Scenario Testing Contracts in the South West

Scenario Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Scenario Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scenario Testing over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 159 170
Rank change year-on-year +28 +11 -33
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 13 12 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.41% 0.33% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.37% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 5 8
10th Percentile £413 £440 £224
25th Percentile £425 £463 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £394
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +23.17% +9.38%
75th Percentile £588 £498 £476
90th Percentile £600 £499 £482
England median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Scenario Testing 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 advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,654 3,248 3,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.02% 89.70% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 2,395 2,337
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £589
90th Percentile £700 £723 £668
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 332 192
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £16.89 £20.00
Median hourly rate £54.00 £61.50 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +26.52% +8.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.98
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Scenario Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in the South West

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in the South West

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in the South West over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in the South West

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in the South West

Scenario Testing
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scenario Testing within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Devon - 6 £600 -
Wiltshire 0 3 £500 +3.09% 2
Gloucestershire +8 1 £550 - 1
Bristol - 1 £475 -
Scenario Testing
England

Scenario Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) JIRA
1 5 (38.46%) Selenium
2 4 (30.77%) Jenkins
3 3 (23.08%) Cypress.io
3 3 (23.08%) JMeter
4 2 (15.38%) JUnit
4 2 (15.38%) LoadRunner
5 1 (7.69%) Cucumber
5 1 (7.69%) GitLab
5 1 (7.69%) Robot Framework
5 1 (7.69%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Senior
1 7 (53.85%) Test Engineer
2 5 (38.46%) Senior Test Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Performance Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) SEO Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Automation Test Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Tester
4 1 (7.69%) UAT Lead
4 1 (7.69%) UAT Test Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Algorithms
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Non-Functional Testing
2 7 (53.85%) Functional Testing
2 7 (53.85%) Test Management
3 6 (46.15%) Performance Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Agile
4 5 (38.46%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
5 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (23.08%) API Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Integration Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Acceptance Criteria
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (15.38%) Performance Engineering
7 2 (15.38%) Regression Testing
7 2 (15.38%) SEO
7 2 (15.38%) Test Planning
7 2 (15.38%) Test Scripting
7 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
7 2 (15.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) JavaScript
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) Java
2 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.69%) Bash
3 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Ansible
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Atlassian
1 1 (7.69%) Splunk
1 1 (7.69%) VMware