Scenario Testing Contracts

Scenario Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 427 409
Rank change year-on-year +95 -18 -11
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 286 311 546
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.66% 0.52% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.58% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 222 346
10th Percentile £350 £350 £313
25th Percentile £363 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £483 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.15% +1.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £550
90th Percentile £625 £759 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £445 £432
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.01% +1.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £16.75
25th Percentile - - £19.19
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £26.13
90th Percentile - - £28.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -25.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Scenario Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +105 226 £450 -10.00% 70
London +86 126 £475 -20.83% 23
Work from Home +107 114 £475 -5.00% 26
UK excluding London +49 111 £425 -4.49% 46
South East +21 30 £475 +14.46% 13
Midlands +31 20 £363 -3.33% 11
Scotland +19 20 £475 +10.98% 3
North of England +20 18 £413 -17.40% 8
East Midlands +23 15 £363 -3.33% 6
South West +24 14 £500 +3.09% 3
East of England +23 9 £375 -46.43% 8
Yorkshire +8 9 £413 -17.40% 4
North West +16 8 £413 -17.50% 3
West Midlands +33 5 £344 -47.12% 5
North East +19 1 £450 -28.00% 1

Scenario Testing
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 13 (4.55%) Confluence
2 6 (2.10%) CMS
3 5 (1.75%) IIS
3 5 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.40%) JBoss
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) Mingle
3 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.40%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.40%) SAP EWM
2 4 (1.40%) SAP PS
2 4 (1.40%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (1.05%) Endur
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle HRMS
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.05%) SAP HR
3 3 (1.05%) SAP MRS
4 2 (0.70%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Payroll
4 2 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.70%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 37 (12.94%) Azure
2 30 (10.49%) AWS
3 18 (6.29%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.10%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (1.75%) BrowserStack
6 5 (1.75%) OCI
6 5 (1.75%) Serverless
7 4 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.40%) SAP Fieldglass
7 4 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.05%) GCP
9 2 (0.70%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (0.70%) GitHub
10 1 (0.35%) FinancialForce
10 1 (0.35%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.10%) Firewall
2 2 (0.70%) 5G
3 1 (0.35%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) LAN
3 1 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.10%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (2.10%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (1.75%) Power BI
3 4 (1.40%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.40%) DB2
3 4 (1.40%) MS Access
3 4 (1.40%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.40%) Tableau
4 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.70%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.70%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.35%) Big Data
5 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.35%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.35%) HDInsight
5 1 (0.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 55 (19.23%) JIRA
2 30 (10.49%) Cucumber
3 28 (9.79%) Selenium
4 17 (5.94%) Jenkins
5 15 (5.24%) Postman
6 10 (3.50%) Git
6 10 (3.50%) JMeter
6 10 (3.50%) JUnit
7 8 (2.80%) Gatling
7 8 (2.80%) LoadRunner
8 7 (2.45%) Cypress.io
9 6 (2.10%) SoapUI
10 4 (1.40%) HP UFT
10 4 (1.40%) TestNG
10 4 (1.40%) Vagrant
10 4 (1.40%) WebDriver
11 3 (1.05%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.05%) Maven
11 3 (1.05%) SpecFlow
11 3 (1.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (33.92%) Finance
2 68 (23.78%) Social Skills
3 32 (11.19%) Public Sector
4 26 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.74%) Banking
6 15 (5.24%) Retail
7 12 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.15%) Marketing
9 8 (2.80%) Games
10 7 (2.45%) Legal
10 7 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.75%) Back Office
11 5 (1.75%) Billing
11 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.05%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (1.05%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.05%) Investment Banking
13 3 (1.05%) Wholesale Banking
14 2 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 94 (32.87%) Analyst
2 48 (16.78%) Test Analyst
3 42 (14.69%) Tester
4 29 (10.14%) Senior
5 26 (9.09%) Lead
5 26 (9.09%) Test Engineer
6 21 (7.34%) Test Manager
7 20 (6.99%) Test Leader
8 19 (6.64%) Business Analyst
8 19 (6.64%) Consultant
9 17 (5.94%) Architect
10 14 (4.90%) Manual Tester
10 14 (4.90%) QA Engineer
11 13 (4.55%) UAT Analyst
12 11 (3.85%) Data Analyst
13 10 (3.50%) Developer
13 10 (3.50%) QA Tester
14 9 (3.15%) Automation Tester
14 9 (3.15%) Project Analyst
15 8 (2.80%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.59%) REST
2 13 (4.55%) ADO
3 10 (3.50%) Gherkin
4 9 (3.15%) Spring
5 7 (2.45%) J2EE
5 7 (2.45%) Kafka
5 7 (2.45%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (2.10%) Apache Camel
6 6 (2.10%) Swagger
7 5 (1.75%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.75%) HTML
7 5 (1.75%) JSON
7 5 (1.75%) Node.js
7 5 (1.75%) OpenAPI
7 5 (1.75%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.75%) XML
8 4 (1.40%) CSS
8 4 (1.40%) Jest
8 4 (1.40%) Web Services
9 3 (1.05%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.50%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.80%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.45%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.10%) Reinsurance
6 5 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.75%) PKI
6 5 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.40%) e-Health
7 4 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.70%) Derivative
8 2 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.70%) NHS
9 1 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.35%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.35%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.35%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.50%) Unix
1 10 (3.50%) Windows
2 8 (2.80%) Linux
3 5 (1.75%) AIX
4 4 (1.40%) Solaris
4 4 (1.40%) VMS
5 3 (1.05%) Android
5 3 (1.05%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (33.57%) Agile
1 96 (33.57%) Test Automation
2 87 (30.42%) User Acceptance Testing
3 64 (22.38%) Test Scripting
4 55 (19.23%) Test Strategy
5 50 (17.48%) End-to-End Testing
6 49 (17.13%) Migration
7 40 (13.99%) Test Management
8 39 (13.64%) DevOps
9 35 (12.24%) Acceptance Criteria
9 35 (12.24%) Regression Testing
10 33 (11.54%) Functional Testing
10 33 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (10.84%) Software Testing
12 30 (10.49%) Manual Testing
12 30 (10.49%) System Integration Testing
13 29 (10.14%) Test Planning
14 28 (9.79%) Performance Testing
14 28 (9.79%) User Stories
15 27 (9.44%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 37 (12.94%) SQL
2 30 (10.49%) Java
3 22 (7.69%) Python
4 17 (5.94%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.10%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.75%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.40%) C#
7 4 (1.40%) Perl
7 4 (1.40%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.40%) Ruby
8 3 (1.05%) ABAP
9 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
9 2 (0.70%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.35%) Bash
10 1 (0.35%) Scala
10 1 (0.35%) SOQL
10 1 (0.35%) VB
10 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 22 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.34%) Degree
4 10 (3.50%) ISTQB
5 8 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.75%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.70%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.35%) CCA
8 1 (0.35%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (26.22%) QA
2 11 (3.85%) Accessibility
2 11 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.40%) PMO
4 3 (1.05%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.05%) ISO 22301
4 3 (1.05%) WCAG
5 2 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.35%) IFRS
6 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 8 (2.80%) Docker
2 6 (2.10%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.45%) HP ALM
2 4 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.40%) Opsgenie
2 4 (1.40%) Tivoli
3 3 (1.05%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.35%) Ansible
4 1 (0.35%) Terraform
4 1 (0.35%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (15.38%) Oracle
2 35 (12.24%) SAP
3 22 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 12 (4.20%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.80%) HP
5 8 (2.80%) Splunk
6 7 (2.45%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.10%) Atlassian
7 6 (2.10%) Workday
8 4 (1.40%) Adobe
8 4 (1.40%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.40%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.40%) F5
8 4 (1.40%) IBM
8 4 (1.40%) PagerDuty
8 4 (1.40%) Qualtrics
8 4 (1.40%) SimCorp
8 4 (1.40%) VMware
9 3 (1.05%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.70%) CA Agile Central