Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 35 26
Rank change year-on-year -11 -9 +29
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.91% 1.01% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.08% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £362 -
25th Percentile - £370 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £394 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% - -
75th Percentile £388 £420 -
90th Percentile £440 £431 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £300 £394 -
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -

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 295 185 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 89.67% 92.96% 85.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 93 100
10th Percentile £179 £280 £248
25th Percentile £366 £354 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -7.22% -11.82%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £600
90th Percentile £578 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £454 £475
% change year-on-year -0.88% -4.42% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 1
10th Percentile £14.05 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £17.59 £14.83 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £16.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% - -28.89%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.25 £16.50
90th Percentile £54.50 £19.93 -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £27.63 £16.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +72.66% -8.57% -22.22%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Newcastle upon Tyne

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 3 (100.00%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
1 2 (66.67%) Postman
2 1 (33.33%) Gatling
2 1 (33.33%) GitLab
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Manual Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Software Tester
1 2 (66.67%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) QA Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Case Management
2 2 (66.67%) Functional Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) OWASP
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) QA Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Checkmarx