%) Apex Code
10 5 (1.26%) C
11 3 (0.76%) Groovy
11 3 (0.76%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.76%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.76%) Ruby
11 3 (0.76%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.76%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.51%) PROC SQL
13 1 (0.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 133 (33.59%) Security Cleared
2 92 (23.23%) SC Cleared
3 51 (12.88%) ISTQB
4 28 (7.07%) Degree
4 28 (7.07%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 10 (2.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.77%) ACCA
8 7 (1.77%) CIMA
9 6 (1.52%) ISEB
10 2 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.25%) ISEB Practitioner
11 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (28.03%) QA
2 25 (6.31%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.54%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.02%) WCAG
5 7 (1.77%) GRC
5 7 (1.77%) NCSC
6 6 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.26%) JSP 440
8 4 (1.01%) IFRS
9 3 (0.76%) DICOM
9 3 (0.76%) HL7
9 3 (0.76%) SLA
10 2 (0.51%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.51%) NIST
10 2 (0.51%) PMO
10 2 (0.51%) SEPA
10 2 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.25%) Basel III
11 1 (0.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.26%) Docker
4 4 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (1.01%) vSphere
5 2 (0.51%) SRDF
6 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.80%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.02%) Grafana
3 6 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.26%) Ansible
4 5 (1.26%) Terraform
5 3 (0.76%) Control-M
5 3 (0.76%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.76%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.76%) Kibana
6 2 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.51%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.51%) Puppet
7 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (18.94%) Oracle
2 55 (13.89%) SAP
3 30 (7.58%) Microsoft
4 19 (4.80%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.53%) Dynatrace
7 9 (2.27%) AppDynamics
8 7 (1.77%) Workday
9 6 (1.52%) Databricks
9 6 (1.52%) HP
9 6 (1.52%) Talend
9 6 (1.52%) VMware
10 5 (1.26%) Conga
10 5 (1.26%) Denodo
10 5 (1.26%) GoCardless
10 5 (1.26%) Google
10 5 (1.26%) Sage
11 4 (1.01%) Ariba
11 4 (1.01%) IBM
11 4 (1.01%) Tagetik