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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 115 133
Rank change year-on-year +19 +18 +53
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 26 12 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.48% 0.58% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 0.63% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 5 17
10th Percentile £323 - £450
25th Percentile £459 £375 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 £475 £695
Median % change year-on-year +50.15% -31.65% +70.03%
75th Percentile £838 £588 £800
90th Percentile £846 £678 -
Central London median daily rate £700 £438 £695
% change year-on-year +60.00% -37.05% +70.03%

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 1,657 1,905 2,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.20% 92.07% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,207 1,901
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £415 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £706
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing 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 16 September 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 and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) Anypoint
2 1 (3.85%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (11.54%) MS Visio
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Loan IQ
1 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Power Platform
2 7 (26.92%) SaaS
3 1 (3.85%) Azure
3 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) Power BI
2 8 (30.77%) Data Mining
3 1 (3.85%) BigQuery
3 1 (3.85%) MySQL
3 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) JIRA
2 3 (11.54%) Selenium
3 1 (3.85%) Bitbucket
3 1 (3.85%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.85%) Git
3 1 (3.85%) JMeter
3 1 (3.85%) LoadRunner
3 1 (3.85%) Postman
General
1 14 (53.85%) Banking
1 14 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 9 (34.62%) Investment Banking
3 8 (30.77%) Finance
4 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Legal
6 2 (7.69%) Financial Institution
6 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (7.69%) International Banking
7 1 (3.85%) Back Office
7 1 (3.85%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.85%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Consultant
2 8 (30.77%) Senior
3 7 (26.92%) Risk Consultant
3 7 (26.92%) Senior Consultant
4 6 (23.08%) Analyst
5 5 (19.23%) Business Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
6 2 (7.69%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Lead
6 2 (7.69%) Service Continuity Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Service Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Tester
6 2 (7.69%) Testing Manager
7 1 (3.85%) AML Business Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Data Migration Lead
7 1 (3.85%) IT Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) KYC Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Payments Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) .NET
1 1 (3.85%) DCOM
1 1 (3.85%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (3.85%) Kafka
1 1 (3.85%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Market Risk
2 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.69%) Replication
4 1 (3.85%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.85%) PMI
4 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (46.15%) Agile
2 12 (46.15%) SDLC
3 11 (42.31%) Scrum
4 10 (38.46%) Analytics
5 9 (34.62%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (34.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (34.62%) Stress Testing
6 8 (30.77%) Service Delivery
7 6 (23.08%) Test Automation
8 4 (15.38%) Defect Management
8 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (11.54%) Functional Testing
9 3 (11.54%) Regression Testing
9 3 (11.54%) Requirements Gathering
9 3 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 3 (11.54%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) SQL
2 5 (19.23%) Java
3 1 (3.85%) C#
3 1 (3.85%) Korn
3 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.85%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) R
3 1 (3.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.85%) CBAP
3 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (26.92%) Basel II
2 6 (23.08%) QA
3 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) EU AI Act
3 1 (3.85%) ISO 20022
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.85%) NIST
3 1 (3.85%) PSD2
3 1 (3.85%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
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%) UiPath