Scenario Testing Contracts in the UK excluding London

Scenario Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 295 316 311
Rank change year-on-year +21 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Scenario Testing 96 128 209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.55% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.62% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 89 138
10th Percentile £325 £348 £313
25th Percentile £363 £375 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £432
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +4.17% +6.34%
75th Percentile £569 £500 £500
90th Percentile £638 £605 £550
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.35
25th Percentile - - £16.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £21.00
90th Percentile - - £21.45
UK median hourly rate - - £25.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,089 20,700 27,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.28% 89.44% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,222 14,252 18,988
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,065 1,263 1,349
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.29
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -5.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.69 £61.53
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Scenario Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in the UK excluding London

Scenario Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Scenario Testing in the UK excluding London

Scenario Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Scenario Testing in the UK excluding London

Scenario Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Scenario Testing in the UK excluding London

Scenario Testing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland +19 12 £475 +10.98% 4
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 the UK excluding London 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 4 (4.17%) Confluence
2 2 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) Apache
3 1 (1.04%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.04%) IIS
3 1 (1.04%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (5.21%) SAP Payroll
2 4 (4.17%) SAP ERP
3 3 (3.13%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (3.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (2.08%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.04%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (1.04%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (1.04%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.04%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 9 (9.38%) AWS
2 8 (8.33%) Azure
3 5 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.21%) Power Platform
3 5 (5.21%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.13%) OCI
6 1 (1.04%) BrowserStack
6 1 (1.04%) Commercetools
6 1 (1.04%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.25%) Firewall
2 1 (1.04%) Internet
2 1 (1.04%) LAN
2 1 (1.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.21%) Oracle Database
2 4 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (4.17%) MS Access
2 4 (4.17%) Power BI
2 4 (4.17%) Tableau
3 1 (1.04%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.04%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.04%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 1 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (15.63%) JIRA
2 8 (8.33%) Cucumber
2 8 (8.33%) Selenium
3 7 (7.29%) Jenkins
3 7 (7.29%) JMeter
4 6 (6.25%) Postman
5 4 (4.17%) Cypress.io
5 4 (4.17%) JUnit
6 3 (3.13%) LoadRunner
7 2 (2.08%) Git
7 2 (2.08%) SoapUI
7 2 (2.08%) Zephyr
8 1 (1.04%) Appium
8 1 (1.04%) GitLab
8 1 (1.04%) IntelliJ
8 1 (1.04%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (1.04%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (1.04%) Robot Framework
8 1 (1.04%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (1.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (26.04%) Social Skills
2 24 (25.00%) Finance
3 12 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.33%) Retail
5 6 (6.25%) Games
5 6 (6.25%) Legal
6 4 (4.17%) Banking
6 4 (4.17%) Billing
7 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.08%) Local Government
9 1 (1.04%) Automotive
9 1 (1.04%) Back Office
9 1 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.04%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (32.29%) Analyst
2 16 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 14 (14.58%) Lead
3 14 (14.58%) Tester
4 13 (13.54%) Senior
4 13 (13.54%) Test Leader
5 10 (10.42%) Data Analyst
6 8 (8.33%) Test Engineer
7 7 (7.29%) Automation Tester
7 7 (7.29%) Test Manager
8 6 (6.25%) Oracle Analyst
9 5 (5.21%) Senior Test Engineer
10 4 (4.17%) Business Manager
10 4 (4.17%) Project Analyst
10 4 (4.17%) UAT Analyst
11 3 (3.13%) Business Process Analyst
11 3 (3.13%) Developer
11 3 (3.13%) Process Analyst
11 3 (3.13%) SAP Subject Matter Expert
11 3 (3.13%) Subject Matter Expert
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.17%) Gherkin
2 3 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (3.13%) REST
3 2 (2.08%) .NET
3 2 (2.08%) Apache Camel
3 2 (2.08%) J2EE
3 2 (2.08%) JSON
3 2 (2.08%) Kafka
3 2 (2.08%) Spring
3 2 (2.08%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.08%) XML
4 1 (1.04%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.04%) ADO
4 1 (1.04%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.04%) HTML
4 1 (1.04%) Node.js
4 1 (1.04%) SailPoint
4 1 (1.04%) SOAP
4 1 (1.04%) Swagger
4 1 (1.04%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.21%) PKI
2 4 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (4.17%) e-Health
2 4 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.13%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.08%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.08%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.04%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.04%) NHS
5 1 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.21%) Unix
2 3 (3.13%) Windows
3 2 (2.08%) Linux
3 2 (2.08%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.04%) AIX
4 1 (1.04%) Android
4 1 (1.04%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (53.13%) User Acceptance Testing
2 27 (28.13%) Test Scripting
3 26 (27.08%) Test Strategy
4 24 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 23 (23.96%) Test Management
6 20 (20.83%) Agile
6 20 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (17.71%) Functional Testing
7 17 (17.71%) Test Planning
8 16 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
9 15 (15.63%) Performance Testing
9 15 (15.63%) System Integration Testing
10 14 (14.58%) Regression Testing
11 12 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
12 11 (11.46%) Manual Testing
12 11 (11.46%) Migration
13 8 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (8.33%) ERP
13 8 (8.33%) Project Management
13 8 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.58%) SQL
2 10 (10.42%) JavaScript
3 7 (7.29%) Python
4 4 (4.17%) Java
5 3 (3.13%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.08%) C#
6 2 (2.08%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.08%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.04%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.04%) Bash
7 1 (1.04%) Scala
7 1 (1.04%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 15 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.38%) Degree
3 7 (7.29%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.25%) ISTQB
5 4 (4.17%) CIPD
6 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.04%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.04%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (18.75%) QA
2 9 (9.38%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.21%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.08%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 6 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.13%) Docker
3 1 (1.04%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.08%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.04%) Ansible
2 1 (1.04%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.04%) Terraform
2 1 (1.04%) vRealize
Vendors
1 19 (19.79%) Oracle
2 11 (11.46%) SAP
3 6 (6.25%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.21%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.17%) Alteryx
6 3 (3.13%) OpenText
7 2 (2.08%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.08%) VMware
8 1 (1.04%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.04%) Avaya
8 1 (1.04%) Blue Prism
8 1 (1.04%) Ceridian
8 1 (1.04%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (1.04%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.04%) HP
8 1 (1.04%) IFS
8 1 (1.04%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.04%) Splunk
8 1 (1.04%) Workday