Test Scripting Job Trends in Somerset

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - 54
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.15% - 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% - 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £32,250
25th Percentile £37,500 - £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £37,500
75th Percentile £42,500 - £41,250
90th Percentile - - £42,750
South West median annual salary £46,750 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.89% -18.18% +31.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 520 301 461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 79.88% 84.55% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 241 113 382
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £44,263 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £67,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -3.69%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Somerset

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Test Scripting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 26 February 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
Bridgwater - 1 £40,000 - 1
Test Scripting
South West

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA