Test Scripting Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 23 88
Rank change year-on-year -62 +65 +14
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 5 91 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.38% 9.59% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 10.16% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 6
10th Percentile £48,250 - £43,750
25th Percentile £49,375 £31,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £32,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% -43.48% +27.78%
75th Percentile £62,500 £33,750 £71,875
90th Percentile - - £73,875
South East median annual salary £45,500 £49,479 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.04% -10.04% +7.84%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,099 896 935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 82.88% 94.42% 90.69%
Number of salaries quoted 638 408 564
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,875 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +9.43% -3.64%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Test Scripting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 8 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -7 5 £57,500 +76.92%
Test Scripting
South East

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
1 4 (80.00%) WebDriver
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (80.00%) Law
2 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Developer in Test
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Tester
3 1 (20.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (80.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Community of Practice
2 4 (80.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Sprint Planning
2 4 (80.00%) Sprint Retrospective
2 4 (80.00%) Technology Strategy
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (80.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (60.00%) SDET
3 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
4 1 (20.00%) DevOps
4 1 (20.00%) Load Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Accessibility
1 4 (80.00%) QA