Test Scripting Contracts in the Midlands

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Test Scripting skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Test Scripting over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 96 147
Rank change year-on-year -7 +51 -34
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 33 47 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.24% 1.69% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 2.01% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 45
10th Percentile £280 £350 £231
25th Percentile £318 £388 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £359 £525 £420
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +25.00% +5.00%
75th Percentile £509 £650 £450
90th Percentile £595 £664 £545
England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
England median hourly rate £48.75 £90.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -45.83% +63.64% +19.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,226 2,344 4,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.59% 84.32% 87.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,390 1,614 2,955
10th Percentile £255 £252 £250
25th Percentile £375 £387 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £495
Median % change year-on-year +2.25% -1.21% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -4.02% -0.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 106 116
10th Percentile £14.70 £14.34 £11.80
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.55 £14.47
Median hourly rate £24.18 £27.25 £16.88
Median % change year-on-year -11.27% +61.41% +12.55%
75th Percentile £35.00 £51.50 £20.75
90th Percentile £51.50 £68.13 £35.19
England median hourly rate £36.90 £44.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.08% +27.14% +67.54%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Test Scripting as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Test Scripting in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Test Scripting in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Test Scripting in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Test Scripting in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Test Scripting in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Test Scripting in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Scripting within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +3 24 £353 -27.69% 8
East Midlands -11 9 £381 -34.83% 4
Test Scripting
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) SaaS
2 1 (3.03%) BlazeMeter
2 1 (3.03%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) Ethernet
1 2 (6.06%) RS-422
2 1 (3.03%) DHCP
2 1 (3.03%) DNS
2 1 (3.03%) INAP
2 1 (3.03%) Intelligent Network
2 1 (3.03%) RTP
2 1 (3.03%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
1 1 (3.03%) JMeter
1 1 (3.03%) Locust
1 1 (3.03%) Robot Framework
1 1 (3.03%) Selenium
1 1 (3.03%) TestCafe
1 1 (3.03%) TestNG
General
1 13 (39.39%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Aviation
2 5 (15.15%) Military
3 4 (12.12%) Aerospace
3 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.06%) Finance
4 2 (6.06%) Legal
4 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Electronics
5 1 (3.03%) Retail
5 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (24.24%) Analyst
2 7 (21.21%) QA Engineer
2 7 (21.21%) Test Analyst
3 6 (18.18%) Test Manager
4 5 (15.15%) IT Assistant
4 5 (15.15%) IT Support
4 5 (15.15%) IT Support Assistant
4 5 (15.15%) Quality Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Software QA Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Software Quality Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Support Assistant
5 3 (9.09%) Data Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Oracle Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Coordinator
6 2 (6.06%) Design Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Test Coordinator
7 1 (3.03%) Business Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Hardware Design Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) QA Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) Qt
2 1 (3.03%) LDAP
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.03%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.06%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.03%) EPoS
3 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) CentOS
2 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (21.21%) Test Management
3 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 6 (18.18%) Project Delivery
4 5 (15.15%) Code Quality
4 5 (15.15%) Computer Science
4 5 (15.15%) Configuration Management
4 5 (15.15%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (15.15%) Performance Testing
4 5 (15.15%) Programme Management
4 5 (15.15%) Quality Management
4 5 (15.15%) Risk Management
4 5 (15.15%) SDLC
4 5 (15.15%) Six Sigma
4 5 (15.15%) Test Automation
5 4 (12.12%) Manual Testing
5 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.12%) Scenario Testing
5 4 (12.12%) System Integration Testing
5 4 (12.12%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) SQL
2 5 (15.15%) C
2 5 (15.15%) C++
3 2 (6.06%) MATLAB
3 2 (6.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
2 5 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (33.33%) QA
2 5 (15.15%) Software Quality Assurance
3 4 (12.12%) SLA
4 2 (6.06%) DO-160
5 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 1 (3.03%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.03%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (6.06%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) Dialogic
3 1 (3.03%) Metaswitch
3 1 (3.03%) SAP