Hybrid/Remote Scenario Testing Contract Job Trends

Scenario Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Scenario Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 249 264 282
Rank change year-on-year +15 +18 +63
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 69 52 110
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.68% 0.43% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 0.48% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 29 91
10th Percentile £323 £380 £363
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £489 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% +0.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £625 £500 £575
90th Percentile £651 £643 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £490
% change year-on-year - -3.06% +8.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,282 10,741 15,802
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.14% 88.53% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,142 6,773 10,840
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 326 222 384
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.58 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.25 £22.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £41.59 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.91% -28.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Scenario Testing and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Scenario Testing job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Scenario Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Scenario Testing

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Scenario Testing over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Scenario Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Scenario Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Scenario Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Scenario Testing

Scenario Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 8 (11.59%) Confluence
2 1 (1.45%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.45%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.80%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (18.84%) SAP WM
2 12 (17.39%) SAP EWM
3 2 (2.90%) Endur
3 2 (2.90%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.45%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle E-Business Tax
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.45%) SAP Retail
4 1 (1.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) Azure
2 8 (11.59%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (10.14%) AWS
4 2 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.90%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.90%) GCP
5 1 (1.45%) Amazon SageMaker
5 1 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (1.45%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (1.45%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (1.45%) GitHub
5 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.45%) Rubrik
5 1 (1.45%) SaaS
5 1 (1.45%) Serverless
5 1 (1.45%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.90%) BGP
1 2 (2.90%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (2.90%) Firewall
1 2 (2.90%) HTTP
1 2 (2.90%) MPLS
1 2 (2.90%) Multicast
1 2 (2.90%) OSPF
1 2 (2.90%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.90%) VLAN
1 2 (2.90%) VPN
1 2 (2.90%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.45%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 21 (30.43%) JIRA
2 7 (10.14%) Selenium
3 6 (8.70%) Cucumber
3 6 (8.70%) REST Assured
4 5 (7.25%) Postman
5 4 (5.80%) Jenkins
6 3 (4.35%) TestRail
7 2 (2.90%) Gatling
7 2 (2.90%) Git
7 2 (2.90%) JMeter
7 2 (2.90%) SoapUI
7 2 (2.90%) SpecFlow
8 1 (1.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
8 1 (1.45%) Cypress.io
8 1 (1.45%) ERwin
8 1 (1.45%) LoadRunner
8 1 (1.45%) Maven
8 1 (1.45%) NUnit
8 1 (1.45%) Zephyr
General
1 24 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 22 (31.88%) Finance
3 13 (18.84%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (13.04%) Banking
6 5 (7.25%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.35%) Back Office
8 3 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.90%) German Language
9 2 (2.90%) Public Speaking
9 2 (2.90%) Retail
9 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.45%) Automotive
10 1 (1.45%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.45%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.45%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.45%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 20 (28.99%) Analyst
2 14 (20.29%) Consultant
3 13 (18.84%) SAP Consultant
4 12 (17.39%) Management Consultant
4 12 (17.39%) SAP WM Consultant
5 10 (14.49%) Senior
6 8 (11.59%) Business Analyst
6 8 (11.59%) Test Analyst
6 8 (11.59%) Tester
7 7 (10.14%) Procurement Consultant
7 7 (10.14%) Test Manager
8 5 (7.25%) Product Specialist
8 5 (7.25%) Products Support Specialist
8 5 (7.25%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (7.25%) Support Specialist
8 5 (7.25%) Test Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Senior Test Analyst
10 3 (4.35%) QA Engineer
10 3 (4.35%) SAP Manager
10 3 (4.35%) SAP Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.59%) REST
2 6 (8.70%) SOAP
3 4 (5.80%) JSON
4 3 (4.35%) Playwright
5 2 (2.90%) .NET
5 2 (2.90%) Gherkin
5 2 (2.90%) Swagger
5 2 (2.90%) XML
6 1 (1.45%) DCOM
6 1 (1.45%) Matplotlib
6 1 (1.45%) NumPy
6 1 (1.45%) OpenAPI
6 1 (1.45%) Pandas
6 1 (1.45%) pytest
6 1 (1.45%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.45%) RESTful
6 1 (1.45%) SailPoint
6 1 (1.45%) scikit-learn
6 1 (1.45%) Seaborn
6 1 (1.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.94%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (4.35%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.45%) CMDB
6 1 (1.45%) Derivative
6 1 (1.45%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.45%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.45%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (1.45%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.45%) PMI
6 1 (1.45%) SCADA
6 1 (1.45%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.90%) Windows
2 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (40.58%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (39.13%) User Acceptance Testing
3 22 (31.88%) Agile
4 19 (27.54%) Test Automation
5 17 (24.64%) Business Analysis
5 17 (24.64%) Translating Business Requirements
6 16 (23.19%) Test Strategy
7 15 (21.74%) ERP
7 15 (21.74%) Validation
8 14 (20.29%) Mentoring
9 13 (18.84%) Logistics
10 12 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (17.39%) Test Scripting
11 11 (15.94%) Regression Testing
12 10 (14.49%) DevOps
12 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 9 (13.04%) API Testing
13 9 (13.04%) Defect Management
13 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (13.04%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) SQL
2 8 (11.59%) Java
3 5 (7.25%) Python
4 3 (4.35%) C#
4 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.90%) Bash
6 1 (1.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (30.43%) Degree
2 19 (27.54%) Security Cleared
3 16 (23.19%) SC Cleared
4 13 (18.84%) SAP Certification
5 8 (11.59%) ISTQB
6 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.35%) ISEB
6 3 (4.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (2.90%) CCIE
7 2 (2.90%) CCNP
7 2 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.90%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.45%) CBAP
8 1 (1.45%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.94%) QA
2 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.35%) SEPA
3 2 (2.90%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.45%) GDPR
4 1 (1.45%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.45%) NIST
4 1 (1.45%) PSD2
4 1 (1.45%) SLA
4 1 (1.45%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (2.90%) Docker
2 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Ansible
1 2 (2.90%) Iperf
1 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.90%) Nmap
2 1 (1.45%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.45%) Kibana
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.45%) SCCM
2 1 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (27.54%) SAP
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.35%) Ariba
3 3 (4.35%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.90%) CheckPoint
4 2 (2.90%) Cisco
4 2 (2.90%) Fortinet
4 2 (2.90%) OpenLink
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle
4 2 (2.90%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.90%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.90%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.45%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.45%) Databricks
5 1 (1.45%) Duck Creek
5 1 (1.45%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.45%) New Relic
5 1 (1.45%) Splunk
5 1 (1.45%) Workday
5 1 (1.45%) Zerto