Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stafford requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 4.35% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Staffordshire median daily rate - - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19 11 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 82.61% 84.62% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 11
10th Percentile £180 £51 -
25th Percentile £255 £68 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £96 £200
Median % change year-on-year +242.93% -52.25% -72.32%
75th Percentile £763 £123 £300
90th Percentile £944 £139 £350
Staffordshire median daily rate £388 £225 £366
% change year-on-year +72.22% -38.47% -26.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - - £34.86
25th Percentile - £29.00 £36.25
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - -29.41% +54.55%
75th Percentile - £35.69 £51.25
90th Percentile - £40.25 -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £13.10 £30.00 £35.72
% change year-on-year -56.33% -16.00% +29.87%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Stafford

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree