Test Scripting Contracts in the UK excluding London

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 189 187
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 +16
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 207 225 306
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.39% 1.08% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.30% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 172 194
10th Percentile £235 £306 £306
25th Percentile £305 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -5.26% +8.88%
75th Percentile £522 £556 £538
90th Percentile £556 £599 £600
UK median daily rate £430 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -7.03% -7.50% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 29
10th Percentile £18.14 £38.12 £45.56
25th Percentile £46.55 £41.25 £57.00
Median hourly rate £80.00 £50.00 £77.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -35.06% +40.00%
75th Percentile £86.38 £75.00 £90.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £90.00 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £42.50 £77.00
% change year-on-year +64.71% -44.81% +40.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,308 17,246 20,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.32% 82.93% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,093 10,205 14,105
10th Percentile £235 £250 £263
25th Percentile £366 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,179 2,084 1,270
10th Percentile £13.84 £12.53 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.62 £16.98
Median hourly rate £24.59 £38.12 £39.26
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -2.91% +83.08%
75th Percentile £51.65 £62.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.60 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% -4.70% +53.85%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the UK excluding London

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in the UK excluding London

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in the UK excluding London

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in the UK excluding London

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Test Scripting in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Test Scripting in the UK excluding London

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 July 2025. 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
South East +32 54 £419 +1.52% 44
North of England -4 52 £429 -9.68% 25
Midlands +25 50 £350 -3.45% 16
West Midlands +32 42 £235 -37.33% 14
North West +19 38 £429 -4.67% 16
South West +25 28 £538 - 10
East of England +21 13 £388 +24.00% 13
Yorkshire -15 12 £420 -23.64% 6
Scotland -12 10 £388 -8.82% 7
East Midlands -4 8 £371 +2.21% 2
Wales +5 4 £309 +46.90% 5
North East -9 3 £460 +8.24% 3
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.86%) Confluence
2 5 (2.42%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.45%) CICS
3 3 (1.45%) CMS
3 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.48%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.48%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.48%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (13.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (3.38%) SAP HR
1 7 (3.38%) SAP Payroll
2 5 (2.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.97%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.97%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (8.21%) Azure
2 13 (6.28%) AWS
2 13 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (2.42%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (1.93%) Entra ID
4 4 (1.93%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.97%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.97%) OCI
7 1 (0.48%) Apigee
7 1 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Pipelines
7 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.48%) Datadog
7 1 (0.48%) GCP
7 1 (0.48%) GitHub
7 1 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.48%) Serverless
7 1 (0.48%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.66%) Firewall
2 6 (2.90%) LAN
3 4 (1.93%) DNS
4 3 (1.45%) 4G
4 3 (1.45%) 5G
4 3 (1.45%) DHCP
4 3 (1.45%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.45%) WAN
5 2 (0.97%) HTTP
5 2 (0.97%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.97%) VLAN
5 2 (0.97%) VoIP
6 1 (0.48%) BGP
6 1 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.48%) Skype
6 1 (0.48%) SpaceWire
6 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.38%) Relational Database
2 5 (2.42%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.93%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.93%) Power BI
3 4 (1.93%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.45%) DB2
4 3 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (1.45%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.45%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.97%) Apache Hive
5 2 (0.97%) Big Data
5 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.97%) MySQL
5 2 (0.97%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.97%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.48%) Metadata
6 1 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 55 (26.57%) JIRA
2 25 (12.08%) Jenkins
2 25 (12.08%) Selenium
3 20 (9.66%) Git
4 16 (7.73%) SoapUI
5 14 (6.76%) Cucumber
6 9 (4.35%) Postman
7 8 (3.86%) JMeter
7 8 (3.86%) REST Assured
8 7 (3.38%) GitLab
8 7 (3.38%) SpecFlow
8 7 (3.38%) Subversion
9 6 (2.90%) Cypress.io
9 6 (2.90%) Maven
9 6 (2.90%) TestNG
10 5 (2.42%) Toad
11 4 (1.93%) JUnit
11 4 (1.93%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (1.93%) Zephyr
12 3 (1.45%) Travis CI
General
1 54 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 28 (13.53%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.66%) Public Sector
4 19 (9.18%) Finance
5 8 (3.86%) Military
6 6 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.90%) Local Government
7 5 (2.42%) Legal
7 5 (2.42%) Retail
8 4 (1.93%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.45%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.97%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.97%) Banking
10 2 (0.97%) Games
10 2 (0.97%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.97%) Law
10 2 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 41 (19.81%) Analyst
2 38 (18.36%) Tester
3 31 (14.98%) Test Analyst
4 26 (12.56%) Test Engineer
5 20 (9.66%) Test Manager
6 16 (7.73%) Support Assistant
7 15 (7.25%) Senior
8 11 (5.31%) Lead
9 8 (3.86%) Business Analyst
9 8 (3.86%) Consultant
9 8 (3.86%) Senior Tester
10 7 (3.38%) Developer
10 7 (3.38%) FPGA Engineer
10 7 (3.38%) QA Tester
10 7 (3.38%) SAP Analyst
10 7 (3.38%) SAP Test Analyst
11 6 (2.90%) Network Engineer
11 6 (2.90%) Test Leader
12 5 (2.42%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (2.42%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.18%) XML
2 16 (7.73%) SOAP
3 14 (6.76%) RFC 2544
4 12 (5.80%) Playwright
5 7 (3.38%) HTML
6 6 (2.90%) .NET
6 6 (2.90%) CSS
6 6 (2.90%) Web Services
7 3 (1.45%) Blazor
7 3 (1.45%) GWT
7 3 (1.45%) RESTful
8 2 (0.97%) ADO
8 2 (0.97%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.97%) JSON
8 2 (0.97%) Kafka
8 2 (0.97%) Middleware
8 2 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.97%) PySpark
8 2 (0.97%) REST
8 2 (0.97%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.76%) Data Centre
2 9 (4.35%) Fibre Optics
2 9 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (3.86%) FPGA
3 8 (3.86%) VHDL
4 7 (3.38%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.38%) PKI
4 7 (3.38%) SCADA
5 5 (2.42%) NHS
5 5 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.93%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.93%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.45%) EPoS
7 3 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.45%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.45%) PCIe
7 3 (1.45%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.45%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.45%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.25%) Windows
2 7 (3.38%) Unix
3 5 (2.42%) Linux
3 5 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.45%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.97%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.97%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.48%) AIX
6 1 (0.48%) Android
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (37.20%) Test Automation
2 71 (34.30%) Agile
3 43 (20.77%) User Acceptance Testing
4 42 (20.29%) Test Strategy
5 35 (16.91%) Software Testing
6 34 (16.43%) Defect Management
6 34 (16.43%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (13.04%) CI/CD
7 27 (13.04%) DevOps
8 24 (11.59%) Test Management
8 24 (11.59%) Waterfall
9 23 (11.11%) Regression Testing
10 22 (10.63%) Performance Testing
10 22 (10.63%) Scenario Testing
11 21 (10.14%) End-to-End Testing
12 18 (8.70%) Integration Testing
12 18 (8.70%) Test Planning
13 17 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (8.21%) Root Cause Analysis
13 17 (8.21%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.26%) SQL
2 22 (10.63%) Python
3 18 (8.70%) Java
4 16 (7.73%) C#
5 10 (4.83%) JavaScript
6 7 (3.38%) C
7 6 (2.90%) Tcl
8 4 (1.93%) Bash
9 3 (1.45%) COBOL
9 3 (1.45%) JCL
9 3 (1.45%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.97%) ABAP
10 2 (0.97%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.48%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.48%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.48%) Korn
11 1 (0.48%) Scala
11 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 62 (29.95%) Security Cleared
2 43 (20.77%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.18%) ISTQB
4 17 (8.21%) DV Cleared
5 11 (5.31%) Degree
6 9 (4.35%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 6 (2.90%) ISEB
8 5 (2.42%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.93%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.45%) CCNA
10 3 (1.45%) CCNP
10 3 (1.45%) CEH
10 3 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (1.45%) CISSP
11 2 (0.97%) MCSA
11 2 (0.97%) MCSE
11 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (24.64%) QA
2 17 (8.21%) SLA
3 9 (4.35%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.93%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.93%) NCSC
5 3 (1.45%) NIST
5 3 (1.45%) WCAG
6 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.48%) ECSS
7 1 (0.48%) GDPR
7 1 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (2.90%) Docker
2 3 (1.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (2.42%) HP ALM
2 3 (1.45%) Check_MK
2 3 (1.45%) Kibana
2 3 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.97%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.48%) Ansible
4 1 (0.48%) CA Wily
4 1 (0.48%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.48%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.48%) OPNET
4 1 (0.48%) Rsyslog
4 1 (0.48%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (15.94%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.66%) Cisco
3 17 (8.21%) SAP
4 15 (7.25%) Oracle
5 11 (5.31%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.38%) HP
7 5 (2.42%) Splunk
7 5 (2.42%) webMethods
8 4 (1.93%) VMware
9 3 (1.45%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.45%) Google
9 3 (1.45%) Juniper
10 2 (0.97%) Brio
10 2 (0.97%) CyberArk
10 2 (0.97%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.97%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.97%) Workday
10 2 (0.97%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.48%) Compaq
11 1 (0.48%) Micro Focus