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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 240 223
Rank change year-on-year -4 -17 +66
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 423 250 388
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.08% 1.03% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.13% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 154 270
10th Percentile £318 £261 £325
25th Percentile £358 £343 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £444 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.24% -6.58% -
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £604 £651
UK median daily rate £459 £436 £475
% change year-on-year +5.10% -8.16% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 29
10th Percentile £25.27 £18.82 £41.25
25th Percentile £63.31 £59.38 £58.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £85.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +0.59% +36.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £85.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year -21.05% +0.59% +36.00%

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 33,539 22,147 32,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.75% 90.94% 86.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,506 14,596 21,405
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 2,075 867 2,189
10th Percentile £15.43 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.91 £19.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%
75th Percentile £65.74 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.80 £76.25 £70.78
UK median hourly rate £36.70 £31.64 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.99% -4.31% -8.15%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 +5 178 £425 -10.53% 24
North of England -47 64 £400 -9.60% 22
Midlands -39 61 £467 +26.11% 17
West Midlands -37 52 £450 +91.49% 11
South East -34 47 £454 +13.78% 21
Yorkshire -26 37 £500 +81.82% 5
South West -6 35 £538 +10.26% 3
East of England -14 31 £375 +5.26% 3
North West -37 24 £383 -19.47% 12
East Midlands -31 9 £638 +63.04% 6
North East -15 3 £394 -4.26% 5
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 26 (6.15%) Confluence
2 17 (4.02%) SAS
3 7 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.71%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.24%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 25 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 22 (5.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (3.31%) Aladdin
3 11 (2.60%) Loan IQ
4 9 (2.13%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (2.13%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.89%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (1.18%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.95%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.71%) Maximo
9 3 (0.71%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.71%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.47%) BambooHR
10 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 99 (23.40%) Azure
2 77 (18.20%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (9.46%) AWS
4 21 (4.96%) GCP
5 20 (4.73%) OpenShift
6 17 (4.02%) GitHub
6 17 (4.02%) OCI
7 16 (3.78%) SuccessFactors
8 15 (3.55%) Snowflake
9 13 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (2.60%) Tricentis Tosca
11 8 (1.89%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.65%) Power Platform
12 7 (1.65%) SaaS
13 6 (1.42%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
15 3 (0.71%) Azure API Management
15 3 (0.71%) BlazeMeter
15 3 (0.71%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.13%) Firewall
1 9 (2.13%) HTTP
2 7 (1.65%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.95%) Network Security
4 3 (0.71%) DHCP
4 3 (0.71%) DNS
4 3 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (0.71%) Wireless
5 2 (0.47%) BGP
5 2 (0.47%) FTP
5 2 (0.47%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.47%) LAN
5 2 (0.47%) MPLS
5 2 (0.47%) OSPF
5 2 (0.47%) SAN
5 2 (0.47%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.47%) VLAN
5 2 (0.47%) VPN
5 2 (0.47%) WAN
6 1 (0.24%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.49%) Oracle Reports
2 15 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
2 15 (3.55%) SQL Server
3 12 (2.84%) Oracle Database
4 11 (2.60%) BigQuery
5 7 (1.65%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 6 (1.42%) MySQL
6 6 (1.42%) Power BI
7 5 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.71%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.71%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 2 (0.47%) Metadata
11 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.24%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
11 1 (0.24%) SAS Visual Analytics
11 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 121 (28.61%) JIRA
2 70 (16.55%) Selenium
3 60 (14.18%) Postman
4 52 (12.29%) Jenkins
5 45 (10.64%) Git
6 39 (9.22%) GitLab
7 31 (7.33%) Cucumber
8 30 (7.09%) JUnit
9 28 (6.62%) REST Assured
10 22 (5.20%) JMeter
11 21 (4.96%) Cypress.io
12 18 (4.26%) Zephyr
13 16 (3.78%) SpecFlow
14 14 (3.31%) Rational DOORS
15 11 (2.60%) WebDriver
16 10 (2.36%) Gatling
16 10 (2.36%) TestRail
17 8 (1.89%) LoadRunner
18 7 (1.65%) Appium
18 7 (1.65%) Jaeger
General
1 167 (39.48%) Social Skills
2 85 (20.09%) Finance
3 74 (17.49%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 28 (6.62%) Banking
6 18 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (1.89%) Electronics
9 8 (1.89%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.89%) Retail
10 7 (1.65%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.42%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.42%) Legal
11 6 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.95%) Law
12 4 (0.95%) Local Government
12 4 (0.95%) Military
13 3 (0.71%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (23.40%) Analyst
2 86 (20.33%) Tester
3 66 (15.60%) Test Analyst
4 53 (12.53%) Lead
5 44 (10.40%) Test Engineer
6 34 (8.04%) Senior
7 32 (7.57%) Automation Tester
8 28 (6.62%) Test Leader
9 20 (4.73%) QA Engineer
9 20 (4.73%) Test Automation Engineer
10 18 (4.26%) QA Tester
10 18 (4.26%) Test Specialist
11 16 (3.78%) Software Engineer
12 14 (3.31%) Business Analyst
13 13 (3.07%) Embedded Engineer
13 13 (3.07%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 13 (3.07%) Project Officer
13 13 (3.07%) Test Manager
14 12 (2.84%) Consultant
14 12 (2.84%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (10.17%) Playwright
2 38 (8.98%) REST
3 23 (5.44%) pytest
4 18 (4.26%) .NET
4 18 (4.26%) Kafka
5 13 (3.07%) Middleware
5 13 (3.07%) SailPoint
6 11 (2.60%) ADO
6 11 (2.60%) Node.js
6 11 (2.60%) XML
7 9 (2.13%) LDAP
7 9 (2.13%) OpenID
7 9 (2.13%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.89%) CSS
8 8 (1.89%) HTML
8 8 (1.89%) Spring Boot
9 7 (1.65%) Apache NiFi
9 7 (1.65%) OpenTelemetry
10 6 (1.42%) .NET Framework
10 6 (1.42%) React
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.15%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (5.20%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.73%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.31%) Data Protection Act
5 13 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.84%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.36%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.89%) Tandem
9 7 (1.65%) PCIe
9 7 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.65%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.18%) PACS
12 4 (0.95%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.95%) Derivative
12 4 (0.95%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 30 (7.09%) Windows
2 18 (4.26%) Linux
3 8 (1.89%) Android
4 7 (1.65%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.65%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.71%) Unix
6 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (48.23%) Test Automation
2 166 (39.24%) Agile
3 116 (27.42%) DevOps
4 111 (26.24%) User Acceptance Testing
5 102 (24.11%) Problem-Solving
6 100 (23.64%) CI/CD
7 97 (22.93%) Validation
8 81 (19.15%) Software Testing
9 78 (18.44%) Scenario Testing
10 76 (17.97%) Test Strategy
11 71 (16.78%) Integration Testing
12 69 (16.31%) Test Management
13 67 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 65 (15.37%) Regression Testing
15 64 (15.13%) Stakeholder Management
16 61 (14.42%) API Testing
17 60 (14.18%) Defect Management
17 60 (14.18%) Migration
18 59 (13.95%) End-to-End Testing
19 58 (13.71%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 81 (19.15%) SQL
2 73 (17.26%) Python
3 64 (15.13%) Java
4 56 (13.24%) JavaScript
5 47 (11.11%) TypeScript
6 42 (9.93%) C#
7 7 (1.65%) Ada
7 7 (1.65%) C
7 7 (1.65%) Rust
8 6 (1.42%) PHP
9 5 (1.18%) Scala
10 3 (0.71%) C++
10 3 (0.71%) Cypher
10 3 (0.71%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.47%) Bash
11 2 (0.47%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.47%) VB
12 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 117 (27.66%) Security Cleared
2 78 (18.44%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.17%) ISTQB
4 27 (6.38%) DV Cleared
5 25 (5.91%) Degree
6 15 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 10 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (2.13%) ISEB
10 2 (0.47%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.47%) CCNA
10 2 (0.47%) CCNP
10 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.24%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (32.39%) QA
2 17 (4.02%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.31%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.18%) GRC
4 5 (1.18%) SLA
5 4 (0.95%) HL7
5 4 (0.95%) WCAG
6 3 (0.71%) DICOM
6 3 (0.71%) NCSC
6 3 (0.71%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.47%) PMO
8 1 (0.24%) Basel III
8 1 (0.24%) GDPR
8 1 (0.24%) GxP
8 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.24%) MiFID
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.24%) SNOMED CT
8 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 27 (6.38%) Docker
2 10 (2.36%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.47%) Firmware
5 2 (0.47%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 36 (8.51%) Kubernetes
2 13 (3.07%) Grafana
3 8 (1.89%) HP ALM
3 8 (1.89%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.65%) Kiali
4 7 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.42%) Ansible
6 5 (1.18%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (1.18%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.95%) Kibana
8 3 (0.71%) Terraform
9 2 (0.47%) Puppet
10 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 69 (16.31%) Oracle
2 39 (9.22%) SAP
3 36 (8.51%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.02%) Workday
5 16 (3.78%) ServiceNow
6 15 (3.55%) Databricks
7 11 (2.60%) HP
8 9 (2.13%) Splunk
9 8 (1.89%) Avaloq
9 8 (1.89%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.42%) VMware
11 5 (1.18%) Google
12 4 (0.95%) Ariba
12 4 (0.95%) Charles River
12 4 (0.95%) Cisco
12 4 (0.95%) Dell
12 4 (0.95%) Hitachi
12 4 (0.95%) IBM
12 4 (0.95%) webMethods
13 3 (0.71%) Sage