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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 241 234
Rank change year-on-year -3 -7 +44
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 410 263 368
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.02% 1.08% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.18% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 162 256
10th Percentile £319 £260 £313
25th Percentile £358 £350 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £452
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.97% -4.84%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £559
90th Percentile £638 £612 £633
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 21
10th Percentile £25.04 £19.16 -
25th Percentile £25.38 £45.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £68.75 £85.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.12% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
90th Percentile - £87.50 -
UK median hourly rate £68.75 £85.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -19.12% - +33.33%

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 34,120 22,289 31,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 91.13% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,809 14,625 20,976
10th Percentile £318 £310 £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 £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,143 919 2,227
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.74 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.50% -13.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £29.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.08% -16.71% -6.27%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 -8 174 £467 -1.74% 17
North of England -44 69 £400 -14.44% 17
Midlands -46 59 £362 +18.52% 17
West Midlands -43 49 £360 +53.19% 10
South East -49 48 £461 +15.13% 20
Yorkshire -26 42 £453 +64.73% 3
South West -21 31 £538 +29.52% 8
North West -38 24 £365 -24.16% 13
East of England -17 22 £350 -30.00% 18
East Midlands -33 10 £638 +63.04% 7
North East -18 3 £394 -4.26% 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 29 (7.07%) Confluence
2 7 (1.71%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.46%) SAS
4 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.49%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 25 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 21 (5.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (2.93%) Aladdin
3 11 (2.68%) Loan IQ
4 9 (2.20%) Oracle Assets
4 9 (2.20%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.95%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (1.46%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (1.22%) Oracle E-Business Tax
8 4 (0.98%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.73%) Maximo
9 3 (0.73%) Oracle Cash Management
9 3 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
9 3 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.73%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.49%) Algo Collateral
10 2 (0.49%) BambooHR
10 2 (0.49%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.49%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 2 (0.49%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 101 (24.63%) Azure
2 75 (18.29%) Azure DevOps
3 45 (10.98%) AWS
4 20 (4.88%) GitHub
5 18 (4.39%) GCP
6 16 (3.90%) OCI
7 15 (3.66%) SuccessFactors
8 13 (3.17%) Snowflake
9 12 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
10 9 (2.20%) OpenShift
10 9 (2.20%) Power Platform
11 8 (1.95%) Tricentis Tosca
12 7 (1.71%) Entra ID
12 7 (1.71%) SaaS
13 6 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.46%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
15 3 (0.73%) Azure API Management
15 3 (0.73%) BlazeMeter
15 3 (0.73%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.20%) Firewall
2 7 (1.71%) HTTP
3 4 (0.98%) Ethernet
3 4 (0.98%) Network Security
3 4 (0.98%) Software-Defined Radio
3 4 (0.98%) Wireless
4 2 (0.49%) BGP
4 2 (0.49%) DHCP
4 2 (0.49%) DNS
4 2 (0.49%) FTP
4 2 (0.49%) iSCSI
4 2 (0.49%) LAN
4 2 (0.49%) MPLS
4 2 (0.49%) OSPF
4 2 (0.49%) SAN
4 2 (0.49%) VLAN
4 2 (0.49%) VPN
4 2 (0.49%) WAN
5 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.24%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.59%) Oracle Reports
2 23 (5.61%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (3.90%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.20%) Power BI
5 7 (1.71%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.46%) MySQL
7 5 (1.22%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.98%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.73%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 3 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.49%) Metadata
10 2 (0.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 2 (0.49%) Tableau
11 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
11 1 (0.24%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 135 (32.93%) JIRA
2 61 (14.88%) Postman
3 59 (14.39%) Selenium
4 44 (10.73%) Jenkins
5 37 (9.02%) Git
6 30 (7.32%) Cucumber
7 27 (6.59%) GitLab
8 25 (6.10%) Zephyr
9 24 (5.85%) JMeter
10 21 (5.12%) REST Assured
11 19 (4.63%) JUnit
12 15 (3.66%) Cypress.io
12 15 (3.66%) SpecFlow
13 14 (3.41%) WebDriver
14 11 (2.68%) Gatling
14 11 (2.68%) TestRail
15 9 (2.20%) LoadRunner
15 9 (2.20%) Rational DOORS
16 7 (1.71%) Bitbucket
16 7 (1.71%) Jaeger
General
1 171 (41.71%) Social Skills
2 89 (21.71%) Analytical Skills
3 84 (20.49%) Finance
4 43 (10.49%) Public Sector
5 33 (8.05%) Banking
6 21 (5.12%) Organisational Skills
7 20 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.20%) Retail
