Test Scripting Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 236 248
Rank change year-on-year +69 +12 +22
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 190 250 473
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.30% 1.02% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 1.14% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 179 328
10th Percentile £350 £350 £311
25th Percentile £375 £410 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £545
90th Percentile £630 £731 £650
UK median daily rate £464 £493 £450
% change year-on-year -5.84% +9.44% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 5
10th Percentile £58.63 £46.25 -
25th Percentile - £49.06 £17.25
Median hourly rate £90.00 £71.07 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.64% +103.04% -32.69%
75th Percentile - £90.00 £66.00
90th Percentile - - £74.40
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £77.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -12.34% +40.00% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Test Scripting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,938 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.66% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,680 15,535 29,175
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £634
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 510 537
10th Percentile £14.66 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.44 £27.48 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.27 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%

Test Scripting
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Scripting trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Scripting.

Test Scripting daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Test Scripting daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Scripting.

Test Scripting hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Test Scripting hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (3.68%) Confluence
2 3 (1.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.53%) IIS
3 1 (0.53%) LiveLink
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (5.26%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (4.21%) Oracle Assets
3 8 (4.21%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (4.21%) Oracle General Ledger
3 8 (4.21%) Oracle Payables
4 7 (3.68%) Oracle AGIS
5 6 (3.16%) SAP Travel Management
6 3 (1.58%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (1.58%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (1.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (1.05%) SAP FI-FM
7 2 (1.05%) SAP MM
7 2 (1.05%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.53%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.53%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.53%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.16%) Azure
2 19 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (3.68%) AWS
4 4 (2.11%) OCI
4 4 (2.11%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 2 (1.05%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.05%) Miro
5 2 (1.05%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (1.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.53%) GitHub
6 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.53%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.58%) 4G
1 3 (1.58%) 5G
2 2 (1.05%) Firewall
2 2 (1.05%) Network Security
2 2 (1.05%) VoIP
3 1 (0.53%) DHCP
3 1 (0.53%) DNS
3 1 (0.53%) Internet
3 1 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.53%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.11%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.05%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.53%) Big Data
4 1 (0.53%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.53%) DataStage
4 1 (0.53%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.53%) MS Access
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.53%) Pentaho
4 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Navigator
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (15.26%) Selenium
2 14 (7.37%) JIRA
3 12 (6.32%) JMeter
4 11 (5.79%) WebDriver
5 9 (4.74%) Postman
6 8 (4.21%) Appium
6 8 (4.21%) JUnit
6 8 (4.21%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (3.68%) Cucumber
8 6 (3.16%) Git
8 6 (3.16%) REST Assured
8 6 (3.16%) TestNG
9 5 (2.63%) SoapUI
9 5 (2.63%) Visual Studio
10 4 (2.11%) LoadRunner
11 3 (1.58%) eggPlant
11 3 (1.58%) Jenkins
11 3 (1.58%) SOAtest
12 2 (1.05%) JIRA Agile
12 2 (1.05%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (35.26%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.53%) Finance
3 30 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.58%) Public Sector
5 12 (6.32%) Telecoms
6 11 (5.79%) Manufacturing
7 8 (4.21%) Electronics
7 8 (4.21%) Marketing
8 7 (3.68%) Banking
8 7 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.68%) General Ledger
9 6 (3.16%) Billing
10 5 (2.63%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.63%) Retail
11 4 (2.11%) Automotive
11 4 (2.11%) Military
12 3 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.05%) Back Office
13 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (25.79%) Analyst
2 35 (18.42%) Test Engineer
3 28 (14.74%) Test Analyst
4 24 (12.63%) Consultant
5 20 (10.53%) Tester
6 17 (8.95%) Test Manager
7 14 (7.37%) Business Analyst
8 12 (6.32%) Test Automation Engineer
9 10 (5.26%) Great Plains Consultant
9 10 (5.26%) Microsoft Consultant
10 9 (4.74%) Automation Tester
10 9 (4.74%) Software Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) Architect
11 8 (4.21%) C Software Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) Embedded C Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) Embedded C Software Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) Embedded Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 8 (4.21%) SAP Consultant
12 7 (3.68%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.74%) .NET
2 7 (3.68%) REST
3 6 (3.16%) SAP TM
3 6 (3.16%) SOAP
4 5 (2.63%) Gherkin
5 4 (2.11%) Playwright
6 3 (1.58%) ADO
6 3 (1.58%) EDI
6 3 (1.58%) JSON
6 3 (1.58%) XML
7 2 (1.05%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.05%) HTML
7 2 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (1.05%) Middleware
7 2 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.05%) Web Services
7 2 (1.05%) WinForms
7 2 (1.05%) WPF
8 1 (0.53%) SAP ALE
8 1 (0.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.68%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.16%) Mobile App
2 6 (3.16%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.16%) Replication
3 4 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.05%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.05%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.05%) NHS
4 2 (1.05%) PKI
5 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.53%) Blog
5 1 (0.53%) CMDB
5 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.53%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.53%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (0.53%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.26%) Windows
2 7 (3.68%) Linux
3 3 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.05%) Android
4 2 (1.05%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.53%) Unix
5 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (35.26%) Test Automation
2 50 (26.32%) Agile
3 44 (23.16%) User Acceptance Testing
4 36 (18.95%) Software Testing
5 31 (16.32%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (14.74%) DevOps
7 26 (13.68%) End-to-End Testing
8 25 (13.16%) Test Strategy
9 22 (11.58%) Regression Testing
10 20 (10.53%) Scenario Testing
10 20 (10.53%) User Stories
11 18 (9.47%) Acceptance Criteria
11 18 (9.47%) SDLC
12 15 (7.89%) Functional Testing
13 14 (7.37%) CI/CD
13 14 (7.37%) Requirements Gathering
13 14 (7.37%) Test Management
13 14 (7.37%) Validation
14 12 (6.32%) Scrum
14 12 (6.32%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.32%) SQL
2 23 (12.11%) Java
3 15 (7.89%) C#
4 12 (6.32%) JavaScript
5 11 (5.79%) Python
6 10 (5.26%) C++
7 9 (4.74%) C
8 8 (4.21%) Embedded C
9 6 (3.16%) Embedded C++
10 4 (2.11%) VB
11 2 (1.05%) Apex Code
11 2 (1.05%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.05%) R
11 2 (1.05%) SOQL
11 2 (1.05%) Swift
11 2 (1.05%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.05%) VB6
11 2 (1.05%) VBScript
12 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.58%) Degree
3 19 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 18 (9.47%) ISTQB
5 17 (8.95%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.11%) ISEB
8 3 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.58%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.53%) MCSA
9 1 (0.53%) MCSE
9 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.53%) PMP
9 1 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (15.79%) QA
2 10 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (3.68%) GAAP
5 6 (3.16%) WCAG
6 4 (2.11%) SLA
7 3 (1.58%) PMO
8 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.53%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.53%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.53%) NCSC
8 1 (0.53%) NIST
8 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.53%) Docker
1 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.05%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.53%) Check_MK
2 1 (0.53%) Grafana
2 1 (0.53%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.53%) Kibana
2 1 (0.53%) Nagios
2 1 (0.53%) SCCM
2 1 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (16.84%) SAP
2 23 (12.11%) Microsoft
3 21 (11.05%) Oracle
4 7 (3.68%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.11%) Denodo
5 4 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.58%) Adobe
6 3 (1.58%) HP
6 3 (1.58%) VMware
7 2 (1.05%) Citrix
7 2 (1.05%) Infragistics
7 2 (1.05%) Splunk
7 2 (1.05%) UiPath
8 1 (0.53%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.53%) Ariba
8 1 (0.53%) CyberSource
8 1 (0.53%) Juniper
8 1 (0.53%) Micro Focus
8 1 (0.53%) NEC
8 1 (0.53%) Perfecto Mobile