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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 93 118
Rank change year-on-year -20 +25 +17
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 26 27 9
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.18% 1.55% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.64% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 22 4
10th Percentile £419 £329 £501
25th Percentile £489 £414 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £675 £600
Median % change year-on-year -21.85% +12.50% -13.67%
75th Percentile £575 £838 £663
90th Percentile £596 - £708
Central London median daily rate £530 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -18.46% +8.33% -13.67%

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 1,987 1,642 1,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.11% 94.37% 91.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,373 1,103 1,211
10th Percentile £368 £325 £363
25th Percentile £455 £420 £466
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 £763 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 20 19
10th Percentile £16.98 £17.02 £15.60
25th Percentile £17.60 £21.54 £21.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £27.83 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% -27.73% +40.00%
75th Percentile £36.13 £47.00 £102.25
90th Percentile £59.70 £66.25 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +30.84%

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 3 October 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 (15.38%) Confluence
2 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.85%) CMS
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Visio
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) SAP MDG
1 2 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.85%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) GitHub
3 2 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) BlazeMeter
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DHCP
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
1 1 (3.85%) INAP
1 1 (3.85%) Intelligent Network
1 1 (3.85%) Internet
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) RTP
1 1 (3.85%) tcpdump
1 1 (3.85%) VoIP
1 1 (3.85%) VPN
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
1 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (3.85%) Wireless
1 1 (3.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Data Lake
1 2 (7.69%) Metadata
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
1 2 (7.69%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) JIRA
2 3 (11.54%) Cypress.io
2 3 (11.54%) Git
3 2 (7.69%) GitLab
3 2 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 2 (7.69%) JMeter
3 2 (7.69%) Newman
3 2 (7.69%) Postman
3 2 (7.69%) webpack
4 1 (3.85%) eggPlant
4 1 (3.85%) LoadRunner
4 1 (3.85%) Locust
4 1 (3.85%) Robot Framework
4 1 (3.85%) Selenium
4 1 (3.85%) SoapUI
4 1 (3.85%) SonarQube
4 1 (3.85%) TestCafe
General
1 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Banking
2 6 (23.08%) Documentation Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 4 (15.38%) Investment Banking
3 4 (15.38%) Retail
4 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.69%) Back Office
5 2 (7.69%) Corporate Banking
5 2 (7.69%) Marketing
5 2 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (7.69%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Analyst
2 9 (34.62%) Business Analyst
3 5 (19.23%) Data Analyst
4 4 (15.38%) Lead
4 4 (15.38%) Tester
5 3 (11.54%) Applications Tester
5 3 (11.54%) Automation Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Data Business Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Migration Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) SAP Business Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) SAP MDM Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Test Leader
6 2 (7.69%) Web Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Digital Business Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) IT Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) LAN Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) QA Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (15.38%) .NET
2 3 (11.54%) Kafka
3 2 (7.69%) Apollo GraphQL
3 2 (7.69%) DOM
3 2 (7.69%) GraphQL
3 2 (7.69%) Jest
3 2 (7.69%) Node.js
3 2 (7.69%) Playwright
3 2 (7.69%) React
3 2 (7.69%) REST
3 2 (7.69%) Sass
4 1 (3.85%) HTML
4 1 (3.85%) JSON
4 1 (3.85%) LDAP
4 1 (3.85%) Middleware
4 1 (3.85%) SOAP
4 1 (3.85%) Taurus
4 1 (3.85%) Web Services
4 1 (3.85%) XBRL
4 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.69%) Data Structures
2 2 (7.69%) FMCG
2 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (7.69%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.85%) CSOC
3 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.85%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.85%) Media Streaming
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Linux
2 1 (3.85%) CentOS
2 1 (3.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.85%) Unix
2 1 (3.85%) Windows
2 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (61.54%) User Acceptance Testing
2 14 (53.85%) Validation
3 11 (42.31%) Data Analysis
3 11 (42.31%) Test Scripting
4 10 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (34.62%) Agile
6 8 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
7 7 (26.92%) Data Validation
7 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (26.92%) Test Automation
7 7 (26.92%) Translating Business Requirements
7 7 (26.92%) User Stories
8 6 (23.08%) Data Mapping
8 6 (23.08%) DevOps
8 6 (23.08%) Requirements Workshops
9 5 (19.23%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (19.23%) Data Migration
9 5 (19.23%) Data Modelling
9 5 (19.23%) Migration
10 4 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
2 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
3 4 (15.38%) TypeScript
4 3 (11.54%) Python
5 2 (7.69%) Java
6 1 (3.85%) C#
6 1 (3.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) CCIE
3 1 (3.85%) CCNP
3 1 (3.85%) CEH
3 1 (3.85%) CHECK Team Leader
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.85%) CREST Certified
3 1 (3.85%) IIBA
3 1 (3.85%) ISEB
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.85%) MOS
3 1 (3.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) QA
2 5 (19.23%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.85%) NCSC
3 1 (3.85%) NIST
3 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Control-M
1 1 (3.85%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
1 3 (11.54%) SAP
2 2 (7.69%) Databricks
2 2 (7.69%) IBM
2 2 (7.69%) Informatica
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) Dialogic
3 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
3 1 (3.85%) IFS
3 1 (3.85%) Metaswitch
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle