Test Scripting Contracts with Work from Home Options

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Test Scripting skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Test Scripting over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 234 249
Rank change year-on-year +60 +15 +26
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 188 255 469
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 1.01% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.13% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 180 331
10th Percentile £327 £355 £306
25th Percentile £375 £411 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +8.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £578 £588 £538
90th Percentile £630 £730 £650
UK median daily rate £455 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -6.77% +8.33% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 5
10th Percentile £86.88 £46.25 -
25th Percentile - £48.13 £17.25
Median hourly rate £90.00 £52.13 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.65% +48.94% -32.69%
75th Percentile - £90.00 £66.00
90th Percentile - - £74.40
UK median hourly rate £82.50 £69.75 £46.29
% change year-on-year +18.28% +50.68% -2.55%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,241 22,603 40,082
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.03% 89.73% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,876 15,973 29,084
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 519 538
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £14.18
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +50.28% +44.90%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.60
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Scripting daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Test Scripting daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Test Scripting hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Test Scripting
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Test Scripting over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Test Scripting hourly rate 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 7 (3.72%) Confluence
2 3 (1.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.53%) IIS
3 1 (0.53%) LiveLink
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.85%) Dynamics GP
1 11 (5.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.26%) Oracle Assets
2 8 (4.26%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (4.26%) Oracle General Ledger
2 8 (4.26%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (3.72%) Oracle AGIS
4 6 (3.19%) SAP Travel Management
5 3 (1.60%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (1.60%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (1.60%) SAP Hybris
5 3 (1.60%) SAP PM
6 2 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (1.06%) SAP MM
6 2 (1.06%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.53%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.53%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.53%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 28 (14.89%) Azure
2 17 (9.04%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (3.72%) AWS
4 4 (2.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 2 (1.06%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (1.06%) Miro
5 2 (1.06%) OCI
5 2 (1.06%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 2 (1.06%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.53%) GitHub
6 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.53%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.53%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.60%) 4G
1 3 (1.60%) 5G
2 2 (1.06%) Network Security
2 2 (1.06%) VoIP
3 1 (0.53%) DHCP
3 1 (0.53%) DNS
3 1 (0.53%) Firewall
3 1 (0.53%) Internet
3 1 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.53%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.13%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.06%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.53%) Big Data
4 1 (0.53%) Data Vault
4 1 (0.53%) DataStage
4 1 (0.53%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.53%) MS Access
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (0.53%) Pentaho
4 1 (0.53%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Navigator
4 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (16.49%) Selenium
2 14 (7.45%) JIRA
3 13 (6.91%) JMeter
4 10 (5.32%) WebDriver
5 9 (4.79%) Postman
5 9 (4.79%) Rational DOORS
6 8 (4.26%) Appium
7 6 (3.19%) Cucumber
7 6 (3.19%) JUnit
7 6 (3.19%) REST Assured
7 6 (3.19%) TestNG
8 5 (2.66%) Git
8 5 (2.66%) Visual Studio
9 4 (2.13%) SoapUI
10 3 (1.60%) eggPlant
10 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
10 3 (1.60%) LoadRunner
10 3 (1.60%) SOAtest
10 3 (1.60%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (1.06%) JIRA Agile
General
1 67 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.74%) Finance
3 28 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.17%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.85%) Manufacturing
5 11 (5.85%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.26%) Electronics
6 8 (4.26%) Marketing
7 7 (3.72%) Billing
7 7 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (3.72%) General Ledger
8 6 (3.19%) Banking
8 6 (3.19%) Retail
9 5 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.13%) Aerospace
10 4 (2.13%) Military
11 3 (1.60%) Automotive
11 3 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.06%) Back Office
12 2 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 51 (27.13%) Analyst
2 33 (17.55%) Test Engineer
3 29 (15.43%) Test Analyst
4 23 (12.23%) Consultant
5 18 (9.57%) Tester
6 17 (9.04%) Test Manager
7 14 (7.45%) Business Analyst
8 10 (5.32%) Great Plains Consultant
8 10 (5.32%) Microsoft Consultant
8 10 (5.32%) Software Engineer
8 10 (5.32%) Test Automation Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) C Software Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) Embedded C Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) Embedded C Software Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) Embedded Engineer
9 9 (4.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 8 (4.26%) Architect
10 8 (4.26%) Automation Tester
10 8 (4.26%) SAP Consultant
11 7 (3.72%) Oracle Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.26%) .NET
2 6 (3.19%) REST
2 6 (3.19%) SAP TM
3 5 (2.66%) Playwright
4 4 (2.13%) SOAP
5 3 (1.60%) EDI
5 3 (1.60%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.60%) JSON
5 3 (1.60%) XML
6 2 (1.06%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.06%) ADO
6 2 (1.06%) HTML
6 2 (1.06%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (1.06%) Middleware
6 2 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.06%) Web Services
6 2 (1.06%) WebdriverIO
6 2 (1.06%) WinForms
6 2 (1.06%) WPF
7 1 (0.53%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.72%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (3.19%) Mobile App
2 6 (3.19%) Replication
3 5 (2.66%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.06%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.06%) NHS
4 2 (1.06%) PKI
4 2 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.53%) Blog
5 1 (0.53%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.53%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.53%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.53%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.53%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (0.53%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.32%) Windows
2 7 (3.72%) Linux
3 3 (1.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.06%) Android
4 2 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.53%) Unix
5 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (34.57%) Test Automation
2 47 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 46 (24.47%) Agile
4 33 (17.55%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (17.02%) Software Testing
6 27 (14.36%) DevOps
7 25 (13.30%) End-to-End Testing
7 25 (13.30%) Test Strategy
8 22 (11.70%) User Stories
9 21 (11.17%) Regression Testing
10 20 (10.64%) Scenario Testing
11 19 (10.11%) Acceptance Criteria
12 16 (8.51%) SDLC
12 16 (8.51%) Test Management
13 15 (7.98%) Functional Testing
13 15 (7.98%) Validation
14 14 (7.45%) CI/CD
14 14 (7.45%) Requirements Gathering
15 13 (6.91%) Business Analysis
16 12 (6.38%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.43%) SQL
2 20 (10.64%) Java
3 14 (7.45%) C#
4 13 (6.91%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.32%) C++
5 10 (5.32%) Python
6 9 (4.79%) C
6 9 (4.79%) Embedded C
7 7 (3.72%) Embedded C++
8 3 (1.60%) VB
9 2 (1.06%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.06%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.06%) R
9 2 (1.06%) SOQL
9 2 (1.06%) Swift
9 2 (1.06%) VB6
10 1 (0.53%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 38 (20.21%) Security Cleared
2 19 (10.11%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.57%) Degree
3 18 (9.57%) ISTQB
4 17 (9.04%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.66%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.13%) ISEB
6 4 (2.13%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.53%) MCSA
8 1 (0.53%) MCSE
8 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.53%) PMP
8 1 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (14.36%) QA
2 12 (6.38%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (3.72%) GAAP
4 7 (3.72%) WCAG
5 4 (2.13%) SLA
6 3 (1.60%) PMO
7 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.53%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.53%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.53%) NCSC
7 1 (0.53%) NIST
7 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (0.53%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.53%) Docker
1 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.60%) HP ALM
2 2 (1.06%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.53%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.53%) Grafana
3 1 (0.53%) Kibana
3 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (17.55%) SAP
2 23 (12.23%) Microsoft
3 19 (10.11%) Oracle
4 8 (4.26%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.66%) HP
6 4 (2.13%) Denodo
7 3 (1.60%) Adobe
7 3 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.60%) VMware
8 2 (1.06%) Citrix
8 2 (1.06%) Infragistics
8 2 (1.06%) Splunk
8 2 (1.06%) UiPath
9 1 (0.53%) Ariba
9 1 (0.53%) Cisco
9 1 (0.53%) Embarcadero
9 1 (0.53%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.53%) Fujitsu
9 1 (0.53%) Juniper
9 1 (0.53%) Temenos