Test Scripting Jobs with Work from Home Options

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 408 400 368
Rank change year-on-year -8 -32 -6
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 186 299 622
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.55% 0.70% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.73% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 129 261 419
10th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,347 £50,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £49,391
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +11.36% -1.22%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £59,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £78,382 £68,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,020 41,026 65,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.65% 96.08% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 23,575 28,496 41,288
10th Percentile £33,800 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Test Scripting
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Test Scripting trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Test Scripting.

Test Scripting salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Test Scripting salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (2.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (5.91%) SAP HR
2 6 (3.23%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (1.08%) SAP BPC
4 2 (1.08%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.08%) SAP MDG
4 2 (1.08%) SAP MII
5 1 (0.54%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 28 (15.05%) Azure
2 25 (13.44%) AWS
3 19 (10.22%) GitHub
4 18 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (8.06%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (8.06%) Serverless
6 13 (6.99%) SaaS
7 12 (6.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 12 (6.45%) Amazon EKS
7 12 (6.45%) AWS CloudTrail
7 12 (6.45%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
7 12 (6.45%) Azure AKS
8 11 (5.91%) Boomi
8 11 (5.91%) SuccessFactors
9 6 (3.23%) BrowserStack
10 5 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.69%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.15%) PaaS
12 2 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.54%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.15%) Internet
2 2 (1.08%) Firewall
3 1 (0.54%) 4G
3 1 (0.54%) 5G
3 1 (0.54%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.54%) LTE
3 1 (0.54%) MQTT
3 1 (0.54%) Multicast
3 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.53%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.45%) Amazon Aurora
2 12 (6.45%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.15%) Redis
4 3 (1.61%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.61%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.61%) Power BI
4 3 (1.61%) Qlik Sense
5 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.54%) Hazelcast
5 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 60 (32.26%) Selenium
2 36 (19.35%) JIRA
3 21 (11.29%) Postman
4 14 (7.53%) Cucumber
5 13 (6.99%) Jenkins
6 11 (5.91%) Cypress.io
7 10 (5.38%) JMeter
7 10 (5.38%) SpecFlow
8 8 (4.30%) Git
9 6 (3.23%) JBehave
9 6 (3.23%) TeamCity
10 5 (2.69%) GitLab
10 5 (2.69%) LoadRunner
10 5 (2.69%) TestRail
11 4 (2.15%) JUnit
11 4 (2.15%) Katalon Studio
12 3 (1.61%) Appium
12 3 (1.61%) TestNG
12 3 (1.61%) Visual Studio
12 3 (1.61%) WebDriver
General
1 42 (22.58%) Social Skills
2 35 (18.82%) Finance
3 21 (11.29%) Aerospace
4 16 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.60%) Documentation Skills
4 16 (8.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (8.60%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.99%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (6.99%) Retail
6 9 (4.84%) Law
7 8 (4.30%) Police
8 4 (2.15%) Banking
8 4 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.61%) Legal
9 3 (1.61%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.61%) Marketing
10 2 (1.08%) Automotive
10 2 (1.08%) Back Office
10 2 (1.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 43 (23.12%) Tester
2 38 (20.43%) Analyst
3 37 (19.89%) Senior
4 25 (13.44%) Test Engineer
5 23 (12.37%) Automation Tester
6 21 (11.29%) QA Engineer
6 21 (11.29%) Test Analyst
7 15 (8.06%) Consultant
7 15 (8.06%) Senior Analyst
8 14 (7.53%) SAP Consultant
9 12 (6.45%) AWS DevOps
9 12 (6.45%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 12 (6.45%) AWS Engineer
9 12 (6.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (6.45%) Senior Consultant
9 12 (6.45%) Senior SAP Consultant
10 11 (5.91%) Lead
11 10 (5.38%) Software Tester
12 8 (4.30%) Senior Test Analyst
12 8 (4.30%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.45%) .NET
1 12 (6.45%) Gherkin
1 12 (6.45%) Middleware
2 8 (4.30%) Node.js
3 7 (3.76%) HTML
3 7 (3.76%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (3.76%) XML
4 6 (3.23%) Spring
4 6 (3.23%) Web Services
5 5 (2.69%) Nightwatchjs
5 5 (2.69%) WebdriverIO
6 4 (2.15%) Spring Boot
6 4 (2.15%) XSLT
7 3 (1.61%) Swagger
8 2 (1.08%) REST
8 2 (1.08%) RESTful
9 1 (0.54%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.54%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.54%) COM
9 1 (0.54%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.99%) Onboarding
2 8 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.23%) Data Centre
3 6 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.69%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.69%) Replication
5 4 (2.15%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.15%) NHS
6 3 (1.61%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.08%) FMCG
7 2 (1.08%) IoT
8 1 (0.54%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.54%) Cyberattack
8 1 (0.54%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.54%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.54%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.54%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.83%) Windows
2 18 (9.68%) Linux
3 7 (3.76%) Android
4 6 (3.23%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.54%) CentOS
5 1 (0.54%) FreeBSD
5 1 (0.54%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.54%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
5 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (60.22%) Test Automation
2 78 (41.94%) Agile
3 49 (26.34%) DevOps
3 49 (26.34%) Software Testing
4 44 (23.66%) CI/CD
5 40 (21.51%) Collaborative Working
6 36 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (18.28%) Regression Testing
8 32 (17.20%) Mentoring
9 30 (16.13%) Coaching
9 30 (16.13%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (14.52%) Manual Testing
10 27 (14.52%) Performance Testing
11 23 (12.37%) Actionable Insight
11 23 (12.37%) BDD
11 23 (12.37%) Requirements Analysis
11 23 (12.37%) Technical Analysis
11 23 (12.37%) Test Assurance
12 22 (11.83%) API Testing
12 22 (11.83%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.13%) SQL
2 24 (12.90%) Python
3 23 (12.37%) JavaScript
4 20 (10.75%) C#
5 16 (8.60%) Java
6 13 (6.99%) Bash
7 7 (3.76%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.69%) C
8 5 (2.69%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.15%) Groovy
10 3 (1.61%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.08%) VB
12 1 (0.54%) C++
12 1 (0.54%) Perl
12 1 (0.54%) PHP
12 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (39.25%) Security Cleared
2 29 (15.59%) SC Cleared
3 26 (13.98%) DV Cleared
4 17 (9.14%) ISTQB
5 15 (8.06%) Degree
6 8 (4.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.15%) CIPD
8 4 (2.15%) DBS Check
8 4 (2.15%) ISEB
9 3 (1.61%) Sun Certification
10 2 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.54%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (50.54%) QA
2 5 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.61%) PMO
4 2 (1.08%) IFRS
5 1 (0.54%) NCSC
5 1 (0.54%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.15%) Docker
1 4 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (2.15%) VMware Server
2 2 (1.08%) Firmware
3 1 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (11.29%) Grafana
2 13 (6.99%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.99%) Terraform
3 10 (5.38%) Kibana
4 1 (0.54%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 22 (11.83%) Oracle
2 21 (11.29%) Microsoft
3 19 (10.22%) SAP
4 12 (6.45%) ServiceNow
5 9 (4.84%) Dell
6 5 (2.69%) Splunk
7 4 (2.15%) Google
7 4 (2.15%) VMware
8 3 (1.61%) Progress
9 2 (1.08%) AVEVA
9 2 (1.08%) Concur
9 2 (1.08%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.08%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.54%) Ariba
10 1 (0.54%) Cisco
10 1 (0.54%) Databricks
10 1 (0.54%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.54%) Juniper
10 1 (0.54%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.54%) Sybase