Scenario Testing Contracts in Berkshire

Scenario Testing
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Scenario Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Scenario Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 122 111
Rank change year-on-year +42 -11 +7
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 13 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.11% 0.10% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.11% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £488 - £341
25th Percentile - £463 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £439
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +8.26% -7.63%
75th Percentile £581 £488 £489
90th Percentile £600 - £526
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £418
% change year-on-year +5.26% +13.77% -13.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Scenario Testing 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in Berkshire

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in Berkshire

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in Berkshire

Scenario Testing
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wokingham - 8 £500 - 1
Reading +35 5 £500 - 4
Scenario Testing
South East

Scenario Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
2 2 (15.38%) Tricentis Tosca
3 1 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Selenium
2 2 (15.38%) Burp Suite
2 2 (15.38%) Metasploit
3 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (15.38%) Applications Developer
1 2 (15.38%) Automation Developer
1 2 (15.38%) Developer
1 2 (15.38%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (15.38%) Senior
1 2 (15.38%) Senior Applications Developer
1 2 (15.38%) Senior Developer
1 2 (15.38%) Tester
2 1 (7.69%) AWS DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) AWS DevOps Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (7.69%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (7.69%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Algorithms
2 5 (38.46%) Cloud Native
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Test Automation
2 10 (76.92%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (61.54%) Data Modelling
3 8 (61.54%) Exploratory Testing
3 8 (61.54%) Mathematics
3 8 (61.54%) Optimization Problems
4 7 (53.85%) Data Collection
5 6 (46.15%) Functional Testing
6 4 (30.77%) Agile
7 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
7 2 (15.38%) Cryptography
7 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
7 2 (15.38%) Information Security
7 2 (15.38%) IT Governance
7 2 (15.38%) OWASP
7 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
7 2 (15.38%) Software Delivery
7 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (84.62%) Python
2 8 (61.54%) Java
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
4 2 (15.38%) C
4 2 (15.38%) C++
4 2 (15.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
1 7 (53.85%) Master's Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (15.38%) GPEN
4 2 (15.38%) GWAPT
4 2 (15.38%) OSCE
4 2 (15.38%) OSCP
5 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) QA
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (15.38%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
2 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft