Scenario Testing Contracts in England

Scenario Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Scenario Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scenario Testing over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 426 423
Rank change year-on-year +87 -3 -26
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 211 236 404
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.48% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.53% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 161 272
10th Percentile £324 £355 £313
25th Percentile £363 £406 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £570 £688 £550
90th Percentile £638 £775 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - £29.05
UK median hourly rate - - £25.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Scenario Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,821 44,233 63,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.48% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,850 31,044 45,163
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,565 1,721
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Scenario Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in England

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in England

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in England

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in England

Scenario Testing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scenario Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +79 122 £475 -20.83% 25
South East +21 29 £475 +13.77% 8
Midlands +41 18 £363 -3.33% 12
East Midlands +27 13 £363 -3.33% 8
North of England +11 13 £413 -17.50% 6
South West +15 12 £500 +3.09% 3
East of England +14 9 £375 -46.43% 8
North West +12 6 £400 -20.00% 2
Yorkshire +5 6 - - 3
West Midlands +25 5 £344 -47.12% 4
North East +12 1 £450 -28.00% 1
Scenario Testing
UK

Scenario Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.84%) CMS
2 4 (1.90%) Confluence
2 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.42%) IIS
4 2 (0.95%) JBoss
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Mingle
3 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) SAP ERP
1 5 (2.37%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (2.37%) SimCorp Dimension
2 4 (1.90%) SAP PS
3 3 (1.42%) Endur
3 3 (1.42%) Oracle HRMS
3 3 (1.42%) SAP HR
3 3 (1.42%) SAP MRS
4 2 (0.95%) FLEXCUBE
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Payroll
4 2 (0.95%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.95%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.47%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.47%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.47%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 29 (13.74%) Azure
2 22 (10.43%) AWS
3 15 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.84%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (2.37%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (2.37%) BrowserStack
6 5 (2.37%) SAP Fieldglass
6 5 (2.37%) Serverless
7 4 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.42%) GCP
8 3 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.95%) OCI
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.47%) BlazeMeter
10 1 (0.47%) Commercetools
10 1 (0.47%) GitHub
10 1 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.37%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.37%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (2.37%) Power BI
2 4 (1.90%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (1.90%) MS Access
2 4 (1.90%) Oracle Database
2 4 (1.90%) Tableau
3 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.95%) DB2
3 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.95%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.47%) Big Data
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.47%) HDInsight
4 1 (0.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 33 (15.64%) JIRA
2 23 (10.90%) Selenium
3 20 (9.48%) Cucumber
4 9 (4.27%) Jenkins
4 9 (4.27%) JMeter
5 7 (3.32%) Postman
6 6 (2.84%) Gatling
6 6 (2.84%) LoadRunner
7 5 (2.37%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.37%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.90%) Git
8 4 (1.90%) JUnit
8 4 (1.90%) TestNG
8 4 (1.90%) WebDriver
9 3 (1.42%) Maven
9 3 (1.42%) REST Assured
9 3 (1.42%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.95%) Serenity BDD
General
1 70 (33.18%) Finance
2 43 (20.38%) Social Skills
3 19 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.53%) Banking
5 16 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.69%) Retail
7 8 (3.79%) Games
7 8 (3.79%) Legal
8 6 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.37%) Billing
10 4 (1.90%) Back Office
10 4 (1.90%) Marketing
11 3 (1.42%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.42%) Wholesale Banking
12 2 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.95%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.95%) Local Government
13 1 (0.47%) Front Office
13 1 (0.47%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 56 (26.54%) Analyst
2 41 (19.43%) Tester
3 30 (14.22%) Test Analyst
4 25 (11.85%) Senior
5 21 (9.95%) Lead
5 21 (9.95%) Test Engineer
6 18 (8.53%) Consultant
7 17 (8.06%) Test Leader
8 15 (7.11%) Test Manager
9 14 (6.64%) Manual Tester
10 13 (6.16%) QA Engineer
11 12 (5.69%) Architect
11 12 (5.69%) Business Analyst
12 11 (5.21%) Data Analyst
13 10 (4.74%) QA Tester
14 9 (4.27%) Automation Tester
15 8 (3.79%) QA Test Engineer
16 7 (3.32%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
17 6 (2.84%) Project Analyst
17 6 (2.84%) UAT Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.74%) ADO
1 10 (4.74%) Gherkin
2 5 (2.37%) AngularJS
2 5 (2.37%) HTML
2 5 (2.37%) JSON
2 5 (2.37%) Node.js
2 5 (2.37%) XML
3 4 (1.90%) CSS
3 4 (1.90%) Jest
3 4 (1.90%) REST
3 4 (1.90%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.42%) Swagger
5 2 (0.95%) .NET
5 2 (0.95%) OpenAPI
5 2 (0.95%) Web Services
6 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.47%) SOAP
6 1 (0.47%) SPFx
6 1 (0.47%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.79%) Management Information System
1 8 (3.79%) Mobile App
1 8 (3.79%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (2.84%) Reinsurance
3 5 (2.37%) PKI
4 4 (1.90%) e-Health
4 4 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.95%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.95%) Derivative
6 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.47%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.47%) NHS
7 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.47%) Robotics
7 1 (0.47%) Social Media
7 1 (0.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.47%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.32%) Unix
2 6 (2.84%) Windows
3 5 (2.37%) Linux
3 5 (2.37%) VMS
4 3 (1.42%) AIX
4 3 (1.42%) Android
4 3 (1.42%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.95%) Solaris
6 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (34.60%) Test Automation
2 68 (32.23%) Agile
3 65 (30.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 47 (22.27%) Test Scripting
5 40 (18.96%) Test Strategy
6 36 (17.06%) Migration
7 35 (16.59%) Test Management
8 32 (15.17%) Acceptance Criteria
9 31 (14.69%) End-to-End Testing
10 30 (14.22%) Functional Testing
11 28 (13.27%) DevOps
12 27 (12.80%) Regression Testing
12 27 (12.80%) Test Planning
13 25 (11.85%) Manual Testing
14 24 (11.37%) Problem-Solving
14 24 (11.37%) User Stories
15 22 (10.43%) Performance Testing
15 22 (10.43%) Scrum
15 22 (10.43%) Software Testing
16 21 (9.95%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.37%) SQL
2 21 (9.95%) Java
3 17 (8.06%) Python
4 13 (6.16%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.90%) C#
5 4 (1.90%) Perl
5 4 (1.90%) Ruby
5 4 (1.90%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.42%) ABAP
6 3 (1.42%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.47%) Bash
7 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.47%) Scala
7 1 (0.47%) SOQL
7 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 18 (8.53%) Degree
3 17 (8.06%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.37%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.90%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.42%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.47%) CCA
9 1 (0.47%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (29.86%) QA
2 10 (4.74%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.74%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.42%) WCAG
4 2 (0.95%) ISO 22301
4 2 (0.95%) PMO
4 2 (0.95%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.47%) IFRS
5 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (2.84%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.42%) Docker
3 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.90%) Opsgenie
2 3 (1.42%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.95%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.47%) Ansible
4 1 (0.47%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.47%) Terraform
4 1 (0.47%) vRealize
Vendors
1 22 (10.43%) Oracle
1 22 (10.43%) SAP
2 19 (9.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.79%) Splunk
4 7 (3.32%) Salesforce
4 7 (3.32%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.37%) SimCorp
6 4 (1.90%) Adobe
6 4 (1.90%) Alteryx
6 4 (1.90%) HP
6 4 (1.90%) PagerDuty
6 4 (1.90%) Qualtrics
6 4 (1.90%) VMware
7 3 (1.42%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.42%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.95%) AppDynamics
8 2 (0.95%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.95%) Ceridian
8 2 (0.95%) IBM
8 2 (0.95%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud