Test Scripting Job Trends

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 504 287 483
Rank change year-on-year -217 +196 -113
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 188 460 393
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 1.07% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 1.14% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 124 135 311
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,600 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £70,525 £83,750 £75,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £49,739 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.50% +10.53% -10.00%

All Process & 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 58,145 40,321 73,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.92% 93.51% 87.23%
Number of salaries quoted 35,200 22,427 56,120
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,925 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,911 £44,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.78%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in the UK

Test Scripting
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Test Scripting.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Test Scripting

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

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 16 March 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
England -215 164 £50,100 -12.87% 91
UK excluding London -209 121 £47,500 -4.50% 81
Work from Home +3 71 £45,000 -25.00% 37
South East -65 61 £45,000 -14.29% 16
London -46 42 £52,000 -20.00% 22
South West -16 25 £48,850 +39.57% 8
North of England -73 14 £54,250 +23.30% 28
Midlands -73 12 £55,000 +25.71% 19
North West -32 9 £56,843 +29.19% 19
Scotland -21 6 £60,000 +41.18% 5
West Midlands -25 6 £53,750 +19.44% 11
East Midlands -72 6 £55,000 +57.14% 8
Yorkshire -51 4 £40,000 -53.08% 3
East of England -82 3 £55,000 -21.43% 5
North East -31 1 £52,500 +46.85% 6

