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 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 494 388
Rank change year-on-year +19 -106 +32
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 219 418 967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.45% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.52% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 141 308 570
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £34,975
25th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,104 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.12% -10.00% +11.11%

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 47,277 80,571 105,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.52% 86.76% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 25,823 58,144 61,428
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,404 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.26% +3.81%

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 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the UK

Test Scripting
Top 16 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 3 April 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
England +13 198 £55,000 +6.80% 281
UK excluding London +45 118 £49,104 +9.12% 157
London +69 94 £62,500 -6.72% 145
Work from Home +80 81 £57,500 +9.52% 124
North of England +73 35 £50,000 +5.26% 37
Midlands +46 32 £42,500 -5.56% 22
West Midlands +15 29 £42,500 -5.56% 15
North West +30 21 £49,500 - 19
South East +25 20 £52,500 +16.67% 36
Scotland +109 9 £42,500 -22.73% 10
Wales +42 9 £50,124 +20.78% 7
South West +78 8 £36,000 -34.55% 22
Yorkshire +71 8 £85,253 +70.51% 12
North East +43 6 £35,750 +2.14% 6
East of England +44 5 £70,000 +75.00% 21
East Midlands +52 3 £35,000 -23.91% 7

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 5 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.91%) Appian
2 2 (0.91%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.37%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.11%) SAP HR
2 7 (3.20%) NetSuite
3 4 (1.83%) iTrent
3 4 (1.83%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.91%) Magento
5 2 (0.91%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.46%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.46%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.46%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 45 (20.55%) Azure
2 35 (15.98%) AWS
3 18 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (6.85%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.94%) BrowserStack
6 12 (5.48%) Sauce Labs
7 9 (4.11%) Boomi
7 9 (4.11%) SuccessFactors
8 8 (3.65%) GitHub
9 6 (2.74%) GCP
10 5 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.83%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.37%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.37%) PaaS
12 3 (1.37%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.91%) SaaS
14 1 (0.46%) Amazon S3
14 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.46%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.46%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.46%) DNS
1 1 (0.46%) Firewall
1 1 (0.46%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (5.02%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.57%) Power BI
4 5 (2.28%) Airbyte
4 5 (2.28%) Metadata
4 5 (2.28%) Qlik Sense
5 4 (1.83%) Biml
5 4 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.91%) MySQL
6 2 (0.91%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 52 (23.74%) Selenium
2 32 (14.61%) Git
3 28 (12.79%) JIRA
4 23 (10.50%) Appium
5 21 (9.59%) Postman
6 19 (8.68%) Cypress.io
6 19 (8.68%) JUnit
7 18 (8.22%) JMeter
8 17 (7.76%) TestNG
9 15 (6.85%) SpecFlow
10 13 (5.94%) Jenkins
11 10 (4.57%) Cucumber
11 10 (4.57%) WebDriver
12 8 (3.65%) SoapUI
12 8 (3.65%) TestRail
13 7 (3.20%) Mocha
13 7 (3.20%) NUnit
14 6 (2.74%) LoadRunner
14 6 (2.74%) Maven
14 6 (2.74%) MSTest
General
1 63 (28.77%) Analytical Skills
2 48 (21.92%) Finance
3 45 (20.55%) Social Skills
4 23 (10.50%) Organisational Skills
5 22 (10.05%) Banking
6 14 (6.39%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (5.94%) Law
8 12 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (5.48%) Retail
9 11 (5.02%) Public Sector
10 9 (4.11%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.28%) Legal
12 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.37%) Electronics
13 3 (1.37%) Marketing
13 3 (1.37%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.91%) Advertising
14 2 (0.91%) Cantonese Language
14 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.91%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 77 (35.16%) Analyst
2 40 (18.26%) Business Analyst
3 33 (15.07%) Senior
