Test Scripting Job Trends in Portsmouth

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 0.30% - 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £73,250
25th Percentile £44,000 - £74,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +105.48%
75th Percentile £46,000 - £78,750
90th Percentile - - £81,000
Hampshire median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% -25.00% +75.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 303 268 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 90.45% 88.45% 85.14%
Number of salaries quoted 191 160 148
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,998 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £65,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,625 £78,750
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Test Scripting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) SoapUI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) V-Model
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared