Test Scripting Jobs in England

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Test Scripting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Test Scripting over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 504 390
Rank change year-on-year +41 -114 +23
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 195 364 766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.43% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.50% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 141 262 490
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,175 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 43,396 73,150 88,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.61% 85.81% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,950 53,950 52,213
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,000 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,237
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in England

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in England.

Salary trend for Test Scripting in England

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in England

Test Scripting
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +90 78 £62,500 -10.71% 88
Midlands +56 39 £45,000 - 25
West Midlands +40 36 £45,000 - 19
North of England +45 31 £55,000 +22.22% 25
North West +17 22 £55,000 +15.79% 18
South East +16 21 £52,500 +23.53% 53
South West +93 10 £37,000 -32.73% 17
Yorkshire +61 7 £85,253 +100.59% 4
East of England +36 7 £53,000 +32.50% 15
East Midlands +49 3 £35,000 +1.45% 6
North East +44 2 £35,750 +2.14% 3
Test Scripting
UK

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (1.03%) Appian
2 2 (1.03%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.54%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (6.15%) NetSuite
2 5 (2.56%) SAP HR
3 4 (2.05%) iTrent
4 3 (1.54%) SAP IBP
4 3 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.03%) Magento
5 2 (1.03%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.51%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.51%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.51%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.51%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.51%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.51%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 41 (21.03%) Azure
2 28 (14.36%) AWS
3 17 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (6.15%) GCP
4 12 (6.15%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.62%) GitHub
6 8 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (3.59%) BrowserStack
8 6 (3.08%) Sauce Labs
9 5 (2.56%) Boomi
9 5 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (2.05%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.05%) SaaS
11 3 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.54%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (1.03%) PaaS
13 1 (0.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 1 (0.51%) Amazon S3
13 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.03%) DHCP
1 2 (1.03%) DNS
1 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.51%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.51%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (4.62%) Power BI
2 9 (4.62%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.05%) Biml
3 4 (2.05%) MySQL
3 4 (2.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (2.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.54%) Airbyte
4 3 (1.54%) Metadata
4 3 (1.54%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (1.03%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 57 (29.23%) Selenium
2 35 (17.95%) JIRA
3 21 (10.77%) Git
4 20 (10.26%) Appium
5 19 (9.74%) Cypress.io
5 19 (9.74%) Postman
6 16 (8.21%) JMeter
7 15 (7.69%) SpecFlow
8 13 (6.67%) JUnit
9 10 (5.13%) Jenkins
10 9 (4.62%) TestNG
10 9 (4.62%) WebDriver
11 8 (4.10%) Cucumber
11 8 (4.10%) LoadRunner
12 7 (3.59%) Mocha
12 7 (3.59%) NUnit
12 7 (3.59%) SoapUI
12 7 (3.59%) TestRail
13 5 (2.56%) MSTest
13 5 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (28.72%) Analytical Skills
1 56 (28.72%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.51%) Finance
3 16 (8.21%) Law
4 13 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (6.15%) Banking
5 12 (6.15%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (5.13%) Retail
7 9 (4.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.10%) Cantonese Language
8 8 (4.10%) Legal
8 8 (4.10%) Mandarin Language
8 8 (4.10%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.56%) Public Sector
10 4 (2.05%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.54%) Electronics
11 3 (1.54%) Marketing
11 3 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.03%) Tech for Good
12 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (32.82%) Analyst
2 34 (17.44%) Senior
3 31 (15.90%) Business Analyst
4 28 (14.36%) Test Engineer
5 27 (13.85%) QA Engineer
6 26 (13.33%) Tester
7 21 (10.77%) Systems Analyst
8 17 (8.72%) Test Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) CRM Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) CRM Business Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) CRM Systems Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) Finance Business Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) Finance Systems Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) Financial Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) Financial Business Analyst
9 12 (6.15%) Lead
10 11 (5.64%) Software Test Engineer
11 10 (5.13%) Automation Tester
11 10 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (5.13%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (12.31%) Playwright
2 10 (5.13%) .NET
3 8 (4.10%) GraphQL
3 8 (4.10%) pytest
4 6 (3.08%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.56%) Swagger
6 4 (2.05%) Jest
6 4 (2.05%) REST
6 4 (2.05%) RESTful
6 4 (2.05%) Web Services
7 3 (1.54%) NumPy
7 3 (1.54%) Pandas
7 3 (1.54%) SQLAlchemy
7 3 (1.54%) WebdriverIO
8 2 (1.03%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 2 (1.03%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (1.03%) Gherkin
8 2 (1.03%) LDAP
8 2 (1.03%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (6.15%) Taxonomies
4 10 (5.13%) Management Information System
5 9 (4.62%) Product Ownership
6 6 (3.08%) Mobile App
6 6 (3.08%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.05%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.54%) FPGA
8 3 (1.54%) NHS
8 3 (1.54%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.54%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.03%) Derivative
9 2 (1.03%) Equities
9 2 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.51%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.51%) EPoS
10 1 (0.51%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.64%) Linux
2 9 (4.62%) Windows
3 4 (2.05%) Android
4 3 (1.54%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.03%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.03%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (52.31%) Test Automation
2 89 (45.64%) Agile
3 65 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (29.74%) Software Testing
5 50 (25.64%) CI/CD
6 46 (23.59%) Test Strategy
7 43 (22.05%) Scenario Testing
8 32 (16.41%) Manual Testing
9 31 (15.90%) DevOps
9 31 (15.90%) Project Management
9 31 (15.90%) Regression Testing
9 31 (15.90%) SDLC
10 28 (14.36%) User Acceptance Testing
11 26 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
12 25 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (12.31%) Process Improvement
14 22 (11.28%) User Stories
15 21 (10.77%) API Testing
15 21 (10.77%) Requirements Gathering
16 20 (10.26%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (21.03%) SQL
2 37 (18.97%) Python
3 34 (17.44%) JavaScript
4 26 (13.33%) C#
5 25 (12.82%) Java
6 17 (8.72%) TypeScript
7 10 (5.13%) T-SQL
8 7 (3.59%) C++
9 6 (3.08%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.54%) Bash
11 2 (1.03%) Perl
12 1 (0.51%) ABAP
12 1 (0.51%) C
12 1 (0.51%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.51%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.51%) Groovy
12 1 (0.51%) Scala
12 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (15.90%) ISTQB
2 20 (10.26%) Degree
3 14 (7.18%) Security Cleared
4 11 (5.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 8 (4.10%) CBAP
6 6 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.56%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.03%) ISEB
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.51%) CCA
10 1 (0.51%) CISSP
10 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (45.13%) QA
2 7 (3.59%) GDPR
3 6 (3.08%) SLA
4 3 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.51%) Basel III
6 1 (0.51%) GMP
6 1 (0.51%) GxP
6 1 (0.51%) IFRS
6 1 (0.51%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.51%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.51%) MiFID
6 1 (0.51%) PSD2
6 1 (0.51%) SEPA
6 1 (0.51%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.51%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (1.54%) HP Quality Center
1 3 (1.54%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.54%) SCCM
2 2 (1.03%) Ansible
2 2 (1.03%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.03%) Puppet
2 2 (1.03%) SCOM
3 1 (0.51%) Grafana
3 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.67%) Salesforce
3 12 (6.15%) SAP
4 5 (2.56%) Dell
4 5 (2.56%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.05%) Oracle
6 3 (1.54%) Adobe
6 3 (1.54%) BT
6 3 (1.54%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.03%) ArcSight
7 2 (1.03%) Splunk
8 1 (0.51%) Concur
8 1 (0.51%) CyberSource
8 1 (0.51%) FIS
8 1 (0.51%) Mercator
8 1 (0.51%) UiPath
8 1 (0.51%) Workday