Scenario Testing Job Trends in the West Midlands

Scenario Testing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands 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 173 195 162
Rank change year-on-year +22 -33 +102
Permanent jobs citing Scenario Testing 5 4 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.095% 0.097% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.11% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26,250 £76,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £77,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.84% +121.43% -34.58%
75th Percentile £42,500 £78,750 £39,375
90th Percentile - - £59,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,341 3,795 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.12% 91.62% 87.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,264 1,687 2,757
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £41,563 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
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 West Midlands

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

Scenario Testing job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Scenario Testing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Scenario Testing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Scenario Testing in the West Midlands

Scenario Testing
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Scenario Testing within the West Midlands 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
Coventry - 2 £40,000 - 1
Scenario Testing
England

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

Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) JIRA
2 3 (60.00%) TestRail
3 2 (40.00%) Postman
3 2 (40.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Tester
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 2 (40.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Junior
3 1 (20.00%) Junior Software Tester
3 1 (20.00%) Junior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Playwright
2 2 (40.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
1 2 (40.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
2 3 (60.00%) SDLC
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Management
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) BDD
3 2 (40.00%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (40.00%) Manual Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Software Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA