Test Scripting Contracts in Wales

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 40 43 55
Rank change year-on-year +3 +12 +10
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 3 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.02% 0.25% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.32% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £306 - £361
25th Percentile £309 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £312 £210 £625
Median % change year-on-year +48.57% -66.40% +46.71%
75th Percentile £322 - -
90th Percentile £327 - -
UK median daily rate £425 £450 £466
% change year-on-year -5.56% -3.49% +3.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 311 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 87.03% 78.73% 86.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 212 421
10th Percentile £185 £168 £183
25th Percentile £285 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -2.48%
75th Percentile £525 £571 £573
90th Percentile £625 £667 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 31 28
10th Percentile £15.60 £11.75 £14.78
25th Percentile £20.12 £14.78 £16.98
Median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%
75th Percentile £35.25 £51.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.00 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Wales

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Wales

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Wales

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 Wales +8 3 £312 +48.57% 7
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Selenium
1 3 (100.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (66.67%) Lead Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) Blazor
2 2 (66.67%) GWT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Open Source
1 3 (100.00%) Product Management
1 3 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Master's Degree