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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 219 246
Rank change year-on-year -41 +27 -7
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 405 313 364
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 1.25% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.37% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 219 253
10th Percentile £319 £261 £309
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £630
UK median daily rate £463 £429 £470
% change year-on-year +7.81% -8.72% -6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 15 13
10th Percentile £25.34 £19.16 £37.25
25th Percentile £40.00 £38.75 £41.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -35.06%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £90.00
90th Percentile - £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £75.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -35.06%

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 37,051 22,887 31,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.28% 91.38% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,430 14,787 20,644
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,322 1,108 2,367
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -59 151 £475 - 16
Midlands -36 61 £362 +4.78% 12
North of England -64 60 £443 -1.67% 10
South East -50 59 £496 +21.97% 26
West Midlands -43 49 £360 +53.19% 5
South West -13 39 £538 +3.61% 5
East of England -10 30 £350 -9.68% 6
Yorkshire -32 30 £452 +7.50% 7
North West -56 25 £400 -8.99% 3
East Midlands -13 12 £638 +72.06% 7
North East -33 5 £453 -1.52% 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 36 (8.89%) Confluence
2 10 (2.47%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.73%) SAS
4 1 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 21 (5.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.47%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.48%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 31 (7.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.47%) SAP Payroll
3 8 (1.98%) Aladdin
4 7 (1.73%) Loan IQ
5 6 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (1.48%) Oracle General Ledger
5 6 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
6 5 (1.23%) Oracle Assets
6 5 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.99%) HFM
7 4 (0.99%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 4 (0.99%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.99%) SAP GTS
7 4 (0.99%) SAP SD
7 4 (0.99%) SAP VC
8 3 (0.74%) Oracle EBS R12
8 3 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 85 (20.99%) Azure
2 69 (17.04%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (10.37%) AWS
4 17 (4.20%) OCI
5 14 (3.46%) GitHub
5 14 (3.46%) SuccessFactors
6 10 (2.47%) GCP
6 10 (2.47%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.73%) Snowflake
8 6 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.23%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.23%) SaaS
10 4 (0.99%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.99%) Lucidchart
10 4 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.99%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (0.99%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.73%) HTTP
2 6 (1.48%) Firewall
3 5 (1.23%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.23%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.23%) Wireless
4 4 (0.99%) Network Security
5 2 (0.49%) BGP
5 2 (0.49%) DNS
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 (0.25%) DHCP
6 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.40%) Oracle Reports
2 30 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.47%) Power BI
4 7 (1.73%) Oracle Database
4 7 (1.73%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.74%) Neo4j
6 3 (0.74%) SAS Visual Analytics
7 2 (0.49%) Base SAS
7 2 (0.49%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.49%) Metadata
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
8 1 (0.25%) SAS EBI
8 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 134 (33.09%) JIRA
2 59 (14.57%) Postman
3 45 (11.11%) Selenium
4 36 (8.89%) Jenkins
5 32 (7.90%) Git
6 29 (7.16%) Zephyr
7 23 (5.68%) Cucumber
8 21 (5.19%) REST Assured
9 20 (4.94%) GitLab
10 17 (4.20%) JMeter
11 13 (3.21%) WebDriver
12 12 (2.96%) Cypress.io
12 12 (2.96%) JUnit
13 10 (2.47%) Gatling
13 10 (2.47%) LoadRunner
14 9 (2.22%) SpecFlow
15 8 (1.98%) Bitbucket
16 7 (1.73%) Rational DOORS
17 5 (1.23%) TestRail
18 4 (0.99%) Jaeger
General
1 157 (38.77%) Social Skills
2 82 (20.25%) Finance
3 78 (19.26%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.86%) Public Sector
5 34 (8.40%) Banking
6 23 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.47%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.22%) Legal
10 8 (1.98%) Automotive
11 7 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.48%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.48%) Military
13 5 (1.23%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.23%) Retail
14 3 (0.74%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.74%) Local Government
15 2 (0.49%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 102 (25.19%) Analyst
2 75 (18.52%) Tester
3 52 (12.84%) Test Analyst
4 44 (10.86%) Lead
5 41 (10.12%) Test Engineer
6 30 (7.41%) Consultant
7 29 (7.16%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.17%) Test Leader
9 24 (5.93%) Senior
10 22 (5.43%) QA Tester
10 22 (5.43%) Test Manager
11 20 (4.94%) Automation Tester
12 17 (4.20%) Test Automation Engineer
13 16 (3.95%) QA Engineer
14 15 (3.70%) Software Engineer
15 13 (3.21%) Project Officer
16 12 (2.96%) Developer
16 12 (2.96%) QA Analyst
17 11 (2.72%) Principal Engineer
17 11 (2.72%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.40%) Playwright
2 21 (5.19%) REST
3 12 (2.96%) Oracle Fusion
4 11 (2.72%) .NET
4 11 (2.72%) React
5 10 (2.47%) Kafka
5 10 (2.47%) pytest
6 8 (1.98%) HTML
6 8 (1.98%) Middleware
7 7 (1.73%) ADO
8 5 (1.23%) .NET Core
8 5 (1.23%) .NET Framework
8 5 (1.23%) CSS
8 5 (1.23%) SailPoint
8 5 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
8 5 (1.23%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.99%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.99%) SOAP
10 3 (0.74%) LDAP
10 3 (0.74%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.91%) Legacy Systems
2 21 (5.19%) Management Information System
3 20 (4.94%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.69%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (2.72%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (2.72%) Data Structures
6 11 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.72%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.98%) Mobile App
7 8 (1.98%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.23%) CMDB
9 5 (1.23%) FPGA
9 5 (1.23%) PACS
9 5 (1.23%) PCIe
9 5 (1.23%) Tandem
10 4 (0.99%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.20%) Windows
2 14 (3.46%) Linux
3 6 (1.48%) Android
4 5 (1.23%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.99%) VMS
6 2 (0.49%) AIX
6 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.49%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (42.47%) Test Automation
2 162 (40.00%) Agile
3 125 (30.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 93 (22.96%) Validation
5 92 (22.72%) DevOps
6 87 (21.48%) Scenario Testing
7 85 (20.99%) Migration
8 80 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
9 75 (18.52%) End-to-End Testing
10 74 (18.27%) Test Management
11 71 (17.53%) CI/CD
12 69 (17.04%) Integration Testing
13 68 (16.79%) Data Migration
13 68 (16.79%) Software Testing
14 64 (15.80%) Test Strategy
15 63 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
16 60 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
17 54 (13.33%) Defect Management
17 54 (13.33%) Regression Testing
18 53 (13.09%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 65 (16.05%) SQL
2 52 (12.84%) Python
3 49 (12.10%) Java
4 30 (7.41%) JavaScript
5 26 (6.42%) C#
5 26 (6.42%) TypeScript
6 7 (1.73%) ABAP
7 6 (1.48%) C++
7 6 (1.48%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.23%) Apex Code
8 5 (1.23%) C
8 5 (1.23%) Scala
9 4 (0.99%) Rust
10 3 (0.74%) Cypher
10 3 (0.74%) Groovy
10 3 (0.74%) Ruby
11 2 (0.49%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 124 (30.62%) Security Cleared
2 81 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 48 (11.85%) ISTQB
4 32 (7.90%) DV Cleared
5 28 (6.91%) Degree
6 13 (3.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 10 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.99%) ACCA
9 4 (0.99%) CIMA
10 3 (0.74%) ISEB
10 3 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.49%) CCNA
11 2 (0.49%) CCNP
11 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.25%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
12 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (29.63%) QA
2 21 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 13 (3.21%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.22%) NCSC
5 7 (1.73%) GRC
6 6 (1.48%) SLA
7 5 (1.23%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.99%) IFRS
9 3 (0.74%) DICOM
9 3 (0.74%) HL7
9 3 (0.74%) WCAG
10 2 (0.49%) NIST
10 2 (0.49%) PMO
11 1 (0.25%) Basel III
11 1 (0.25%) GDPR
11 1 (0.25%) GMP
11 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.25%) SEPA
11 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 9 (2.22%) Active Directory
1 9 (2.22%) Docker
2 3 (0.74%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
2 3 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.49%) Firmware
3 2 (0.49%) SRDF
4 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (4.69%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.98%) HP ALM
3 7 (1.73%) Grafana
4 6 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.23%) HP Quality Center
5 5 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.99%) Kiali
6 4 (0.99%) Kibana
7 2 (0.49%) Ansible
7 2 (0.49%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.49%) Puppet
7 2 (0.49%) Terraform
8 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (18.27%) Oracle
2 48 (11.85%) SAP
3 30 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 19 (4.69%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.46%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.46%) Workday
6 11 (2.72%) HP
7 9 (2.22%) Databricks
8 6 (1.48%) Google
8 6 (1.48%) Talend
9 5 (1.23%) Conga
9 5 (1.23%) Denodo
9 5 (1.23%) GoCardless
10 4 (0.99%) Cisco
10 4 (0.99%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.99%) Hitachi
10 4 (0.99%) Hyperion
10 4 (0.99%) Sage
10 4 (0.99%) Splunk
10 4 (0.99%) Tagetik