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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 104 114
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 +20
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 22 25 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.92% 1.33% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.42% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 9
10th Percentile £451 £387 £375
25th Percentile £500 £538 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £726 £525
Median % change year-on-year -26.01% +38.37% -22.37%
75th Percentile £581 £838 £588
90th Percentile £634 - £618
Central London median daily rate £550 £726 £513
% change year-on-year -24.29% +41.74% -24.21%

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 2,080 1,763 1,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.28% 94.13% 91.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,414 1,157 1,281
10th Percentile £377 £331 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £768 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.46 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +5.56% -13.60%
75th Percentile £41.69 £56.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £61.31 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.08 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -23.16% +11.24% -22.86%

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 4 August 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 1 (4.55%) CMS
1 1 (4.55%) Confluence
1 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (9.09%) SAP MDG
1 2 (9.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle E-Business Tax
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (4.55%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) Miro
3 1 (4.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
1 1 (4.55%) Internet
1 1 (4.55%) LAN
1 1 (4.55%) VPN
1 1 (4.55%) WAN
1 1 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (4.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) Data Lake
2 2 (9.09%) Metadata
2 2 (9.09%) SAP BW
3 1 (4.55%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Git
2 2 (9.09%) Cypress.io
2 2 (9.09%) JIRA
2 2 (9.09%) webpack
3 1 (4.55%) GitLab
3 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.55%) Postman
3 1 (4.55%) Robot Framework
3 1 (4.55%) Selenium
General
1 7 (31.82%) Finance
1 7 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Banking
2 6 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Retail
4 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (13.64%) Investment Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Back Office
5 2 (9.09%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Marketing
5 2 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (9.09%) Retail Banking
6 1 (4.55%) General Ledger
6 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Law
6 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Business Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Data Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Tester
4 3 (13.64%) Applications Tester
5 2 (9.09%) Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Data Business Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Functional Consultant
5 2 (9.09%) Migration Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) SAP Business Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) SAP MDM Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Web Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Back Office Business Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Digital Business Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) LAN Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Lead
6 1 (4.55%) Python Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) .NET
2 2 (9.09%) Apollo GraphQL
2 2 (9.09%) DOM
2 2 (9.09%) GraphQL
2 2 (9.09%) Jest
2 2 (9.09%) Kafka
2 2 (9.09%) Node.js
2 2 (9.09%) React
2 2 (9.09%) REST
2 2 (9.09%) Sass
3 1 (4.55%) ADO
3 1 (4.55%) BAPI
3 1 (4.55%) CSS
3 1 (4.55%) EDI
3 1 (4.55%) HTML
3 1 (4.55%) IDoc
3 1 (4.55%) Middleware
3 1 (4.55%) pytest
3 1 (4.55%) SAP ALE
3 1 (4.55%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 2 (9.09%) FMCG
2 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (9.09%) Reference Data
3 1 (4.55%) CMDB
3 1 (4.55%) CSOC
3 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Market Risk
3 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (45.45%) Validation
3 8 (36.36%) Data Analysis
4 7 (31.82%) Agile
4 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (27.27%) Test Scripting
5 6 (27.27%) Translating Business Requirements
6 5 (22.73%) Data Modelling
6 5 (22.73%) Test Automation
7 4 (18.18%) AI
7 4 (18.18%) Analytics
7 4 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (18.18%) Data Mapping
7 4 (18.18%) Data Validation
7 4 (18.18%) Migration
7 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (18.18%) User Stories
8 3 (13.64%) Requirements Workshops
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
3 2 (9.09%) TypeScript
4 1 (4.55%) ABAP
4 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) CCIE
2 1 (4.55%) CCNP
2 1 (4.55%) CEH
2 1 (4.55%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.55%) CREST Certified
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) IIBA
2 1 (4.55%) OSCP
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Data Quality
1 5 (22.73%) QA
2 1 (4.55%) GDPR
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) NCSC
2 1 (4.55%) NIST
2 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
2 1 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) Databricks
2 2 (9.09%) Informatica
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow