Scenario Testing Contracts

Scenario Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 420 407
Rank change year-on-year +102 -13 -17
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 282 309 564
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.51% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.57% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 219 360
10th Percentile £350 £350 £313
25th Percentile £372 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% +2.11% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £550
90th Percentile £600 £763 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £445 £432
% change year-on-year -4.49% +3.01% +1.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £16.75
25th Percentile - - £19.19
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £26.13
90th Percentile - - £28.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -25.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,651 54,096 80,844
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.91% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,333 37,469 56,726
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,430 1,787 1,945
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.34 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.65 £37.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.42% +86.50% -8.09%

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 24 April 2024.

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
Top 15 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 24 April 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
England +100 224 £450 -10.00% 79
London +89 124 £475 -20.83% 31
Work from Home +102 113 £478 -3.05% 24
UK excluding London +41 111 £425 -4.49% 46
South East +7 30 £475 +14.46% 14
Scotland +18 21 £475 +10.98% 3
Midlands +47 20 £363 -3.33% 11
North of England +27 18 £413 -17.40% 7
East Midlands +19 15 £363 -3.33% 6
South West +20 13 £500 +2.04% 3
East of England +21 9 £375 -46.43% 9
Yorkshire +14 9 £413 -17.40% 3
North West +19 8 £413 -17.50% 4
West Midlands +35 5 £344 -47.12% 5
North East +17 1 £450 -28.00%

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 14 (4.96%) Confluence
2 6 (2.13%) CMS
3 5 (1.77%) IIS
3 5 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.42%) JBoss
5 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.35%) Apache
6 1 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.71%) Mingle
3 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.42%) SAP ERP
2 4 (1.42%) SAP EWM
2 4 (1.42%) SAP PS
2 4 (1.42%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (1.06%) Endur
3 3 (1.06%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (1.06%) Oracle HRMS
3 3 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (1.06%) SAP HR
3 3 (1.06%) SAP MRS
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.71%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (13.83%) Azure
2 27 (9.57%) AWS
3 18 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (2.13%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (1.77%) BrowserStack
6 5 (1.77%) OCI
6 5 (1.77%) Serverless
7 4 (1.42%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (1.42%) SAP Fieldglass
7 4 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.06%) GCP
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.35%) FinancialForce
9 1 (0.35%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.35%) SaaS
9 1 (0.35%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.13%) Firewall
2 2 (0.71%) 5G
3 1 (0.35%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) LAN
3 1 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.13%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (1.77%) Power BI
3 4 (1.42%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.42%) DB2
3 4 (1.42%) MS Access
3 4 (1.42%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.42%) Tableau
4 2 (0.71%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.71%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.71%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.35%) Big Data
5 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.35%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.35%) HDInsight
5 1 (0.35%) SAS Enterprise Guide
5 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 56 (19.86%) JIRA
2 26 (9.22%) Cucumber
3 24 (8.51%) Selenium
4 16 (5.67%) Jenkins
5 15 (5.32%) Postman
6 10 (3.55%) Git
6 10 (3.55%) JUnit
7 9 (3.19%) JMeter
8 8 (2.84%) Gatling
8 8 (2.84%) LoadRunner
9 6 (2.13%) SoapUI
10 4 (1.42%) Cypress.io
10 4 (1.42%) HP UFT
10 4 (1.42%) TestNG
10 4 (1.42%) Vagrant
10 4 (1.42%) WebDriver
11 3 (1.06%) Eclipse
11 3 (1.06%) Maven
11 3 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (1.06%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (34.04%) Finance
2 67 (23.76%) Social Skills
3 30 (10.64%) Public Sector
4 26 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (8.51%) Banking
6 15 (5.32%) Retail
7 12 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.19%) Marketing
9 7 (2.48%) Games
9 7 (2.48%) Legal
9 7 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.77%) Back Office
10 5 (1.77%) Billing
10 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.42%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.06%) Corporate Banking
12 3 (1.06%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.06%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.06%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 96 (34.04%) Analyst
2 48 (17.02%) Test Analyst
3 42 (14.89%) Tester
4 28 (9.93%) Senior
5 26 (9.22%) Lead
6 24 (8.51%) Test Engineer
7 20 (7.09%) Test Manager
8 19 (6.74%) Business Analyst
8 19 (6.74%) Consultant
8 19 (6.74%) Test Leader
9 17 (6.03%) Architect
10 14 (4.96%) Manual Tester
10 14 (4.96%) QA Engineer
11 13 (4.61%) UAT Analyst
12 11 (3.90%) Data Analyst
13 10 (3.55%) QA Tester
14 9 (3.19%) Automation Tester
14 9 (3.19%) Project Analyst
14 9 (3.19%) Technical Analyst
15 8 (2.84%) QA Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.32%) REST
2 13 (4.61%) ADO
3 10 (3.55%) Gherkin
4 8 (2.84%) Swagger
5 7 (2.48%) J2EE
5 7 (2.48%) Kafka
5 7 (2.48%) OpenAPI
5 7 (2.48%) Oracle Fusion
5 7 (2.48%) Spring
6 6 (2.13%) Apache Camel
7 5 (1.77%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.77%) HTML
7 5 (1.77%) JSON
7 5 (1.77%) Node.js
7 5 (1.77%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.77%) XML
8 4 (1.42%) CSS
8 4 (1.42%) Jest
8 4 (1.42%) Web Services
9 3 (1.06%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.55%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.19%) Management Information System
3 8 (2.84%) Data Protection Act
3 8 (2.84%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (2.13%) Reinsurance
6 5 (1.77%) PKI
7 4 (1.42%) e-Health
7 4 (1.42%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.71%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.71%) Derivative
8 2 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.71%) NHS
8 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.35%) Robotics
9 1 (0.35%) Social Media
9 1 (0.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 1 (0.35%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.55%) Unix
1 10 (3.55%) Windows
2 7 (2.48%) Linux
3 5 (1.77%) AIX
4 4 (1.42%) Solaris
4 4 (1.42%) VMS
5 3 (1.06%) Android
5 3 (1.06%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.71%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 93 (32.98%) Agile
3 83 (29.43%) User Acceptance Testing
4 63 (22.34%) Test Scripting
5 54 (19.15%) Test Strategy
6 49 (17.38%) Migration
7 47 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
8 39 (13.83%) DevOps
8 39 (13.83%) Test Management
9 36 (12.77%) Acceptance Criteria
10 35 (12.41%) Regression Testing
11 34 (12.06%) Functional Testing
12 32 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (10.64%) Manual Testing
13 30 (10.64%) User Stories
14 29 (10.28%) Software Testing
15 28 (9.93%) Performance Testing
15 28 (9.93%) Test Planning
16 27 (9.57%) Scrum
16 27 (9.57%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (10.99%) SQL
2 27 (9.57%) Java
3 19 (6.74%) Python
4 14 (4.96%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.13%) PL/SQL
6 5 (1.77%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.42%) C#
7 4 (1.42%) Perl
7 4 (1.42%) Ruby
8 3 (1.06%) ABAP
8 3 (1.06%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.35%) Scala
10 1 (0.35%) SOQL
10 1 (0.35%) VB
10 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (10.64%) Security Cleared
2 21 (7.45%) Degree
3 20 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 10 (3.55%) ISTQB
5 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.42%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (0.71%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.35%) CCA
8 1 (0.35%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (26.95%) QA
2 11 (3.90%) Accessibility
2 11 (3.90%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.42%) PMO
4 3 (1.06%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.06%) ISO 22301
4 3 (1.06%) WCAG
5 2 (0.71%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.35%) IFRS
6 1 (0.35%) Solvency II
System Software
1 7 (2.48%) Docker
2 6 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (2.48%) HP ALM
2 4 (1.42%) Opsgenie
2 4 (1.42%) Tivoli
3 3 (1.06%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.71%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.35%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (15.60%) Oracle
2 35 (12.41%) SAP
3 22 (7.80%) Microsoft
4 12 (4.26%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.84%) HP
6 7 (2.48%) Atlassian
6 7 (2.48%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.48%) Splunk
7 6 (2.13%) Workday
8 4 (1.42%) Adobe
8 4 (1.42%) Alteryx
8 4 (1.42%) AppDynamics
8 4 (1.42%) F5
8 4 (1.42%) IBM
8 4 (1.42%) PagerDuty
8 4 (1.42%) Qualtrics
8 4 (1.42%) SimCorp
9 3 (1.06%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.06%) VMware
10 2 (0.71%) CA Agile Central