Test Scripting Contracts in Stevenage

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 24 48 33
Rank change year-on-year +24 -15 -9
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 4 10 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage 3.20% 2.18% 5.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 2.34% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £512
75th Percentile - - £517
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £600 £313 £506
% change year-on-year +92.00% -38.21% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 13
10th Percentile £63.25 - £61.25
25th Percentile £75.63 - -
Median hourly rate £85.00 £90.00 £77.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +16.88% +40.00%
75th Percentile £88.13 - £90.00
90th Percentile £89.25 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £85.00 £90.00 £77.00
% change year-on-year -5.56% +16.88% +40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 119 427 269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 95.20% 93.23% 91.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 41 60
10th Percentile £348 £80 £273
25th Percentile £450 £258 £311
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £375 £388
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% -3.23% -16.22%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £504
90th Percentile £628 £650 £607
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 298 133
10th Percentile £40.00 £38.12 £49.20
25th Percentile £55.00 £43.00 £53.75
Median hourly rate £66.75 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.50% -23.08% +16.07%
75th Percentile £81.35 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Stevenage

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Stevenage

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Stevenage

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage

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

Hourly rate histogram for Test Scripting in Stevenage

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) SpaceWire
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Rational DOORS
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) FreeRTOS
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) SysML
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (75.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) Data Acquisition
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) TestOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared