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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 211 232
Rank change year-on-year -47 +21 +18
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 409 310 365
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.96% 1.27% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.39% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 214 253
10th Percentile £319 £255 £313
25th Percentile £363 £356 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £432 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.06% -9.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £625 £629
UK median daily rate £463 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +8.82% -10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 14 16
10th Percentile £25.34 £18.82 -
25th Percentile £40.00 £40.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -22.08%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £90.00
90th Percentile - £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -22.08%

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 36,262 22,351 32,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.14% 91.35% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,961 14,463 20,809
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,273 1,016 2,371
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +1.39%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 -50 156 £470 -1.05% 19
North of England -58 67 £435 +2.35% 7
Midlands -50 60 £362 +6.32% 17
South East -52 54 £500 +25.00% 24
West Midlands -47 48 £360 +53.19% 10
South West -3 40 £538 +3.61% 3
Yorkshire -24 39 £453 +7.86% 4
East of England -8 28 £350 -6.67% 11
North West -53 24 £400 -6.76% 3
East Midlands -24 12 £638 +82.14% 7
North East -28 4 £453 +2.95% 1
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 (8.56%) Confluence
2 10 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.71%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.22%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 29 (7.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.20%) Aladdin
2 9 (2.20%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.71%) Loan IQ
4 5 (1.22%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.98%) HFM
5 4 (0.98%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.98%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.98%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.98%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.98%) SAP GTS
5 4 (0.98%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.98%) SAP VC
6 3 (0.73%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 3 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.24%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 91 (22.25%) Azure
2 69 (16.87%) Azure DevOps
3 48 (11.74%) AWS
4 17 (4.16%) GCP
5 16 (3.91%) OCI
6 14 (3.42%) GitHub
6 14 (3.42%) SuccessFactors
7 10 (2.44%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.44%) SaaS
8 8 (1.96%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.22%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.22%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.22%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 4 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 4 (0.98%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.96%) Firewall
2 7 (1.71%) HTTP
3 5 (1.22%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.22%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.22%) Wireless
4 4 (0.98%) Network Security
5 2 (0.49%) BGP
5 2 (0.49%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.49%) LAN
5 2 (0.49%) MPLS
5 2 (0.49%) OSPF
5 2 (0.49%) SAN
5 2 (0.49%) VLAN
5 2 (0.49%) VPN
5 2 (0.49%) WAN
6 1 (0.24%) DHCP
6 1 (0.24%) DNS
6 1 (0.24%) FTP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.31%) Oracle Reports
2 30 (7.33%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.67%) SQL Server
4 10 (2.44%) Power BI
5 7 (1.71%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.47%) MySQL
7 4 (0.98%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.73%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.73%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 2 (0.49%) Base SAS
9 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.49%) Metadata
9 2 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 2 (0.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
10 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 136 (33.25%) JIRA
2 64 (15.65%) Postman
3 50 (12.22%) Selenium
4 41 (10.02%) Jenkins
5 31 (7.58%) Git
6 30 (7.33%) Zephyr
7 27 (6.60%) Cucumber
8 26 (6.36%) REST Assured
9 24 (5.87%) GitLab
10 15 (3.67%) JMeter
11 13 (3.18%) WebDriver
12 12 (2.93%) JUnit
13 11 (2.69%) Cypress.io
13 11 (2.69%) TestRail
14 10 (2.44%) LoadRunner
14 10 (2.44%) SpecFlow
15 9 (2.20%) Gatling
16 7 (1.71%) Bitbucket
16 7 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
17 6 (1.47%) Jaeger
General
1 156 (38.14%) Social Skills
2 86 (21.03%) Finance
3 80 (19.56%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.00%) Public Sector
5 36 (8.80%) Banking
6 23 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.20%) Legal
8 9 (2.20%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.96%) Automotive
9 8 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (1.71%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.47%) Military
11 6 (1.47%) Retail
12 5 (1.22%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.98%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.73%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.73%) Local Government
