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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 113 122
Rank change year-on-year +16 +9 +48
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 28 9 14
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.53% 0.44% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 0.47% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 5 10
10th Percentile £313 £419 £505
25th Percentile £408 £525 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +1.77% +20.53%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £755
90th Percentile £686 £675 £791
Central London median daily rate £500 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -13.04% +1.77% +20.53%
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 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 1,658 1,907 2,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 92.21% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,169 1,165 1,592
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £421 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £761 £789 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 10
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -24.84% +30.84% -35.93%

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 24 December 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 4 (14.29%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Anypoint
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (7.14%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.14%) Algo Collateral
3 1 (3.57%) Loan IQ
3 1 (3.57%) SAP MM
3 1 (3.57%) Summit
3 1 (3.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) AWS
1 3 (10.71%) Azure
2 2 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
3 1 (3.57%) Rubrik
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (35.71%) JIRA
2 5 (17.86%) Selenium
3 4 (14.29%) Cucumber
4 2 (7.14%) Bitbucket
4 2 (7.14%) Git
4 2 (7.14%) Postman
4 2 (7.14%) REST Assured
4 2 (7.14%) SoapUI
5 1 (3.57%) TestRail
General
1 17 (60.71%) Finance
2 11 (39.29%) Banking
2 11 (39.29%) Social Skills
3 10 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Front Office
5 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (10.71%) Investment Banking
6 2 (7.14%) Back Office
6 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Legal
7 1 (3.57%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.57%) International Banking
7 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (28.57%) Analyst
2 6 (21.43%) Business Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Automation Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Test Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Tester
5 2 (7.14%) Lead
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Test Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Test Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Business IT Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Change Manager
6 1 (3.57%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Market Risk Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Procurement Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.57%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (3.57%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.57%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) .NET
1 2 (7.14%) REST
1 2 (7.14%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (10.71%) Derivative
3 2 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 1 (3.57%) CMDB
4 1 (3.57%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.57%) DTCC
4 1 (3.57%) Educational Technology
4 1 (3.57%) e-Learning
4 1 (3.57%) Equities
4 1 (3.57%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.57%) PMI
4 1 (3.57%) Replication
4 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (3.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Agile
1 13 (46.43%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (39.29%) Test Automation
2 11 (39.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (21.43%) Defect Management
3 6 (21.43%) Regression Testing
3 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (21.43%) Validation
4 5 (17.86%) Business Analysis
4 5 (17.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.86%) Migration
4 5 (17.86%) Scrum
4 5 (17.86%) SDLC
4 5 (17.86%) Use Case
5 4 (14.29%) Business Process Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 4 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 4 (14.29%) Test Scripting
5 4 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) Java
2 4 (14.29%) SQL
3 2 (7.14%) C#
3 2 (7.14%) Python
3 2 (7.14%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.57%) Korn
4 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.57%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) ISTQB
3 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.14%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) CBAP
4 1 (3.57%) CFA
4 1 (3.57%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.57%) PMP
4 1 (3.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (39.29%) QA
2 7 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.57%) Basel III
3 1 (3.57%) EMIR
3 1 (3.57%) GDPR
3 1 (3.57%) ISO 20022
3 1 (3.57%) MiFID
3 1 (3.57%) NIST
3 1 (3.57%) PSD2
3 1 (3.57%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) SAP
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.14%) SmartStream
3 2 (7.14%) UiPath
4 1 (3.57%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.57%) Automation Anywhere
4 1 (3.57%) Bloomberg
4 1 (3.57%) BMC
4 1 (3.57%) HP
4 1 (3.57%) IBM
4 1 (3.57%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.57%) Murex
4 1 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.57%) VMware
4 1 (3.57%) Workday
4 1 (3.57%) Zerto