Test Scripting Job Trends in the South East

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 162 224
Rank change year-on-year -44 +62 +31
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 67 143 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.65% 1.60% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.81% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 47 20 58
10th Percentile £32,750 £44,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,938 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £49,479 £54,881
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% -9.84% +9.76%
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £55,644
90th Percentile £67,500 £55,125 £73,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,881
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.77% -0.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,306 7,897 7,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.19% 88.14% 88.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,952 3,758 5,459
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in the South East

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Test Scripting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the South East

Test Scripting
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Thames Valley -47 36 £47,500 -5.00% 6
Berkshire +10 29 £45,000 -10.00% 3
Surrey +17 24 £45,000 -5.26% 2
Buckinghamshire -61 5 £57,500 +76.92% 2
Hampshire +25 4 £37,500 -28.57% 2
Kent -10 4 £42,250 -6.11% 1
Oxfordshire +23 2 £52,500 - 1
West Sussex -7 2 £67,500 +42.11%
Middlesex - 1 £102,500 -
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.48%) Confluence
2 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.49%) Apache
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (14.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.99%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.93%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.99%) Azure
2 2 (2.99%) SaaS
3 1 (1.49%) AWS
3 1 (1.49%) GitHub
3 1 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) DHCP
1 1 (1.49%) DNS
1 1 (1.49%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.49%) Power BI
1 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 47 (70.15%) JIRA
2 42 (62.69%) Selenium
3 35 (52.24%) WebDriver
4 32 (47.76%) Postman
5 31 (46.27%) SoapUI
6 30 (44.78%) Team Foundation Server
7 9 (13.43%) eCATT
8 6 (8.96%) Cypress.io
9 5 (7.46%) SpecFlow
10 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
11 2 (2.99%) Appium
11 2 (2.99%) Git
11 2 (2.99%) REST Assured
12 1 (1.49%) JMeter
12 1 (1.49%) JUnit
12 1 (1.49%) LoadRunner
12 1 (1.49%) NUnit
12 1 (1.49%) Robot Framework
12 1 (1.49%) Subversion
12 1 (1.49%) TestNG
General
1 40 (59.70%) Finance
2 25 (37.31%) Social Skills
3 10 (14.93%) Manufacturing
4 9 (13.43%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (13.43%) Marketing
4 9 (13.43%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (7.46%) Public Sector
7 4 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (5.97%) Law
8 2 (2.99%) Health Technology
8 2 (2.99%) Legal
8 2 (2.99%) Local Government
8 2 (2.99%) Tech for Good
9 1 (1.49%) Advertising
9 1 (1.49%) Banking
9 1 (1.49%) International Banking
9 1 (1.49%) Military
9 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (50.75%) Analyst
2 33 (49.25%) Test Analyst
3 15 (22.39%) Senior
4 13 (19.40%) Automation Test Analyst
5 10 (14.93%) Lead
5 10 (14.93%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (14.93%) Senior Test Analyst
6 6 (8.96%) Test Leader
6 6 (8.96%) Tester
7 5 (7.46%) Test Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) Test Specialist
9 3 (4.48%) Developer
9 3 (4.48%) Developer in Test
9 3 (4.48%) Lead Test Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) QA Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Software Developer
9 3 (4.48%) Test Automation Engineer
10 2 (2.99%) Senior Software Developer
10 2 (2.99%) UAT Lead
10 2 (2.99%) UAT Test Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (50.75%) .NET
2 31 (46.27%) SOAP
3 30 (44.78%) HTML
4 7 (10.45%) Playwright
5 4 (5.97%) Gherkin
6 2 (2.99%) XML
7 1 (1.49%) JSON
7 1 (1.49%) Qt
7 1 (1.49%) REST
7 1 (1.49%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (1.49%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.40%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (5.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.49%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) PKI
4 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Linux
1 3 (4.48%) Windows
2 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.49%) VxWorks
3 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (65.67%) Software Testing
2 40 (59.70%) Agile
2 40 (59.70%) Test Management
3 32 (47.76%) API Testing
4 31 (46.27%) Scrum
5 30 (44.78%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 30 (44.78%) Non-Functional Testing
6 26 (38.81%) Test Automation
7 23 (34.33%) Mentoring
8 18 (26.87%) Logistics
9 15 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (19.40%) ERP
10 13 (19.40%) Manual Testing
11 11 (16.42%) Regression Testing
11 11 (16.42%) Scenario Testing
12 10 (14.93%) End-to-End Testing
12 10 (14.93%) Risk Management
12 10 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 9 (13.43%) Continuous Delivery
13 9 (13.43%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 38 (56.72%) C#
2 37 (55.22%) SQL
3 36 (53.73%) Java
4 2 (2.99%) Python
5 1 (1.49%) C
5 1 (1.49%) C++
5 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.49%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (59.70%) Degree
2 35 (52.24%) ISTQB
3 30 (44.78%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 8 (11.94%) Security Cleared
5 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.97%) ISEB
5 4 (5.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (5.97%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) ACCA
6 1 (1.49%) CIMA
6 1 (1.49%) MCSA
6 1 (1.49%) MCSE
6 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.49%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.91%) QA
2 4 (5.97%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.99%) SLA
4 1 (1.49%) ECSS
4 1 (1.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (13.43%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.49%) SCCM
2 1 (1.49%) SCOM
2 1 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (14.93%) SAP
2 9 (13.43%) HP
3 2 (2.99%) Oracle
3 2 (2.99%) VMware
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft