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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 243 265 269
Rank change year-on-year +22 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 354 480 731
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.97% 1.00% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.10% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 316 528
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.25% +11.11% +9.09%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £550
90th Percentile £630 £713 £639
UK median daily rate £463 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -5.13% +8.33% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 25 12
10th Percentile - £46.25 £17.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £52.13 £30.56
Median hourly rate £67.50 £77.00 £44.97
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +71.24% -2.25%
75th Percentile £90.00 £90.00 £55.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £77.00 £46.29
% change year-on-year -12.34% +66.34% -0.98%

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 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 May 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 +64 161 £499 -9.32% 31
South East -7 58 £475 +10.79% 18
North of England 0 47 £450 -8.63% 13
Midlands +16 32 £448 +7.05% 21
South West +21 30 £513 +17.14% 9
North West +1 24 £450 - 9
Yorkshire +6 20 £450 -10.00% 3
West Midlands +19 18 £448 +5.04% 12
East of England -5 14 £313 -33.51% 7
East Midlands +13 13 £414 +53.24% 9
North East +10 3 £423 +9.03% 1
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 26 (7.34%) Confluence
2 17 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.13%) IIS
4 3 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.85%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
6 1 (0.28%) Apache
6 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.28%) LiveLink
Applications
1 11 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.11%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (1.69%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (1.69%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (1.69%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.69%) SAP Travel Management
4 5 (1.41%) Oracle AGIS
5 4 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (1.13%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.85%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle Payroll
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.85%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.56%) Endur
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.56%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.56%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.56%) Temenos Globus
Cloud Services
1 38 (10.73%) Azure
2 16 (4.52%) AWS
2 16 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (4.24%) Power Platform
4 6 (1.69%) Serverless
5 5 (1.41%) SaaS
6 4 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.13%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (1.13%) BrowserStack
6 4 (1.13%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.13%) GitHub
6 4 (1.13%) Miro
6 4 (1.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 3 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (0.85%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.85%) GCP
7 3 (0.85%) IaaS
7 3 (0.85%) OCI
7 3 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.80%) DHCP
1 17 (4.80%) DNS
2 6 (1.69%) Firewall
3 5 (1.41%) Network Security
4 4 (1.13%) 5G
5 3 (0.85%) 4G
5 3 (0.85%) LAN
5 3 (0.85%) VPN
5 3 (0.85%) WAN
6 2 (0.56%) VoIP
6 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.28%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.28%) FTP
7 1 (0.28%) Internet
7 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.28%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.24%) Power BI
2 13 (3.67%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.26%) Electronic Patient Records
4 7 (1.98%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.69%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (1.41%) MS Access
6 5 (1.41%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.41%) Tableau
7 4 (1.13%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.85%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.85%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.56%) Big Data
9 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.56%) Data Mart
9 2 (0.56%) DataStage
9 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 53 (14.97%) JIRA
2 44 (12.43%) Selenium
3 21 (5.93%) Git
3 21 (5.93%) JUnit
4 20 (5.65%) Cucumber
5 19 (5.37%) Postman
6 17 (4.80%) Appium
6 17 (4.80%) JMeter
6 17 (4.80%) REST Assured
7 15 (4.24%) TestNG
8 13 (3.67%) SoapUI
9 12 (3.39%) WebDriver
10 10 (2.82%) eggPlant
10 10 (2.82%) SOAtest
11 9 (2.54%) Jenkins
11 9 (2.54%) Rational DOORS
11 9 (2.54%) Visual Studio Code
12 8 (2.26%) LoadRunner
13 7 (1.98%) Visual Studio
14 4 (1.13%) GitLab
General
1 121 (34.18%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.75%) Finance
3 67 (18.93%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.89%) Public Sector
5 24 (6.78%) Telecoms
6 23 (6.50%) Manufacturing
7 20 (5.65%) Military
8 19 (5.37%) Marketing
9 16 (4.52%) Electronics
10 13 (3.67%) Retail
11 12 (3.39%) Banking
12 11 (3.11%) Billing
13 9 (2.54%) Back Office
14 6 (1.69%) Aerospace
