Scenario Testing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Scenario Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Scenario Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 432 486 424
Rank change year-on-year +54 -62 +70
Permanent jobs citing Scenario Testing 83 81 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.22% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.25% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 37 35 86
10th Percentile £35,750 £33,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £44,000 £34,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £92,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,250 - £73,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £63,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.73% +21.43% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,444 33,009 27,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 79.71% 88.20% 90.56%
Number of salaries quoted 19,110 15,194 20,646
10th Percentile £27,707 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,760 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,435
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Scenario Testing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Scenario Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Scenario Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Scenario Testing

Scenario Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Scenario Testing in the UK excluding London

Scenario Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scenario Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +47 45 £46,250 -47.44% 47
Midlands +40 17 £40,000 -48.39% 28
East Midlands - 11 £40,000 - 8
South West +14 9 £45,000 +42.86% 14
North of England +1 9 £50,000 +13.64% 54
West Midlands +32 6 £40,000 -48.39% 18
North East +12 4 £50,000 +5.26% 6
Yorkshire -10 3 £155,000 +264.71% 32
North West +18 2 £53,750 +22.16% 16
East of England +17 2 £70,000 +33.33% 28
Scotland +1 1 £75,000 - 14
Scenario Testing
UK

Scenario Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (3.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (25.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (10.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.20%) Postilion
3 1 (1.20%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.07%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (9.64%) Azure
3 3 (3.61%) GitHub
4 2 (2.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.20%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.41%) 3GPP
1 2 (2.41%) 4G
1 2 (2.41%) 5G
1 2 (2.41%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (2.41%) ICMP
1 2 (2.41%) IPv4
1 2 (2.41%) IPv6
1 2 (2.41%) SCTP
1 2 (2.41%) TCP/IP
1 2 (2.41%) Wireshark
2 1 (1.20%) ATM
2 1 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.20%) Firewall
2 1 (1.20%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 27 (32.53%) JIRA
2 9 (10.84%) eCATT
3 6 (7.23%) Subversion
4 5 (6.02%) Selenium
5 3 (3.61%) Postman
5 3 (3.61%) Visual Studio
6 2 (2.41%) TestRail
7 1 (1.20%) Gatling
7 1 (1.20%) JMeter
7 1 (1.20%) LoadRunner
General
1 38 (45.78%) Finance
2 29 (34.94%) Social Skills
3 22 (26.51%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (26.51%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (13.25%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (12.05%) Manufacturing
5 10 (12.05%) Marketing
6 8 (9.64%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (7.23%) Electronics
8 3 (3.61%) Advertising
9 1 (1.20%) Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Law
9 1 (1.20%) Legal
9 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (31.33%) Systems Engineer
2 23 (27.71%) Analyst
3 14 (16.87%) Test Analyst
4 10 (12.05%) Senior
4 10 (12.05%) Support Engineer
4 10 (12.05%) Technical Engineer
4 10 (12.05%) Technical Support
4 10 (12.05%) Technical Support Engineer
5 9 (10.84%) Automation Test Analyst
6 8 (9.64%) Senior Support Engineer
6 8 (9.64%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 8 (9.64%) Senior Technical Support
6 8 (9.64%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
7 7 (8.43%) Systems Analyst
7 7 (8.43%) Tester
8 6 (7.23%) Test Engineer
9 5 (6.02%) Embedded Engineer
9 5 (6.02%) Software Test Engineer
9 5 (6.02%) Software Tester
9 5 (6.02%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) .NET
1 3 (3.61%) ASP.NET
1 3 (3.61%) XML
2 2 (2.41%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 21 (25.30%) e-Learning
2 8 (9.64%) Satnav
3 6 (7.23%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (6.02%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (6.02%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.41%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.20%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.05%) Linux
2 1 (1.20%) Windows
2 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (43.37%) Test Automation
2 22 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (25.30%) Agile
3 21 (25.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (25.30%) DoDAF
3 21 (25.30%) Innovative Thinking
3 21 (25.30%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 21 (25.30%) SysML
3 21 (25.30%) Systems Engineering
3 21 (25.30%) Trade-off Analysis
3 21 (25.30%) UML
4 17 (20.48%) Regression Testing
4 17 (20.48%) Test Scripting
5 15 (18.07%) Manual Testing
6 14 (16.87%) Software Testing
6 14 (16.87%) Test Management
7 13 (15.66%) ERP
7 13 (15.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (14.46%) Integration Testing
8 12 (14.46%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.46%) SQL
2 3 (3.61%) C#
2 3 (3.61%) Java
2 3 (3.61%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (31.33%) Security Cleared
2 25 (30.12%) SC Cleared
3 14 (16.87%) Degree
4 8 (9.64%) HND
5 6 (7.23%) ISTQB
6 5 (6.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.41%) ISEB
7 2 (2.41%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (1.20%) CISM
8 1 (1.20%) CISSP
8 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.84%) QA
2 2 (2.41%) GDPR
3 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Firmware
2 1 (1.20%) Terminal Server
2 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (10.84%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.20%) SCCM
2 1 (1.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (25.30%) Sparx
2 10 (12.05%) SAP
3 9 (10.84%) HP
4 8 (9.64%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.82%) Microsoft
5 4 (4.82%) Oracle
6 2 (2.41%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.41%) Workday
7 1 (1.20%) BT
7 1 (1.20%) Cisco
7 1 (1.20%) Genesys
7 1 (1.20%) Juniper
7 1 (1.20%) McAfee
7 1 (1.20%) NCR
7 1 (1.20%) Siebel
7 1 (1.20%) VMware