Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +9
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 5 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 2.99% 4.21% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.62% 4.55% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £276 -
25th Percentile £513 £296 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £335 £400
Median % change year-on-year +56.72% -16.25% -8.05%
75th Percentile £538 £392 £425
90th Percentile - £449 -
Wiltshire median daily rate £538 £538 £538
% change year-on-year - - +10.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 138 88 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 82.63% 92.63% 78.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 56 59
10th Percentile £305 £249 £200
25th Percentile £363 £313 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% -11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £578 £550
90th Percentile £725 £620 £603
Wiltshire median daily rate £538 £569 £545
% change year-on-year -5.49% +4.36% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 9
10th Percentile £21.20 - -
25th Percentile £30.36 - £12.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 - £16.50
75th Percentile £49.13 - £30.25
90th Percentile £49.75 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £22.91 £22.01 £14.54
% change year-on-year +4.10% +51.38% -80.61%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Swindon

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Payment Gateway
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 5 (100.00%) Postman
1 5 (100.00%) REST Assured
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Salesforce Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Playwright
1 5 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) API Testing
1 5 (100.00%) BDD
1 5 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (100.00%) Coaching
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 5 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (100.00%) TDD
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (80.00%) Functional Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Apex Code
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (80.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Conga
1 5 (100.00%) GoCardless
1 5 (100.00%) Salesforce