Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Kent

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 0.74% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £463 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +12.12% -8.33% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 112 118 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 82.96% 65.92% 73.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 59 128
10th Percentile £194 £152 £200
25th Percentile £256 £194 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £363 £463
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -21.62% -5.13%
75th Percentile £529 £562 £540
90th Percentile £624 £653 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £520
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.87% +3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 8
10th Percentile £16.36 - £53.38
25th Percentile £17.37 £15.00 £54.22
Median hourly rate £20.40 £24.00 £62.12
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -61.37% +67.30%
75th Percentile - £54.00 £79.05
90th Percentile £20.92 £61.24 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £22.75 £57.35 £51.42
% change year-on-year -60.33% +11.53% +85.43%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Kent

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 29 August 2025. 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
Chatham - 1 £525 - 1
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ITGC