Test Scripting Contracts in Sheffield

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 50 46
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -18
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 8 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 2.17% 0.46% 1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 0.48% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 6
10th Percentile - - £366
25th Percentile £413 £619 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £638 £475
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +34.21% +58.33%
75th Percentile £444 £656 £497
90th Percentile £450 - £519
South Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £638 £475
% change year-on-year -33.33% +34.21% +58.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

Test Scripting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 339 414 349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 92.12% 95.39% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 295 281
10th Percentile £368 £363 £350
25th Percentile £423 £474 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £588 £675 £563
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -14.55% +10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 11
10th Percentile £10.90 £11.05 £9.49
25th Percentile £11.33 £11.13 £12.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £11.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +91.30% -28.13% +18.06%
75th Percentile £23.75 £25.88 £18.57
90th Percentile - £34.35 £24.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £17.62 £10.63 £16.75
% change year-on-year +65.71% -36.54% +38.83%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Sheffield

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Sheffield

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Sheffield.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Sheffield

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 (12.50%) AWS
Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) JMeter
2 7 (87.50%) Selenium
3 1 (12.50%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Senior
2 3 (37.50%) Senior Test Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Tester
3 2 (25.00%) Java Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Java Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Software Tester
4 1 (12.50%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Developer in Test
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Java Developer in Test
4 1 (12.50%) Java Software Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Acceptance Criteria
1 7 (87.50%) User Stories
2 3 (37.50%) SDET
2 3 (37.50%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
4 1 (12.50%) Functional Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Performance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) Accessibility
1 7 (87.50%) WCAG