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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 236 239
Rank change year-on-year -10 +3 +29
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 416 267 363
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.03% 1.10% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.20% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 164 252
10th Percentile £319 £243 £313
25th Percentile £360 £348 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £425 £455
Median % change year-on-year +7.88% -6.49% -4.32%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £570
90th Percentile £638 £622 £630
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -3.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 21
10th Percentile £25.15 £19.16 -
25th Percentile £32.69 £45.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £85.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
90th Percentile - £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £85.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -20.59% - +33.33%

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 34,314 22,202 32,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 91.20% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,947 14,537 21,107
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £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 2,131 918 2,248
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.69 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.50 £16.02
Median hourly rate £45.46 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.53% -16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.50 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.65
% change year-on-year +43.29% -18.65% -4.42%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -3 174 £475 - 19
North of England -36 68 £404 -13.69% 10
Midlands -56 60 £368 +41.54% 17
South East -46 48 £465 +16.19% 22
West Midlands -47 48 £362 +53.83% 10
Yorkshire -18 41 £461 +67.45% 3
South West -14 33 £538 +13.16% 7
East of England -11 24 £350 -30.00% 15
North West -46 24 £383 -20.52% 7
East Midlands -25 12 £638 +63.04% 7
North East -18 3 £394 -4.26%
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 (8.41%) Confluence
2 10 (2.40%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.20%) SAS
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 25 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 23 (5.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.88%) 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 6 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (1.20%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
8 4 (0.96%) 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%) Algo Collateral
10 2 (0.48%) BambooHR
10 2 (0.48%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 103 (24.76%) Azure
2 77 (18.51%) Azure DevOps
3 45 (10.82%) AWS
4 19 (4.57%) GitHub
5 18 (4.33%) GCP
6 16 (3.85%) OCI
7 15 (3.61%) SuccessFactors
8 13 (3.13%) Snowflake
9 12 (2.88%) Power Platform
10 11 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (1.92%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.68%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.68%) SaaS
13 6 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.44%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
15 4 (0.96%) Tricentis Tosca
16 3 (0.72%) Azure API Management
16 3 (0.72%) BlazeMeter
16 3 (0.72%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.16%) Firewall
2 6 (1.44%) HTTP
3 5 (1.20%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.20%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.20%) Wireless
4 4 (0.96%) 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 27 (6.49%) Oracle Reports
2 23 (5.53%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.85%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.88%) Power BI
5 7 (1.68%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.44%) MySQL
7 5 (1.20%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.96%) 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
1 136 (32.69%) JIRA
2 60 (14.42%) Postman
3 57 (13.70%) Selenium
4 42 (10.10%) Jenkins
5 35 (8.41%) Git
6 29 (6.97%) Cucumber
7 26 (6.25%) GitLab
8 24 (5.77%) JMeter
8 24 (5.77%) Zephyr
9 21 (5.05%) REST Assured
10 18 (4.33%) JUnit
11 15 (3.61%) Cypress.io
12 14 (3.37%) SpecFlow
12 14 (3.37%) WebDriver
13 11 (2.64%) Gatling
14 10 (2.40%) Rational DOORS
14 10 (2.40%) TestRail
15 9 (2.16%) LoadRunner
16 7 (1.68%) Bitbucket
16 7 (1.68%) Jaeger
General
1 173 (41.59%) Social Skills
2 91 (21.88%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (21.15%) Finance
4 40 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 33 (7.93%) Banking
6 21 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (4.81%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.16%) Retail
10 8 (1.92%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.68%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.44%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.44%) Military
13 5 (1.20%) Legal
14 4 (0.96%) Electronics
14 4 (0.96%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.72%) Automotive
15 3 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 104 (25.00%) Analyst
2 85 (20.43%) Tester
3 61 (14.66%) Test Analyst
4 50 (12.02%) Lead
5 45 (10.82%) Test Engineer
6 30 (7.21%) Test Leader
7 29 (6.97%) Automation Tester
8 25 (6.01%) Senior
9 23 (5.53%) Test Automation Engineer
10 19 (4.57%) Business Analyst
10 19 (4.57%) QA Engineer
10 19 (4.57%) Test Manager
11 18 (4.33%) QA Tester
12 15 (3.61%) Consultant
12 15 (3.61%) Developer
13 13 (3.13%) Project Officer
14 12 (2.88%) Migration Analyst
14 12 (2.88%) Oracle Analyst
14 12 (2.88%) QA Automation Engineer
15 11 (2.64%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.38%) Playwright
2 26 (6.25%) REST
3 20 (4.81%) .NET
4 18 (4.33%) Kafka
5 13 (3.13%) Middleware
6 12 (2.88%) SailPoint
7 11 (2.64%) pytest
8 10 (2.40%) ADO
8 10 (2.40%) HTML
8 10 (2.40%) Node.js
8 10 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (2.16%) LDAP
9 9 (2.16%) OpenID
9 9 (2.16%) Spring Boot
10 7 (1.68%) CSS
10 7 (1.68%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (1.20%) .NET Core
11 5 (1.20%) .NET Framework
11 5 (1.20%) React
11 5 (1.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.45%) Legacy Systems
2 23 (5.53%) Management Information System
2 23 (5.53%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (2.64%) Data Structures
4 11 (2.64%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.16%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.92%) Embedded Systems
6 8 (1.92%) Tandem
7 7 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.68%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.20%) FPGA
9 5 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.20%) PACS
9 5 (1.20%) PCIe
10 4 (0.96%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.96%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.96%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.33%) Linux
1 18 (4.33%) Windows
2 7 (1.68%) Android
3 6 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.20%) 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%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (44.47%) Test Automation
2 170 (40.87%) Agile
3 122 (29.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 106 (25.48%) DevOps
5 99 (23.80%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (23.08%) Validation
7 94 (22.60%) Scenario Testing
8 87 (20.91%) CI/CD
9 83 (19.95%) Test Management
10 75 (18.03%) Migration
11 72 (17.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 69 (16.59%) End-to-End Testing
13 67 (16.11%) Integration Testing
13 67 (16.11%) Manual Testing
13 67 (16.11%) Software Testing
14 61 (14.66%) Stakeholder Management
15 60 (14.42%) API Testing
15 60 (14.42%) Data Migration
15 60 (14.42%) Test Strategy
16 59 (14.18%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 81 (19.47%) SQL
2 60 (14.42%) Java
3 59 (14.18%) Python
4 53 (12.74%) JavaScript
5 45 (10.82%) TypeScript
6 38 (9.13%) C#
7 7 (1.68%) Rust
8 6 (1.44%) PHP
9 5 (1.20%) C
9 5 (1.20%) Scala
10 4 (0.96%) 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%) Bash
13 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 111 (26.68%) Security Cleared
2 73 (17.55%) SC Cleared
3 41 (9.86%) ISTQB
4 27 (6.49%) DV Cleared
5 26 (6.25%) Degree
6 11 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (1.20%) ISEB
10 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.48%) CCNA
10 2 (0.48%) CCNP
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
11 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (32.93%) QA
2 19 (4.57%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.33%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.44%) NCSC
5 5 (1.20%) GRC
5 5 (1.20%) SLA
6 4 (0.96%) WCAG
7 3 (0.72%) DICOM
7 3 (0.72%) HL7
7 3 (0.72%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.48%) PMO
8 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.24%) Basel III
9 1 (0.24%) GDPR
9 1 (0.24%) IFRS
9 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 15 (3.61%) Docker
2 10 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.44%) 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 (5.53%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.64%) Grafana
3 8 (1.92%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.68%) HP ALM
4 7 (1.68%) Kiali
4 7 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.44%) Ansible
6 5 (1.20%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (1.20%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.96%) 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 70 (16.83%) Oracle
2 37 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.89%) SAP
3 17 (4.09%) ServiceNow
3 17 (4.09%) Workday
4 13 (3.13%) Databricks
5 10 (2.40%) HP
6 8 (1.92%) Splunk
7 7 (1.68%) Avaloq
7 7 (1.68%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.44%) Google
8 6 (1.44%) Talend
8 6 (1.44%) VMware
9 4 (0.96%) Cisco
9 4 (0.96%) Dell
9 4 (0.96%) Hitachi
9 4 (0.96%) IBM
10 3 (0.72%) AppDynamics
10 3 (0.72%) Optimizely
10 3 (0.72%) Sage