Test Scripting Contracts in the North West

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 91 110 110
Rank change year-on-year +19 0 +17
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 29 27 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.47% 0.98% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 1.14% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 15 34
10th Percentile £308 £333 £354
25th Percentile £398 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £445
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% +1.12% +14.10%
75th Percentile £527 £506 £544
90th Percentile £600 £631 £680
England median daily rate £425 £455 £475
% change year-on-year -6.49% -4.32% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 0
10th Percentile £56.70 - -
25th Percentile - £41.25 -
Median hourly rate £86.00 £42.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +102.35% - -
75th Percentile - £43.75 -
90th Percentile - £52.50 -
England median hourly rate £85.00 £85.00 £63.75
% change year-on-year - +33.33% +41.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Scripting in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Scripting in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cheshire +4 16 £500 +5.26% 2
Manchester +16 9 £425 -22.73% 9
Cumbria - 2 £600 - 3
Merseyside +2 1 £488 +11.43%
Test Scripting
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.90%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (41.38%) SAP HR
1 12 (41.38%) SAP Payroll
2 6 (20.69%) SAP CO
2 6 (20.69%) SAP FI
2 6 (20.69%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.45%) BambooHR
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Azure
1 1 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (3.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (27.59%) JIRA
2 4 (13.79%) Selenium
3 2 (6.90%) Cucumber
3 2 (6.90%) Eclipse
3 2 (6.90%) GitLab
3 2 (6.90%) Maven
4 1 (3.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Banking
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Financial Institution
3 2 (6.90%) Investment Banking
3 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.90%) Retail
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Games
4 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Tester
2 6 (20.69%) Developer
2 6 (20.69%) SAP Developer
2 6 (20.69%) SAP HR Developer
3 5 (17.24%) Consultant
3 5 (17.24%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) Payroll Consultant
4 4 (13.79%) SAP Payroll Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) ABAP Developer
5 2 (6.90%) HR Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Manual Tester
5 2 (6.90%) SAP HR Consultant
5 2 (6.90%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Data Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) ERP Manager
6 1 (3.45%) HR Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) HR Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Supply Chain Specialist
6 1 (3.45%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Apache POI
1 2 (6.90%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.45%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (31.03%) Test Automation
3 8 (27.59%) Agile
4 6 (20.69%) Requirements Analysis
4 6 (20.69%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (17.24%) Manual Testing
6 4 (13.79%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (13.79%) Black-Box Testing
6 4 (13.79%) ITSM
6 4 (13.79%) Programme Delivery
6 4 (13.79%) Scenario Testing
6 4 (13.79%) SDLC
6 4 (13.79%) System Integration Testing
6 4 (13.79%) System Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Integration Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Regression Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Risk Management
7 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (6.90%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) ABAP
2 2 (6.90%) Java
3 1 (3.45%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Software Quality Assurance
Systems Management
1 2 (6.90%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) SAP
2 7 (24.14%) ServiceNow
2 7 (24.14%) Workday
3 6 (20.69%) Google
4 2 (6.90%) HP
5 1 (3.45%) Databricks
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.45%) Sage