Hybrid/Remote Test Scripting Contract Job Trends

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 189 164
Rank change year-on-year +14 -25 +82
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 174 109 206
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.47% 1.08% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 1.19% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 74 138
10th Percentile £318 £235 £336
25th Percentile £360 £323 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £445 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.15% -1.11% -0.83%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £600
90th Percentile £649 £593 £647
UK median daily rate £465 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +9.35% -10.53% +4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 18
10th Percentile £53.38 £65.54 -
25th Percentile £69.50 - £83.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £86.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.60% -4.44% +80.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £73.00 £87.20 -
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £85.50 £85.00
% change year-on-year -21.05% +0.59% +33.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,511 9,191 13,680
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.62% 90.72% 87.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,809 6,308 9,123
10th Percentile £350 £332 £325
25th Percentile £415 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.90% - -2.82%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £760 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 494 225 540
10th Percentile £17.07 £14.20 £14.40
25th Percentile £27.20 £20.45 £23.58
Median hourly rate £57.50 £39.04 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +47.28% +2.41% -30.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £57.81
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £30.79 £33.07
% change year-on-year +20.16% -6.87% -8.79%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Scripting and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Test Scripting job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 14 April 2026.

Test Scripting daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 14 April 2026.

Test Scripting hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 9 (5.17%) Confluence
2 6 (3.45%) SAS
3 1 (0.57%) CMS
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (4.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.57%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (6.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.45%) Loan IQ
3 5 (2.87%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.72%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (1.72%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 3 (1.72%) Oracle General Ledger
4 3 (1.72%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (1.15%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (1.15%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (1.15%) SAP PM
5 2 (1.15%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.57%) iTrent
6 1 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.57%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.57%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.57%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.57%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.57%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 39 (22.41%) Azure
2 29 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (8.62%) AWS
4 9 (5.17%) GCP
5 7 (4.02%) SuccessFactors
6 6 (3.45%) GitHub
6 6 (3.45%) OpenShift
7 5 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (2.87%) OCI
8 4 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.72%) Entra ID
9 3 (1.72%) Tricentis Tosca
10 2 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (1.15%) Azure Pipelines
10 2 (1.15%) BlazeMeter
10 2 (1.15%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.15%) SaaS
10 2 (1.15%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.30%) Ethernet
1 4 (2.30%) Network Security
2 3 (1.72%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (1.72%) Wireless
3 2 (1.15%) iSCSI
3 2 (1.15%) SAN
4 1 (0.57%) DHCP
4 1 (0.57%) DNS
4 1 (0.57%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.60%) Oracle Database
1 8 (4.60%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (2.87%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.30%) BigQuery
5 3 (1.72%) SAS Enterprise Guide
6 2 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.15%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.57%) Metadata
7 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 57 (32.76%) JIRA
2 25 (14.37%) Selenium
3 22 (12.64%) Postman
4 18 (10.34%) Jenkins
5 17 (9.77%) Git
6 15 (8.62%) GitLab
7 12 (6.90%) Cypress.io
8 10 (5.75%) JUnit
9 9 (5.17%) REST Assured
10 8 (4.60%) Zephyr
11 7 (4.02%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (4.02%) WebDriver
12 5 (2.87%) Cucumber
12 5 (2.87%) JMeter
13 4 (2.30%) CircleCI
14 3 (1.72%) Appium
14 3 (1.72%) Gatling
15 2 (1.15%) NeoLoad
15 2 (1.15%) SoapUI
15 2 (1.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 70 (40.23%) Social Skills
2 43 (24.71%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (14.37%) Finance
4 15 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.60%) Banking
6 7 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.72%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.72%) Electronics
8 3 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.15%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.15%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.15%) Legal
9 2 (1.15%) Local Government
10 1 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.57%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (24.71%) Analyst
2 28 (16.09%) Test Analyst
3 24 (13.79%) Tester
4 13 (7.47%) Project Officer
4 13 (7.47%) QA Engineer
5 11 (6.32%) Lead
6 10 (5.75%) Consultant
7 9 (5.17%) Test Engineer
8 7 (4.02%) Developer
8 7 (4.02%) Messaging Specialist
8 7 (4.02%) Migration Analyst
8 7 (4.02%) QA Automation Engineer
8 7 (4.02%) QA Tester
8 7 (4.02%) Software Engineer
8 7 (4.02%) Transformation Analyst
9 6 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
9 6 (3.45%) Automation Tester
9 6 (3.45%) Embedded Engineer
9 6 (3.45%) Oracle Analyst
9 6 (3.45%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.34%) Playwright
2 14 (8.05%) REST
3 10 (5.75%) pytest
4 8 (4.60%) .NET
5 7 (4.02%) CSS
5 7 (4.02%) HTML
5 7 (4.02%) Node.js
6 6 (3.45%) React
7 5 (2.87%) .NET Core
7 5 (2.87%) .NET Framework
7 5 (2.87%) ADO
8 4 (2.30%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (1.72%) Kafka
9 3 (1.72%) RESTful
9 3 (1.72%) SailPoint
10 2 (1.15%) LDAP
10 2 (1.15%) OpenID
10 2 (1.15%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (1.15%) React Native
10 2 (1.15%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.49%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (5.75%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.02%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.87%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.87%) Tandem
4 5 (2.87%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (2.30%) NHS
5 4 (2.30%) PCIe
5 4 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.72%) FPGA
7 2 (1.15%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.15%) EMC VMAX
7 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.15%) PACS
7 2 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.57%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.75%) Windows
2 6 (3.45%) Linux
3 4 (2.30%) FreeRTOS
4 3 (1.72%) Android
4 3 (1.72%) Unix
5 2 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (44.25%) Test Automation
2 63 (36.21%) Agile
3 48 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (24.14%) DevOps
4 42 (24.14%) User Acceptance Testing
5 39 (22.41%) Validation
6 38 (21.84%) Software Testing
7 37 (21.26%) CI/CD
8 36 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (20.69%) Project Delivery
9 34 (19.54%) End-to-End Testing
10 29 (16.67%) API Testing
11 27 (15.52%) Integration Testing
12 26 (14.94%) Migration
12 26 (14.94%) Scenario Testing
12 26 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
13 25 (14.37%) Regression Testing
13 25 (14.37%) Test Strategy
14 24 (13.79%) Manual Testing
14 24 (13.79%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (14.37%) TypeScript
2 23 (13.22%) Python
3 19 (10.92%) JavaScript
4 18 (10.34%) SQL
5 15 (8.62%) Java
6 14 (8.05%) C#
7 4 (2.30%) C
8 3 (1.72%) Ada
8 3 (1.72%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.15%) Cypher
9 2 (1.15%) Scala
10 1 (0.57%) Bicep
10 1 (0.57%) C++
10 1 (0.57%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.57%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 58 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 33 (18.97%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.79%) DV Cleared
4 13 (7.47%) ISTQB
5 10 (5.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (4.02%) Degree
7 5 (2.87%) ISEB
8 3 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.57%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.57%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (41.95%) QA
2 10 (5.75%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.87%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.87%) GRC
4 3 (1.72%) WCAG
5 2 (1.15%) DICOM
5 2 (1.15%) GxP
5 2 (1.15%) HL7
6 1 (0.57%) MiFID
6 1 (0.57%) SLA
6 1 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.57%) Solvency II
System Software
1 10 (5.75%) Docker
2 6 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.15%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 2 (1.15%) SRDF
3 2 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (8.05%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (1.72%) Terraform
4 2 (1.15%) Ansible
4 2 (1.15%) HP ALM
4 2 (1.15%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.15%) Puppet
5 1 (0.57%) Grafana
5 1 (0.57%) Kibana
5 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 29 (16.67%) Oracle
2 17 (9.77%) SAP
3 13 (7.47%) Workday
4 10 (5.75%) Microsoft
5 8 (4.60%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.30%) Google
6 4 (2.30%) HP
7 2 (1.15%) Braze
7 2 (1.15%) Broadcom
7 2 (1.15%) Cisco
7 2 (1.15%) Dell
7 2 (1.15%) Denodo
7 2 (1.15%) Optimizely
7 2 (1.15%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.15%) TOWER Software
7 2 (1.15%) VMware
8 1 (0.57%) Checkmarx
8 1 (0.57%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.57%) Databricks
8 1 (0.57%) Talend