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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 647 595 580
Rank change year-on-year -52 -15 +52
Permanent jobs citing Scenario Testing 242 423 880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.43% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.44% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 154 301 453
10th Percentile £30,200 £33,750 £35,000
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% +7.32%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,382 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -2.26%

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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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% +10.53%

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 20 May 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 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -55 223 £52,500 -4.55% 78
UK excluding London -44 178 £50,000 - 51
Work from Home +47 100 £54,043 +5.45% 33
South East +50 82 £50,000 -12.28% 15
London -8 62 £61,500 +2.50% 34
South West -23 24 £54,043 -0.84% 6
North of England -7 22 £45,000 +3.45% 4
Midlands -46 22 £42,500 -10.53% 11
West Midlands -4 19 £42,500 -29.17% 4
East of England +9 16 £57,500 - 11
North West -25 9 £46,500 +3.33% 3
North East - 7 £35,000 -
Yorkshire +56 6 £56,250 +32.35% 1
Wales +14 6 - - 2
Scotland -63 6 - - 4
East Midlands -41 3 £67,500 +58.82% 7
Northern Ireland +31 2 £72,500 +61.11%

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 (7.44%) Apache
2 9 (3.72%) Confluence
3 3 (1.24%) SAS
4 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 20 (8.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 20 (8.26%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.48%) InVision
3 6 (2.48%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.48%) Sketch
4 3 (1.24%) SPSS
5 1 (0.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (3.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.89%) SAP GTS
3 6 (2.48%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.83%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.41%) Primavera
5 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.41%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.41%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 49 (20.25%) Azure
2 18 (7.44%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (7.02%) AWS
4 14 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.31%) OCI
5 8 (3.31%) SaaS
6 7 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.24%) Dropbox
7 3 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.83%) GCP
8 2 (0.83%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.79%) HTTP
2 6 (2.48%) Intranet
3 5 (2.07%) Network Security
4 2 (0.83%) DSL
4 2 (0.83%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.48%) Relational Database
1 6 (2.48%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.07%) DynamoDB
3 3 (1.24%) Big Data
3 3 (1.24%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.41%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 37 (15.29%) Selenium
2 35 (14.46%) JIRA
3 23 (9.50%) Cucumber
4 18 (7.44%) Postman
5 17 (7.02%) JUnit
5 17 (7.02%) TestNG
5 17 (7.02%) WebDriver
6 16 (6.61%) REST Assured
7 11 (4.55%) Git
7 11 (4.55%) MSTest
8 8 (3.31%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (2.48%) Bitbucket
9 6 (2.48%) Cypress.io
9 6 (2.48%) Visual Studio
10 5 (2.07%) SoapUI
11 4 (1.65%) SpecFlow
12 2 (0.83%) Hudson
13 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
13 1 (0.41%) JMeter
13 1 (0.41%) LoadRunner
General
1 101 (41.74%) Social Skills
2 97 (40.08%) Finance
3 76 (31.40%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (9.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (9.50%) Manufacturing
6 21 (8.68%) Police
6 21 (8.68%) Public Sector
7 20 (8.26%) Law
8 18 (7.44%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (5.79%) Electronics
9 14 (5.79%) Retail
10 12 (4.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 11 (4.55%) Marketing
12 10 (4.13%) Military
13 9 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (2.89%) Banking
16 6 (2.48%) Legal
17 5 (2.07%) Local Government
18 4 (1.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 87 (35.95%) Analyst
2 55 (22.73%) Senior
3 34 (14.05%) Test Analyst
4 33 (13.64%) Business Analyst
5 29 (11.98%) Tester
6 25 (10.33%) Senior Analyst
7 18 (7.44%) Automation Tester
7 18 (7.44%) Developer
8 17 (7.02%) Test Engineer
9 16 (6.61%) Operations Analyst
10 10 (4.13%) ERP Developer
10 10 (4.13%) Graduate
10 10 (4.13%) Graduate Developer
10 10 (4.13%) Operations Business Analyst
10 10 (4.13%) Oracle Analyst
10 10 (4.13%) Oracle Business Analyst
11 9 (3.72%) Lead
11 9 (3.72%) Senior Test Analyst
12 8 (3.31%) QA Engineer
12 8 (3.31%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.74%) REST
2 16 (6.61%) Apache Commons
2 16 (6.61%) Guava
2 16 (6.61%) Java Concurrency
2 16 (6.61%) WireMock
3 14 (5.79%) React
4 12 (4.96%) Oracle Fusion
5 8 (3.31%) Gherkin
5 8 (3.31%) Web Services
6 7 (2.89%) .NET
6 7 (2.89%) JSON
7 6 (2.48%) ASP.NET
8 5 (2.07%) SOAP
8 5 (2.07%) XML
9 4 (1.65%) .NET Core
9 4 (1.65%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 4 (1.65%) Node.js
9 4 (1.65%) PySpark
10 3 (1.24%) EDI
10 3 (1.24%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.33%) Product Ownership
2 18 (7.44%) Management Information System
3 15 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.37%) Virtual Team
5 12 (4.96%) Biopharmaceutical
6 8 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.31%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.89%) PMI
8 6 (2.48%) IoT
8 6 (2.48%) NHS
8 6 (2.48%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.48%) Replication
9 5 (2.07%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.07%) FMCG
10 3 (1.24%) Blog
10 3 (1.24%) Cybercrime
10 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.24%) Robotics
11 2 (0.83%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.83%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.55%) Linux
2 8 (3.31%) Android
2 8 (3.31%) Apple iOS
2 8 (3.31%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (43.39%) Agile
2 69 (28.51%) Test Automation
3 63 (26.03%) Software Testing
4 57 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (19.01%) DevOps
6 42 (17.36%) ERP
7 39 (16.12%) User Acceptance Testing
8 35 (14.46%) Regression Testing
8 35 (14.46%) Scrum
9 34 (14.05%) Test Scripting
10 32 (13.22%) API Testing
10 32 (13.22%) Functional Testing
11 31 (12.81%) Project Management
12 30 (12.40%) CI/CD
12 30 (12.40%) User Stories
13 24 (9.92%) Project Delivery
14 23 (9.50%) Business Analysis
15 22 (9.09%) Design Patterns
16 21 (8.68%) End-to-End Testing
16 21 (8.68%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 54 (22.31%) SQL
2 30 (12.40%) Java
3 27 (11.16%) C#
4 21 (8.68%) Python
5 14 (5.79%) C
5 14 (5.79%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.48%) R
6 6 (2.48%) Scala
7 5 (2.07%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.65%) Ada
8 4 (1.65%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 94 (38.84%) Degree
2 34 (14.05%) Security Cleared
3 25 (10.33%) SC Cleared
4 20 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.31%) HND
5 8 (3.31%) ISTQB
6 7 (2.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.89%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.48%) SANS
8 5 (2.07%) CISA
8 5 (2.07%) CISM
8 5 (2.07%) CISSP
8 5 (2.07%) CRISC
9 2 (0.83%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.41%) CBAP
10 1 (0.41%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (19.42%) QA
2 9 (3.72%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.89%) GDPR
4 6 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (2.48%) GxP
4 6 (2.48%) NIST
4 6 (2.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.83%) SLA
6 1 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (6.61%) Docker
2 14 (5.79%) Firmware
3 10 (4.13%) Embedded Firmware
4 8 (3.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (6.61%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.31%) 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 (24.79%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.26%) SAP
3 19 (7.85%) Oracle
4 12 (4.96%) Salesforce
5 8 (3.31%) Google
6 7 (2.89%) Computacenter
7 6 (2.48%) Adobe
7 6 (2.48%) Hotjar
8 3 (1.24%) Conga
8 3 (1.24%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.83%) Databricks
9 2 (0.83%) Sage
10 1 (0.41%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.41%) Citrix
10 1 (0.41%) Dell
10 1 (0.41%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.41%) NEC