Scenario Testing Contracts in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Scenario Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Scenario Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 137 136
Rank change year-on-year +52 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 17 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.13% 0.30% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.34% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 13
10th Percentile £390 £353 £317
25th Percentile £425 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £388
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +16.13% -18.42%
75th Percentile £519 £488 £500
90th Percentile £600 - £545
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £418
% change year-on-year +5.26% +13.77% -13.02%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Scenario Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Berkshire +42 13 £500 +5.26% 11
Buckinghamshire +15 4 £410 -8.89% 8
Scenario Testing
South East

Scenario Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) SaaS
2 2 (11.76%) Tricentis Tosca
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) BigQuery
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.88%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Selenium
2 2 (11.76%) Burp Suite
2 2 (11.76%) Metasploit
3 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 7 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (11.76%) Analyst
1 2 (11.76%) Applications Developer
1 2 (11.76%) Automation Developer
1 2 (11.76%) Developer
1 2 (11.76%) Lead
1 2 (11.76%) Penetration Tester
1 2 (11.76%) Senior
1 2 (11.76%) Senior Applications Developer
1 2 (11.76%) Senior Developer
1 2 (11.76%) Test Analyst
1 2 (11.76%) Test Leader
1 2 (11.76%) Tester
2 1 (5.88%) Automation Test Analyst
2 1 (5.88%) AWS DevOps
2 1 (5.88%) AWS DevOps Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (5.88%) Manual Test Analyst
2 1 (5.88%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
2 1 (5.88%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Algorithms
2 5 (29.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Test Automation
2 12 (70.59%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (47.06%) Data Modelling
3 8 (47.06%) Exploratory Testing
3 8 (47.06%) Mathematics
3 8 (47.06%) Optimization Problems
4 7 (41.18%) Data Collection
5 6 (35.29%) Agile
5 6 (35.29%) Functional Testing
6 4 (23.53%) Test Strategy
6 4 (23.53%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Cryptography
7 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
7 2 (11.76%) Integration Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Logistics
7 2 (11.76%) OWASP
7 2 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (11.76%) Security Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) Python
2 8 (47.06%) Java
3 3 (17.65%) SQL
4 2 (11.76%) C
4 2 (11.76%) C++
4 2 (11.76%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
1 7 (41.18%) Master's Degree
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.76%) GPEN
4 2 (11.76%) GWAPT
4 2 (11.76%) OSCE
4 2 (11.76%) OSCP
5 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (76.47%) QA
2 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (11.76%) GDPR
2 2 (11.76%) HIPAA
2 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) CheckPoint