Test Scripting Contracts in West Sussex

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex 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 24 34 39
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 3 5 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 2.05% 1.92% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.10% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £522
25th Percentile £361 - £576
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 - £693
Median % change year-on-year - - +121.60%
75th Percentile £385 - £834
90th Percentile £386 - £904
South East median daily rate £400 £475 £420
% change year-on-year -15.79% +13.10% -9.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 127 238 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 86.99% 91.19% 87.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 174 200
10th Percentile £217 £304 £181
25th Percentile £350 £403 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -7.69% +4.84%
75th Percentile £538 £523 £600
90th Percentile £632 £588 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 8
10th Percentile £15.39 £13.63 £18.74
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% -2.98% -59.15%
75th Percentile £36.25 £22.25 £22.40
90th Percentile £81.15 £28.05 £24.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in West Sussex

Test Scripting
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in West Sussex

Test Scripting
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in West Sussex

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex 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
Worthing - 3 £373 -
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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 3 (100.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) JIRA
1 3 (100.00%) Toad
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISEB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) webMethods
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft