Scenario Testing Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Scenario Testing
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Scenario Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 1.08% - 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% - 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £583 - -
25th Percentile £595 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £628 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - -56.35%
75th Percentile £648 - -
90th Percentile £653 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £385 £441
% change year-on-year +29.87% -12.65% -17.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 378 140 143
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 81.47% 85.89% 72.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 81 53
10th Percentile £204 £250 £259
25th Percentile £350 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £588
90th Percentile £663 £678 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 21 28
10th Percentile £13.10 £18.87 £25.97
25th Percentile £16.50 £23.32 £35.36
Median hourly rate £40.00 £47.12 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year -15.11% +16.85% -12.68%
75th Percentile £64.09 £63.40 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.86 £75.79 £56.56
North West median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +88.90% -37.64% +15.21%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Scenario Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Scenario Testing job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Scenario Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Scenario Testing

Scenario Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Scenario Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Scenario Testing

Scenario Testing
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
Preston - 3 £628 -
Blackpool - 1 - -
Scenario Testing
North West

Scenario Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (20.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (20.00%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Payroll Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Payroll Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 5 (100.00%) Test Management
2 4 (80.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) System Integration Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Batch Processing
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) DevOps
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Informatica
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle