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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 212 229
Rank change year-on-year -57 +17 -10
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 423 339 389
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.26% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.38% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 233 276
10th Percentile £314 £263 £307
25th Percentile £364 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +4.89% -3.23% -7.00%
75th Percentile £550 £540 £575
90th Percentile £633 £638 £627
UK median daily rate £467 £439 £459
% change year-on-year +6.44% -4.36% -8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 11
10th Percentile £25.04 £19.16 £36.25
25th Percentile £40.00 £38.75 £41.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £75.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +76.47% -44.81%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £68.75
90th Percentile - £87.50 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £75.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% +76.47% -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 38,237 24,502 31,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.52% 90.81% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,096 15,746 20,754
10th Percentile £325 £300 £306
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £733 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,381 1,253 2,276
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.98 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.07%
75th Percentile £68.75 £54.01 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.37 £70.16 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -6.25%

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 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 9 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 9 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 -72 147 £475 -5.00% 22
South East -35 72 £491 +20.86% 20
Midlands -46 63 £363 +3.71% 10
North of England -71 57 £450 - 8
West Midlands -54 51 £360 +53.19% 5
South West -17 44 £538 - 7
East of England -4 32 £74 -80.90% 5
Yorkshire -36 26 £452 +7.50% 4
North West -50 26 £400 -8.99% 4
East Midlands -9 12 £638 +72.06% 5
North East -30 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 (11.11%) Confluence
2 10 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.65%) SAS
4 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.42%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.24%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 31 (7.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.60%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.65%) Aladdin
3 7 (1.65%) Loan IQ
3 7 (1.65%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.65%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.42%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.42%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.18%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.95%) HFM
6 4 (0.95%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 4 (0.95%) SAP GTS
6 4 (0.95%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.95%) SAP VC
7 3 (0.71%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.71%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 91 (21.51%) Azure
2 70 (16.55%) Azure DevOps
3 45 (10.64%) AWS
4 19 (4.49%) OCI
5 18 (4.26%) GitHub
6 12 (2.84%) SuccessFactors
7 11 (2.60%) GCP
8 10 (2.36%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (1.42%) Snowflake
11 5 (1.18%) Entra ID
11 5 (1.18%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.18%) SaaS
12 4 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.95%) Lucidchart
12 4 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (0.95%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 4 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.65%) HTTP
2 5 (1.18%) DNS
2 5 (1.18%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.18%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (1.18%) Wireless
3 4 (0.95%) Network Security
4 3 (0.71%) Firewall
4 3 (0.71%) LAN
4 3 (0.71%) WAN
5 2 (0.47%) BGP
5 2 (0.47%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.47%) MPLS
5 2 (0.47%) OSPF
5 2 (0.47%) SAN
5 2 (0.47%) VLAN
5 2 (0.47%) 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 (8.51%) Oracle Reports
2 30 (7.09%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (2.36%) Power BI
4 8 (1.89%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.65%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (0.95%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.71%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.71%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 2 (0.47%) Base SAS
9 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.47%) Metadata
9 2 (0.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.24%) SAS EBI
10 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 143 (33.81%) JIRA
2 59 (13.95%) Postman
3 48 (11.35%) Selenium
4 38 (8.98%) Jenkins
5 33 (7.80%) Git
6 29 (6.86%) Zephyr
7 25 (5.91%) Cucumber
8 21 (4.96%) REST Assured
9 20 (4.73%) GitLab
9 20 (4.73%) JMeter
10 13 (3.07%) LoadRunner
11 12 (2.84%) JUnit
11 12 (2.84%) WebDriver
12 11 (2.60%) Cypress.io
12 11 (2.60%) Gatling
13 10 (2.36%) SpecFlow
14 8 (1.89%) Bitbucket
15 7 (1.65%) NeoLoad
15 7 (1.65%) Rational DOORS
16 5 (1.18%) TestRail
General
1 167 (39.48%) Social Skills
2 84 (19.86%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (19.15%) Finance
4 46 (10.87%) Public Sector
5 34 (8.04%) Banking
6 23 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (2.84%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.60%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.36%) Legal
10 9 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.89%) Automotive
