Test Scripting Contracts in England

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 278 266
Rank change year-on-year +44 -12 +4
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 368 494 743
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.00% 0.98% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.08% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 316 536
10th Percentile £313 £306 £300
25th Percentile £381 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year -4.84% +7.95% +8.64%
75th Percentile £559 £588 £538
90th Percentile £633 £700 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 12
10th Percentile - £44.53 £17.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £50.53 £30.56
Median hourly rate £85.00 £63.75 £44.97
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +41.78% +33.31%
75th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 £55.00
90th Percentile - £90.00 -
UK median hourly rate £85.00 £63.75 £46.29
% change year-on-year +33.33% +37.72% +23.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Test Scripting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in England

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in England.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in England

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in England

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in England.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in England

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Scripting in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 April 2024. 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 +71 169 £499 -1.48% 29
South East +1 56 £475 +11.44% 20
North of England 0 49 £450 -7.22% 9
Midlands +6 35 £430 +3.61% 16
South West +31 29 £531 +28.79% 10
North West -3 28 £463 +3.93% 6
West Midlands +18 18 £448 +6.16% 9
East Midlands +16 16 £363 +52.63% 7
Yorkshire +4 16 £425 -15.00% 3
East of England +2 16 £313 -30.56% 9
North East +21 5 £475 +22.58%
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (6.25%) Confluence
2 15 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.09%) IIS
4 3 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.54%) CMS
5 2 (0.54%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.27%) LiveLink
Applications
1 12 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (2.99%) Dynamics GP
1 11 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.90%) SAP PM
3 6 (1.63%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (1.63%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (1.63%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.63%) SAP Travel Management
4 5 (1.36%) Oracle AGIS
5 4 (1.09%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (1.09%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.82%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.82%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.82%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.82%) SAP PS
6 3 (0.82%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Internet Expenses
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 35 (9.51%) Azure
2 17 (4.62%) AWS
3 16 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (3.80%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.63%) SaaS
5 6 (1.63%) Serverless
6 5 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.09%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (1.09%) BrowserStack
7 4 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.09%) GitHub
7 4 (1.09%) IaaS
7 4 (1.09%) PaaS
7 4 (1.09%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 3 (0.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (0.82%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.54%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.08%) DHCP
1 15 (4.08%) DNS
2 5 (1.36%) Firewall
2 5 (1.36%) Network Security
2 5 (1.36%) WAN
3 4 (1.09%) 5G
3 4 (1.09%) LAN
3 4 (1.09%) VPN
4 3 (0.82%) 4G
4 3 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.54%) Internet
5 2 (0.54%) VoIP
6 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.27%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.80%) Power BI
2 8 (2.17%) Electronic Patient Records
2 8 (2.17%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.36%) MS Access
4 5 (1.36%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.36%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.09%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.09%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.09%) Tableau
6 3 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.82%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.54%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.54%) Data Mart
7 2 (0.54%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.54%) DataStage
7 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.54%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 52 (14.13%) JIRA
2 47 (12.77%) Selenium
3 21 (5.71%) Cucumber
3 21 (5.71%) JUnit
4 18 (4.89%) Git
4 18 (4.89%) Postman
4 18 (4.89%) REST Assured
4 18 (4.89%) TestNG
5 17 (4.62%) Appium
5 17 (4.62%) JMeter
6 11 (2.99%) Rational DOORS
6 11 (2.99%) SoapUI
7 10 (2.72%) eggPlant
7 10 (2.72%) Jenkins
7 10 (2.72%) SOAtest
7 10 (2.72%) WebDriver
8 8 (2.17%) LoadRunner
9 7 (1.90%) Visual Studio Code
10 5 (1.36%) GitLab
10 5 (1.36%) Zephyr
General
1 125 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 71 (19.29%) Finance
3 64 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.51%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.25%) Manufacturing
5 23 (6.25%) Telecoms
6 18 (4.89%) Marketing
6 18 (4.89%) Military
7 17 (4.62%) Retail
8 16 (4.35%) Electronics
9 14 (3.80%) Banking
10 11 (2.99%) Billing
11 8 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.90%) Back Office
13 6 (1.63%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.63%) Legal
14 5 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.36%) Investment Banking
15 4 (1.09%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.82%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 97 (26.36%) Analyst
2 60 (16.30%) Test Engineer
3 54 (14.67%) Test Analyst
4 40 (10.87%) Consultant
5 31 (8.42%) Tester
6 26 (7.07%) Senior
7 25 (6.79%) Test Manager
8 23 (6.25%) Business Analyst
9 19 (5.16%) Developer
10 18 (4.89%) Integration Engineer
11 17 (4.62%) SAP Consultant
11 17 (4.62%) Test and Integration Engineer
12 15 (4.08%) Data Analyst
12 15 (4.08%) Lead
13 14 (3.80%) QA Engineer
14 13 (3.53%) Software Engineer
15 11 (2.99%) Automation Engineer
15 11 (2.99%) Project Manager
16 10 (2.72%) Embedded C Software Engineer
16 10 (2.72%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.25%) .NET
2 13 (3.53%) REST
3 11 (2.99%) .NET Framework
4 10 (2.72%) Gherkin
5 8 (2.17%) JSON
6 7 (1.90%) Node.js
6 7 (1.90%) XML
7 6 (1.63%) SAP TM
8 5 (1.36%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.36%) EDI
8 5 (1.36%) Jest
8 5 (1.36%) Middleware
8 5 (1.36%) React
9 4 (1.09%) CSS
9 4 (1.09%) HTML
9 4 (1.09%) Playwright
10 3 (0.82%) Kafka
10 3 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.82%) RESTful
10 3 (0.82%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.16%) PKI
2 14 (3.80%) NHS
3 12 (3.26%) Mobile App
4 10 (2.72%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.45%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.17%) LIMS
7 7 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.63%) Replication
9 5 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.36%) Life Science
10 4 (1.09%) e-Health
10 4 (1.09%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.82%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.82%) Market Risk
11 3 (0.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (0.54%) FPGA
12 2 (0.54%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.07%) Windows
2 18 (4.89%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
4 13 (3.53%) Linux
5 8 (2.17%) Unix
6 6 (1.63%) Android
7 4 (1.09%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.27%) AIX
9 1 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (28.80%) Test Automation
2 102 (27.72%) Agile
3 82 (22.28%) User Acceptance Testing
4 61 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (15.22%) Software Testing
6 55 (14.95%) Scenario Testing
7 49 (13.32%) Test Strategy
8 46 (12.50%) Regression Testing
9 37 (10.05%) CI/CD
9 37 (10.05%) Validation
10 36 (9.78%) User Stories
11 34 (9.24%) Integration Testing
12 32 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (8.42%) DevOps
13 31 (8.42%) Migration
14 27 (7.34%) Test Planning
15 26 (7.07%) Acceptance Criteria
15 26 (7.07%) Functional Testing
15 26 (7.07%) Test Management
16 25 (6.79%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 64 (17.39%) SQL
2 46 (12.50%) Java
3 29 (7.88%) Python
4 26 (7.07%) C#
5 14 (3.80%) C
5 14 (3.80%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.53%) C++
7 12 (3.26%) Embedded C
8 10 (2.72%) Embedded C++
9 9 (2.45%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.82%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.82%) SOQL
10 3 (0.82%) Swift
10 3 (0.82%) VBA
11 2 (0.54%) Bash
11 2 (0.54%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.54%) R
12 1 (0.27%) ABAP
12 1 (0.27%) XPath
Qualifications
1 86 (23.37%) Security Cleared
2 59 (16.03%) SC Cleared
3 33 (8.97%) Degree
4 28 (7.61%) DV Cleared
5 26 (7.07%) ISTQB
6 16 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (4.08%) MCSA
7 15 (4.08%) MCSE
7 15 (4.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (2.17%) SAP Certification
9 6 (1.63%) ISEB
10 5 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.27%) CISSP
13 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (15.22%) QA
2 11 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.45%) HL7
3 9 (2.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.17%) SLA
5 7 (1.90%) WCAG
6 5 (1.36%) GAAP
6 5 (1.36%) GAMP
6 5 (1.36%) GxP
6 5 (1.36%) PMO
7 3 (0.82%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.82%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.54%) Basel III
8 2 (0.54%) COREP
8 2 (0.54%) FINREP
9 1 (0.27%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.27%) EMIR
9 1 (0.27%) NCSC
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (4.62%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.45%) Docker
4 1 (0.27%) Cronacle
4 1 (0.27%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.09%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.27%) Ansible
3 1 (0.27%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.27%) Control-M
3 1 (0.27%) Grafana
3 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.27%) Kibana
3 1 (0.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.27%) Nagios
3 1 (0.27%) PingFederate
3 1 (0.27%) SCCM
3 1 (0.27%) SCOM
3 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 57 (15.49%) SAP
2 56 (15.22%) Microsoft
3 39 (10.60%) Oracle
4 18 (4.89%) VMware
5 9 (2.45%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.17%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.63%) HP
8 5 (1.36%) Adobe
8 5 (1.36%) NEC
9 4 (1.09%) Alteryx
9 4 (1.09%) Databricks
9 4 (1.09%) Denodo
9 4 (1.09%) Splunk
10 2 (0.54%) Cerner
10 2 (0.54%) Embarcadero
10 2 (0.54%) OpenText
10 2 (0.54%) Qualtrics
10 2 (0.54%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.54%) Workday
10 2 (0.54%) Xilinx