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 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 500 553 404
Rank change year-on-year +53 -149 -49
Permanent jobs citing Test Scripting 213 397 712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.36% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.44% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 141 264 470
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% +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 51,945 90,976 87,859
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.70% 82.55% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,967 62,719 53,482
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,790 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

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 14 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Test Scripting in the UK

Test Scripting
Top 18 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 14 June 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 +28 185 £53,000 +6.00% 284
UK excluding London +53 128 £52,500 +23.53% 197
Work from Home +56 77 £54,000 +20.00% 139
London +83 62 £60,250 -13.93% 121
Midlands +73 37 £45,000 -10.00% 15
West Midlands +57 34 £45,000 -10.00% 12
North of England +27 27 £55,000 +22.22% 38
South East +18 21 £52,500 +40.00% 73
North West +11 20 £55,000 +15.79% 20
South West +108 16 £37,000 -17.78% 18
East of England +35 12 £53,000 +32.50% 26
Scotland +107 10 £42,500 -32.00% 13
Yorkshire +48 6 £85,253 +100.59% 11
Wales +39 4 £50,124 +15.89% 5
East Midlands +55 3 £38,000 +10.14% 3
North East +45 1 £34,000 -2.86% 8
Isle of Man - 1 £52,500 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 8

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 2 (0.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (6.57%) NetSuite
2 7 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (2.82%) SAP IBP
4 5 (2.35%) SAP PP
5 4 (1.88%) SAP HR
6 3 (1.41%) SAP EHS
7 2 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.94%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.94%) Magento
7 2 (0.94%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.94%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.94%) SAP PS
8 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.47%) SAP APO
8 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.47%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 38 (17.84%) Azure
2 30 (14.08%) AWS
3 16 (7.51%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (6.57%) Power Platform
5 12 (5.63%) GitHub
6 11 (5.16%) GCP
7 8 (3.76%) Amazon S3
7 8 (3.76%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (3.76%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (3.76%) Serverless
8 7 (3.29%) Amazon Bedrock
8 7 (3.29%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (3.29%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (3.29%) Amazon SageMaker
9 5 (2.35%) SaaS
9 5 (2.35%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (1.88%) Boomi
10 4 (1.88%) BrowserStack
10 4 (1.88%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.41%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.41%) DHCP
1 3 (1.41%) DNS
2 2 (0.94%) Firewall
2 2 (0.94%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.47%) LAN
3 1 (0.47%) Wireless
3 1 (0.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.16%) Power BI
2 7 (3.29%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (2.82%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.88%) Biml
4 4 (1.88%) MySQL
4 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.41%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 71 (33.33%) Selenium
2 37 (17.37%) JIRA
3 23 (10.80%) Cypress.io
4 20 (9.39%) Appium
5 19 (8.92%) Postman
6 18 (8.45%) JMeter
7 17 (7.98%) Jenkins
8 13 (6.10%) SpecFlow
9 12 (5.63%) Git
10 11 (5.16%) WebDriver
11 8 (3.76%) Cucumber
11 8 (3.76%) SoapUI
12 7 (3.29%) LoadRunner
12 7 (3.29%) Locust
12 7 (3.29%) NUnit
13 6 (2.82%) JUnit
13 6 (2.82%) Mocha
13 6 (2.82%) Visual Studio
14 5 (2.35%) MSTest
15 4 (1.88%) TestRail
General
1 72 (33.80%) Analytical Skills
2 66 (30.99%) Social Skills
3 60 (28.17%) Finance
4 28 (13.15%) Law
5 20 (9.39%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (7.04%) Banking
6 15 (7.04%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.57%) Legal
8 11 (5.16%) Manufacturing
9 10 (4.69%) Retail
10 8 (3.76%) Cantonese Language
10 8 (3.76%) Mandarin Language
10 8 (3.76%) Marketing
10 8 (3.76%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.88%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.88%) Health Technology
12 3 (1.41%) Environmental Health
12 3 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.94%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 70 (32.86%) Analyst
2 39 (18.31%) Senior
3 38 (17.84%) Business Analyst
4 35 (16.43%) Test Engineer
5 29 (13.62%) QA Engineer
6 21 (9.86%) Tester
7 20 (9.39%) Test Analyst
8 19 (8.92%) Lead
9 17 (7.98%) Test Automation Engineer
10 16 (7.51%) Systems Analyst
11 13 (6.10%) Consultant
11 13 (6.10%) QA Test Engineer
11 13 (6.10%) Senior QA Engineer
11 13 (6.10%) Software Engineer
11 13 (6.10%) Software Test Engineer
12 12 (5.63%) CRM Analyst
12 12 (5.63%) CRM Business Analyst
12 12 (5.63%) CRM Systems Analyst
12 12 (5.63%) Finance Business Analyst
12 12 (5.63%) Finance Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (20.19%) Playwright
2 11 (5.16%) .NET
3 8 (3.76%) pytest
4 6 (2.82%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.35%) REST
6 4 (1.88%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.88%) Swagger
7 3 (1.41%) Jest
7 3 (1.41%) SOAP
7 3 (1.41%) Web Services
7 3 (1.41%) WebdriverIO
8 2 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.94%) Node.js
8 2 (0.94%) XML
9 1 (0.47%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.47%) Apache Cordova
9 1 (0.47%) Gherkin
9 1 (0.47%) Ionic Framework
9 1 (0.47%) RESTful
9 1 (0.47%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.80%) Analytical Mindset
2 15 (7.04%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (5.63%) Taxonomies
4 9 (4.23%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.76%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.82%) Operational Technology
7 5 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.88%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.88%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.41%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.41%) NHS
9 3 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.94%) Biopharmaceutical
10 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.94%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.47%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.47%) Fibre Optics
11 1 (0.47%) GNSS
11 1 (0.47%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.69%) Linux
2 4 (1.88%) Unix
2 4 (1.88%) Windows
3 3 (1.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (56.34%) Agile
2 111 (52.11%) Test Automation
3 67 (31.46%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (30.99%) Software Testing
5 57 (26.76%) CI/CD
6 51 (23.94%) Scenario Testing
7 49 (23.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 46 (21.60%) Test Strategy
9 44 (20.66%) Manual Testing
10 36 (16.90%) Project Management
11 34 (15.96%) DevOps
11 34 (15.96%) Regression Testing
11 34 (15.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (14.08%) Process Improvement
13 26 (12.21%) API Testing
14 25 (11.74%) Requirements Gathering
15 24 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (11.27%) SDLC
15 24 (11.27%) User Stories
16 22 (10.33%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (17.37%) Python
1 37 (17.37%) SQL
2 33 (15.49%) JavaScript
3 28 (13.15%) Java
4 24 (11.27%) C#
5 20 (9.39%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.82%) T-SQL
7 4 (1.88%) C++
7 4 (1.88%) Groovy
8 3 (1.41%) Bash
9 2 (0.94%) Perl
9 2 (0.94%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.47%) ABAP
10 1 (0.47%) C
10 1 (0.47%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.47%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.47%) Scala
10 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (18.78%) ISTQB
2 19 (8.92%) Degree
3 16 (7.51%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.63%) CBAP
5 10 (4.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 8 (3.76%) SC Cleared
7 4 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.94%) CCA
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.47%) CISSP
10 1 (0.47%) CSQA
10 1 (0.47%) ISEB
10 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (41.31%) QA
2 6 (2.82%) SLA
3 5 (2.35%) GDPR
4 4 (1.88%) ISO 20022
4 4 (1.88%) SEPA
5 3 (1.41%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.41%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.94%) GxP
6 2 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.94%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.47%) GMP
7 1 (0.47%) MiFID
7 1 (0.47%) PSD2
System Software
1 7 (3.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Terminal Server
2 1 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.35%) Grafana
3 3 (1.41%) SCOM
4 2 (0.94%) Ansible
4 2 (0.94%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.94%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.94%) Puppet
5 1 (0.47%) SCCM
5 1 (0.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.57%) Salesforce
2 14 (6.57%) SAP
3 8 (3.76%) Databricks
4 4 (1.88%) Dell
4 4 (1.88%) Oracle
5 3 (1.41%) BT
5 3 (1.41%) Workday
6 2 (0.94%) ArcSight
6 2 (0.94%) Cisco
6 2 (0.94%) IFS
6 2 (0.94%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.94%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.94%) Splunk
7 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.47%) IBM
7 1 (0.47%) Juniper
7 1 (0.47%) McAfee
7 1 (0.47%) Mercator
7 1 (0.47%) VMware
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