12 7 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.42%) Aerospace
13 6 (1.42%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.42%) Military
14 5 (1.18%) Retail
15 4 (0.95%) Billing
16 3 (0.71%) Electronics
16 3 (0.71%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.71%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 99 (23.40%) Analyst
2 79 (18.68%) Tester
3 51 (12.06%) Lead
4 49 (11.58%) Test Analyst
4 49 (11.58%) Test Engineer
5 38 (8.98%) Consultant
6 29 (6.86%) Business Analyst
7 25 (5.91%) Test Leader
8 23 (5.44%) QA Tester
9 21 (4.96%) Senior
9 21 (4.96%) Test Manager
10 19 (4.49%) Test Automation Engineer
11 18 (4.26%) Software Engineer
12 17 (4.02%) Automation Tester
13 15 (3.55%) Principal Engineer
13 15 (3.55%) QA Engineer
14 14 (3.31%) Developer
14 14 (3.31%) Principal Software Engineer
15 12 (2.84%) QA Analyst
16 10 (2.36%) Project Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.27%) Playwright
2 25 (5.91%) REST
3 13 (3.07%) .NET
4 12 (2.84%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (2.60%) React
6 10 (2.36%) pytest
7 8 (1.89%) HTML
7 8 (1.89%) Kafka
8 7 (1.65%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.65%) ADO
8 7 (1.65%) SailPoint
8 7 (1.65%) SOAP
9 5 (1.18%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.18%) CSS
9 5 (1.18%) Middleware
9 5 (1.18%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.95%) RESTful
10 4 (0.95%) Swagger
10 4 (0.95%) Web Services
11 3 (0.71%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.91%) Legacy Systems
2 22 (5.20%) Embedded Systems
3 20 (4.73%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (2.36%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.13%) Public Cloud
8 8 (1.89%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.89%) Virtual Team
9 7 (1.65%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.42%) CMDB
10 6 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.18%) FPGA
11 5 (1.18%) PACS
11 5 (1.18%) PCIe
11 5 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.18%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.44%) Windows
2 17 (4.02%) Linux
3 6 (1.42%) Android
4 5 (1.18%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.95%) VMS
5 4 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.47%) AIX
6 2 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.47%) Unix
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (43.26%) Test Automation
2 163 (38.53%) Agile
3 129 (30.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 100 (23.64%) Validation
5 93 (21.99%) DevOps
6 89 (21.04%) Scenario Testing
7 87 (20.57%) Migration
8 86 (20.33%) End-to-End Testing
8 86 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (17.97%) CI/CD
9 76 (17.97%) Test Strategy
10 74 (17.49%) Software Testing
11 72 (17.02%) Test Management
12 70 (16.55%) Data Migration
13 69 (16.31%) Stakeholder Management
14 66 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
15 65 (15.37%) Integration Testing
16 62 (14.66%) Defect Management
17 56 (13.24%) Regression Testing
18 54 (12.77%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 64 (15.13%) SQL
2 58 (13.71%) Python
3 48 (11.35%) Java
4 30 (7.09%) JavaScript
5 28 (6.62%) C#
6 26 (6.15%) TypeScript
7 8 (1.89%) ABAP
8 7 (1.65%) C++
9 6 (1.42%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.18%) Apex Code
10 5 (1.18%) C
10 5 (1.18%) Scala
11 3 (0.71%) Cypher
11 3 (0.71%) Groovy
11 3 (0.71%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.71%) Ruby
11 3 (0.71%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.47%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.47%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.47%) PROC SQL
Qualifications
1 138 (32.62%) Security Cleared
2 81 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 47 (11.11%) ISTQB
4 44 (10.40%) DV Cleared
5 28 (6.62%) Degree
6 13 (3.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 11 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.95%) ACCA
9 4 (0.95%) CIMA
10 3 (0.71%) ISEB
10 3 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.47%) CCNA
11 2 (0.47%) CCNP
11 2 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
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
1 128 (30.26%) QA
2 28 (6.62%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.84%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.13%) NCSC
5 7 (1.65%) GRC
6 6 (1.42%) SLA
7 5 (1.18%) JSP 440
7 5 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.95%) IFRS
9 3 (0.71%) DICOM
9 3 (0.71%) HL7
9 3 (0.71%) WCAG
10 2 (0.47%) NIST
10 2 (0.47%) PMO
10 2 (0.47%) 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 (2.60%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.89%) Docker
3 6 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.95%) vSphere
5 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.47%) Firmware
6 2 (0.47%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 19 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.13%) HP ALM
3 7 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.42%) Grafana
4 6 (1.42%) HP Quality Center
5 4 (0.95%) Ansible
5 4 (0.95%) Kibana
6 2 (0.47%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.47%) Puppet
6 2 (0.47%) Terraform
7 1 (0.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.24%) Kiali
7 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (17.73%) Oracle
2 48 (11.35%) SAP
3 33 (7.80%) Microsoft
4 21 (4.96%) ServiceNow
5 16 (3.78%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.84%) HP
7 10 (2.36%) Workday
8 8 (1.89%) Databricks
9 7 (1.65%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.65%) Google
10 6 (1.42%) AppDynamics
10 6 (1.42%) Talend
10 6 (1.42%) VMware
11 5 (1.18%) Conga
11 5 (1.18%) Denodo
11 5 (1.18%) GoCardless
12 4 (0.95%) Cisco
12 4 (0.95%) Hitachi
12 4 (0.95%) Sage
12 4 (0.95%) Tagetik