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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 245 208
Rank change year-on-year +20 -37 +95
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 429 249 440
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.18% 1.01% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.11% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 159 305
10th Percentile £313 £263 £325
25th Percentile £359 £334 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £609 £664
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +3.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 36
10th Percentile £25.19 £16.79 £41.25
25th Percentile £28.88 £72.50 £76.15
Median hourly rate £67.00 £86.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +1.18% +31.27%
75th Percentile £69.06 - £90.00
90th Percentile £70.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £86.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -22.09% +1.18% +31.27%

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 31,421 22,365 33,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.61% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,102 14,445 21,880
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,952 795 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.80 £21.01 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.81 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 11 March 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 +18 172 £425 -10.53% 13
North of England -37 68 £400 +10.34% 28
Midlands -39 67 £467 +25.27% 22
West Midlands -34 53 £467 +33.50% 14
South East -28 45 £448 +10.22% 19
Yorkshire -37 39 £500 +53.85% 3
South West +8 38 £538 +5.39% 10
East of England -7 29 £400 +12.28% 8
North West -37 27 £358 -14.37% 18
East Midlands -30 14 £499 +24.69% 8
North East -11 2 £475 +31.03% 7
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 27 (6.29%) Confluence
2 17 (3.96%) SAS
3 5 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.70%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.47%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.23%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.23%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.23%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 22 (5.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (3.26%) Aladdin
3 11 (2.56%) Loan IQ
4 9 (2.10%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (2.10%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.86%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.93%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 4 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.70%) Maximo
8 3 (0.70%) NetSuite
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.70%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.70%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.47%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 99 (23.08%) Azure
2 78 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (9.32%) AWS
4 22 (5.13%) OpenShift
5 19 (4.43%) GCP
6 18 (4.20%) OCI
7 17 (3.96%) SuccessFactors
8 16 (3.73%) GitHub
9 15 (3.50%) Snowflake
10 14 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (2.33%) Tricentis Tosca
12 8 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.63%) Power Platform
13 7 (1.63%) SaaS
14 6 (1.40%) Entra ID
14 6 (1.40%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 3 (0.70%) BlazeMeter
16 3 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
16 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.80%) Firewall
2 8 (1.86%) HTTP
3 4 (0.93%) DHCP
3 4 (0.93%) DNS
3 4 (0.93%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.93%) Network Security
4 2 (0.47%) BGP
4 2 (0.47%) FTP
4 2 (0.47%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.47%) LAN
4 2 (0.47%) MPLS
4 2 (0.47%) OSPF
4 2 (0.47%) SAN
4 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.47%) VLAN
4 2 (0.47%) VPN
4 2 (0.47%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.20%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.73%) Oracle Reports
3 14 (3.26%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (2.80%) Oracle Database
5 11 (2.56%) BigQuery
6 7 (1.63%) MySQL
6 7 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.63%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 6 (1.40%) Power BI
8 5 (1.17%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.93%) Big Data
9 4 (0.93%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.70%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.70%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.70%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.47%) Metadata
12 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 114 (26.57%) JIRA
2 76 (17.72%) Selenium
3 63 (14.69%) Postman
4 54 (12.59%) Jenkins
5 43 (10.02%) Git
6 40 (9.32%) GitLab
7 37 (8.62%) Cucumber
8 31 (7.23%) REST Assured
9 30 (6.99%) JUnit
10 27 (6.29%) Cypress.io
11 26 (6.06%) JMeter
12 15 (3.50%) SpecFlow
12 15 (3.50%) Zephyr
13 11 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
14 10 (2.33%) Gatling
14 10 (2.33%) TestRail
14 10 (2.33%) WebDriver
15 8 (1.86%) LoadRunner
16 7 (1.63%) Appium
16 7 (1.63%) Jaeger
General
1 174 (40.56%) Social Skills
2 87 (20.28%) Finance
3 78 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 29 (6.76%) Banking
6 17 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.86%) Military
10 7 (1.63%) Electronics
10 7 (1.63%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.63%) General Ledger
10 7 (1.63%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.40%) Retail
12 5 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.17%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.17%) Legal
13 4 (0.93%) Law
13 4 (0.93%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (22.84%) Analyst
2 85 (19.81%) Tester
3 65 (15.15%) Test Analyst
4 57 (13.29%) Lead
5 51 (11.89%) Test Engineer
6 38 (8.86%) Senior
7 32 (7.46%) Automation Tester
8 28 (6.53%) Test Leader
9 21 (4.90%) Test Automation Engineer
10 19 (4.43%) QA Engineer
11 18 (4.20%) Test Specialist
12 17 (3.96%) Consultant
13 15 (3.50%) QA Tester
14 14 (3.26%) Business Analyst
14 14 (3.26%) Software Engineer
15 13 (3.03%) Developer
15 13 (3.03%) Oracle Analyst
15 13 (3.03%) Project Officer
16 12 (2.80%) SAP Analyst
17 11 (2.56%) SAP Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (10.96%) Playwright
2 38 (8.86%) REST
3 23 (5.36%) pytest
4 19 (4.43%) .NET
4 19 (4.43%) Kafka
5 13 (3.03%) Node.js
5 13 (3.03%) SailPoint
6 12 (2.80%) ADO
7 11 (2.56%) Middleware
7 11 (2.56%) XML
8 10 (2.33%) CSS
8 10 (2.33%) HTML
8 10 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
9 9 (2.10%) LDAP
9 9 (2.10%) OpenID
10 8 (1.86%) Spring Boot
11 7 (1.63%) Apache NiFi
11 7 (1.63%) OpenTelemetry
12 6 (1.40%) .NET Framework
12 6 (1.40%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.59%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (4.90%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.43%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (3.03%) Public Cloud
5 12 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.56%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (1.86%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.86%) Tandem
8 5 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.17%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.17%) Fibre Optics
8 5 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.93%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.93%) PCIe
9 4 (0.93%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.70%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.70%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.06%) Windows
2 19 (4.43%) Linux
3 7 (1.63%) Android
4 6 (1.40%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.70%) Unix
6 3 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.23%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (49.18%) Test Automation
2 168 (39.16%) Agile
3 119 (27.74%) DevOps
4 112 (26.11%) User Acceptance Testing
5 108 (25.17%) CI/CD
5 108 (25.17%) Problem-Solving
6 89 (20.75%) Validation
7 87 (20.28%) Software Testing
8 84 (19.58%) Test Strategy
9 79 (18.41%) Scenario Testing
10 73 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 70 (16.32%) Integration Testing
12 67 (15.62%) Regression Testing
13 65 (15.15%) Test Management
14 63 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
15 62 (14.45%) Defect Management
16 60 (13.99%) End-to-End Testing
17 58 (13.52%) API Testing
17 58 (13.52%) Manual Testing
18 55 (12.82%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 80 (18.65%) SQL
2 78 (18.18%) Python
3 68 (15.85%) Java
4 57 (13.29%) JavaScript
5 50 (11.66%) TypeScript
6 43 (10.02%) C#
7 7 (1.63%) Ada
7 7 (1.63%) Rust
8 6 (1.40%) PHP
9 5 (1.17%) Scala
10 4 (0.93%) C
10 4 (0.93%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.70%) C++
11 3 (0.70%) Cypher
11 3 (0.70%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.70%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.70%) VB
11 3 (0.70%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.47%) Bash
13 1 (0.23%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 127 (29.60%) Security Cleared
2 88 (20.51%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.02%) ISTQB
4 27 (6.29%) Degree
5 26 (6.06%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 10 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.33%) ISEB
9 3 (0.70%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.70%) CCNA
9 3 (0.70%) CCNP
9 3 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.47%) MCSA
10 2 (0.47%) MCSE
10 2 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (34.27%) QA
2 19 (4.43%) Accessibility
3 18 (4.20%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.17%) GRC
5 4 (0.93%) SLA
6 3 (0.70%) NCSC
7 2 (0.47%) PMO
7 2 (0.47%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.47%) WCAG
8 1 (0.23%) GDPR
8 1 (0.23%) GxP
8 1 (0.23%) HL7
8 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.23%) MiFID
8 1 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.23%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (6.29%) Docker
2 9 (2.10%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 2 (0.47%) Firmware
4 2 (0.47%) SRDF
5 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (8.39%) Kubernetes
2 15 (3.50%) Grafana
3 11 (2.56%) HP ALM
4 8 (1.86%) Ansible
4 8 (1.86%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.63%) Kiali
5 7 (1.63%) Progress Chef
5 7 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.17%) HP Quality Center
7 4 (0.93%) Kibana
8 3 (0.70%) Terraform
9 2 (0.47%) Puppet
Vendors
1 66 (15.38%) Oracle
2 44 (10.26%) SAP
3 36 (8.39%) Microsoft
4 19 (4.43%) Workday
5 17 (3.96%) Databricks
6 16 (3.73%) ServiceNow
7 13 (3.03%) HP
8 11 (2.56%) Splunk
9 9 (2.10%) VMware
10 8 (1.86%) Avaloq
10 8 (1.86%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.63%) Cisco
12 4 (0.93%) Ariba
12 4 (0.93%) Charles River
12 4 (0.93%) Dell
12 4 (0.93%) IBM
12 4 (0.93%) webMethods
13 3 (0.70%) Google
13 3 (0.70%) Sage
13 3 (0.70%) Talend