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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 257 271
Rank change year-on-year +17 +14 +1
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 360 500 740
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.98% 1.00% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.11% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 322 537
10th Percentile £312 £310 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.84% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £566 £588 £540
90th Percentile £630 £700 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +10.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 24 12
10th Percentile - £46.25 £17.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £51.60 £30.56
Median hourly rate £90.00 £66.00 £44.97
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% +46.78% +19.91%
75th Percentile - £79.63 £55.00
90th Percentile - £90.00 -
UK median hourly rate £90.00 £66.00 £46.29
% change year-on-year +36.36% +42.58% +8.92%

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 31,926 45,112 64,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.20% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,947 31,664 45,849
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,598 1,761
10th Percentile £12.92 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +56 162 £494 -5.95% 33
South East -2 57 £475 +9.83% 19
North of England -2 48 £450 -7.22% 12
Midlands +12 34 £420 - 18
South West +33 29 £531 +28.79% 17
North West 0 27 £450 +1.12% 9
West Midlands +12 18 £448 +5.79% 11
Yorkshire +8 17 £425 -15.00% 3
East of England -5 16 £313 -30.56% 6
East Midlands +23 15 £363 +42.86% 7
North East +19 4 £450 +16.13%
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 22 (6.11%) Confluence
2 15 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.11%) IIS
4 3 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.56%) CMS
5 2 (0.56%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.28%) LiveLink
Applications
1 12 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.83%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (3.06%) Dynamics GP
3 6 (1.67%) Oracle Assets
3 6 (1.67%) Oracle General Ledger
3 6 (1.67%) Oracle Payables
3 6 (1.67%) SAP Travel Management
4 5 (1.39%) Oracle AGIS
4 5 (1.39%) SAP PM
5 4 (1.11%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (1.11%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.83%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle Payroll
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.83%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.83%) SAP PS
6 3 (0.83%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.56%) Temenos Globus
Cloud Services
1 36 (10.00%) Azure
2 16 (4.44%) AWS
3 14 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (3.89%) Power Platform
4 6 (1.67%) Serverless
5 5 (1.39%) SaaS
6 4 (1.11%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (1.11%) BrowserStack
6 4 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.11%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 3 (0.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (0.83%) GitHub
7 3 (0.83%) IaaS
7 3 (0.83%) Miro
7 3 (0.83%) OneDrive
7 3 (0.83%) PaaS
8 2 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.17%) DHCP
1 15 (4.17%) DNS
2 5 (1.39%) Firewall
2 5 (1.39%) Network Security
2 5 (1.39%) WAN
3 4 (1.11%) 5G
3 4 (1.11%) LAN
3 4 (1.11%) VPN
4 3 (0.83%) 4G
4 3 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.56%) Internet
5 2 (0.56%) VoIP
6 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.28%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.89%) Power BI
2 9 (2.50%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.22%) Electronic Patient Records
4 6 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
5 5 (1.39%) MS Access
5 5 (1.39%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.11%) BusinessObjects
6 4 (1.11%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.11%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.11%) Tableau
7 3 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.83%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.56%) Data Mart
8 2 (0.56%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.56%) DataStage
8 2 (0.56%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.56%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 49 (13.61%) JIRA
2 43 (11.94%) Selenium
3 20 (5.56%) Cucumber
3 20 (5.56%) JUnit
4 19 (5.28%) Git
5 18 (5.00%) Postman
6 17 (4.72%) Appium
6 17 (4.72%) JMeter
6 17 (4.72%) REST Assured
7 16 (4.44%) TestNG
8 11 (3.06%) Rational DOORS
8 11 (3.06%) SoapUI
9 10 (2.78%) eggPlant
9 10 (2.78%) SOAtest
9 10 (2.78%) WebDriver
10 8 (2.22%) Jenkins
10 8 (2.22%) Visual Studio Code
11 7 (1.94%) LoadRunner
12 5 (1.39%) GitLab
12 5 (1.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 122 (33.89%) Social Skills
2 76 (21.11%) Finance
3 64 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (9.72%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.39%) Manufacturing
5 23 (6.39%) Telecoms
6 18 (5.00%) Marketing
6 18 (5.00%) Military
7 16 (4.44%) Electronics
8 15 (4.17%) Retail
9 14 (3.89%) Banking
10 11 (3.06%) Billing
11 8 (2.22%) Back Office
12 7 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.67%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.67%) Legal
14 5 (1.39%) Aerospace
14 5 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.11%) Automotive
15 4 (1.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (26.11%) Analyst
2 61 (16.94%) Test Engineer
3 52 (14.44%) Test Analyst
4 41 (11.39%) Consultant
5 30 (8.33%) Tester
6 26 (7.22%) Senior
7 24 (6.67%) Business Analyst
8 23 (6.39%) Test Manager
9 18 (5.00%) Developer
9 18 (5.00%) Integration Engineer
10 17 (4.72%) SAP Consultant
10 17 (4.72%) Test and Integration Engineer
11 15 (4.17%) Data Analyst
12 14 (3.89%) Lead
12 14 (3.89%) QA Engineer
13 13 (3.61%) Software Engineer
14 11 (3.06%) Automation Engineer
14 11 (3.06%) Project Manager
15 10 (2.78%) Embedded C Software Engineer
15 10 (2.78%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.39%) .NET
2 14 (3.89%) REST
3 12 (3.33%) Gherkin
4 11 (3.06%) .NET Framework
5 8 (2.22%) JSON
6 7 (1.94%) Node.js
6 7 (1.94%) XML
7 6 (1.67%) SAP TM
8 5 (1.39%) AngularJS
8 5 (1.39%) EDI
8 5 (1.39%) Jest
8 5 (1.39%) Middleware
8 5 (1.39%) React
9 4 (1.11%) CSS
9 4 (1.11%) HTML
9 4 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.11%) Playwright
10 3 (0.83%) Kafka
10 3 (0.83%) RESTful
10 3 (0.83%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.28%) PKI
2 13 (3.61%) NHS
3 12 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 12 (3.33%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.22%) LIMS
6 7 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.67%) Replication
8 5 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.39%) Life Science
8 5 (1.39%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.11%) e-Health
9 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (0.83%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.83%) Market Risk
11 2 (0.56%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.56%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.56%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.22%) Windows
2 18 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (3.33%) Linux
5 8 (2.22%) Unix
6 6 (1.67%) Android
7 4 (1.11%) 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
1 102 (28.33%) Test Automation
2 99 (27.50%) Agile
3 78 (21.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 57 (15.83%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (15.28%) Software Testing
6 51 (14.17%) Scenario Testing
7 48 (13.33%) Test Strategy
8 44 (12.22%) Regression Testing
9 38 (10.56%) User Stories
10 36 (10.00%) Validation
11 34 (9.44%) CI/CD
12 33 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (8.06%) DevOps
13 29 (8.06%) Migration
14 28 (7.78%) Acceptance Criteria
15 27 (7.50%) Integration Testing
16 24 (6.67%) End-to-End Testing
16 24 (6.67%) Functional Testing
16 24 (6.67%) Test Planning
17 23 (6.39%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 66 (18.33%) SQL
2 46 (12.78%) Java
3 27 (7.50%) Python
4 24 (6.67%) C#
5 14 (3.89%) C
5 14 (3.89%) C++
5 14 (3.89%) JavaScript
6 12 (3.33%) Embedded C
7 10 (2.78%) Embedded C++
8 8 (2.22%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.83%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.83%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.83%) SOQL
9 3 (0.83%) Swift
9 3 (0.83%) VBA
10 2 (0.56%) Bash
10 2 (0.56%) Kotlin
10 2 (0.56%) R
11 1 (0.28%) ABAP
11 1 (0.28%) XPath
Qualifications
1 84 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 58 (16.11%) SC Cleared
3 34 (9.44%) Degree
4 27 (7.50%) DV Cleared
5 23 (6.39%) ISTQB
6 16 (4.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (4.17%) MCSA
7 15 (4.17%) MCSE
7 15 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (1.94%) SAP Certification
9 6 (1.67%) ISEB
10 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.56%) CISSP
12 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (16.39%) QA
2 11 (3.06%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.50%) HL7
3 9 (2.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.22%) SLA
5 7 (1.94%) WCAG
6 5 (1.39%) GAAP
6 5 (1.39%) GAMP
6 5 (1.39%) GxP
6 5 (1.39%) PMO
7 4 (1.11%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.83%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.56%) Basel III
9 2 (0.56%) COREP
9 2 (0.56%) FINREP
9 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.28%) Def Stans
10 1 (0.28%) EMIR
10 1 (0.28%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (2.50%) Docker
4 1 (0.28%) Cronacle
4 1 (0.28%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.56%) HP ALM
2 2 (0.56%) PingFederate
3 1 (0.28%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.28%) Control-M
3 1 (0.28%) Grafana
3 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.28%) Kibana
3 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.28%) Nagios
3 1 (0.28%) SCCM
3 1 (0.28%) SCOM
3 1 (0.28%) vRealize
Vendors
1 57 (15.83%) SAP
2 54 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 41 (11.39%) Oracle
4 18 (5.00%) VMware
5 9 (2.50%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.39%) Adobe
8 4 (1.11%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.11%) Databricks
8 4 (1.11%) Denodo
8 4 (1.11%) HP
8 4 (1.11%) NEC
8 4 (1.11%) Splunk
9 2 (0.56%) CyberArk
9 2 (0.56%) Embarcadero
9 2 (0.56%) ForgeRock
9 2 (0.56%) Okta
9 2 (0.56%) OpenText
9 2 (0.56%) Qualtrics
9 2 (0.56%) Xilinx