User Acceptance Testing Jobs

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 263 344
Rank change year-on-year -113 +81 -33
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 717 1,281 1,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 1.39% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.45% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 551 730 1,266
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,750 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £45,041
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.11% +0.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Acceptance Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90,810 88,242 165,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.65% 95.42% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,635 53,650 83,244
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,818 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,896
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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% +8.81%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance 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 User Acceptance Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 -107 653 £55,000 -0.27% 221
UK excluding London -115 492 £52,500 -4.55% 149
Work from Home -93 296 £55,000 - 87
London -65 200 £60,500 -3.20% 73
Midlands -17 137 £52,500 - 29
North of England -103 126 £53,750 -2.27% 40
South East -108 81 £57,500 +10.58% 37
North West -83 78 £52,000 -9.57% 27
West Midlands -1 77 £57,500 +4.55% 17
East Midlands -24 60 £45,000 +5.88% 12
East of England -4 56 £45,000 +12.50% 14
South West -63 49 £58,700 +4.36% 18
Yorkshire +12 45 £60,000 +20.09% 11
Scotland -70 33 £54,750 +6.37% 11
Wales +2 11 £55,000 +57.14% 1
North East -32 5 £40,500 -10.00% 2
Northern Ireland +10 2 £47,500 +3.26% 3

User Acceptance 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 28 (3.91%) IIS
2 22 (3.07%) Confluence
3 15 (2.09%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.84%) CMS
4 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.56%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 60 (8.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (2.09%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.56%) SPSS
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 40 (5.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (1.53%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.26%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.84%) SAP PLM
4 6 (0.84%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
6 4 (0.56%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.28%) SAP CRM
9 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.14%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.14%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 135 (18.83%) Azure
2 79 (11.02%) Azure DevOps
3 68 (9.48%) Dynamics 365
4 61 (8.51%) Power Platform
5 39 (5.44%) AWS
6 21 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (2.79%) SaaS
8 19 (2.65%) PowerApps
9 11 (1.53%) PaaS
10 10 (1.39%) GitHub
11 9 (1.26%) Power Automate
12 7 (0.98%) OCI
13 5 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.56%) Dropbox
14 4 (0.56%) IaaS
15 3 (0.42%) AWS CodePipeline
15 3 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
15 3 (0.42%) WhatsApp
16 2 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.98%) LAN
2 5 (0.70%) 5G
2 5 (0.70%) Broadband
2 5 (0.70%) DNS
2 5 (0.70%) Wireless
3 4 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.42%) DHCP
4 3 (0.42%) Firewall
4 3 (0.42%) FTP
4 3 (0.42%) HTTP
4 3 (0.42%) HTTPS
4 3 (0.42%) IP Telephony
4 3 (0.42%) PABX
4 3 (0.42%) SSH
4 3 (0.42%) VLAN
4 3 (0.42%) VPN
4 3 (0.42%) WAN
5 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 1 (0.14%) GSM
6 1 (0.14%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 53 (7.39%) Power BI
3 17 (2.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 16 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (2.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 14 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (1.81%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (1.39%) Power Query
8 9 (1.26%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.12%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.12%) Tableau
10 6 (0.84%) MySQL
10 6 (0.84%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.70%) Amazon QuickSight
11 5 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (0.70%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 5 (0.70%) Data Mining
11 5 (0.70%) RDBMS
11 5 (0.70%) Redis
Development Applications
1 82 (11.44%) JIRA
2 35 (4.88%) Selenium
3 29 (4.04%) Jasmine
4 28 (3.91%) Karma Test Runner
5 20 (2.79%) Cucumber
6 15 (2.09%) Git
7 14 (1.95%) Postman
8 12 (1.67%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.53%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.26%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.12%) TeamCity
11 8 (1.12%) Zephyr
12 7 (0.98%) Jenkins
12 7 (0.98%) JUnit
12 7 (0.98%) TestRail
13 6 (0.84%) MSTest
14 5 (0.70%) GitLab
14 5 (0.70%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 5 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 232 (32.36%) Social Skills
2 228 (31.80%) Finance
3 141 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.30%) Law
5 66 (9.21%) Retail
6 49 (6.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 40 (5.58%) Marketing
8 25 (3.49%) Back Office
9 24 (3.35%) Legal
9 24 (3.35%) Public Sector
10 23 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.93%) Billing
12 18 (2.51%) Banking
13 17 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
14 15 (2.09%) Front Office
15 14 (1.95%) Investment Banking
15 14 (1.95%) Local Government
16 13 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 197 (27.48%) Analyst
2 98 (13.67%) Senior
3 83 (11.58%) Business Analyst
4 78 (10.88%) Developer
5 55 (7.67%) Consultant
6 54 (7.53%) Lead
7 49 (6.83%) Applications Support
8 42 (5.86%) Project Manager
9 41 (5.72%) Test Manager
10 38 (5.30%) Support Analyst
11 36 (5.02%) Test Analyst
12 28 (3.91%) C# Developer
13 23 (3.21%) Applications Support Analyst
13 23 (3.21%) Tester
14 22 (3.07%) Support Engineer
15 21 (2.93%) Senior Analyst
16 20 (2.79%) Functional Consultant
17 19 (2.65%) Applications Engineer
17 19 (2.65%) Applications Support Engineer
17 19 (2.65%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (9.07%) .NET
2 48 (6.69%) SOAP
3 47 (6.56%) XML
4 44 (6.14%) Web Services
5 39 (5.44%) JSON
6 33 (4.60%) ASP.NET
7 32 (4.46%) REST
8 31 (4.32%) AngularJS
9 29 (4.04%) Sass
10 28 (3.91%) RxJS
10 28 (3.91%) XML Schema
11 22 (3.07%) RESTful
12 17 (2.37%) HTML
13 14 (1.95%) Gherkin
13 14 (1.95%) Oracle Fusion
14 13 (1.81%) CSS
15 9 (1.26%) Hibernate
16 7 (0.98%) Middleware
17 6 (0.84%) React
18 5 (0.70%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 46 (6.42%) Product Ownership
2 30 (4.18%) Management Information System
3 26 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.93%) Onboarding
5 17 (2.37%) Virtual Team
6 15 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
8 12 (1.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 10 (1.39%) IoT
10 9 (1.26%) Fixed Income
10 9 (1.26%) FMCG
10 9 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.12%) Hedge funds
12 7 (0.98%) Derivative
13 6 (0.84%) Equities
14 5 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.70%) BBC
14 5 (0.70%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.70%) Housing Association
15 4 (0.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 43 (6.00%) Windows
2 27 (3.77%) Linux
3 17 (2.37%) Unix
4 13 (1.81%) Windows Server
5 11 (1.53%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.98%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.70%) Windows NT
7 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.42%) CentOS
8 3 (0.42%) Debian
8 3 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.28%) VMS
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Android
10 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.14%) Solaris
10 1 (0.14%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (30.96%) Agile
2 206 (28.73%) Problem-Solving
3 136 (18.97%) DevOps
4 125 (17.43%) Project Management
5 108 (15.06%) Software Testing
6 98 (13.67%) Test Automation
7 93 (12.97%) Project Delivery
8 90 (12.55%) Requirements Gathering
9 82 (11.44%) Stakeholder Management
10 81 (11.30%) Customer Service
11 77 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 77 (10.74%) Regression Testing
12 74 (10.32%) ERP
12 74 (10.32%) SDLC
12 74 (10.32%) Test Strategy
13 71 (9.90%) Business Intelligence
14 68 (9.48%) CRM
14 68 (9.48%) Functional Testing
15 66 (9.21%) Test Scripting
16 65 (9.07%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 157 (21.90%) SQL
2 81 (11.30%) C#
3 62 (8.65%) JavaScript
4 41 (5.72%) Java
5 38 (5.30%) T-SQL
6 33 (4.60%) Python
7 32 (4.46%) TypeScript
8 31 (4.32%) VB
9 28 (3.91%) VB.NET
9 28 (3.91%) VB6
10 15 (2.09%) VBA
11 14 (1.95%) C++
11 14 (1.95%) PL/SQL
12 10 (1.39%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.12%) Rust
14 5 (0.70%) Bash
14 5 (0.70%) R
15 4 (0.56%) Perl
15 4 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.42%) C
Qualifications
1 163 (22.73%) Degree
2 49 (6.83%) Security Cleared
3 38 (5.30%) SC Cleared
4 32 (4.46%) ISTQB
5 24 (3.35%) ISEB
6 14 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.39%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.12%) IIBA
9 7 (0.98%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.84%) CSPO
10 6 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.70%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.70%) MCITP
12 3 (0.42%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.42%) HND
12 3 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (22.45%) QA
2 28 (3.91%) SLA
3 20 (2.79%) GDPR
4 15 (2.09%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.26%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.84%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.42%) PMO
9 2 (0.28%) EMIR
9 2 (0.28%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.28%) MiFID
10 1 (0.14%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 19 (2.65%) Firmware
2 13 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.39%) Docker
3 10 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (1.12%) SCCM
2 7 (0.98%) Control-M
2 7 (0.98%) Grafana
2 7 (0.98%) Kibana
3 5 (0.70%) Sysprep
3 5 (0.70%) WSUS
4 4 (0.56%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.28%) Ansible
5 2 (0.28%) logstash
5 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.28%) Terraform
6 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 172 (23.99%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.11%) Oracle
3 30 (4.18%) SAP
4 29 (4.04%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.93%) ServiceNow
6 9 (1.26%) Google
7 8 (1.12%) Splunk
8 7 (0.98%) Charles River
8 7 (0.98%) Genesys
8 7 (0.98%) Intapp
9 5 (0.70%) Virgin Media
9 5 (0.70%) Workday
9 5 (0.70%) YouTube
10 4 (0.56%) Cadence
10 4 (0.56%) Quadient
11 3 (0.42%) Micro Focus
11 3 (0.42%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.42%) Sophos
11 3 (0.42%) Symantec
11 3 (0.42%) VMware