Test Scripting Jobs

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 9 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 407 312
Rank change year-on-year +26 -95 +103
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 528 439 1,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.72% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.76% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 157 325 832
10th Percentile £35,750 £32,200 £35,025
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,763 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.13% +9.53% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £76,250 £82,725
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65,830 57,664 138,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.49% 94.50% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 32,576 41,209 76,946
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £33,950
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.00%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the UK

Test Scripting
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Test Scripting in the UK

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 9 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the UK

Test Scripting
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the UK over the 6 months to 9 October 2024. 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
England +13 512 £52,500 -1.87% 83
UK excluding London +65 403 £45,000 -14.29% 71
South East +15 159 £47,500 -13.26% 12
Work from Home -32 109 £50,000 -9.09% 45
London -28 103 £70,750 +28.64% 19
East of England +30 90 £36,250 +20.83% 7
Midlands +8 72 £65,000 +44.44% 12
North of England +23 56 £42,000 -20.00% 14
East Midlands +8 47 £97,500 +85.71% 2
North West -3 30 £37,500 -14.29% 6
West Midlands -18 25 £60,500 +42.35% 10
Yorkshire +28 18 £42,500 -34.62% 7
South West -55 16 £45,000 -14.29% 16
Scotland +9 15 £42,008 -22.21% 2
North East -29 8 £49,296 +40.85% 1

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (2.65%) Confluence
2 8 (1.52%) SAS
3 4 (0.76%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.52%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.38%) Simulink
6 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 8 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.95%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (0.76%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.76%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.76%) SAP SD
4 4 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.38%) SAP Business ByDesign
6 2 (0.38%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.19%) LabWindows
7 1 (0.19%) Maximo
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
7 1 (0.19%) SAP SM
Cloud Services
1 51 (9.66%) Azure
2 34 (6.44%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (3.79%) SaaS
4 12 (2.27%) BrowserStack
4 12 (2.27%) Power Platform
5 10 (1.89%) AWS
6 5 (0.95%) Apigee
7 4 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.76%) Sauce Labs
7 4 (0.76%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (0.57%) Boomi
8 3 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (0.38%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.38%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (0.38%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.38%) Slack
10 1 (0.19%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 238 (45.08%) 5G
2 236 (44.70%) Bluetooth
2 236 (44.70%) GSM
2 236 (44.70%) LTE
2 236 (44.70%) UMTS
2 236 (44.70%) Wi-Fi
2 236 (44.70%) Wireless
3 8 (1.52%) HTTP
4 5 (0.95%) DHCP
4 5 (0.95%) DNS
5 2 (0.38%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.38%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.19%) Firewall
6 1 (0.19%) LAN
6 1 (0.19%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (1.33%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.14%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.14%) Power BI
4 5 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (0.95%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.57%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.57%) MySQL
6 3 (0.57%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.38%) DTS
7 2 (0.38%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.19%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.19%) DB2
8 1 (0.19%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 82 (15.53%) Selenium
2 63 (11.93%) JIRA
3 32 (6.06%) SpecFlow
4 31 (5.87%) Postman
5 26 (4.92%) Cucumber
6 22 (4.17%) Git
7 20 (3.79%) Cypress.io
8 14 (2.65%) NUnit
9 11 (2.08%) JMeter
9 11 (2.08%) Robot Framework
9 11 (2.08%) WebDriver
10 10 (1.89%) Jenkins
11 9 (1.70%) Visual Studio
12 8 (1.52%) TestRail
13 7 (1.33%) Appium
13 7 (1.33%) Gatling
13 7 (1.33%) JUnit
13 7 (1.33%) REST Assured
13 7 (1.33%) Zephyr
14 6 (1.14%) TestNG
General
1 255 (48.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 247 (46.78%) Automotive
3 98 (18.56%) Social Skills
4 70 (13.26%) Finance
5 67 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.30%) Marketing
7 24 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 23 (4.36%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.79%) Law
10 14 (2.65%) Electronics
10 14 (2.65%) Telecoms
11 13 (2.46%) Legal
12 12 (2.27%) Banking
13 9 (1.70%) Aerospace
13 9 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.14%) Investment Banking
15 6 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.76%) Aviation
16 4 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 267 (50.57%) Test Engineer
2 235 (44.51%) EMC Engineer
2 235 (44.51%) EMC Test Engineer
3 70 (13.26%) Analyst
4 44 (8.33%) Tester
5 43 (8.14%) Lead
6 40 (7.58%) QA Engineer
7 39 (7.39%) Senior
8 30 (5.68%) Test Leader
9 28 (5.30%) Test Analyst
10 23 (4.36%) Automation Tester
11 19 (3.60%) QA Automation Engineer
12 18 (3.41%) Business Analyst
13 17 (3.22%) Test Automation Engineer
14 16 (3.03%) Developer
14 16 (3.03%) QA Analyst
15 15 (2.84%) Automation Engineer
16 13 (2.46%) Senior QA Engineer
17 11 (2.08%) Consultant
17 11 (2.08%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (4.17%) Playwright
2 20 (3.79%) XML
3 13 (2.46%) REST
4 12 (2.27%) Web Services
5 11 (2.08%) Gherkin
6 10 (1.89%) RESTful
7 9 (1.70%) MHP
8 8 (1.52%) pytest
8 8 (1.52%) Svelte
9 7 (1.33%) Spring
10 6 (1.14%) HTML
10 6 (1.14%) JSON
11 4 (0.76%) .NET
11 4 (0.76%) CSS
12 3 (0.57%) ASP.NET
12 3 (0.57%) ASP.NET MVC
12 3 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
12 3 (0.57%) Node.js
13 2 (0.38%) JSON Schema
13 2 (0.38%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 236 (44.70%) Satnav
2 21 (3.98%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (2.08%) Virtual Team
5 10 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (1.70%) Market Risk
7 8 (1.52%) Life Science
7 8 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.33%) Embedded Systems
9 6 (1.14%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.14%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (0.95%) Onboarding
10 5 (0.95%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.57%) Derivative
11 3 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.57%) Equities
12 2 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.38%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.27%) Windows
2 11 (2.08%) Linux
3 6 (1.14%) Unix
4 3 (0.57%) Android
5 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 433 (82.01%) Test Automation
2 278 (52.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 249 (47.16%) Data Management
4 121 (22.92%) Agile
5 97 (18.37%) Software Testing
6 74 (14.02%) DevOps
7 71 (13.45%) CI/CD
8 62 (11.74%) Regression Testing
9 57 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
10 55 (10.42%) Scrum
11 48 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
12 46 (8.71%) SDLC
13 42 (7.95%) Manual Testing
14 39 (7.39%) Performance Testing
15 31 (5.87%) Scenario Testing
16 30 (5.68%) Test Strategy
17 29 (5.49%) Test Management
17 29 (5.49%) Validation
18 28 (5.30%) Computer Science
18 28 (5.30%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 75 (14.20%) SQL
2 70 (13.26%) Python
3 58 (10.98%) Java
4 46 (8.71%) C#
5 34 (6.44%) JavaScript
6 24 (4.55%) C++
7 8 (1.52%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.52%) R
7 8 (1.52%) T-SQL
7 8 (1.52%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.14%) C
9 5 (0.95%) VB
10 3 (0.57%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.57%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.57%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.57%) VBScript
11 2 (0.38%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.19%) ABAP
12 1 (0.19%) Groovy
12 1 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 290 (54.92%) Degree
2 41 (7.77%) Security Cleared
3 38 (7.20%) ISTQB
4 22 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 20 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.22%) ISEB
7 14 (2.65%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 11 (2.08%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.95%) CBAP
9 5 (0.95%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.38%) IIBA
10 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.38%) PhD
11 1 (0.19%) CCNA
11 1 (0.19%) CCNP
11 1 (0.19%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.19%) MCSA
11 1 (0.19%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (25.00%) QA
2 16 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 5 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.76%) SLA
5 3 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
6 2 (0.38%) ISO 26262
6 2 (0.38%) NCSC
7 1 (0.19%) HL7
System Software
1 8 (1.52%) Firmware
2 3 (0.57%) Docker
3 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (1.33%) HP ALM
2 5 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.38%) Terraform
4 1 (0.19%) Ansible
4 1 (0.19%) Grafana
4 1 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 236 (44.70%) EMC
2 27 (5.11%) SAP
3 18 (3.41%) Oracle
4 17 (3.22%) Microsoft
5 9 (1.70%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.70%) Siemens
6 8 (1.52%) Aderant
7 7 (1.33%) HP
8 6 (1.14%) OpenText
8 6 (1.14%) Siebel
9 4 (0.76%) GoldenSource
10 3 (0.57%) IBM
10 3 (0.57%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.38%) ANSYS
11 2 (0.38%) AVEVA
11 2 (0.38%) Denodo
11 2 (0.38%) Talend
12 1 (0.19%) Capita
12 1 (0.19%) Google
12 1 (0.19%) VMware