Test Scripting
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (2.66%) Confluence
2 2 (1.06%) Apache
3 1 (0.53%) CMS
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (10.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.13%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.53%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.53%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.53%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.53%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.53%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.53%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.53%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (19.15%) Azure
2 30 (15.96%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (10.64%) AWS
4 14 (7.45%) GitHub
5 10 (5.32%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.26%) GCP
7 5 (2.66%) OCI
8 4 (2.13%) SaaS
9 3 (1.60%) BrowserStack
10 2 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.06%) SAP Fieldglass
10 2 (1.06%) SAP Leonardo
11 1 (0.53%) Amazon EventBridge
11 1 (0.53%) AWS Step Functions
11 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.53%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.53%) ClickUp
11 1 (0.53%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.53%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.26%) 5G
1 8 (4.26%) HTTP
1 8 (4.26%) SD-WAN
1 8 (4.26%) WAN
2 2 (1.06%) Firewall
2 2 (1.06%) Network Security
2 2 (1.06%) SpaceWire
3 1 (0.53%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.53%) DHCP
3 1 (0.53%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.72%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.19%) Power BI
3 5 (2.66%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.66%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (2.13%) GIS
4 4 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.13%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.53%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.53%) Metadata
6 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.53%) MySQL
6 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 65 (34.57%) JIRA
2 49 (26.06%) Selenium
3 35 (18.62%) Postman
4 28 (14.89%) WebDriver
5 25 (13.30%) SoapUI
6 22 (11.70%) Team Foundation Server
7 21 (11.17%) Cypress.io
8 17 (9.04%) Git
9 12 (6.38%) JMeter
10 10 (5.32%) Gatling
11 9 (4.79%) eCATT
11 9 (4.79%) LoadRunner
12 8 (4.26%) LabVIEW
12 8 (4.26%) REST Assured
13 7 (3.72%) Jenkins
13 7 (3.72%) Subversion
14 6 (3.19%) Appium
14 6 (3.19%) SpecFlow
15 3 (1.60%) Cucumber
15 3 (1.60%) JUnit
General
1 80 (42.55%) Social Skills
2 62 (32.98%) Finance
3 57 (30.32%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.11%) Presentation Skills
5 18 (9.57%) Public Sector
6 17 (9.04%) Manufacturing
7 15 (7.98%) Electronics
7 15 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (7.45%) Marketing
9 10 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (4.26%) Banking
11 7 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (3.72%) Legal
12 6 (3.19%) Back Office
12 6 (3.19%) Law
13 5 (2.66%) Health Technology
14 4 (2.13%) Retail
15 3 (1.60%) Games
15 3 (1.60%) Tech for Good
16 2 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 55 (29.26%) Analyst
2 38 (20.21%) Test Analyst
2 38 (20.21%) Test Engineer
3 23 (12.23%) Tester
4 19 (10.11%) Lead
5 17 (9.04%) Senior
6 15 (7.98%) QA Engineer
7 13 (6.91%) Automation Test Analyst
8 10 (5.32%) Consultant
8 10 (5.32%) Verification Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) QA Analyst
9 9 (4.79%) Test Automation Engineer
10 8 (4.26%) Automation Tester
10 8 (4.26%) Product Engineer
10 8 (4.26%) Product Test Engineer
10 8 (4.26%) SAP Consultant
10 8 (4.26%) Test Leader
11 7 (3.72%) Developer
11 7 (3.72%) QA Test Analyst
11 7 (3.72%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (17.55%) .NET
2 27 (14.36%) HTML
3 25 (13.30%) Playwright
4 23 (12.23%) SOAP
5 9 (4.79%) pytest
6 5 (2.66%) CSS
6 5 (2.66%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (2.66%) REST
7 4 (2.13%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (2.13%) Gherkin
7 4 (2.13%) React
8 3 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
8 3 (1.60%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (1.60%) Visualforce
8 3 (1.60%) XML
8 3 (1.60%) YAML
9 2 (1.06%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.06%) Qt
9 2 (1.06%) Spring
10 1 (0.53%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.04%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (5.85%) Product Ownership
3 8 (4.26%) Self-Driving Car
4 7 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.72%) Embedded Systems
4 7 (3.72%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (2.13%) Derivative
6 4 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.13%) Equities
6 4 (2.13%) Fixed Income
6 4 (2.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.60%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.06%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.06%) Life Science
8 2 (1.06%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.23%) Windows
2 15 (7.98%) Linux
3 9 (4.79%) Unix
4 7 (3.72%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.06%) Android
5 2 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.06%) VxWorks
5 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (52.13%) Test Automation
2 90 (47.87%) Agile
3 70 (37.23%) Software Testing
4 49 (26.06%) API Testing
4 49 (26.06%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (22.87%) Manual Testing
6 42 (22.34%) Test Management
7 39 (20.74%) Regression Testing
7 39 (20.74%) Scrum
8 36 (19.15%) CI/CD
9 33 (17.55%) Continuous Improvement
9 33 (17.55%) Test Strategy
10 31 (16.49%) User Acceptance Testing
11 30 (15.96%) DevOps
12 29 (15.43%) Non-Functional Testing
13 27 (14.36%) End-to-End Testing
13 27 (14.36%) Validation
14 24 (12.77%) Cross-Browser Testing
15 23 (12.23%) Scenario Testing
16 22 (11.70%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 45 (23.94%) SQL
2 44 (23.40%) Java
3 43 (22.87%) C#
4 33 (17.55%) Python
5 20 (10.64%) JavaScript
6 15 (7.98%) TypeScript
7 8 (4.26%) MATLAB
8 5 (2.66%) C++
9 4 (2.13%) ABAP
9 4 (2.13%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.60%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.60%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.60%) Ruby
10 3 (1.60%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.06%) Bash
11 2 (1.06%) C
11 2 (1.06%) COBOL
11 2 (1.06%) Scala
12 1 (0.53%) Rust
12 1 (0.53%) Swift
Qualifications
1 66 (35.11%) Degree
2 50 (26.60%) ISTQB
3 24 (12.77%) Security Cleared
4 22 (11.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 17 (9.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (9.04%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.32%) ISEB
6 10 (5.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 8 (4.26%) HND
8 5 (2.66%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.13%) ACCA
9 4 (2.13%) CIMA
10 3 (1.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.06%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.53%) MCSA
12 1 (0.53%) MCSE
12 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (32.45%) QA
2 11 (5.85%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.06%) ECSS
3 2 (1.06%) GDPR
3 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.53%) GAAP
4 1 (0.53%) GxP
4 1 (0.53%) IFRS
4 1 (0.53%) MiFID
4 1 (0.53%) NCSC
4 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (3.72%) Active Directory
1 7 (3.72%) Docker
2 3 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.53%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (5.32%) HP ALM
2 5 (2.66%) Grafana
3 4 (2.13%) Kibana
4 3 (1.60%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.06%) SCCM
5 2 (1.06%) SCOM
6 1 (0.53%) Ansible
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.53%) Puppet
6 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.53%) Terraform
6 1 (0.53%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (12.23%) SAP
2 13 (6.91%) Microsoft
3 12 (6.38%) HP
3 12 (6.38%) Oracle
4 5 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.13%) AppDynamics
5 4 (2.13%) Dynatrace
5 4 (2.13%) Google
5 4 (2.13%) VMware
6 3 (1.60%) IFS
6 3 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.06%) Ariba
7 2 (1.06%) Siebel
7 2 (1.06%) Splunk
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco
8 1 (0.53%) Citrix
8 1 (0.53%) Civica
8 1 (0.53%) McAfee
8 1 (0.53%) OpenText
8 1 (0.53%) Red Hat