15 2 (0.49%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 101 (24.69%) Analyst
2 76 (18.58%) Tester
3 52 (12.71%) Test Analyst
4 50 (12.22%) Lead
5 44 (10.76%) Test Engineer
6 30 (7.33%) Test Leader
7 29 (7.09%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.11%) Senior
9 23 (5.62%) Consultant
9 23 (5.62%) Test Manager
10 22 (5.38%) QA Tester
11 21 (5.13%) Automation Tester
11 21 (5.13%) Test Automation Engineer
12 16 (3.91%) QA Engineer
13 13 (3.18%) Project Officer
13 13 (3.18%) Software Engineer
14 11 (2.69%) Developer
14 11 (2.69%) QA Analyst
15 10 (2.44%) Migration Manager
16 9 (2.20%) QA Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.31%) Playwright
2 24 (5.87%) REST
3 17 (4.16%) .NET
4 13 (3.18%) Kafka
5 11 (2.69%) Oracle Fusion
6 10 (2.44%) Middleware
6 10 (2.44%) pytest
6 10 (2.44%) React
6 10 (2.44%) SailPoint
7 8 (1.96%) ADO
7 8 (1.96%) HTML
7 8 (1.96%) LDAP
7 8 (1.96%) OpenID
8 7 (1.71%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.47%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (1.22%) .NET Core
10 5 (1.22%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.22%) CSS
10 5 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.98%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.09%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.89%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.91%) Embedded Systems
5 14 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
6 12 (2.93%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.69%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.71%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 6 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.22%) FPGA
10 5 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.22%) PACS
10 5 (1.22%) PCIe
10 5 (1.22%) Tandem
11 4 (0.98%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.91%) Windows
2 14 (3.42%) Linux
3 6 (1.47%) Android
4 5 (1.22%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.98%) VMS
6 3 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.49%) AIX
7 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.49%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (44.25%) Test Automation
2 164 (40.10%) Agile
3 121 (29.58%) User Acceptance Testing
4 98 (23.96%) DevOps
5 91 (22.25%) Validation
6 90 (22.00%) Scenario Testing
7 86 (21.03%) Migration
8 83 (20.29%) Problem-Solving
9 77 (18.83%) CI/CD
10 74 (18.09%) End-to-End Testing
10 74 (18.09%) Test Management
11 69 (16.87%) Data Migration
12 68 (16.63%) Integration Testing
12 68 (16.63%) Software Testing
13 65 (15.89%) Test Strategy
14 63 (15.40%) Stakeholder Management
15 61 (14.91%) Manual Testing
16 57 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
17 54 (13.20%) API Testing
18 52 (12.71%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 73 (17.85%) SQL
2 59 (14.43%) Python
3 57 (13.94%) Java
4 36 (8.80%) JavaScript
5 28 (6.85%) C#
6 27 (6.60%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.47%) Kotlin
7 6 (1.47%) PHP
7 6 (1.47%) Rust
8 5 (1.22%) ABAP
8 5 (1.22%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.22%) C
8 5 (1.22%) C++
8 5 (1.22%) Scala
9 3 (0.73%) Cypher
9 3 (0.73%) Groovy
9 3 (0.73%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.73%) Ruby
10 2 (0.49%) PROC SQL
10 2 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 119 (29.10%) Security Cleared
2 77 (18.83%) SC Cleared
3 48 (11.74%) ISTQB
4 31 (7.58%) DV Cleared
5 28 (6.85%) Degree
6 13 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 7 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.98%) ACCA
8 4 (0.98%) CIMA
9 3 (0.73%) ISEB
9 3 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.49%) CCNA
10 2 (0.49%) CCNP
10 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.49%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.24%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (31.05%) QA
2 22 (5.38%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.18%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.20%) NCSC
5 6 (1.47%) GRC
5 6 (1.47%) SLA
6 5 (1.22%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.98%) IFRS
8 3 (0.73%) DICOM
8 3 (0.73%) HL7
8 3 (0.73%) WCAG
9 2 (0.49%) PMO
9 2 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.24%) Basel III
10 1 (0.24%) GDPR
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.24%) NIST
10 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 11 (2.69%) Docker
2 9 (2.20%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.73%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
4 2 (0.49%) Firmware
4 2 (0.49%) SRDF
4 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (4.89%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.20%) Grafana
3 7 (1.71%) Prometheus
4 6 (1.47%) HP ALM
4 6 (1.47%) Kiali
4 6 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.22%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (0.98%) Kibana
7 2 (0.49%) Ansible
7 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.49%) Puppet
7 2 (0.49%) Terraform
8 1 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 73 (17.85%) Oracle
2 46 (11.25%) SAP
3 31 (7.58%) Microsoft
4 21 (5.13%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.42%) Workday
6 13 (3.18%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.44%) Databricks
8 9 (2.20%) HP
9 6 (1.47%) Google
9 6 (1.47%) Splunk
9 6 (1.47%) Talend
10 5 (1.22%) Avaloq
10 5 (1.22%) Conga
10 5 (1.22%) Denodo
10 5 (1.22%) GoCardless
11 4 (0.98%) Cisco
11 4 (0.98%) Dell
11 4 (0.98%) Dynatrace
11 4 (0.98%) Hitachi
11 4 (0.98%) Tagetik