Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Luton

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 1.73% - 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% - 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £72 - £500
Bedfordshire median daily rate £72 - £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.50 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £67.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 85 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 88.44% 97.70% 90.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 54 118
10th Percentile £350 £463 £453
25th Percentile £413 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +14.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £697 £560
90th Percentile £650 £700 £620
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 9 24
10th Percentile £60.00 £20.26 -
25th Percentile £61.88 £40.75 £15.39
Median hourly rate £68.21 £68.00 £19.75
Median % change year-on-year +0.31% +244.30% -70.08%
75th Percentile £73.46 £82.50 £30.69
90th Percentile £80.10 £88.90 £65.75
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £68.21 £41.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +64.36% +93.02% -61.49%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Luton

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

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

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared