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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 215 236
Rank change year-on-year -67 +21 -22
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 398 353 347
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 1.28% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.41% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 245 244
10th Percentile £309 £263 £307
25th Percentile £366 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £627
UK median daily rate £463 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +8.82% -10.53% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 5
10th Percentile £25.08 £18.48 £38.25
25th Percentile £39.38 £35.00 £41.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +10.00% -44.44%
75th Percentile £74.00 £86.00 £62.50
90th Percentile - £87.50 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £46.25
% change year-on-year +18.18% +18.92% -48.61%

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 38,369 25,044 29,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.25% 90.72% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,058 16,057 19,314
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £423 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,388 1,359 1,834
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.56 £51.77 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -63 143 £475 -5.00% 19
South East -60 70 £491 +15.53% 18
Midlands -33 68 £372 +9.26% 13
West Midlands -37 56 £362 +53.83% 8
North of England -75 48 £450 +5.88% 11
East of England 0 32 £74 -80.90% 3
South West -36 32 £525 -2.33% 16
North West -59 25 £402 -5.41% 5
Yorkshire -40 18 £450 +7.14% 3
East Midlands -7 12 £638 +82.14% 5
North East -38 5 £453 -1.52% 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 47 (11.81%) Confluence
2 10 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.76%) SAS
4 3 (0.75%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.25%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.51%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.25%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 30 (7.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (2.76%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (1.76%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.76%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.51%) Aladdin
4 6 (1.51%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (1.51%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (1.26%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (1.26%) SAP ERP
6 4 (1.01%) HFM
6 4 (1.01%) Loan IQ
6 4 (1.01%) Oracle E-Business Tax
6 4 (1.01%) SAP GTS
6 4 (1.01%) SAP SD
6 4 (1.01%) SAP VC
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.75%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 79 (19.85%) Azure
2 59 (14.82%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (10.80%) AWS
4 18 (4.52%) GitHub
5 16 (4.02%) OCI
6 12 (3.02%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.51%) SuccessFactors
8 8 (2.01%) GCP
8 8 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.26%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.26%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.01%) Lucidchart
10 4 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.01%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.01%) SaaS
10 4 (1.01%) Tricentis Tosca
11 3 (0.75%) Figma
11 3 (0.75%) Pendo
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.76%) HTTP
2 5 (1.26%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.26%) Software-Defined Radio
2 5 (1.26%) Wireless
3 4 (1.01%) DNS
3 4 (1.01%) Network Security
4 3 (0.75%) LAN
4 3 (0.75%) WAN
5 2 (0.50%) BGP
5 2 (0.50%) Firewall
5 2 (0.50%) iSCSI
5 2 (0.50%) MPLS
5 2 (0.50%) OSPF
5 2 (0.50%) SAN
5 2 (0.50%) VLAN
5 2 (0.50%) VPN
6 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) WAAS
6 1 (0.25%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (9.05%) Oracle Reports
2 30 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (3.02%) Power BI
4 8 (2.01%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.76%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 4 (1.01%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.01%) Metadata
8 3 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.75%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.75%) SAS Visual Analytics
9 2 (0.50%) Base SAS
9 2 (0.50%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.50%) SAS Enterprise Guide
10 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.25%) SAS EBI
10 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 134 (33.67%) JIRA
2 48 (12.06%) Postman
3 43 (10.80%) Selenium
4 31 (7.79%) Git
4 31 (7.79%) Jenkins
4 31 (7.79%) Zephyr
5 24 (6.03%) Cucumber
6 20 (5.03%) JMeter
7 16 (4.02%) REST Assured
8 15 (3.77%) GitLab
9 13 (3.27%) LoadRunner
10 12 (3.02%) JUnit
11 10 (2.51%) Gatling
12 9 (2.26%) SpecFlow
13 8 (2.01%) Bitbucket
13 8 (2.01%) WebDriver
14 7 (1.76%) Cypress.io
14 7 (1.76%) Rational DOORS
15 6 (1.51%) NeoLoad
16 4 (1.01%) TeamCity
General
1 163 (40.95%) Social Skills
2 82 (20.60%) Finance
3 78 (19.60%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (12.56%) Public Sector
5 32 (8.04%) Banking
6 19 (4.77%) Organisational Skills
7 12 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (2.76%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.51%) Legal
10 9 (2.26%) Automotive
11 7 (1.76%) Retail
12 6 (1.51%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.51%) General Ledger
12 6 (1.51%) Military
13 4 (1.01%) Billing
13 4 (1.01%) Marketing
13 4 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.75%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 91 (22.86%) Analyst
2 78 (19.60%) Tester
3 47 (11.81%) Lead
4 45 (11.31%) Test Engineer
5 43 (10.80%) Test Analyst
6 42 (10.55%) Consultant
7 30 (7.54%) Business Analyst
8 23 (5.78%) Test Leader
9 22 (5.53%) QA Tester
10 20 (5.03%) Senior
11 19 (4.77%) Software Engineer
11 19 (4.77%) Test Manager
12 16 (4.02%) Principal Engineer
13 15 (3.77%) Principal Software Engineer
13 15 (3.77%) Test Automation Engineer
14 14 (3.52%) Developer
15 13 (3.27%) Automation Tester
15 13 (3.27%) QA Engineer
16 11 (2.76%) QA Analyst
17 10 (2.51%) Performance Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.28%) Playwright
2 18 (4.52%) REST
3 12 (3.02%) .NET
4 11 (2.76%) React
5 10 (2.51%) pytest
6 9 (2.26%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (2.26%) SOAP
7 8 (2.01%) HTML
8 7 (1.76%) .NET Core
8 7 (1.76%) Kafka
9 6 (1.51%) ADO
9 6 (1.51%) Web Services
9 6 (1.51%) XML
10 5 (1.26%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.26%) CSS
10 5 (1.26%) RESTful
10 5 (1.26%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (1.01%) Middleware
11 4 (1.01%) SailPoint
11 4 (1.01%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.03%) Embedded Systems
2 21 (5.28%) Legacy Systems
3 18 (4.52%) Product Ownership
4 12 (3.02%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.51%) Data Structures
6 10 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (2.51%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.76%) CMDB
8 7 (1.76%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.26%) FPGA
10 5 (1.26%) PACS
10 5 (1.26%) PCIe
10 5 (1.26%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.01%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.01%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (6.03%) Windows
2 16 (4.02%) Linux
3 5 (1.26%) Android
3 5 (1.26%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.01%) VMS
4 4 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.50%) AIX
6 2 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.50%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (42.71%) Test Automation
2 155 (38.94%) Agile
3 123 (30.90%) User Acceptance Testing
4 99 (24.87%) Validation
5 84 (21.11%) Migration
6 82 (20.60%) Scenario Testing
7 80 (20.10%) DevOps
7 80 (20.10%) End-to-End Testing
8 76 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (17.09%) Software Testing
9 68 (17.09%) Test Strategy
10 67 (16.83%) Data Migration
11 66 (16.58%) Stakeholder Management
12 64 (16.08%) CI/CD
12 64 (16.08%) Defect Management
13 63 (15.83%) Test Management
14 62 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
15 59 (14.82%) Integration Testing
16 54 (13.57%) Manual Testing
17 52 (13.07%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 67 (16.83%) SQL
2 52 (13.07%) Python
3 43 (10.80%) Java
4 25 (6.28%) JavaScript
5 20 (5.03%) C#
6 14 (3.52%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.01%) ABAP
8 7 (1.76%) C++
9 6 (1.51%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.26%) Apex Code
10 5 (1.26%) C
11 3 (0.75%) Groovy
11 3 (0.75%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.75%) Ruby
11 3 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.50%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.50%) PROC SQL
13 1 (0.25%) Bash
13 1 (0.25%) Korn
13 1 (0.25%) PeopleCode
Qualifications
1 129 (32.41%) Security Cleared
2 83 (20.85%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.80%) ISTQB
4 32 (8.04%) DV Cleared
5 25 (6.28%) Degree
6 15 (3.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 10 (2.51%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.51%) ACCA
9 6 (1.51%) CIMA
10 5 (1.26%) ISEB
11 2 (0.50%) CCNA
11 2 (0.50%) CCNP
11 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.25%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.25%) ISEB Practitioner
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
1 104 (26.13%) QA
2 27 (6.78%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.52%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.26%) NCSC
5 7 (1.76%) GRC
6 5 (1.26%) JSP 440
6 5 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.26%) SLA
6 5 (1.26%) WCAG
7 4 (1.01%) IFRS
8 3 (0.75%) DICOM
8 3 (0.75%) HL7
9 2 (0.50%) NIST
9 2 (0.50%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.25%) Basel III
10 1 (0.25%) GDPR
10 1 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.25%) PMO
10 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 10 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.51%) Docker
2 6 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.01%) vSphere
4 2 (0.50%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 18 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.76%) Grafana
2 7 (1.76%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (1.51%) HP ALM
4 4 (1.01%) Ansible
4 4 (1.01%) Kibana
5 3 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.50%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.50%) Puppet
6 2 (0.50%) Terraform
7 1 (0.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 75 (18.84%) Oracle
2 52 (13.07%) SAP
3 27 (6.78%) Microsoft
4 17 (4.27%) ServiceNow
5 14 (3.52%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.26%) Databricks
6 9 (2.26%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.26%) HP
7 8 (2.01%) AppDynamics
7 8 (2.01%) Workday
8 6 (1.51%) Talend
8 6 (1.51%) VMware
9 5 (1.26%) Conga
9 5 (1.26%) Denodo
9 5 (1.26%) GoCardless
9 5 (1.26%) Google
10 4 (1.01%) Cisco
10 4 (1.01%) Hyperion
10 4 (1.01%) Sage
10 4 (1.01%) Tagetik