Test Scripting Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Test Scripting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Scripting over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 25 49
Rank change year-on-year -9 +24 -4
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.90% 0.95% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.13% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £367 £387 -
25th Percentile £382 £393 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £423 £400
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% +5.63% +14.29%
75th Percentile £437 £458 -
90th Percentile £451 £468 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £411 £423 £400
% change year-on-year -2.66% +5.63% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 189 177 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 84.75% 84.29% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 89 243
10th Percentile £225 £335 £352
25th Percentile £358 £400 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% -11.50% +13.00%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £650
90th Percentile £629 £650 £740
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £460 £500 £565
% change year-on-year -8.00% -11.50% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 0
10th Percentile £21.05 £18.25 -
25th Percentile £30.50 £20.75 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 -
75th Percentile £50.38 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £51.35 £68.75 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £16.50 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -5.71% - -

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Newcastle upon Tyne

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Newcastle upon Tyne

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Newcastle upon Tyne

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) JUnit
2 1 (50.00%) REST Assured
2 1 (50.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) QA Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) API Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility