Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 398 420
Rank change year-on-year -138 +22 +8
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 402 821 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.41% 0.79% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.83% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 285 502 810
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,500 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,300 £80,000 £70,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Test Scripting is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,624 98,922 149,770
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.89% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,744 58,119 83,346
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 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 -104 360 £50,000 -9.09% 114
UK excluding London -116 287 £42,500 -15.00% 85
Work from Home -13 183 £52,500 -4.55% 47
South East +11 105 £42,500 -15.00% 20
London -58 94 £70,000 +21.74% 36
North of England -9 58 £45,000 -4.26% 14
Midlands +8 48 £46,250 -15.91% 21
West Midlands +18 45 £47,500 -13.64% 14
North West -17 31 £47,500 +5.56% 10
South West -56 31 £55,000 -0.45% 13
Yorkshire +56 20 £42,500 -9.57% 4
East of England -39 20 £40,000 -27.27% 7
Scotland -71 17 £62,500 +13.64% 5
Wales +19 8 £43,250 +44.17% 2
North East -3 7 £35,000 -37.50%
East Midlands -18 3 £34,500 -1.43% 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 14 (3.48%) Confluence
2 4 (1.00%) TWiki
3 1 (0.25%) Apache
3 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.25%) CMS
3 1 (0.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.50%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.50%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 11 (2.74%) SAP HR
2 7 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.75%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.50%) SAP MII
7 1 (0.25%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.25%) SAP Business ByDesign
7 1 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.25%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.25%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 51 (12.69%) Azure
2 37 (9.20%) AWS
3 26 (6.47%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (6.22%) SaaS
5 22 (5.47%) AWS Lambda
5 22 (5.47%) Serverless
6 21 (5.22%) GitHub
7 12 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 12 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (2.99%) AWS CloudTrail
7 12 (2.99%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7 12 (2.99%) Azure AKS
7 12 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
8 11 (2.74%) Boomi
9 10 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (2.24%) BlazeMeter
11 6 (1.49%) BrowserStack
11 6 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.49%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.72%) 5G
1 23 (5.72%) LTE
2 22 (5.47%) Bluetooth
2 22 (5.47%) GSM
2 22 (5.47%) ISDN
2 22 (5.47%) PSTN
2 22 (5.47%) UMTS
2 22 (5.47%) Wi-Fi
2 22 (5.47%) Wireless
3 6 (1.49%) Internet
4 3 (0.75%) HTTP
4 3 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.50%) Firewall
6 1 (0.25%) 4G
6 1 (0.25%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (0.25%) MQTT
6 1 (0.25%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.47%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.73%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.99%) Amazon Aurora
3 12 (2.99%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (2.24%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.24%) DynamoDB
5 5 (1.24%) Redis
6 4 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.00%) Power BI
7 3 (0.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.25%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.25%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.25%) Hazelcast
8 1 (0.25%) Metadata
8 1 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 96 (23.88%) Selenium
2 71 (17.66%) JIRA
3 39 (9.70%) Cucumber
4 34 (8.46%) Postman
5 31 (7.71%) JMeter
6 27 (6.72%) Cypress.io
7 23 (5.72%) Jenkins
8 22 (5.47%) LabVIEW
9 16 (3.98%) Git
10 15 (3.73%) LoadRunner
11 14 (3.48%) SpecFlow
11 14 (3.48%) TeamCity
12 10 (2.49%) GitLab
12 10 (2.49%) MSTest
13 9 (2.24%) Gradle
13 9 (2.24%) Maven
14 8 (1.99%) Team Foundation Server
15 7 (1.74%) SoapUI
15 7 (1.74%) Zephyr
16 6 (1.49%) JBehave
General
1 107 (26.62%) Social Skills
2 87 (21.64%) Finance
3 61 (15.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 59 (14.68%) Analytical Skills
5 35 (8.71%) Law
6 26 (6.47%) Aerospace
7 24 (5.97%) Marketing
7 24 (5.97%) Telecoms
8 22 (5.47%) Public Sector
9 20 (4.98%) Banking
10 18 (4.48%) Retail
11 17 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
11 17 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.99%) Police
15 7 (1.74%) Legal
16 6 (1.49%) Automotive
16 6 (1.49%) Games
17 5 (1.24%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 86 (21.39%) Analyst
2 63 (15.67%) Test Engineer
2 63 (15.67%) Tester
3 62 (15.42%) Senior
4 56 (13.93%) Test Analyst
5 38 (9.45%) QA Engineer
6 26 (6.47%) Automation Tester
7 21 (5.22%) Software Engineer
8 20 (4.98%) QA Analyst
9 19 (4.73%) Senior Analyst
9 19 (4.73%) Software Tester
10 15 (3.73%) Business Analyst
10 15 (3.73%) Consultant
10 15 (3.73%) Hardware Engineer
10 15 (3.73%) Lead
11 14 (3.48%) SAP Consultant
11 14 (3.48%) Test Automation Engineer
12 12 (2.99%) AWS Engineer
12 12 (2.99%) Developer
12 12 (2.99%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.97%) Gherkin
2 22 (5.47%) Spring
3 20 (4.98%) Spring Boot
4 18 (4.48%) Middleware
4 18 (4.48%) Node.js
5 17 (4.23%) .NET
6 15 (3.73%) XML
7 13 (3.23%) REST
8 12 (2.99%) React
9 10 (2.49%) HTML
10 9 (2.24%) Ext JS
11 8 (1.99%) Web Services
12 7 (1.74%) Oracle Fusion
13 6 (1.49%) JSON
13 6 (1.49%) SOAP
13 6 (1.49%) WebdriverIO
14 5 (1.24%) Nightwatchjs
15 4 (1.00%) Playwright
15 4 (1.00%) Svelte
15 4 (1.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 33 (8.21%) Product Ownership
2 23 (5.72%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (5.47%) Acoustics
3 22 (5.47%) Satnav
4 21 (5.22%) Mobile App
5 15 (3.73%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.23%) Market Risk
7 9 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.49%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.24%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.24%) Replication
9 5 (1.24%) SCADA
10 4 (1.00%) NHS
10 4 (1.00%) Operational Technology
11 3 (0.75%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.75%) IoT
12 2 (0.50%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.50%) FMCG
12 2 (0.50%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 33 (8.21%) Windows
2 23 (5.72%) Linux
3 7 (1.74%) Android
4 6 (1.49%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (0.75%) FreeBSD
7 3 (0.75%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.50%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.25%) CentOS
9 1 (0.25%) Debian
9 1 (0.25%) Unix
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (64.43%) Test Automation
2 198 (49.25%) Agile
3 129 (32.09%) Software Testing
4 93 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (21.39%) CI/CD
6 78 (19.40%) Regression Testing
7 77 (19.15%) DevOps
8 76 (18.91%) Test Strategy
9 69 (17.16%) Coaching
10 67 (16.67%) Mentoring
11 59 (14.68%) Collaborative Working
11 59 (14.68%) Manual Testing
11 59 (14.68%) Performance Testing
11 59 (14.68%) User Acceptance Testing
12 55 (13.68%) Test Management
13 52 (12.94%) SDLC
14 47 (11.69%) API Testing
15 45 (11.19%) Functional Testing
15 45 (11.19%) Scrum
16 43 (10.70%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 71 (17.66%) Python
2 57 (14.18%) SQL
3 45 (11.19%) Java
4 43 (10.70%) JavaScript
5 33 (8.21%) C#
6 15 (3.73%) Bash
7 13 (3.23%) C
8 11 (2.74%) T-SQL
9 9 (2.24%) PowerShell
9 9 (2.24%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.24%) C++
11 4 (1.00%) Groovy
12 3 (0.75%) Perl
12 3 (0.75%) VB
13 2 (0.50%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.25%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.25%) PHP
14 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (25.87%) Security Cleared
2 84 (20.90%) Degree
3 55 (13.68%) SC Cleared
4 52 (12.94%) ISTQB
5 33 (8.21%) DV Cleared
6 28 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (3.98%) ISEB
8 9 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.24%) HND
9 5 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (1.00%) CIPD
10 4 (1.00%) DBS Check
10 4 (1.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 4 (1.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 3 (0.75%) Sun Certification
12 2 (0.50%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.50%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.25%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.25%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.25%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (41.54%) QA
2 12 (2.99%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.75%) PMO
3 3 (0.75%) WCAG
4 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.25%) GDPR
4 1 (0.25%) IFRS
4 1 (0.25%) NCSC
4 1 (0.25%) SLA
4 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (1.49%) Docker
1 6 (1.49%) Firmware
2 4 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.00%) VMware Server
3 1 (0.25%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (5.47%) Grafana
2 14 (3.48%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.23%) Terraform
4 11 (2.74%) Kibana
5 1 (0.25%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.25%) HP SiteScope
5 1 (0.25%) Perfmon
Vendors
1 52 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.47%) Oracle
3 21 (5.22%) SAP
3 21 (5.22%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.24%) Dell
4 9 (2.24%) TOWER Software
5 7 (1.74%) Splunk
6 5 (1.24%) Google
7 4 (1.00%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.00%) VMware
8 3 (0.75%) Progress
9 2 (0.50%) AVEVA
9 2 (0.50%) Intapp
9 2 (0.50%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.50%) Workday
9 2 (0.50%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.25%) Concur
10 1 (0.25%) Databricks
10 1 (0.25%) Denodo
10 1 (0.25%) Talend