14 6 (1.69%) General Ledger
14 6 (1.69%) Legal
15 5 (1.41%) Automotive
15 5 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 98 (27.68%) Analyst
2 65 (18.36%) Test Engineer
3 55 (15.54%) Test Analyst
4 38 (10.73%) Consultant
5 29 (8.19%) Tester
6 28 (7.91%) Senior
7 23 (6.50%) Business Analyst
8 20 (5.65%) Test Manager
9 19 (5.37%) Integration Engineer
10 18 (5.08%) Test and Integration Engineer
11 17 (4.80%) Data Analyst
12 16 (4.52%) Developer
13 15 (4.24%) Lead
13 15 (4.24%) QA Engineer
14 13 (3.67%) SAP Consultant
15 11 (3.11%) Automation Engineer
15 11 (3.11%) Oracle Analyst
15 11 (3.11%) Project Manager
15 11 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
15 11 (3.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.34%) .NET
2 15 (4.24%) REST
3 14 (3.95%) Gherkin
4 11 (3.11%) .NET Framework
5 8 (2.26%) JSON
6 7 (1.98%) Node.js
6 7 (1.98%) XML
7 6 (1.69%) SAP TM
8 5 (1.41%) EDI
8 5 (1.41%) HTML
8 5 (1.41%) Jest
8 5 (1.41%) Middleware
8 5 (1.41%) Playwright
8 5 (1.41%) React
9 4 (1.13%) ADO
9 4 (1.13%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.13%) CSS
9 4 (1.13%) Kafka
9 4 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.13%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.93%) PKI
2 15 (4.24%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.11%) Mobile App
3 11 (3.11%) NHS
4 9 (2.54%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.26%) LIMS
6 7 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 6 (1.69%) Replication
8 5 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.41%) Life Science
8 5 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.13%) e-Health
9 4 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.85%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.85%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.85%) Market Risk
10 3 (0.85%) PDA
11 2 (0.56%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.47%) Windows
2 20 (5.65%) Windows Server
3 17 (4.80%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (3.39%) Linux
5 8 (2.26%) Unix
6 6 (1.69%) Android
7 4 (1.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.28%) AIX
9 1 (0.28%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (30.23%) Test Automation
2 106 (29.94%) Agile
3 74 (20.90%) User Acceptance Testing
4 56 (15.82%) Software Testing
5 50 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (13.28%) Test Strategy
7 46 (12.99%) Scenario Testing
8 44 (12.43%) Regression Testing
9 41 (11.58%) User Stories
10 35 (9.89%) Validation
11 34 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
11 34 (9.60%) CI/CD
12 33 (9.32%) Acceptance Criteria
13 29 (8.19%) DevOps
13 29 (8.19%) Migration
14 28 (7.91%) Scrum
15 24 (6.78%) Integration Testing
16 23 (6.50%) Test Planning
17 22 (6.21%) Functional Testing
17 22 (6.21%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (20.62%) SQL
2 51 (14.41%) Java
3 29 (8.19%) Python
4 26 (7.34%) C#
5 15 (4.24%) JavaScript
6 14 (3.95%) C
7 13 (3.67%) C++
8 10 (2.82%) Embedded C
9 9 (2.54%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.26%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.85%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.85%) SOQL
11 3 (0.85%) Swift
11 3 (0.85%) VBA
12 2 (0.56%) Bash
12 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.56%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.56%) R
12 2 (0.56%) VB
12 2 (0.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 82 (23.16%) Security Cleared
2 55 (15.54%) SC Cleared
3 36 (10.17%) Degree
4 27 (7.63%) DV Cleared
5 20 (5.65%) ISTQB
6 18 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (4.80%) MCSA
7 17 (4.80%) MCSE
7 17 (4.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (1.69%) ISEB
9 5 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.13%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.85%) CISSP
12 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (16.95%) QA
2 12 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.26%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.26%) HL7
4 8 (2.26%) SLA
5 7 (1.98%) WCAG
6 5 (1.41%) GAAP
6 5 (1.41%) GAMP
6 5 (1.41%) GxP
6 5 (1.41%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.41%) PMO
7 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.85%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (0.56%) Basel III
8 2 (0.56%) COREP
8 2 (0.56%) FINREP
9 1 (0.28%) EMIR
9 1 (0.28%) NCSC
9 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 17 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.54%) Docker
4 1 (0.28%) Cronacle
4 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.85%) PingFederate
3 2 (0.56%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.28%) Check_MK
4 1 (0.28%) Control-M
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) Nagios
4 1 (0.28%) SCCM
4 1 (0.28%) SCOM
4 1 (0.28%) vRealize
Vendors
1 59 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 54 (15.25%) SAP
3 44 (12.43%) Oracle
4 20 (5.65%) VMware
5 8 (2.26%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.26%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.13%) Adobe
6 4 (1.13%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.13%) Databricks
6 4 (1.13%) Denodo
6 4 (1.13%) HP
6 4 (1.13%) NEC
7 3 (0.85%) CyberArk
7 3 (0.85%) ForgeRock
7 3 (0.85%) Okta
7 3 (0.85%) Splunk
8 2 (0.56%) Brio
8 2 (0.56%) CyberSource
8 2 (0.56%) OpenLink
8 2 (0.56%) OpenText