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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 218 246 186
Rank change year-on-year +28 -60 +102
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 392 308 538
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.28% 0.99% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.13% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 196 374
10th Percentile £300 £306 £350
25th Percentile £363 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £468 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -5.56% +4.21%
75th Percentile £552 £552 £575
90th Percentile £638 £632 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £460 £480
% change year-on-year +3.26% -4.17% +3.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 2 33
10th Percentile £41.26 £41.23 £76.53
25th Percentile £50.19 £48.69 £83.50
Median hourly rate £67.00 £61.75 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% -31.39% +50.31%
75th Percentile £68.75 £74.19 -
90th Percentile £70.50 £81.28 -
UK median hourly rate £67.00 £31.55 £90.00
% change year-on-year +112.36% -64.94% +50.31%

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 27,542 27,205 35,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.07% 87.01% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,480 16,613 23,999
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,822 1,002 1,481
10th Percentile £14.86 £15.07 £14.54
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.87% -21.42% +26.76%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.72 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.93 £44.00
% change year-on-year -25.88% -22.89% +25.71%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +38 176 £500 -2.44% 60
South East +13 64 £450 +9.09% 49
North of England -28 50 £400 -17.95% 5
Midlands -23 45 £425 +18.47% 11
West Midlands -15 34 £477 +35.18% 8
North West -12 33 £400 +6.67% 3
South West +6 27 £538 +2.38% 7
East of England -11 17 £400 +28.00% 8
Yorkshire -41 14 £450 -12.20%
East Midlands -10 11 £360 -5.57% 3
North East -5 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 17 (4.34%) Confluence
2 12 (3.06%) SAS
3 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.77%) CMS
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.77%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.51%) CICS
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.26%) EPiServer
Applications
1 16 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.28%) 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 (0.26%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (4.85%) Oracle EBS
2 17 (4.34%) Oracle Payables
3 13 (3.32%) Oracle EBS R12
4 10 (2.55%) Oracle Financials
5 9 (2.30%) Oracle General Ledger
5 9 (2.30%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (2.04%) Oracle Cash Management
6 8 (2.04%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (1.79%) Oracle ERP
8 6 (1.53%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (1.28%) Aladdin
10 4 (1.02%) Loan IQ
11 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
11 3 (0.77%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.77%) Workday HCM
12 2 (0.51%) Algo Collateral
12 2 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
12 2 (0.51%) Maximo
12 2 (0.51%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 66 (16.84%) Azure
2 49 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (7.65%) AWS
4 17 (4.34%) OpenShift
5 14 (3.57%) GitHub
6 12 (3.06%) Power Platform
7 11 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.55%) OCI
9 9 (2.30%) GCP
9 9 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (2.30%) SuccessFactors
9 9 (2.30%) Tricentis Tosca
10 6 (1.53%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.53%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.53%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.28%) Sentry
11 5 (1.28%) Snowflake
12 4 (1.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.02%) PaaS
12 4 (1.02%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.61%) Firewall
2 8 (2.04%) HTTP
3 5 (1.28%) DNS
4 4 (1.02%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.02%) LAN
4 4 (1.02%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.77%) 4G
5 3 (0.77%) 5G
5 3 (0.77%) BGP
5 3 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (0.77%) DHCP
5 3 (0.77%) MPLS
5 3 (0.77%) Multicast
5 3 (0.77%) OSPF
5 3 (0.77%) VLAN
5 3 (0.77%) VPN
5 3 (0.77%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.51%) VoIP
6 2 (0.51%) WAAS
6 2 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.30%) Oracle Reports
1 9 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.04%) BigQuery
2 8 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.79%) Big Data
3 7 (1.79%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.79%) NoSQL
4 6 (1.53%) Oracle Database
4 6 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.28%) Power BI
5 5 (1.28%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 4 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.02%) Electronic Patient Records
7 3 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.77%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 2 (0.51%) DB2
8 2 (0.51%) MySQL
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 93 (23.72%) JIRA
2 75 (19.13%) Selenium
3 44 (11.22%) Jenkins
4 40 (10.20%) Postman
5 37 (9.44%) Git
6 33 (8.42%) Cucumber
7 27 (6.89%) JUnit
8 26 (6.63%) GitLab
9 19 (4.85%) Cypress.io
10 17 (4.34%) REST Assured
11 14 (3.57%) JMeter
12 12 (3.06%) Appium
12 12 (3.06%) WebDriver
13 11 (2.81%) SpecFlow
14 9 (2.30%) Bitbucket
14 9 (2.30%) TestRail
14 9 (2.30%) Zephyr
15 8 (2.04%) Rational DOORS
15 8 (2.04%) SoapUI
16 7 (1.79%) TestNG
General
1 137 (34.95%) Social Skills
2 92 (23.47%) Finance
3 56 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (13.01%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.63%) Banking
6 22 (5.61%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.08%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.32%) Local Government
9 10 (2.55%) Military
10 8 (2.04%) General Ledger
10 8 (2.04%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.79%) Billing
11 7 (1.79%) Legal
12 6 (1.53%) Back Office
12 6 (1.53%) Law
12 6 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.02%) Electronics
13 4 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (22.96%) Analyst
2 78 (19.90%) Tester
3 64 (16.33%) Test Analyst
4 43 (10.97%) Test Engineer
5 40 (10.20%) Lead
6 37 (9.44%) Senior
7 34 (8.67%) Consultant
8 20 (5.10%) Automation Tester
8 20 (5.10%) Test Leader
9 19 (4.85%) QA Engineer
10 16 (4.08%) Business Analyst
10 16 (4.08%) Functional Consultant
10 16 (4.08%) QA Tester
10 16 (4.08%) Test Manager
10 16 (4.08%) Test Specialist
11 15 (3.83%) Oracle Consultant
12 14 (3.57%) Developer
13 13 (3.32%) Oracle Analyst
13 13 (3.32%) Test Automation Engineer
14 12 (3.06%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.40%) Playwright
2 23 (5.87%) REST
3 15 (3.83%) pytest
3 15 (3.83%) RFC 2544
3 15 (3.83%) Web Services
3 15 (3.83%) XML
4 14 (3.57%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (3.32%) SOAP
6 11 (2.81%) ADO
7 10 (2.55%) .NET
8 9 (2.30%) Node.js
9 7 (1.79%) Apache NiFi
9 7 (1.79%) HTML
9 7 (1.79%) Kafka
10 6 (1.53%) CSS
10 6 (1.53%) Middleware
10 6 (1.53%) SailPoint
10 6 (1.53%) Spring
11 5 (1.28%) Hibernate
11 5 (1.28%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.83%) Data Centre
2 14 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.32%) Mobile App
3 13 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (3.06%) Fibre Optics
5 10 (2.55%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.79%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.53%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.28%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.28%) NHS
9 5 (1.28%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.28%) PKI
9 5 (1.28%) SCADA
10 4 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.02%) PCIe
11 3 (0.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.77%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.63%) Windows
2 13 (3.32%) Apple iOS
3 12 (3.06%) Android
4 9 (2.30%) Linux
5 6 (1.53%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.02%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.77%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.51%) Unix
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.26%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (46.94%) Test Automation
2 122 (31.12%) Agile
3 117 (29.85%) User Acceptance Testing
4 93 (23.72%) Test Strategy
5 92 (23.47%) CI/CD
6 89 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
7 83 (21.17%) DevOps
8 72 (18.37%) Defect Management
8 72 (18.37%) Software Testing
9 65 (16.58%) Regression Testing
10 61 (15.56%) Validation
11 50 (12.76%) Scenario Testing
12 48 (12.24%) End-to-End Testing
12 48 (12.24%) Test Management
13 46 (11.73%) Integration Testing
14 44 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (10.20%) Manual Testing
16 36 (9.18%) Migration
16 36 (9.18%) System Integration Testing
17 35 (8.93%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 57 (14.54%) SQL
2 55 (14.03%) Python
3 50 (12.76%) Java
4 36 (9.18%) JavaScript
5 29 (7.40%) C#
6 18 (4.59%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.53%) PL/SQL
7 6 (1.53%) VB.NET
8 5 (1.28%) C
8 5 (1.28%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.28%) Swift
9 4 (1.02%) Ada
9 4 (1.02%) Bash
10 3 (0.77%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.51%) COBOL
11 2 (0.51%) Groovy
11 2 (0.51%) JCL
12 1 (0.26%) Perl
12 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 103 (26.28%) Security Cleared
2 78 (19.90%) SC Cleared
3 30 (7.65%) ISTQB
4 27 (6.89%) Degree
5 13 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (2.55%) DV Cleared
8 9 (2.30%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.30%) ISEB
9 8 (2.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.53%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.02%) CCNP
11 4 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.51%) CCIE
12 2 (0.51%) CCNA
12 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 2 (0.51%) MCSA
12 2 (0.51%) MCSE
12 2 (0.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (33.42%) QA
2 31 (7.91%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.28%) WCAG
5 3 (0.77%) GDPR
5 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.77%) NCSC
6 2 (0.51%) HL7
6 2 (0.51%) SEPA
6 2 (0.51%) SLA
6 2 (0.51%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.26%) DICOM
7 1 (0.26%) GAAP
7 1 (0.26%) GRC
7 1 (0.26%) GxP
7 1 (0.26%) IFRS
7 1 (0.26%) MiFID
7 1 (0.26%) NIST
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
7 1 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 18 (4.59%) Docker
2 7 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.77%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.55%) Ansible
3 9 (2.30%) HP ALM
4 7 (1.79%) Grafana
5 5 (1.28%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.77%) Check_MK
6 3 (0.77%) Iperf
6 3 (0.77%) Nmap
7 2 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.51%) SCCM
7 2 (0.51%) Terraform
8 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.26%) Rsyslog
8 1 (0.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 64 (16.33%) Oracle
2 45 (11.48%) Microsoft
3 31 (7.91%) SAP
4 21 (5.36%) Cisco
5 15 (3.83%) Splunk
6 13 (3.32%) Salesforce
7 12 (3.06%) HP
8 10 (2.55%) UiPath
9 9 (2.30%) Databricks
10 7 (1.79%) VMware
11 6 (1.53%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.53%) Fortinet
12 5 (1.28%) webMethods
13 3 (0.77%) Brio
13 3 (0.77%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.77%) Guidewire
13 3 (0.77%) IBM
13 3 (0.77%) Juniper
13 3 (0.77%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.77%) SolarWinds