Scenario Testing Contracts in England

Scenario Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Scenario Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Scenario Testing over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 403 410
Rank change year-on-year +80 +7 -11
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 215 246 416
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.59% 0.51% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.56% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 165 289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £313
25th Percentile £363 £410 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £570 £700 £548
90th Percentile £638 £775 £680
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - £29.05
UK median hourly rate - - £25.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Scenario Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,438 43,665 64,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.37% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,622 30,640 45,549
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,536 1,740
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.96 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +48.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Scenario Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in England

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in England

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in England

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in England

Scenario Testing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Scenario Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +80 122 £475 -24.00% 31
South East +23 30 £475 +13.77% 15
Midlands +25 16 £363 -3.33% 11
South West +11 16 £575 +24.32% 6
East Midlands +21 13 £363 -3.33% 7
North of England +10 13 £413 -17.50% 5
East of England +19 9 £375 -46.43% 11
North West +8 6 £400 -20.00% 3
Yorkshire +5 6 - - 2
West Midlands +23 3 £344 -40.22% 4
North East +14 1 £450 -28.00%
Scenario Testing
UK

Scenario Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.79%) CMS
2 4 (1.86%) Confluence
2 4 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.40%) IIS
4 2 (0.93%) JBoss
4 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.47%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.93%) Mingle
3 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (4.19%) SAP ERP
2 5 (2.33%) SAP Payroll
2 5 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.33%) SimCorp Dimension
3 4 (1.86%) SAP PS
4 3 (1.40%) Endur
4 3 (1.40%) Oracle HRMS
4 3 (1.40%) SAP HR
4 3 (1.40%) SAP MRS
5 2 (0.93%) FLEXCUBE
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle BPM
5 2 (0.93%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (0.93%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.93%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.47%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.47%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.47%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.02%) Azure
2 22 (10.23%) AWS
3 15 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (5.12%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (3.72%) SuccessFactors
6 6 (2.79%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.33%) BrowserStack
7 5 (2.33%) SAP Fieldglass
7 5 (2.33%) Serverless
8 4 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (1.86%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.40%) GCP
10 2 (0.93%) OCI
11 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.47%) BlazeMeter
11 1 (0.47%) Commercetools
11 1 (0.47%) FinancialForce
11 1 (0.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.33%) Oracle Database
1 5 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (2.33%) Power BI
2 4 (1.86%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (1.86%) MS Access
2 4 (1.86%) Tableau
3 2 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.93%) DB2
3 2 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.93%) SAP HANA
3 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.47%) Big Data
4 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.47%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.47%) HDInsight
4 1 (0.47%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 34 (15.81%) JIRA
2 21 (9.77%) Selenium
3 18 (8.37%) Cucumber
4 9 (4.19%) JMeter
5 7 (3.26%) Jenkins
5 7 (3.26%) Postman
6 6 (2.79%) LoadRunner
7 5 (2.33%) Cypress.io
7 5 (2.33%) Gatling
7 5 (2.33%) SoapUI
8 4 (1.86%) JUnit
8 4 (1.86%) WebDriver
9 3 (1.40%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (1.40%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.93%) Gerrit
10 2 (0.93%) Git
10 2 (0.93%) JIRA Agile
10 2 (0.93%) TestNG
10 2 (0.93%) Vagrant
General
1 71 (33.02%) Finance
2 45 (20.93%) Social Skills
3 20 (9.30%) Banking
4 19 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.51%) Public Sector
6 12 (5.58%) Retail
7 11 (5.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.72%) Games
8 8 (3.72%) Legal
9 7 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.79%) Billing
11 4 (1.86%) Back Office
11 4 (1.86%) Marketing
12 3 (1.40%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.40%) Local Government
12 3 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.40%) Wholesale Banking
13 2 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
14 1 (0.47%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 58 (26.98%) Analyst
2 41 (19.07%) Tester
3 30 (13.95%) Test Analyst
4 25 (11.63%) Senior
5 22 (10.23%) Lead
6 20 (9.30%) Consultant
6 20 (9.30%) Test Engineer
7 18 (8.37%) Test Leader
8 15 (6.98%) Test Manager
9 14 (6.51%) Manual Tester
10 13 (6.05%) Business Analyst
10 13 (6.05%) Data Analyst
10 13 (6.05%) QA Engineer
11 11 (5.12%) Architect
12 9 (4.19%) Automation Tester
12 9 (4.19%) QA Tester
13 8 (3.72%) QA Test Engineer
14 7 (3.26%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 7 (3.26%) Oracle Analyst
15 6 (2.79%) Project Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.65%) ADO
1 10 (4.65%) Gherkin
2 5 (2.33%) AngularJS
2 5 (2.33%) HTML
2 5 (2.33%) JSON
2 5 (2.33%) Node.js
2 5 (2.33%) XML
3 4 (1.86%) CSS
3 4 (1.86%) Jest
3 4 (1.86%) REST
3 4 (1.86%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (1.40%) Swagger
5 2 (0.93%) .NET
5 2 (0.93%) OpenAPI
5 2 (0.93%) Web Services
6 1 (0.47%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.47%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.47%) SOAP
6 1 (0.47%) SPFx
6 1 (0.47%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.72%) Management Information System
1 8 (3.72%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.26%) Mobile App
3 6 (2.79%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.33%) PKI
4 5 (2.33%) Reinsurance
5 4 (1.86%) e-Health
5 4 (1.86%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.93%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.93%) Derivative
6 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.47%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (0.47%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.47%) Robotics
7 1 (0.47%) Social Media
7 1 (0.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.47%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.47%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.26%) Unix
2 6 (2.79%) Windows
3 5 (2.33%) Linux
3 5 (2.33%) VMS
4 3 (1.40%) AIX
4 3 (1.40%) Android
4 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.93%) Solaris
6 1 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (32.56%) Test Automation
1 70 (32.56%) User Acceptance Testing
2 65 (30.23%) Agile
3 47 (21.86%) Test Scripting
4 38 (17.67%) Test Strategy
5 35 (16.28%) Migration
6 34 (15.81%) Test Management
7 33 (15.35%) End-to-End Testing
8 32 (14.88%) Acceptance Criteria
9 30 (13.95%) Functional Testing
10 28 (13.02%) Regression Testing
11 27 (12.56%) DevOps
11 27 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (12.56%) Test Planning
12 26 (12.09%) Manual Testing
13 24 (11.16%) Performance Testing
13 24 (11.16%) User Stories
14 22 (10.23%) Project Management
14 22 (10.23%) Scrum
15 21 (9.77%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.63%) SQL
2 19 (8.84%) Java
3 16 (7.44%) Python
4 13 (6.05%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.86%) C#
5 4 (1.86%) Perl
5 4 (1.86%) Ruby
5 4 (1.86%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.40%) ABAP
6 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.47%) Bash
8 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.47%) Scala
8 1 (0.47%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 25 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 20 (9.30%) Degree
3 17 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.79%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.86%) CIPD
6 4 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.40%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.47%) CCA
8 1 (0.47%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (27.44%) QA
2 10 (4.65%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.40%) WCAG
4 2 (0.93%) ISO 22301
4 2 (0.93%) PMO
4 2 (0.93%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.47%) IFRS
5 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (2.79%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.40%) Docker
3 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.86%) Opsgenie
2 3 (1.40%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.93%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.93%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.47%) Ansible
4 1 (0.47%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.47%) Terraform
4 1 (0.47%) vRealize
Vendors
1 26 (12.09%) SAP
2 23 (10.70%) Oracle
3 20 (9.30%) Microsoft
4 8 (3.72%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.26%) Splunk
6 5 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.33%) SimCorp
7 4 (1.86%) Alteryx
7 4 (1.86%) HP
7 4 (1.86%) PagerDuty
7 4 (1.86%) VMware
8 3 (1.40%) Adobe
8 3 (1.40%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.40%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.40%) OpenText
8 3 (1.40%) Qualtrics
9 2 (0.93%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.93%) Ceridian
9 2 (0.93%) IBM
9 2 (0.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud