Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Hampshire > Southampton
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 11 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | 21 | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +3 | +25 |
| Contract jobs citing Test Scripting | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton | 2.21% | 1.24% | 1.64% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.65% | 1.71% | 2.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | - | £394 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £406 | £396 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £413 | £405 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.21% | +1.85% | +15.71% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £419 | £428 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £434 |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £475 | £513 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.32% | +28.13% | -30.43% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton
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 Southampton.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 113 | 117 | 150 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton | 83.09% | 72.67% | 81.97% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 69 | 75 | 99 |
| 10th Percentile | £175 | £205 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £350 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £488 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.56% | -7.14% | +7.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £605 | £634 | £605 |
| 90th Percentile | £693 | £650 | £651 |
| Hampshire median daily rate | £538 | £580 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.33% | +10.48% | +0.77% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £70.95 | £12.88 | £18.74 |
| 25th Percentile | £71.63 | £63.31 | £21.23 |
| Median hourly rate | £73.00 | £80.00 | £24.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.75% | +223.23% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £74.13 | - | £27.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.65 | - | £32.88 |
| Hampshire median hourly rate | £33.89 | £57.35 | £51.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.92% | +11.90% | +46.43% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Southampton.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Southampton over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in Southampton.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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: