Scenario Testing Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Scenario Testing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Scenario Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 113 125
Rank change year-on-year +15 +12 +53
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 26 10 20
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.49% 0.47% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 0.52% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 5 14
10th Percentile £321 £434 £463
25th Percentile £408 £563 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £638
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% -1.96% +41.67%
75th Percentile £782 £700 £784
90th Percentile £838 £723 £800
Central London median daily rate £538 £625 £638
% change year-on-year -14.00% -1.96% +41.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
75th Percentile £29.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £28.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,634 1,941 2,514
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.91% 91.69% 89.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,137 1,189 1,764
10th Percentile £331 £375 £363
25th Percentile £420 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £583
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -1.37% +1.39%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 16
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.70 £15.63
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £42.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +29.77% -35.15%
75th Percentile £41.75 £112.00 £52.63
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £71.25
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -22.76% +27.27% -41.33%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Scenario Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Scenario Testing job vacancy trend in the City of London

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Scenario Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Scenario Testing

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in the City of London

Scenario Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Scenario Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Scenario Testing

Scenario Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) Anypoint
Applications
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.54%) MS Visio
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Algo Collateral
1 1 (3.85%) Loan IQ
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.85%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Power Platform
2 4 (15.38%) SaaS
3 3 (11.54%) Azure
3 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (7.69%) AWS
5 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Power BI
2 4 (15.38%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 8 (30.77%) JIRA
2 6 (23.08%) Selenium
3 5 (19.23%) Cucumber
4 3 (11.54%) Bitbucket
4 3 (11.54%) Git
4 3 (11.54%) Postman
5 2 (7.69%) REST Assured
5 2 (7.69%) SoapUI
6 1 (3.85%) TestRail
General
1 13 (50.00%) Banking
2 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (26.92%) Investment Banking
4 3 (11.54%) Back Office
4 3 (11.54%) Front Office
5 2 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.69%) Legal
6 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.85%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Consultant
3 5 (19.23%) Business Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Senior
4 4 (15.38%) Risk Consultant
4 4 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
4 4 (15.38%) Test Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Test Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Tester
7 1 (3.85%) Business IT Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) IT Business Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) IT Manager
7 1 (3.85%) IT Services Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Test Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Technical Business Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 2 (7.69%) REST
2 2 (7.69%) SOAP
3 1 (3.85%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Market Risk
2 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.85%) Derivative
4 1 (3.85%) Educational Technology
4 1 (3.85%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.85%) PMI
4 1 (3.85%) Replication
4 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) Agile
2 15 (57.69%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (42.31%) Test Automation
4 10 (38.46%) Scrum
5 9 (34.62%) SDLC
6 8 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (26.92%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (19.23%) Analytics
8 5 (19.23%) Business Analysis
8 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
8 5 (19.23%) Defect Management
8 5 (19.23%) Regression Testing
8 5 (19.23%) Validation
9 4 (15.38%) Functional Testing
9 4 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (15.38%) Service Delivery
9 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) Java
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
2 3 (11.54%) C#
2 3 (11.54%) VB.NET
3 2 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (3.85%) Korn
4 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.85%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (7.69%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.85%) CBAP
3 1 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (38.46%) QA
2 4 (15.38%) Basel II
3 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
4 1 (3.85%) GDPR
4 1 (3.85%) ISO 20022
4 1 (3.85%) PSD2
4 1 (3.85%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.85%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.54%) UiPath
2 1 (3.85%) Atlassian
2 1 (3.85%) Automation Anywhere
2 1 (3.85%) Duck Creek
2 1 (3.85%) HP
2 1 (3.85%) MuleSoft
2 1 (3.85%) SAP
2 1 (3.85%) SmartStream
2 1 (3.85%) Workday