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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 238 181
Rank change year-on-year +20 -57 +92
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 385 321 553
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.29% 1.03% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.19% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 212 387
10th Percentile £300 £306 £356
25th Percentile £363 £361 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £561 £588
90th Percentile £638 £631 £688
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -3.16% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 33
10th Percentile £42.50 £38.38 £76.53
25th Percentile £55.00 £41.56 £83.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £48.75 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -45.83% +63.64%
75th Percentile £69.38 £56.56 -
90th Percentile £75.00 £60.13 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £31.55 £90.00
% change year-on-year +113.95% -64.94% +63.64%

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 26,934 26,984 35,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.48% 86.62% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,108 16,470 24,373
10th Percentile £298 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £416 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,747 976 1,492
10th Percentile £14.69 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.74 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.46 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.35 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.08% +25.12%

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 November 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +31 167 £500 -3.61% 101
South East +11 63 £475 +15.15% 127
North of England -23 54 £400 -20.00% 9
Midlands -18 45 £425 +17.24% 18
North West -2 35 £400 +6.67% 7
West Midlands -20 34 £476 +34.96% 10
South West +6 27 £538 +3.86% 19
East of England -7 18 £400 +28.00% 27
Yorkshire -37 16 £410 -22.82%
East Midlands -14 11 £360 -0.69% 5
North East -11 3 £300 -29.41% 2
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 15 (3.90%) Confluence
2 12 (3.12%) SAS
3 4 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.04%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.78%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (0.52%) CICS
5 2 (0.52%) CMS
5 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.26%) EPiServer
Applications
1 14 (3.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.04%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 20 (5.19%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (4.68%) Oracle Payables
3 13 (3.38%) Oracle EBS R12
4 10 (2.60%) Oracle Financials
4 10 (2.60%) Oracle General Ledger
4 10 (2.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (2.08%) Oracle Cash Management
5 8 (2.08%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (1.82%) Oracle Assets
6 7 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (1.04%) Aladdin
8 3 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
8 3 (0.78%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.52%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.52%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.52%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 57 (14.81%) Azure
2 41 (10.65%) Azure DevOps
3 26 (6.75%) AWS
4 14 (3.64%) OpenShift
5 12 (3.12%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.86%) OCI
7 10 (2.60%) GitHub
7 10 (2.60%) SuccessFactors
8 9 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
8 9 (2.34%) Tricentis Tosca
9 8 (2.08%) GCP
10 6 (1.56%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.30%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.30%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.30%) Sentry
12 4 (1.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.04%) PaaS
12 4 (1.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (1.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.23%) Firewall
2 8 (2.08%) HTTP
3 5 (1.30%) LAN
4 4 (1.04%) DNS
4 4 (1.04%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.78%) 4G
5 3 (0.78%) 5G
5 3 (0.78%) BGP
5 3 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.78%) MPLS
5 3 (0.78%) Multicast
5 3 (0.78%) OSPF
5 3 (0.78%) VLAN
5 3 (0.78%) VPN
5 3 (0.78%) WAN
5 3 (0.78%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.52%) DHCP
6 2 (0.52%) VoIP
6 2 (0.52%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.60%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (2.08%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.82%) Big Data
3 7 (1.82%) BigQuery
3 7 (1.82%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.56%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.56%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.30%) Power BI
5 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.30%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.04%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.78%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.52%) DB2
8 2 (0.52%) MySQL
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 89 (23.12%) JIRA
2 75 (19.48%) Selenium
3 47 (12.21%) Jenkins
4 43 (11.17%) Postman
5 36 (9.35%) Git
6 31 (8.05%) Cucumber
7 28 (7.27%) GitLab
7 28 (7.27%) JUnit
8 23 (5.97%) Cypress.io
9 22 (5.71%) REST Assured
10 13 (3.38%) JMeter
11 11 (2.86%) Appium
11 11 (2.86%) TestNG
11 11 (2.86%) WebDriver
12 10 (2.60%) SpecFlow
12 10 (2.60%) Zephyr
13 9 (2.34%) Bitbucket
13 9 (2.34%) SoapUI
13 9 (2.34%) TestRail
14 8 (2.08%) Rational DOORS
General
1 124 (32.21%) Social Skills
2 89 (23.12%) Finance
3 54 (14.03%) Public Sector
4 52 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (6.75%) Banking
6 20 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (4.42%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.38%) Local Government