4 28 (12.79%) QA Engineer
4 28 (12.79%) Test Engineer
5 27 (12.33%) Tester
6 19 (8.68%) Test Analyst
7 18 (8.22%) Systems Analyst
8 15 (6.85%) Operations Analyst
8 15 (6.85%) Operations Business Analyst
9 13 (5.94%) Automation Tester
9 13 (5.94%) IT Analyst
10 12 (5.48%) Automation Engineer
10 12 (5.48%) Business IT Analyst
11 10 (4.57%) Consultant
11 10 (4.57%) QA Automation Engineer
11 10 (4.57%) Software Tester
12 9 (4.11%) Business Systems Analyst
12 9 (4.11%) Lead
12 9 (4.11%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.13%) Playwright
2 12 (5.48%) pytest
3 11 (5.02%) .NET
4 8 (3.65%) GraphQL
5 6 (2.74%) .NET Framework
5 6 (2.74%) RESTful
5 6 (2.74%) Web Services
6 5 (2.28%) NumPy
6 5 (2.28%) Pandas
6 5 (2.28%) REST
6 5 (2.28%) SQLAlchemy
6 5 (2.28%) Swagger
7 4 (1.83%) Gherkin
7 4 (1.83%) Jest
7 4 (1.83%) LDAP
8 3 (1.37%) WebdriverIO
9 2 (0.91%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 2 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.91%) JSON
9 2 (0.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 12 (5.48%) Operational Technology
2 12 (5.48%) Product Ownership
3 11 (5.02%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.02%) Mobile App
4 10 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (4.57%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.74%) Taxonomies
6 5 (2.28%) NHS
7 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.37%) FPGA
8 3 (1.37%) Reinsurance
8 3 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.91%) Derivative
9 2 (0.91%) Equities
9 2 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.91%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.91%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.46%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.85%) Linux
2 11 (5.02%) Windows
3 9 (4.11%) Android
4 7 (3.20%) Unix
5 6 (2.74%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.28%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.91%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (50.68%) Test Automation
2 85 (38.81%) Agile
3 73 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (26.03%) Software Testing
5 51 (23.29%) CI/CD
6 46 (21.00%) Test Strategy
7 45 (20.55%) Scenario Testing
8 34 (15.53%) DevOps
8 34 (15.53%) User Acceptance Testing
9 33 (15.07%) Regression Testing
9 33 (15.07%) SDLC
10 32 (14.61%) Manual Testing
11 29 (13.24%) Business Analysis
12 24 (10.96%) API Testing
13 23 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (9.59%) Project Management
16 20 (9.13%) Decision-Making
16 20 (9.13%) Mentoring
16 20 (9.13%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (24.20%) SQL
2 36 (16.44%) Python
3 28 (12.79%) Java
4 26 (11.87%) C#
4 26 (11.87%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.76%) TypeScript
6 12 (5.48%) T-SQL
7 9 (4.11%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.20%) C++
9 5 (2.28%) Groovy
9 5 (2.28%) Swift
10 3 (1.37%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.46%) Bash
11 1 (0.46%) C
11 1 (0.46%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.46%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.46%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.46%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 28 (12.79%) Degree
2 23 (10.50%) ISTQB
3 18 (8.22%) Security Cleared
4 17 (7.76%) CBAP
5 9 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 9 (4.11%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.37%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.91%) ISEB
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.46%) CISSP
8 1 (0.46%) CSQA
8 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (48.86%) QA
2 6 (2.74%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.74%) GDPR
2 6 (2.74%) SLA
3 2 (0.91%) ISO 20022
3 2 (0.91%) SEPA
4 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.46%) Basel III
4 1 (0.46%) GMP
4 1 (0.46%) IFRS
4 1 (0.46%) IFRS 9
4 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.46%) MiFID
4 1 (0.46%) PSD2
4 1 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (1.83%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.28%) Grafana
2 3 (1.37%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.37%) SCCM
3 2 (0.91%) Terraform
4 1 (0.46%) Ansible
4 1 (0.46%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 27 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.94%) SAP
3 9 (4.11%) Dell
4 7 (3.20%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.74%) Oracle
6 5 (2.28%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.37%) Adobe
7 3 (1.37%) BT
7 3 (1.37%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.46%) FIS
8 1 (0.46%) HP
8 1 (0.46%) Mercator
8 1 (0.46%) UiPath
8 1 (0.46%) Workday