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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 218 233
Rank change year-on-year -53 +15 -14
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 410 341 371
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.92% 1.25% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.38% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 234 263
10th Percentile £313 £263 £313
25th Percentile £367 £362 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £636 £627
UK median daily rate £474 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +11.41% -8.11% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 9
10th Percentile £25.04 £18.82 £32.37
25th Percentile £40.00 £36.88 £41.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +47.06% -44.81%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £62.50
90th Percentile - £87.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +8.00% +47.06% -44.81%

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 38,234 24,648 31,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.43% 90.68% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,071 15,798 20,362
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,374 1,309 2,214
10th Percentile £15.57 £14.39 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +88.87% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.70 £73.60
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.29%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 16 July 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 -67 143 £475 -5.00% 10
South East -40 73 £483 +15.34% 18
Midlands -48 62 £363 +3.71% 10
West Midlands -47 51 £360 +53.19% 6
North of England -80 49 £450 +5.88% 5
South West -15 41 £538 - 3
East of England 0 34 £74 -80.90% 2
North West -60 24 £401 -5.65% 3
Yorkshire -44 20 £450 +7.14% 2
East Midlands -8 11 £638 +72.06% 4
North East -36 5 £453 -1.52%
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 47 (11.46%) Confluence
2 10 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.71%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 20 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.46%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 31 (7.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.68%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.71%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.71%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.46%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.46%) Loan IQ
4 6 (1.46%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.46%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.22%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.22%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.98%) HFM
6 4 (0.98%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 4 (0.98%) SAP GTS
6 4 (0.98%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.98%) SAP VC
7 3 (0.73%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.73%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.73%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 87 (21.22%) Azure
2 69 (16.83%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (10.24%) AWS
4 19 (4.63%) OCI
5 18 (4.39%) GitHub
6 11 (2.68%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.68%) SuccessFactors
7 8 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (1.71%) GCP
9 5 (1.22%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.22%) Snowflake
10 4 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.98%) Lucidchart
10 4 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (0.98%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.98%) SaaS
10 4 (0.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 4 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (0.73%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.71%) HTTP
2 5 (1.22%) DNS
2 5 (1.22%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.22%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (1.22%) Wireless
3 4 (0.98%) Network Security
4 3 (0.73%) LAN
4 3 (0.73%) WAN
5 2 (0.49%) BGP
5 2 (0.49%) Firewall
5 2 (0.49%) iSCSI
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
6 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.24%) WAAS
6 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (8.78%) Oracle Reports
2 30 (7.32%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.68%) Power BI
4 8 (1.95%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.71%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.98%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.73%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.73%) Metadata
8 3 (0.73%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 2 (0.49%) Base SAS
9 2 (0.49%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.24%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
10 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 138 (33.66%) JIRA
2 52 (12.68%) Postman
3 46 (11.22%) Selenium
4 33 (8.05%) Git
4 33 (8.05%) Jenkins
5 29 (7.07%) Zephyr
6 24 (5.85%) Cucumber
7 20 (4.88%) REST Assured
8 17 (4.15%) GitLab
8 17 (4.15%) JMeter
9 12 (2.93%) JUnit
10 10 (2.44%) LoadRunner
10 10 (2.44%) WebDriver
11 9 (2.20%) Cypress.io
11 9 (2.20%) SpecFlow
12 8 (1.95%) Bitbucket
12 8 (1.95%) Gatling
13 7 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
14 5 (1.22%) TestRail
15 4 (0.98%) NeoLoad
General
1 162 (39.51%) Social Skills
2 81 (19.76%) Analytical Skills
3 80 (19.51%) Finance
4 44 (10.73%) Public Sector
5 33 (8.05%) Banking
6 22 (5.37%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (2.93%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.44%) Legal
8 10 (2.44%) Manufacturing
9 9 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.95%) Automotive
11 6 (1.46%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.46%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.46%) Military
11 6 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.46%) Retail
12 4 (0.98%) Billing
13 3 (0.73%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.73%) Local Government
13 3 (0.73%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 97 (23.66%) Analyst
2 77 (18.78%) Tester
3 48 (11.71%) Lead
4 47 (11.46%) Test Analyst
5 45 (10.98%) Test Engineer
6 40 (9.76%) Consultant
7 30 (7.32%) Business Analyst
8 24 (5.85%) Test Leader
9 22 (5.37%) QA Tester
10 20 (4.88%) Senior
11 19 (4.63%) Software Engineer
11 19 (4.63%) Test Manager
12 16 (3.90%) Principal Engineer
13 15 (3.66%) Automation Tester
13 15 (3.66%) Developer
13 15 (3.66%) Principal Software Engineer
13 15 (3.66%) Test Automation Engineer
14 14 (3.41%) QA Engineer
15 12 (2.93%) QA Analyst
16 9 (2.20%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.59%) Playwright
2 22 (5.37%) REST
3 13 (3.17%) .NET
4 12 (2.93%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (2.68%) React
6 10 (2.44%) pytest
7 8 (1.95%) HTML
8 7 (1.71%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.71%) ADO
8 7 (1.71%) Kafka
8 7 (1.71%) SOAP
9 5 (1.22%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.22%) CSS
9 5 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.98%) Middleware
10 4 (0.98%) RESTful
10 4 (0.98%) SailPoint
10 4 (0.98%) Swagger
10 4 (0.98%) Web Services
11 3 (0.73%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.61%) Embedded Systems
1 23 (5.61%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (2.93%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.44%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.95%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.95%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.71%) CMDB
7 7 (1.71%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.71%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.22%) FPGA
9 5 (1.22%) PACS
9 5 (1.22%) PCIe
10 4 (0.98%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.98%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.85%) Windows
2 17 (4.15%) Linux
3 6 (1.46%) Android
4 5 (1.22%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.98%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.98%) VMS
5 4 (0.98%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.49%) AIX
6 2 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.49%) Unix
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (42.20%) Test Automation
2 157 (38.29%) Agile
3 126 (30.73%) User Acceptance Testing
4 95 (23.17%) Validation
5 87 (21.22%) DevOps
6 86 (20.98%) Migration
7 84 (20.49%) Scenario Testing
8 83 (20.24%) End-to-End Testing
9 81 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
10 72 (17.56%) Software Testing
11 69 (16.83%) Data Migration
12 68 (16.59%) CI/CD
12 68 (16.59%) Test Management
12 68 (16.59%) Test Strategy
13 65 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 65 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
14 63 (15.37%) Integration Testing
15 61 (14.88%) Defect Management
16 54 (13.17%) Manual Testing
16 54 (13.17%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 63 (15.37%) SQL
2 51 (12.44%) Python
3 41 (10.00%) Java
4 26 (6.34%) JavaScript
5 25 (6.10%) C#
6 17 (4.15%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.95%) ABAP
8 7 (1.71%) C++
9 6 (1.46%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.22%) Apex Code
10 5 (1.22%) C
11 3 (0.73%) Groovy
11 3 (0.73%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.73%) Ruby
11 3 (0.73%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.49%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.49%) PROC SQL
12 2 (0.49%) VB
13 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 136 (33.17%) Security Cleared
2 82 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 45 (10.98%) ISTQB
4 42 (10.24%) DV Cleared
5 27 (6.59%) Degree
6 13 (3.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 10 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.22%) ACCA
9 5 (1.22%) CIMA
10 3 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.49%) CCNA
11 2 (0.49%) CCNP
11 2 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.49%) ISEB
12 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.24%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
12 1 (0.24%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (28.78%) QA
2 28 (6.83%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.68%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.20%) NCSC
5 7 (1.71%) GRC
6 6 (1.46%) SLA
7 5 (1.22%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.98%) IFRS
9 3 (0.73%) DICOM
9 3 (0.73%) HL7
9 3 (0.73%) WCAG
10 2 (0.49%) NIST
10 2 (0.49%) PMO
10 2 (0.49%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.24%) Basel III
11 1 (0.24%) GDPR
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 11 (2.68%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.71%) Docker
3 6 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.98%) vSphere
5 2 (0.49%) Firmware
5 2 (0.49%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 18 (4.39%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.20%) HP ALM
3 7 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.46%) HP Quality Center
5 5 (1.22%) Grafana
6 4 (0.98%) Ansible
6 4 (0.98%) Kibana
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%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (18.29%) Oracle
2 49 (11.95%) SAP
3 32 (7.80%) Microsoft
4 18 (4.39%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.90%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.93%) HP
7 9 (2.20%) Workday
8 8 (1.95%) Databricks
9 7 (1.71%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.46%) AppDynamics
10 6 (1.46%) Talend
10 6 (1.46%) VMware
11 5 (1.22%) Conga
11 5 (1.22%) Denodo
11 5 (1.22%) GoCardless
12 4 (0.98%) Cisco
12 4 (0.98%) Google
12 4 (0.98%) Hitachi
12 4 (0.98%) Sage
12 4 (0.98%) Tagetik