9 9 (2.34%) General Ledger
10 8 (2.08%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.08%) Law
10 8 (2.08%) Legal
10 8 (2.08%) Military
11 7 (1.82%) Billing
12 6 (1.56%) Back Office
12 6 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.04%) Electronics
14 3 (0.78%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.78%) Front Office
14 3 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (22.86%) Analyst
2 73 (18.96%) Tester
3 63 (16.36%) Test Analyst
4 44 (11.43%) Test Engineer
5 39 (10.13%) Lead
6 37 (9.61%) Senior
7 34 (8.83%) Consultant
8 19 (4.94%) Automation Tester
8 19 (4.94%) Business Analyst
8 19 (4.94%) Test Manager
9 18 (4.68%) Test Leader
10 16 (4.16%) Oracle Consultant
10 16 (4.16%) QA Engineer
10 16 (4.16%) Test Specialist
11 15 (3.90%) Functional Consultant
12 13 (3.38%) Oracle Analyst
12 13 (3.38%) QA Tester
13 12 (3.12%) SAP Consultant
13 12 (3.12%) Test Automation Engineer
14 11 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.53%) Playwright
2 23 (5.97%) REST
3 17 (4.42%) RFC 2544
3 17 (4.42%) XML
4 15 (3.90%) Web Services
5 14 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
5 14 (3.64%) SOAP
6 13 (3.38%) pytest
7 10 (2.60%) .NET
7 10 (2.60%) ADO
8 7 (1.82%) Apache NiFi
9 6 (1.56%) HTML
9 6 (1.56%) SailPoint
10 5 (1.30%) Middleware
10 5 (1.30%) RESTful
11 4 (1.04%) CSS
11 4 (1.04%) JSON
11 4 (1.04%) Node.js
11 4 (1.04%) PySpark
12 3 (0.78%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.42%) Data Centre
2 14 (3.64%) Fibre Optics
2 14 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (2.86%) Mobile App
3 11 (2.86%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.34%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (1.82%) SCADA
6 6 (1.56%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.56%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.30%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.30%) NHS
7 5 (1.30%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.04%) PCIe
8 4 (1.04%) PKI
9 3 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.78%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.97%) Windows
2 11 (2.86%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.60%) Android
4 7 (1.82%) Linux
5 4 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.78%) Unix
6 3 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.52%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.26%) VMS
8 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (46.75%) Test Automation
2 114 (29.61%) User Acceptance Testing
3 111 (28.83%) Agile
4 97 (25.19%) Test Strategy
5 84 (21.82%) CI/CD
6 80 (20.78%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (19.48%) DevOps
8 71 (18.44%) Defect Management
9 66 (17.14%) Software Testing
10 62 (16.10%) Regression Testing
11 59 (15.32%) Validation
12 52 (13.51%) End-to-End Testing
13 48 (12.47%) Scenario Testing
14 45 (11.69%) Integration Testing
15 42 (10.91%) Test Management
16 34 (8.83%) System Integration Testing
17 33 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
17 33 (8.57%) Scrum
17 33 (8.57%) Test Planning
18 32 (8.31%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 53 (13.77%) Python
2 52 (13.51%) SQL
3 50 (12.99%) Java
4 30 (7.79%) JavaScript
5 28 (7.27%) C#
6 10 (2.60%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.56%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.56%) VB.NET
8 5 (1.30%) C
8 5 (1.30%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.30%) Swift
9 4 (1.04%) Ada
9 4 (1.04%) Bash
10 3 (0.78%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.52%) COBOL
11 2 (0.52%) Groovy
11 2 (0.52%) JCL
12 1 (0.26%) Korn
12 1 (0.26%) Scala
12 1 (0.26%) XPath
Qualifications
1 102 (26.49%) Security Cleared
2 77 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 30 (7.79%) ISTQB
4 26 (6.75%) Degree
5 13 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.86%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.34%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 8 (2.08%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.08%) ISEB
10 6 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.30%) CCNP
11 5 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.78%) CCNA
13 2 (0.52%) CCIE
13 2 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (32.21%) QA
2 32 (8.31%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.82%) WCAG
4 6 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.78%) GDPR
5 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.78%) NCSC
5 3 (0.78%) SLA
6 2 (0.52%) HL7
6 2 (0.52%) PMO
6 2 (0.52%) SEPA
6 2 (0.52%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.26%) DICOM
7 1 (0.26%) ECSS
7 1 (0.26%) GAAP
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) GxP
7 1 (0.26%) IFRS
7 1 (0.26%) ITGC
7 1 (0.26%) MiFID
System Software
1 20 (5.19%) Docker
2 3 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (4.68%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.60%) HP ALM
3 6 (1.56%) Ansible
3 6 (1.56%) Grafana
4 3 (0.78%) Check_MK
4 3 (0.78%) Iperf
4 3 (0.78%) Nmap
5 2 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.52%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.52%) SCCM
6 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.26%) Rsyslog
6 1 (0.26%) SCOM
6 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (16.62%) Oracle
2 37 (9.61%) Microsoft
3 33 (8.57%) SAP
4 23 (5.97%) Cisco
5 14 (3.64%) Splunk
6 13 (3.38%) HP
6 13 (3.38%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.60%) UiPath
8 8 (2.08%) Databricks
9 7 (1.82%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.56%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.30%) webMethods
12 4 (1.04%) Workday
13 3 (0.78%) Ariba
13 3 (0.78%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.78%) Duck Creek
13 3 (0.78%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.78%) Juniper
13 3 (0.78%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.78%) Palo Alto