Scenario Testing Contracts

Scenario Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 375 331 420
Rank change year-on-year -44 +89 -11
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 146 286 312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.66% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.76% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 181 221
10th Percentile £313 £350 £350
25th Percentile £390 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -3.65% +1.48%
75th Percentile £537 £550 £625
90th Percentile £700 £625 £760
UK excluding London median daily rate £447 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.18% -5.56% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £20.19 - -
25th Percentile £22.66 - -
Median hourly rate £27.18 - -
75th Percentile £31.30 - -
90th Percentile £33.52 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.37 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Scenario Testing over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England -30 126 £475 +5.56% 135
UK excluding London +23 80 £447 +5.18% 67
London -30 57 £477 +0.42% 80
Work from Home -15 48 £455 -4.21% 63
South East +38 25 £500 +5.26% 9
North of England +29 19 £447 +8.23% 14
Midlands +23 19 £463 +27.59% 15
North West +19 16 £447 +8.36% 10
West Midlands +24 13 £496 +44.29% 12
Scotland -1 10 £355 -25.26% 4
East Midlands +1 6 £371 +2.21% 3
Northern Ireland - 3 £590 - 9
South West +33 2 £400 -20.00% 10
East of England +26 2 - - 4
Yorkshire +8 2 - - 4
North East 0 1 £390 -13.33%

Scenario Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.11%) Confluence
2 2 (1.37%) CICS
2 2 (1.37%) CMS
2 2 (1.37%) Drupal
2 2 (1.37%) IIS
2 2 (1.37%) Tomcat
2 2 (1.37%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.68%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.11%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.42%) Oracle General Ledger
2 5 (3.42%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (2.74%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (2.74%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 3 (2.05%) Finacle
5 2 (1.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.68%) Misys Midas
6 1 (0.68%) Murex MxG2000
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.68%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.68%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.68%) SAP POS DM
6 1 (0.68%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.33%) Azure
2 12 (8.22%) AWS
3 8 (5.48%) SaaS
4 7 (4.79%) GCP
5 5 (3.42%) OCI
6 4 (2.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.05%) Datadog
8 2 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.37%) Tricentis Tosca
8 2 (1.37%) Twilio
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon EventBridge
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.68%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.68%) GitHub
9 1 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.74%) DHCP
1 4 (2.74%) DNS
1 4 (2.74%) DOCSIS
1 4 (2.74%) HTTP
1 4 (2.74%) Network Security
1 4 (2.74%) TCP/IP
1 4 (2.74%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.05%) VLAN
2 3 (2.05%) Wireless
3 2 (1.37%) Firewall
4 1 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.68%) Converged Networks
4 1 (0.68%) Intranet
4 1 (0.68%) LAN
4 1 (0.68%) Multicast
4 1 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.48%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (3.42%) Data Lake
2 5 (3.42%) NoSQL
2 5 (3.42%) Relational Database
2 5 (3.42%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.74%) Power BI
4 3 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.05%) BigQuery
4 3 (2.05%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.05%) DB2
4 3 (2.05%) InfluxDB
4 3 (2.05%) Looker
4 3 (2.05%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.37%) Data Mart
5 2 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.37%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.37%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.37%) MySQL
5 2 (1.37%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 32 (21.92%) JIRA
2 13 (8.90%) Selenium
3 10 (6.85%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.11%) JMeter
5 5 (3.42%) Cypress.io
5 5 (3.42%) Git
5 5 (3.42%) LoadRunner
5 5 (3.42%) REST Assured
6 3 (2.05%) Ant
6 3 (2.05%) Cucumber
6 3 (2.05%) ERwin
6 3 (2.05%) Postman
7 2 (1.37%) Burp Suite
7 2 (1.37%) Introscope
7 2 (1.37%) Metasploit
7 2 (1.37%) SOAtest
7 2 (1.37%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.68%) GitLab
8 1 (0.68%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.68%) Zephyr
General
1 47 (32.19%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.66%) Finance
3 26 (17.81%) Banking
4 22 (15.07%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.79%) General Ledger
6 6 (4.11%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.42%) Back Office
7 5 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.42%) Investment Banking
8 4 (2.74%) Front Office
8 4 (2.74%) Legal
8 4 (2.74%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.05%) Private Banking
10 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.37%) Retail
10 2 (1.37%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.68%) International Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (20.55%) Analyst
2 22 (15.07%) Tester
3 16 (10.96%) Consultant
4 15 (10.27%) Senior
5 14 (9.59%) Lead
6 13 (8.90%) Test Analyst
7 12 (8.22%) Test Engineer
8 11 (7.53%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.79%) Test Leader
9 7 (4.79%) Test Manager
10 6 (4.11%) Risk Consultant
11 5 (3.42%) Java Engineer
11 5 (3.42%) OAT Analyst
11 5 (3.42%) QA Engineer
12 4 (2.74%) Architect
12 4 (2.74%) IT Manager
12 4 (2.74%) Project Manager
12 4 (2.74%) Senior Test Engineer
13 3 (2.05%) Developer
13 3 (2.05%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.48%) Playwright
2 6 (4.11%) J2EE
2 6 (4.11%) Web Services
3 5 (3.42%) Middleware
4 4 (2.74%) .NET
4 4 (2.74%) REST
5 3 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (2.05%) Jest
5 3 (2.05%) JSON
5 3 (2.05%) Kafka
5 3 (2.05%) Node.js
5 3 (2.05%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (1.37%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.37%) HTML
6 2 (1.37%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.37%) Spring Boot
6 2 (1.37%) WebSockets
6 2 (1.37%) XML
7 1 (0.68%) Ext JS
7 1 (0.68%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.59%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.16%) SCADA
3 8 (5.48%) Algorithms
3 8 (5.48%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.42%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.42%) Derivative
4 5 (3.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.42%) Market Risk
5 4 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (2.74%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.74%) Replication
6 3 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.05%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.05%) Mainframe
6 3 (2.05%) Video\Live Streaming
7 2 (1.37%) Credit Risk
7 2 (1.37%) Equities
7 2 (1.37%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.37%) Mobile Payment
7 2 (1.37%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.42%) Linux
1 5 (3.42%) Unix
2 3 (2.05%) Windows
3 2 (1.37%) AIX
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (38.36%) Test Automation
2 48 (32.88%) Agile
3 41 (28.08%) User Acceptance Testing
4 38 (26.03%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (24.66%) Test Strategy
6 24 (16.44%) Test Scripting
7 21 (14.38%) CI/CD
7 21 (14.38%) Scrum
7 21 (14.38%) Validation
8 20 (13.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 18 (12.33%) System Integration Testing
10 16 (10.96%) Migration
10 16 (10.96%) Performance Testing
10 16 (10.96%) Test Management
11 15 (10.27%) Change Management
11 15 (10.27%) Defect Management
11 15 (10.27%) Test Planning
12 14 (9.59%) Acceptance Criteria
12 14 (9.59%) Integration Testing
13 13 (8.90%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.55%) Java
2 26 (17.81%) SQL
3 20 (13.70%) Python
4 9 (6.16%) JavaScript
5 7 (4.79%) C
6 5 (3.42%) C++
6 5 (3.42%) Shell Script
7 3 (2.05%) Go
7 3 (2.05%) JCL
7 3 (2.05%) REXX
8 2 (1.37%) COBOL
8 2 (1.37%) Ruby
8 2 (1.37%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.68%) C#
9 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 20 (13.70%) Degree
2 16 (10.96%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.79%) Master's Degree
5 6 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.42%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.37%) GPEN
7 2 (1.37%) GWAPT
7 2 (1.37%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.37%) OSCE
7 2 (1.37%) OSCP
8 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (26.03%) QA
2 4 (2.74%) Basel II
3 3 (2.05%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.37%) Basel III
4 2 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.37%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.37%) GDPR
4 2 (1.37%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.37%) IFRS
4 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.68%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.68%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.68%) GRC
5 1 (0.68%) GxP
5 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.68%) NIST
5 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.05%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (1.37%) Docker
3 1 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (4.11%) HP ALM
2 3 (2.05%) Control-M
2 3 (2.05%) Grafana
3 2 (1.37%) CA Wily
4 1 (0.68%) Ansible
4 1 (0.68%) Kibana
4 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (17.81%) Oracle
2 12 (8.22%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.53%) SAP
4 8 (5.48%) HP
5 7 (4.79%) ServiceNow
6 6 (4.11%) Splunk
7 5 (3.42%) MuleSoft
8 4 (2.74%) Avaloq
8 4 (2.74%) Google
9 3 (2.05%) AppDynamics
9 3 (2.05%) Avaya
9 3 (2.05%) Databricks
9 3 (2.05%) Murex
9 3 (2.05%) Temenos
10 2 (1.37%) Ab Initio
10 2 (1.37%) Ariba
10 2 (1.37%) Calypso
10 2 (1.37%) Informatica
10 2 (1.37%) Parasoft
10 2 (1.37%) VMware