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 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 112 125
Rank change year-on-year +19 +13 +34
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 27 7 10
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.44% 0.37% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 0.40% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 5 7
10th Percentile £313 £419 £491
25th Percentile £408 £525 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +9.52% +12.00%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £675
90th Percentile £699 £675 £795
Central London median daily rate £505 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -12.17% +9.52% +12.00%
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 & 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 1,671 1,734 2,204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.07% 91.94% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,175 1,058 1,580
10th Percentile £350 £369 £357
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £574
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +0.22% -3.57%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -6.09% +1.77% -3.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 12
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.45 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.66 £22.00 £18.45
Median hourly rate £31.00 £32.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +23.81% -22.22%
75th Percentile £42.65 £43.75 £47.63
90th Percentile £49.83 £112.00 £71.40
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -14.43%

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 25 January 2026.

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 4 (14.81%) Confluence
2 1 (3.70%) Anypoint
Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (7.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.41%) Algo Collateral
3 1 (3.70%) Loan IQ
3 1 (3.70%) SAP MM
3 1 (3.70%) Summit
3 1 (3.70%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
2 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.70%) GCP
3 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.70%) Rubrik
3 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
1 1 (3.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (37.04%) JIRA
2 5 (18.52%) Selenium
3 4 (14.81%) Cucumber
4 3 (11.11%) Git
4 3 (11.11%) Postman
4 3 (11.11%) REST Assured
5 2 (7.41%) Bitbucket
5 2 (7.41%) SoapUI
6 1 (3.70%) GitLab
6 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
6 1 (3.70%) TestRail
General
1 16 (59.26%) Finance
2 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 10 (37.04%) Banking
4 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (18.52%) Front Office
6 3 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (11.11%) Investment Banking
7 2 (7.41%) Back Office
8 1 (3.70%) Legal
8 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Analyst
2 7 (25.93%) Business Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Test Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
5 2 (7.41%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) Test Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Test Automation Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Tester
6 1 (3.70%) Banking Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Business Consultant
6 1 (3.70%) Business Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Murex Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Risk Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) SAP Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Senior Test Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (3.70%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) REST
2 2 (7.41%) .NET
2 2 (7.41%) SOAP
3 1 (3.70%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (11.11%) Derivative
2 3 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.70%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.70%) CMDB
4 1 (3.70%) DTCC
4 1 (3.70%) Educational Technology
4 1 (3.70%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.70%) Equities
4 1 (3.70%) Fixed Income
4 1 (3.70%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.70%) PMI
4 1 (3.70%) Reference Data
4 1 (3.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (51.85%) Agile
2 13 (48.15%) User Acceptance Testing
3 12 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (37.04%) Test Automation
5 7 (25.93%) Validation
6 6 (22.22%) Business Analysis
6 6 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
6 6 (22.22%) Migration
6 6 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (18.52%) Business Process Analysis
7 5 (18.52%) CI/CD
7 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (18.52%) Defect Management
7 5 (18.52%) Regression Testing
7 5 (18.52%) Scrum
7 5 (18.52%) SDLC
7 5 (18.52%) Test Scripting
7 5 (18.52%) Use Case
7 5 (18.52%) User Stories
8 4 (14.81%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) Java
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) C#
2 2 (7.41%) VB.NET
3 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) ISTQB
3 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.41%) PMI Certification
3 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.70%) CBAP
4 1 (3.70%) CFA
4 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.70%) PMP
4 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (44.44%) QA
2 7 (25.93%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.70%) Basel III
3 1 (3.70%) EMIR
3 1 (3.70%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) ISO 20022
3 1 (3.70%) MiFID
3 1 (3.70%) NIST
3 1 (3.70%) PSD2
3 1 (3.70%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) SAP
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Murex
2 2 (7.41%) SmartStream
2 2 (7.41%) UiPath
3 1 (3.70%) Atlassian
3 1 (3.70%) Bloomberg
3 1 (3.70%) BMC
3 1 (3.70%) HP
3 1 (3.70%) IBM
3 1 (3.70%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) VMware
3 1 (3.70%) Workday
3 1 (3.70%) Zerto