Scenario Testing Contracts in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 140 115
Rank change year-on-year +15 -25 +18
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 7 15 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.52% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.57% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 48
10th Percentile £370 - -
25th Percentile £456 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £401 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.38% -10.83% +2.86%
75th Percentile £488 £511 £491
90th Percentile - £545 £550
South East median daily rate £475 £420 £450
% change year-on-year +13.10% -6.67% +2.27%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,269 2,615 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.82% 90.80% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,246 1,775 2,188
10th Percentile £213 £313 £237
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.59% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Scenario Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in the Thames Valley

Scenario Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Buckinghamshire +26 6 £469 +25.00% 4
Berkshire -10 1 £475 +2.70% 5
Scenario Testing
South East

Scenario Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (14.29%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (14.29%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Apache Hive
1 1 (14.29%) Big Data
1 1 (14.29%) Hadoop
1 1 (14.29%) Impala
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Maven
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Corporate Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Applications Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Test Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) UAT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ADO
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
1 1 (14.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Defect Management
1 4 (57.14%) Test Scripting
1 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (42.86%) Test Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Test Planning
3 2 (28.57%) User Stories
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Data Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (14.29%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Control-M
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft