Test Scripting Contracts in Wiltshire

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 6 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 75 77
Rank change year-on-year +29 +2 -14
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 11 15 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 2.41% 1.55% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 1.85% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 9
10th Percentile £308 £375 £407
25th Percentile £406 £469 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +10.82% +2.11%
75th Percentile £569 £556 £506
90th Percentile £695 £577 £523
South West median daily rate £519 £538 £485
% change year-on-year -3.49% +10.82% +12.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 414 810 951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 90.59% 83.51% 91.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 596 785
10th Percentile £308 £315 £400
25th Percentile £480 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year +5.32% -6.09% +8.49%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £688 £713 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.46% +9.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 21 9
10th Percentile £18.87 £12.00 £60.00
25th Percentile £19.69 £12.79 £61.50
Median hourly rate £25.08 £14.54 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.46% -80.61% +38.89%
75th Percentile £25.15 £17.25 £77.50
90th Percentile - £30.25 £92.50
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £55.00 £59.80
% change year-on-year -40.00% -8.03% +23.35%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in Wiltshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in Wiltshire

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 6 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in Wiltshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in Wiltshire

Test Scripting
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Corsham +35 7 £550 +2.33% 2
Swindon +6 4 £335 -16.25% 11
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 4 (36.36%) Confluence
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (9.09%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
1 2 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) DHCP
1 2 (18.18%) DNS
2 1 (9.09%) Skype
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Military
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Back Office
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Test Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Email Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Manual Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Messaging Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) EPoS
1 2 (18.18%) PKI
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Impact Assessments
2 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
2 4 (36.36%) Regression Testing
2 4 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Integration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Manual Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) System Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Test Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Unit Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Defect Management
5 1 (9.09%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) DV Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) ISTQB
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (18.18%) MCSA
4 2 (18.18%) MCSE
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (9.09%) Degree
5 1 (9.09%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) OPNET
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) VMware