Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Wales

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 38 48
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 3 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.80% 1.38% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 1.77% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 8
10th Percentile - - £196
25th Percentile - £162 £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £190 £300
Median % change year-on-year +60.55% -36.68% -33.33%
75th Percentile - £232 -
90th Percentile - £243 -
UK median daily rate £450 £465 £490
% change year-on-year -3.28% -5.05% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.60 -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £31.55 £90.00
% change year-on-year +42.63% -64.94% +63.64%

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 313 339 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 83.24% 78.11% 87.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 181 317
10th Percentile £190 £140 £180
25th Percentile £266 £213 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £498 £550 £575
90th Percentile £648 £644 £640
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 46 21
10th Percentile £14.23 £15.48 £14.86
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.18 £27.17
Median % change year-on-year -18.59% -7.31% +50.92%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £52.50
90th Percentile - £51.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -37.13% -9.60% +37.21%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Wales

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

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 12 October 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 +6 3 £305 +60.55% 1
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Drupal
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Selenium
1 2 (66.67%) SpecFlow
General
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
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 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Blazor
2 1 (33.33%) GWT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Open Source
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Product Requirements
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG