Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Ipswich

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Suffolk > Ipswich

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Ipswich requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ipswich 5.84% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £352 - -
25th Percentile £354 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 - -
75th Percentile £363 - -
90th Percentile £365 - -
Suffolk median daily rate £358 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Ipswich

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 Ipswich.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 110 26 40
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich 80.29% 83.87% 85.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 19 21
10th Percentile £314 £196 £300
25th Percentile £356 £303 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £519 £515 £538
90th Percentile £628 £550 £550
Suffolk median daily rate £450 £370 £400
% change year-on-year +21.62% -7.50% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £13.89 £15.84 -
25th Percentile £14.97 £16.36 £14.05
Median hourly rate £17.12 £17.46 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year -1.98% +19.59% +4.29%
75th Percentile £18.49 £18.32 £15.15
90th Percentile £18.75 £18.68 -
Suffolk median hourly rate £16.60 £17.46 £14.60
% change year-on-year -4.94% +19.59% +4.29%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Scripting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ipswich.

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Ipswich

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Ipswich

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Ipswich citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ipswich 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Broadband
2 5 (62.50%) 4G
2 5 (62.50%) 5G
2 5 (62.50%) IPv4
2 5 (62.50%) IPv6
2 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 5 (62.50%) xDSL
3 4 (50.00%) PPP
3 4 (50.00%) UPnP
4 1 (12.50%) RTP
4 1 (12.50%) tcpdump
4 1 (12.50%) VoIP
4 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) GitLab
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
2 5 (62.50%) Git
3 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Broadband Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) QA Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Wiki
2 1 (12.50%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (62.50%) Containerisation
3 5 (62.50%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (62.50%) Scrum
4 4 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
4 4 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (50.00%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Build Automation
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) QA Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Test Management
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) MOS
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Docker