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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 291 212 236
Rank change year-on-year -79 +24 -56
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 392 370 332
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 1.32% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.45% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 277 220
10th Percentile £275 £293 £306
25th Percentile £370 £368 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £463
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -1.84% -7.50%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £575
90th Percentile £603 £638 £627
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £463
% change year-on-year - -2.70% -5.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 2
10th Percentile £39.38 £32.03 £38.38
25th Percentile £40.00 £35.00 £41.56
Median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -7.69% -45.83%
75th Percentile £74.00 £47.50 £56.56
90th Percentile - £64.00 £60.13
UK median hourly rate £66.57 £45.00 £31.55
% change year-on-year +47.93% +42.63% -64.94%

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 39,226 25,436 27,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.80% 90.90% 86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,709 16,124 17,045
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £641
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,969 1,568 1,160
10th Percentile £13.70 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.43 £17.87 £20.28
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -4.07%
75th Percentile £67.25 £45.80 £67.14
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.63% -7.56%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -106 148 £500 - 122
South East -67 63 £480 +1.05% 50
Midlands -21 59 £391 +8.60% 29
West Midlands -12 50 £391 +7.85% 17
North of England -62 50 £405 +1.13% 31
East of England -9 33 £74 -81.21% 11
South West -34 30 £525 -2.55% 17
North West -49 28 £402 +0.50% 16
Yorkshire -31 19 £404 -3.93% 10
East Midlands -17 8 £250 -30.56% 12
North East -40 3 £453 +25.83% 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 50 (12.76%) Confluence
2 10 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.02%) SAS
3 4 (1.02%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.30%) MS Visio
3 8 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 35 (8.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (3.32%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (1.53%) SAP FI
4 5 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.28%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (1.28%) SAP CO
4 5 (1.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (1.02%) HFM
5 4 (1.02%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.02%) SAP ERP
5 4 (1.02%) SAP GTS
5 4 (1.02%) SAP SD
5 4 (1.02%) SAP VC
6 3 (0.77%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.77%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.77%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.77%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.51%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 83 (21.17%) Azure
2 56 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 44 (11.22%) AWS
4 25 (6.38%) GitHub
5 15 (3.83%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.81%) GCP
7 8 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (2.04%) SaaS
8 7 (1.79%) Tricentis Tosca
9 6 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.53%) Figma
9 6 (1.53%) Pendo
10 5 (1.28%) OCI
10 5 (1.28%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (1.02%) Lucidchart
11 4 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.04%) Wireless
2 7 (1.79%) Broadband
2 7 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.28%) 4G
3 5 (1.28%) 5G
3 5 (1.28%) DNS
3 5 (1.28%) HTTP
3 5 (1.28%) IPv4
3 5 (1.28%) IPv6
3 5 (1.28%) xDSL
4 4 (1.02%) Ethernet
4 4 (1.02%) PPP
4 4 (1.02%) UPnP
5 3 (0.77%) LAN
5 3 (0.77%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.77%) VoIP
5 3 (0.77%) WAN
6 2 (0.51%) Firewall
6 2 (0.51%) RTP
6 2 (0.51%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.67%) Data Warehouse
2 29 (7.40%) Oracle Reports
3 15 (3.83%) Power BI
4 11 (2.81%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.28%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.28%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.02%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.02%) Tableau
7 3 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.77%) Metadata
7 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 3 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.77%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.51%) Base SAS
8 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.51%) PowerCenter
8 2 (0.51%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 129 (32.91%) JIRA
2 59 (15.05%) Selenium
3 50 (12.76%) Postman
4 40 (10.20%) Git
5 33 (8.42%) Jenkins
6 32 (8.16%) JMeter
7 31 (7.91%) Zephyr
8 29 (7.40%) Cucumber
9 22 (5.61%) GitLab
10 19 (4.85%) LoadRunner
11 16 (4.08%) Gatling
11 16 (4.08%) REST Assured
12 15 (3.83%) Cypress.io
13 13 (3.32%) JUnit
14 11 (2.81%) TestNG
15 9 (2.30%) NeoLoad
15 9 (2.30%) SoapUI
16 8 (2.04%) Bitbucket
16 8 (2.04%) TestRail
17 7 (1.79%) WebDriver
General
1 163 (41.58%) Social Skills
2 82 (20.92%) Finance
3 77 (19.64%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (15.82%) Public Sector
5 30 (7.65%) Banking
6 12 (3.06%) Legal
6 12 (3.06%) Manufacturing
6 12 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (3.06%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.30%) Automotive
7 9 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.04%) Military
9 7 (1.79%) Billing
10 6 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.53%) General Ledger
10 6 (1.53%) Retail
11 4 (1.02%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.02%) Local Government
12 3 (0.77%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (22.96%) Analyst
2 66 (16.84%) Test Engineer
3 57 (14.54%) Tester
4 45 (11.48%) Consultant
4 45 (11.48%) Test Analyst
5 42 (10.71%) Lead
6 34 (8.67%) Senior
7 33 (8.42%) Business Analyst
8 21 (5.36%) Test Leader
9 19 (4.85%) Test Manager
10 18 (4.59%) SAP Analyst
11 17 (4.34%) Test Automation Engineer
12 16 (4.08%) QA Engineer
12 16 (4.08%) QA Tester
12 16 (4.08%) Software Engineer
13 14 (3.57%) Principal Engineer
14 13 (3.32%) Principal Software Engineer
15 12 (3.06%) Developer
16 11 (2.81%) SAP Consultant
16 11 (2.81%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.67%) Playwright
2 16 (4.08%) REST
3 15 (3.83%) .NET
4 14 (3.57%) RESTful
5 13 (3.32%) SOAP
6 12 (3.06%) HTML
7 11 (2.81%) XML
8 10 (2.55%) React
8 10 (2.55%) Web Services
9 8 (2.04%) Middleware
9 8 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
10 7 (1.79%) Kafka
11 6 (1.53%) ADO
11 6 (1.53%) Node.js
12 5 (1.28%) AngularJS
12 5 (1.28%) Terraform
13 4 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
13 4 (1.02%) XBRL
14 3 (0.77%) JSON
14 3 (0.77%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.87%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.85%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (3.57%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
5 12 (3.06%) Data Structures
6 9 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.30%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.30%) Virtual Team
7 8 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.79%) CMDB
8 7 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.53%) NHS
10 5 (1.28%) Life Science
11 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.02%) FMCG
11 4 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
11 4 (1.02%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.02%) Wiki
12 3 (0.77%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.63%) Windows
2 22 (5.61%) Linux
3 9 (2.30%) VMS
4 5 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.02%) Android
6 3 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (0.77%) Unix
7 2 (0.51%) AIX
7 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.26%) CentOS
8 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (45.15%) Test Automation
2 169 (43.11%) Agile
3 133 (33.93%) User Acceptance Testing
4 95 (24.23%) Scenario Testing
5 91 (23.21%) End-to-End Testing
6 90 (22.96%) Validation
7 83 (21.17%) Stakeholder Management
8 82 (20.92%) Migration
8 82 (20.92%) Software Testing
9 81 (20.66%) Defect Management
10 78 (19.90%) CI/CD
10 78 (19.90%) DevOps
11 77 (19.64%) Test Management
12 72 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
13 70 (17.86%) Test Strategy
14 66 (16.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 63 (16.07%) Data Migration
16 60 (15.31%) Integration Testing
17 58 (14.80%) Manual Testing
18 57 (14.54%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 75 (19.13%) SQL
2 56 (14.29%) Java
3 48 (12.24%) Python
4 35 (8.93%) JavaScript
5 15 (3.83%) C#
5 15 (3.83%) TypeScript
6 9 (2.30%) ABAP
7 7 (1.79%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.28%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.02%) C++
9 4 (1.02%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.77%) C
10 3 (0.77%) Groovy
10 3 (0.77%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.51%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.51%) PROC SQL
11 2 (0.51%) Ruby
12 1 (0.26%) Korn
12 1 (0.26%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 137 (34.95%) Security Cleared
2 98 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.48%) ISTQB
4 34 (8.67%) Degree
4 34 (8.67%) DV Cleared
5 19 (4.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 13 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.79%) ACCA
8 7 (1.79%) CIMA
8 7 (1.79%) ISEB
9 2 (0.51%) CBAP
9 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.51%) MOS
9 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.26%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.26%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
10 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (31.63%) QA
2 26 (6.63%) Data Quality
3 23 (5.87%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.04%) WCAG
5 7 (1.79%) NCSC
6 5 (1.28%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.02%) IFRS
7 4 (1.02%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.02%) SEPA
8 2 (0.51%) GRC
8 2 (0.51%) NIST
8 2 (0.51%) PMO
8 2 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.26%) GDPR
9 1 (0.26%) GMP
9 1 (0.26%) GxP
9 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (4.85%) Docker
2 5 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.02%) vSphere
4 1 (0.26%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.85%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.55%) Grafana
3 5 (1.28%) HP ALM
4 4 (1.02%) Control-M
4 4 (1.02%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.77%) Ansible
5 3 (0.77%) Kibana
6 2 (0.51%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.51%) OPNET
7 1 (0.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (15.82%) SAP
2 58 (14.80%) Oracle
3 40 (10.20%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.34%) Salesforce
4 17 (4.34%) ServiceNow
5 11 (2.81%) Dynatrace
6 10 (2.55%) AppDynamics
7 8 (2.04%) Databricks
8 6 (1.53%) Ariba
8 6 (1.53%) Splunk
9 5 (1.28%) Conga
9 5 (1.28%) GoCardless
9 5 (1.28%) HP
9 5 (1.28%) IBM
9 5 (1.28%) Talend
10 4 (1.02%) Hyperion
10 4 (1.02%) Informatica
10 4 (1.02%) Tagetik
10 4 (1.02%) VMware
10 4 (1.02%) webMethods