Test Scripting Contracts in Hampshire

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South East > Hampshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 71 98
Rank change year-on-year +2 +27 -21
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 25 32 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.58% 2.17% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 2.45% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 13 16
10th Percentile £394 £400 £356
25th Percentile £431 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £420 £491
Median % change year-on-year +27.98% -14.50% +6.50%
75th Percentile £594 £436 £575
90th Percentile £775 £608 £589
South East median daily rate £500 £426 £450
% change year-on-year +17.30% -5.28% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 3
10th Percentile - £46.25 £16.45
25th Percentile - £49.06 £16.75
Median hourly rate - £57.38 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year - +210.14% -70.18%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £19.75
90th Percentile - £69.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £57.38 £18.50
% change year-on-year - +210.14% -70.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,330 1,306 1,908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 84.12% 88.54% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 707 827 1,162
10th Percentile £388 £240 £311
25th Percentile £461 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.57% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £600
90th Percentile £738 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £495
% change year-on-year -0.99% +2.02% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 107 147
10th Percentile £13.05 £18.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £25.68 £20.49 £16.33
Median hourly rate £57.35 £50.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% +100.00% -18.57%
75th Percentile £62.50 £67.31 £47.92
90th Percentile £76.86 £71.77 £62.15
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £48.08 £22.50
% change year-on-year -6.41% +113.69% -13.46%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Hampshire

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Hampshire

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Hampshire over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Hampshire

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Hampshire

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 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
Portsmouth +11 12 £538 -7.33% 1
Aldershot +6 3 £400 -
Basingstoke -15 3 £394 -39.32% 2
Southampton 0 2 £375 -6.25% 2
Romsey - 2 £688 -
Andover -3 1 £438 +4.17%
Eastleigh - 1 £500 -
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 9 (36.00%) Confluence
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) IIS
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) SAP PS
2 1 (4.00%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) DHCP
1 9 (36.00%) DNS
Development Applications
1 12 (48.00%) JIRA
2 2 (8.00%) ClearCase
2 2 (8.00%) ClearQuest
3 1 (4.00%) GitLab
3 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.00%) JUnit
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (4.00%) Selenium
3 1 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (4.00%) TestNG
3 1 (4.00%) TestRail
3 1 (4.00%) Travis CI
General
1 14 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (44.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (36.00%) Military
4 3 (12.00%) Finance
5 2 (8.00%) Banking
6 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Test Engineer
2 9 (36.00%) Integration Engineer
2 9 (36.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) FPGA Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Analyst
4 3 (12.00%) Consultant
4 3 (12.00%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Project Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) SAP Financial Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) SAP PS Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) Test Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Design Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Environment Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) SAP PM Consultant
6 1 (4.00%) Software Test Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Test Practitioner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (48.00%) PKI
2 4 (16.00%) FPGA
3 3 (12.00%) Algorithms
3 3 (12.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (12.00%) VHDL
4 2 (8.00%) GNSS
4 2 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (40.00%) Windows
1 10 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 9 (36.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (4.00%) Linux
3 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Agile
2 9 (36.00%) Critical Thinking
2 9 (36.00%) Regression Testing
3 4 (16.00%) Scrum
3 4 (16.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (12.00%) Configuration Management
4 3 (12.00%) Cryptography
4 3 (12.00%) Customer Requirements
4 3 (12.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (12.00%) Defect Tracking
4 3 (12.00%) Logistics
4 3 (12.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (12.00%) SIEM
4 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (12.00%) Sprint Backlog
5 2 (8.00%) Open Source
5 2 (8.00%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (8.00%) Signal Processing
5 2 (8.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (8.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) C
2 4 (16.00%) C++
2 4 (16.00%) Embedded C
2 4 (16.00%) Embedded C++
2 4 (16.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (72.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (56.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (36.00%) MCSA
3 9 (36.00%) MCSE
3 9 (36.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (36.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (20.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (12.00%) Degree
6 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.00%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 10 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (36.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.00%) Docker
3 1 (4.00%) Terminal Services
3 1 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) HP ALM
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) VMware
2 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.00%) Xilinx
4 3 (12.00%) SAP
5 2 (8.00%) HP
6 1 (4.00%) Oracle
6 1 (4.00%) Red Hat