Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Suffolk

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 8 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Suffolk 3.86% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £352 - -
25th Percentile £354 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £358 - -
75th Percentile £363 - -
90th Percentile £365 - -
East of England median daily rate £74 £394 £313
% change year-on-year -81.21% +26.00% -21.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 44 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 73.91% 88.00% 69.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 30 32
10th Percentile £313 £212 £187
25th Percentile £356 £240 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £370 £400
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% -7.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £519 £500 £538
90th Percentile £638 £550 £629
East of England median daily rate £500 £501 £450
% change year-on-year -0.10% +11.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 9
10th Percentile £14.40 £13.47 -
25th Percentile £14.61 £14.78 £14.05
Median hourly rate £16.60 £17.46 £14.60
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +19.59% +4.29%
75th Percentile £18.22 £20.48 £51.91
90th Percentile £18.75 £23.28 £52.27
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £21.28 £29.17
% change year-on-year +123.21% -27.05% +47.25%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

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

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 12 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Ipswich - 8 £358 - 5
Test Scripting
East of England

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub
1 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) Broadband
2 5 (62.50%) 4G
2 5 (62.50%) 5G
2 5 (62.50%) IPv4
2 5 (62.50%) IPv6
2 5 (62.50%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 5 (62.50%) xDSL
3 4 (50.00%) PPP
3 4 (50.00%) UPnP
4 1 (12.50%) RTP
4 1 (12.50%) tcpdump
4 1 (12.50%) VoIP
4 1 (12.50%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) GitLab
1 6 (75.00%) JIRA
2 5 (62.50%) Git
3 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (87.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Legal
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Broadband Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 6 (75.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) QA Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) QA Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Wiki
2 1 (12.50%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (62.50%) Agile
3 5 (62.50%) Containerisation
3 5 (62.50%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (62.50%) Scrum
4 4 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
4 4 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
4 4 (50.00%) Workflow
5 1 (12.50%) Build Automation
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) QA Automation
5 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Test Management
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) MOS
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Docker