Scenario Testing Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Scenario Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 166 180
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 +46
Permanent jobs citing Scenario Testing 19 15 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.47% 0.44% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.48% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 15
10th Percentile £44,000 - £50,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £84,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £88,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.61% +67.62% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £92,000 £57,625
90th Percentile £81,000 £95,000 £74,250
South East median annual salary £46,250 £88,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -47.44% +67.62% -

All Process & 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,245 3,106 3,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.48% 91.78% 89.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,770 1,383 2,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £45,000 £39,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Scenario Testing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Scenario Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Scenario Testing

Scenario Testing
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scenario Testing within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 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
Berkshire +5 16 £46,250 - 3
Buckinghamshire +1 3 £77,500 -11.93%
Scenario Testing
South East

Scenario Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (47.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) 3GPP
1 1 (5.26%) 4G
1 1 (5.26%) 5G
1 1 (5.26%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (5.26%) Diameter Protocol
1 1 (5.26%) Firewall
1 1 (5.26%) ICMP
1 1 (5.26%) IPv4
1 1 (5.26%) IPv6
1 1 (5.26%) SCTP
1 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.26%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (52.63%) JIRA
2 9 (47.37%) eCATT
3 1 (5.26%) Subversion
General
1 12 (63.16%) Finance
2 11 (57.89%) Influencing Skills
3 9 (47.37%) Manufacturing
3 9 (47.37%) Marketing
3 9 (47.37%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Automation Test Analyst
1 9 (47.37%) Test Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Resilience Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
3 2 (10.53%) Test Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Test Specialist
3 2 (10.53%) UAT Lead
3 2 (10.53%) UAT Test Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Support
4 1 (5.26%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Linux
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
1 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
1 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Continuous Improvement
1 12 (63.16%) ERP
1 12 (63.16%) Test Automation
1 12 (63.16%) Test Management
2 11 (57.89%) Integration Testing
2 11 (57.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 11 (57.89%) Test Scripting
3 10 (52.63%) Manual Testing
4 9 (47.37%) Continuous Delivery
4 9 (47.37%) End-to-End Testing
4 9 (47.37%) Product Roadmap
4 9 (47.37%) Programme Management
4 9 (47.37%) Regression Testing
4 9 (47.37%) Risk Management
4 9 (47.37%) Roadmaps
4 9 (47.37%) Source to Pay
4 9 (47.37%) Visualisation
4 9 (47.37%) Workshop Facilitation
5 5 (26.32%) Business Continuity
5 5 (26.32%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.79%) ISTQB
2 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
4 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) Terminal Server
2 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (47.37%) HP ALM
2 1 (5.26%) SCCM
2 1 (5.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) HP
1 9 (47.37%) SAP
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.53%) Workday
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco
3 1 (5.26%) Juniper
3 1 (5.26%) McAfee
3 1 (5.26%) VMware