10 8 (1.95%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.71%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.46%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.22%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.22%) Legal
14 4 (0.98%) Electronics
14 4 (0.98%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.98%) Military
15 3 (0.73%) Automotive
15 3 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 104 (25.37%) Analyst
2 86 (20.98%) Tester
3 65 (15.85%) Test Analyst
4 50 (12.20%) Lead
5 46 (11.22%) Test Engineer
6 30 (7.32%) Automation Tester
6 30 (7.32%) Test Leader
7 25 (6.10%) Senior
8 23 (5.61%) Test Automation Engineer
9 19 (4.63%) QA Engineer
9 19 (4.63%) Test Manager
10 18 (4.39%) Business Analyst
10 18 (4.39%) QA Tester
11 15 (3.66%) Developer
12 13 (3.17%) Project Officer
13 12 (2.93%) Consultant
13 12 (2.93%) Migration Analyst
13 12 (2.93%) Oracle Analyst
13 12 (2.93%) QA Automation Engineer
14 11 (2.68%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (9.76%) Playwright
2 28 (6.83%) REST
3 20 (4.88%) .NET
4 18 (4.39%) Kafka
5 13 (3.17%) Middleware
6 12 (2.93%) pytest
6 12 (2.93%) SailPoint
7 10 (2.44%) ADO
7 10 (2.44%) HTML
7 10 (2.44%) Node.js
7 10 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (2.20%) LDAP
8 9 (2.20%) OpenID
8 9 (2.20%) Spring Boot
8 9 (2.20%) XML
9 7 (1.71%) CSS
9 7 (1.71%) OpenTelemetry
10 5 (1.22%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.22%) React
10 5 (1.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.56%) Legacy Systems
2 23 (5.61%) Management Information System
2 23 (5.61%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.41%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (2.68%) Data Structures
4 11 (2.68%) Public Cloud
5 9 (2.20%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.95%) Tandem
7 7 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.71%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (1.71%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.22%) PACS
10 4 (0.98%) Cloud Native
10 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.98%) Derivative
10 4 (0.98%) FPGA
10 4 (0.98%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.37%) Windows
2 18 (4.39%) Linux
3 7 (1.71%) Android
4 6 (1.46%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.98%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.49%) AIX
6 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.49%) Unix
6 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (46.34%) Test Automation
2 167 (40.73%) Agile
3 120 (29.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 105 (25.61%) DevOps
5 95 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
5 95 (23.17%) Validation
6 92 (22.44%) Scenario Testing
7 89 (21.71%) CI/CD
8 84 (20.49%) Test Management
9 72 (17.56%) Migration
10 70 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 69 (16.83%) End-to-End Testing
12 68 (16.59%) Integration Testing
13 67 (16.34%) Manual Testing
14 66 (16.10%) Software Testing
15 61 (14.88%) API Testing
15 61 (14.88%) Regression Testing
15 61 (14.88%) Test Strategy
16 59 (14.39%) Data Migration
17 56 (13.66%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (20.73%) SQL
2 65 (15.85%) Java
3 61 (14.88%) Python
4 53 (12.93%) JavaScript
5 45 (10.98%) TypeScript
6 39 (9.51%) C#
7 7 (1.71%) Rust
8 6 (1.46%) PHP
9 5 (1.22%) Scala
10 4 (0.98%) C
10 4 (0.98%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.73%) Ada
11 3 (0.73%) C++
11 3 (0.73%) Cypher
11 3 (0.73%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.49%) Ruby
12 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.49%) VB
13 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.24%) XPath
Qualifications
1 108 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 69 (16.83%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.49%) ISTQB
4 27 (6.59%) DV Cleared
5 26 (6.34%) Degree
6 12 (2.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.71%) ISEB
10 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.49%) CCNA
10 2 (0.49%) CCNP
10 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 2 (0.49%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
11 1 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.24%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (33.66%) QA
2 16 (3.90%) Accessibility
2 16 (3.90%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.22%) GRC
3 5 (1.22%) SLA
4 4 (0.98%) WCAG
5 3 (0.73%) DICOM
5 3 (0.73%) HL7
5 3 (0.73%) NCSC
6 2 (0.49%) PMO
6 2 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.24%) Basel III
7 1 (0.24%) GDPR
7 1 (0.24%) IFRS
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
7 1 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 16 (3.90%) Docker
2 10 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.73%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 2 (0.49%) Firmware
5 2 (0.49%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 24 (5.85%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.68%) Grafana
3 8 (1.95%) Prometheus
4 7 (1.71%) HP ALM
4 7 (1.71%) Kiali
4 7 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (1.46%) Ansible
6 5 (1.22%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (1.22%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.98%) Kibana
8 2 (0.49%) Puppet
8 2 (0.49%) Terraform
9 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 73 (17.80%) Oracle
2 38 (9.27%) Microsoft
3 37 (9.02%) SAP
4 17 (4.15%) ServiceNow
4 17 (4.15%) Workday
5 13 (3.17%) Databricks
6 10 (2.44%) HP
7 8 (1.95%) Splunk
8 7 (1.71%) Avaloq
8 7 (1.71%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.46%) Google
9 6 (1.46%) Talend
9 6 (1.46%) VMware
10 4 (0.98%) Ariba
10 4 (0.98%) Cisco
10 4 (0.98%) Dell
10 4 (0.98%) Hitachi
10 4 (0.98%) IBM
11 3 (0.73%) Optimizely
11 3 (0.73%) Sage