Scenario Testing Job Trends in the North West

Scenario Testing
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Scenario Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 205 180
Rank change year-on-year +27 -25 +91
Permanent jobs citing Scenario Testing 2 10 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.032% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.039% 0.21% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 5
10th Percentile £39,875 £36,500 £43,500
25th Percentile £43,438 £43,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £44,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.16% -20.00% +3.87%
75th Percentile £65,938 £51,563 £83,750
90th Percentile £70,625 £53,750 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Scenario Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,125 4,670 3,523
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.69% 90.29% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,471 2,293 2,702
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,389 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Scenario Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Scenario Testing job vacancy trend in the North West

Scenario Testing
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Scenario Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Scenario Testing

Scenario Testing
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in the North West over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Scenario Testing in the North West

Scenario Testing
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scenario Testing within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +13 2 £53,750 +22.16% 2
Scenario Testing
England

Scenario Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Gatling
1 1 (50.00%) JMeter
1 1 (50.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Genesys
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Siebel