Scenario Testing Jobs

Scenario Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Scenario Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Scenario Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 597 585
Rank change year-on-year -69 -12 +30
Permanent jobs citing Scenario Testing 246 381 910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.40% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.42% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 157 273 451
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,043 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -1.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Scenario Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Scenario Testing.

Salary trend for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Scenario Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Scenario Testing in the UK

Scenario Testing
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -72 221 £54,043 +2.94% 83
UK excluding London -50 179 £50,000 - 41
Work from Home +26 103 £54,043 +8.09% 23
South East +33 82 £50,000 -8.26% 12
London +23 64 £61,500 +2.50% 43
South West -23 24 £54,043 -0.84% 7
North of England -8 21 £43,750 +0.57% 4
Midlands -47 20 £50,000 - 7
West Midlands -29 17 £42,500 -29.17% 2
East of England +2 15 £57,500 -11.54% 4
Wales +17 10 £30,000 -14.29% 1
North West -29 8 £45,000 - 4
Scotland -62 7 £55,000 -38.89% 4
North East - 7 £35,000 -
Yorkshire +40 6 £56,250 +32.35%
East Midlands -38 3 £67,500 +58.82% 5
Northern Ireland +21 2 £72,500 +61.11% 2

Scenario Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (7.32%) Apache
2 9 (3.66%) Confluence
3 3 (1.22%) SAS
4 2 (0.81%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 20 (8.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 20 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.44%) InVision
3 6 (2.44%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.44%) Sketch
4 3 (1.22%) SPSS
5 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (3.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.44%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (2.03%) SAP GTS
4 2 (0.81%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.41%) Primavera
5 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (20.33%) Azure
2 18 (7.32%) AWS
2 18 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (3.25%) SaaS
5 7 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (2.85%) OCI
6 3 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.22%) Dropbox
6 3 (1.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 2 (0.81%) GCP
7 2 (0.81%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.69%) HTTP
2 6 (2.44%) Intranet
2 6 (2.44%) Network Security
3 3 (1.22%) Firewall
4 2 (0.81%) DSL
5 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.44%) Relational Database
1 6 (2.44%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.03%) DynamoDB
3 3 (1.22%) Big Data
3 3 (1.22%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.41%) MySQL
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database 12c
4 1 (0.41%) Oracle ODI
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 38 (15.45%) Selenium
2 35 (14.23%) JIRA
3 24 (9.76%) Cucumber
4 18 (7.32%) JUnit
4 18 (7.32%) Postman
5 17 (6.91%) TestNG
5 17 (6.91%) WebDriver
6 16 (6.50%) REST Assured
7 11 (4.47%) Git
7 11 (4.47%) MSTest
8 8 (3.25%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (2.85%) Cypress.io
10 6 (2.44%) Bitbucket
10 6 (2.44%) Visual Studio
11 5 (2.03%) SoapUI
12 4 (1.63%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.81%) Hudson
13 2 (0.81%) JMeter
13 2 (0.81%) LoadRunner
14 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 100 (40.65%) Social Skills
2 94 (38.21%) Finance
3 75 (30.49%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (9.35%) Manufacturing
6 21 (8.54%) Police
6 21 (8.54%) Public Sector
7 20 (8.13%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (7.72%) Law
9 14 (5.69%) Electronics
9 14 (5.69%) Retail
10 12 (4.88%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (4.47%) Marketing
12 10 (4.07%) Military
13 9 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (2.85%) Banking
14 7 (2.85%) Legal
14 7 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (2.03%) Local Government
16 4 (1.63%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 83 (33.74%) Analyst
2 56 (22.76%) Senior
3 32 (13.01%) Business Analyst
3 32 (13.01%) Tester
4 31 (12.60%) Test Analyst
5 25 (10.16%) Senior Analyst
6 19 (7.72%) Automation Tester
7 18 (7.32%) Developer
8 16 (6.50%) Operations Analyst
8 16 (6.50%) Test Engineer
9 10 (4.07%) ERP Developer
9 10 (4.07%) Graduate
9 10 (4.07%) Graduate Developer
9 10 (4.07%) Lead
9 10 (4.07%) Operations Business Analyst
9 10 (4.07%) Technical Support
10 9 (3.66%) Consultant
10 9 (3.66%) Oracle Analyst
10 9 (3.66%) Oracle Business Analyst
10 9 (3.66%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (10.98%) REST
2 16 (6.50%) Apache Commons
2 16 (6.50%) Guava
2 16 (6.50%) Java Concurrency
2 16 (6.50%) WireMock
3 14 (5.69%) React
4 11 (4.47%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (3.25%) Gherkin
5 8 (3.25%) Web Services
6 7 (2.85%) .NET
6 7 (2.85%) JSON
7 6 (2.44%) ASP.NET
7 6 (2.44%) SOAP
8 5 (2.03%) XML
9 4 (1.63%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.63%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 4 (1.63%) Node.js
9 4 (1.63%) PySpark
9 4 (1.63%) RESTful
10 3 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.16%) Product Ownership
2 18 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 15 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.28%) Virtual Team
5 12 (4.88%) Biopharmaceutical
6 8 (3.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.25%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.85%) PMI
8 6 (2.44%) IoT
8 6 (2.44%) NHS
8 6 (2.44%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.44%) Replication
9 5 (2.03%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.03%) FMCG
10 3 (1.22%) Blog
10 3 (1.22%) Cybercrime
10 3 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.22%) Robotics
11 2 (0.81%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.47%) Linux
2 8 (3.25%) Android
2 8 (3.25%) Apple iOS
2 8 (3.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (42.28%) Agile
2 69 (28.05%) Test Automation
3 64 (26.02%) Software Testing
4 58 (23.58%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (18.70%) DevOps
6 40 (16.26%) ERP
7 39 (15.85%) User Acceptance Testing
8 37 (15.04%) Regression Testing
9 35 (14.23%) Scrum
10 33 (13.41%) API Testing
10 33 (13.41%) Test Scripting
11 32 (13.01%) User Stories
12 31 (12.60%) Functional Testing
13 30 (12.20%) CI/CD
13 30 (12.20%) Project Management
14 24 (9.76%) Business Analysis
14 24 (9.76%) Project Delivery
15 22 (8.94%) Design Patterns
16 21 (8.54%) End-to-End Testing
16 21 (8.54%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 56 (22.76%) SQL
2 31 (12.60%) Java
3 27 (10.98%) C#
4 21 (8.54%) Python
5 15 (6.10%) JavaScript
6 14 (5.69%) C
7 6 (2.44%) R
7 6 (2.44%) Scala
8 5 (2.03%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.63%) Ada
9 4 (1.63%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 94 (38.21%) Degree
2 34 (13.82%) Security Cleared
3 24 (9.76%) SC Cleared
4 20 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.25%) HND
5 8 (3.25%) ISTQB
6 7 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.85%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.44%) CISM
7 6 (2.44%) CISSP
7 6 (2.44%) SANS
8 5 (2.03%) CISA
8 5 (2.03%) CRISC
9 2 (0.81%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CBAP
10 1 (0.41%) CCIE
10 1 (0.41%) CCNP
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.41%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (19.51%) QA
2 8 (3.25%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.25%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.25%) GDPR
3 7 (2.85%) NIST
4 6 (2.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.44%) GxP
4 6 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.81%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) COBIT
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (6.50%) Docker
2 14 (5.69%) Firmware
3 10 (4.07%) Embedded Firmware
4 8 (3.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.41%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (0.41%) Perfmon
3 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.72%) Oracle
2 19 (7.72%) SAP
3 12 (4.88%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.25%) Google
5 6 (2.44%) Adobe
5 6 (2.44%) Hotjar
6 5 (2.03%) Computacenter
7 3 (1.22%) Conga
7 3 (1.22%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
8 2 (0.81%) Databricks
8 2 (0.81%) Sage
9 1 (0.41%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.41%) Cisco
9 1 (0.41%) Citrix
9 1 (0.41%) Dell
9 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.41%) Juniper
9 1 (0.41%) NEC
9 1 (0.41%) VMware