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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 116 129
Rank change year-on-year +24 +13 +49
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 24 10 20
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.42% 0.47% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 0.52% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 5 15
10th Percentile £319 £510 £444
25th Percentile £405 £563 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £695
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -10.07% +54.44%
75th Percentile £838 £700 £794
90th Percentile - £723 £800
Central London median daily rate £575 £625 £695
% change year-on-year -8.00% -10.07% +54.44%

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 1,603 1,936 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.52% 91.88% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,194 1,786
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £421 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -3.77% +3.91%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £763 £786 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 17
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.18 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.57 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.48% +54.55% -36.05%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £59.30
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -22.76% +30.84% -37.06%

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 21 October 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 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (4.17%) Anypoint
Applications
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Loan IQ
1 1 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 5 (20.83%) SaaS
3 2 (8.33%) Azure
3 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.17%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) Power BI
2 5 (20.83%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) JIRA
2 4 (16.67%) Selenium
3 3 (12.50%) Cucumber
4 2 (8.33%) Bitbucket
4 2 (8.33%) Git
4 2 (8.33%) Postman
5 1 (4.17%) REST Assured
5 1 (4.17%) SoapUI
General
1 13 (54.17%) Banking
2 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
3 10 (41.67%) Finance
4 7 (29.17%) Investment Banking
5 5 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (12.50%) Legal
7 2 (8.33%) Back Office
7 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
7 2 (8.33%) Front Office
7 2 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (8.33%) International Banking
8 1 (4.17%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
1 7 (29.17%) Consultant
2 6 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 5 (20.83%) Risk Consultant
3 5 (20.83%) Senior
3 5 (20.83%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.33%) IT Services Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Service Continuity Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Test Automation Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Test Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Tester
4 2 (8.33%) Testing Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Business Integration Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) DCOM
2 1 (4.17%) REST
2 1 (4.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Market Risk
2 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (12.50%) Product Ownership
3 2 (8.33%) Replication
4 1 (4.17%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.17%) Data Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Educational Technology
4 1 (4.17%) e-Learning
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.17%) PMI
4 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (4.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Agile
1 13 (54.17%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (41.67%) Scrum
2 10 (41.67%) SDLC
3 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (29.17%) Test Automation
4 6 (25.00%) Analytics
4 6 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (20.83%) Business Analysis
5 5 (20.83%) Service Delivery
5 5 (20.83%) Stress Testing
5 5 (20.83%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (20.83%) Workshop Facilitation
6 4 (16.67%) Data Mapping
6 4 (16.67%) Defect Management
6 4 (16.67%) Functional Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (16.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (25.00%) SQL
2 5 (20.83%) Java
3 2 (8.33%) C#
3 2 (8.33%) VB.NET
4 1 (4.17%) Korn
4 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) Python
4 1 (4.17%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.17%) CBAP
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) QA
2 5 (20.83%) Basel II
3 1 (4.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.17%) GDPR
3 1 (4.17%) ISO 20022
3 1 (4.17%) PSD2
3 1 (4.17%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
1 1 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) UiPath
3 1 (4.17%) Atlassian
3 1 (4.17%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (4.17%) Duck Creek
3 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
3 1 (4.17%) SAP