Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Preston

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 16 19
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 0.77% 3.90% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 4.29% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year +43.75% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £588 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +43.75% +6.67% -31.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 70 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 80.77% 90.91% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 44 22
10th Percentile £272 £354 £216
25th Percentile £425 £405 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £463 £600
Median % change year-on-year +29.62% -22.85% +35.10%
75th Percentile £672 £606 £649
90th Percentile £744 £667 £953
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +15.00% -2.44% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 25
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.68 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £69.00 £34.67 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +99.02% +115.88% -65.00%
75th Percentile £71.50 £47.12 -
90th Percentile £80.00 £58.08 £27.58
Lancashire median hourly rate £61.57 £40.83 £25.30
% change year-on-year +50.81% +61.36% -45.11%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Preston

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

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

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens