Test Scripting Jobs in the South East

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 279 293 287
Rank change year-on-year +14 -6 -6
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 20 103 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.21% 0.61% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.73% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 10 40 53
10th Percentile £50,625 £31,000 £33,550
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £62,188 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £69,375 £55,000 £72,900
England median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Process and 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 8,656 14,162 13,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.84% 84.47% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,247 9,859 7,922
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the South East

Test Scripting
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the South East.

Salary trend for Test Scripting in the South East

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

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 15 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
Hampshire +25 7 £52,500 +40.00% 13
Surrey +52 5 £70,000 +55.56% 6
Kent +36 4 £45,000 +44.00% 5
East Sussex - 3 - - 6
Thames Valley +22 1 £52,500 - 33
Buckinghamshire +10 1 £52,500 -6.67% 14
Test Scripting
England

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (15.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP IBP
1 2 (10.00%) SAP PP
1 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
3 2 (10.00%) GitHub
4 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Bluetooth
1 1 (5.00%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Airbyte
1 3 (15.00%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (15.00%) Metadata
1 3 (15.00%) Qlik Sense
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Git
1 5 (25.00%) Selenium
1 5 (25.00%) SpecFlow
2 4 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (20.00%) JIRA
3 3 (15.00%) Cypress.io
4 2 (10.00%) JMeter
4 2 (10.00%) Robot Framework
5 1 (5.00%) GitLab
General
1 5 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Back Office
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Test Engineer
2 8 (40.00%) Software Test Engineer
3 6 (30.00%) Senior
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Business Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Data Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Operations Business Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Supply Chain Analyst
6 3 (15.00%) Supply Chain Business Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Lead
8 1 (5.00%) AWS Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Cloud Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Digital Design Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Embedded Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Lead Embedded Software Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Lead Test Engineer
8 1 (5.00%) Senior Business Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) GraphQL
2 3 (15.00%) NumPy
2 3 (15.00%) Pandas
2 3 (15.00%) SQLAlchemy
3 2 (10.00%) Playwright
4 1 (5.00%) pytest
4 1 (5.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.00%) NHS
3 2 (10.00%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.00%) FPGA
4 1 (5.00%) GNSS
4 1 (5.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Linux
2 3 (15.00%) Ubuntu
2 3 (15.00%) Windows
3 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Test Automation
2 8 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
2 8 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 6 (30.00%) CI/CD
3 6 (30.00%) Regression Testing
3 6 (30.00%) System Testing
3 6 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (25.00%) API Testing
4 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (25.00%) SDLC
5 3 (15.00%) Analytics
5 3 (15.00%) Business Strategy
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.00%) Data Architecture
5 3 (15.00%) Data Engineering
5 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
5 3 (15.00%) ETL
5 3 (15.00%) Information Governance
5 3 (15.00%) Metadata Management
5 3 (15.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) Python
1 5 (25.00%) TypeScript
2 4 (20.00%) SQL
3 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (15.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (10.00%) C#
4 2 (10.00%) C++
5 1 (5.00%) Bash
5 1 (5.00%) C
5 1 (5.00%) Embedded C
5 1 (5.00%) Embedded C++
5 1 (5.00%) Java
5 1 (5.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (10.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) GxP
2 1 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
2 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) BT
2 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (10.00%) SAP