User Acceptance Testing Contracts in England

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for User Acceptance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 147 136
Rank change year-on-year +35 -11 +37
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 744 932 1,410
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.01% 1.84% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 2.04% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 644 999
10th Percentile £328 £355 £331
25th Percentile £411 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £621
90th Percentile £746 £775 £678
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 10
10th Percentile £12.92 £45.71 £16.23
25th Percentile £14.18 £61.25 £25.13
Median hourly rate £24.50 £62.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.80% +56.25% +58.42%
75th Percentile £86.50 £63.75 £54.31
90th Percentile £88.80 £66.25 £72.58
UK median hourly rate £36.25 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.00% +56.25% +56.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

User Acceptance 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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +28 428 £550 - 85
South East +13 101 £575 +21.05% 33
North of England -2 76 £450 - 30
Midlands +28 61 £447 -10.70% 32
North West +2 51 £500 +11.11% 15
East Midlands +44 33 £443 +1.26% 17
East of England +24 27 £375 -27.64% 12
West Midlands +9 27 £444 -11.25% 15
South West +26 25 £298 -37.37% 11
Yorkshire -3 20 £450 -5.26% 14
North East +21 5 £390 -2.50% 1
User Acceptance Testing
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User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 30 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 15 (2.02%) Confluence
3 10 (1.34%) CMS
4 9 (1.21%) SAS
5 6 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 16 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.21%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 28 (3.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.15%) SAP EWM
4 15 (2.02%) Oracle Applications
5 12 (1.61%) SAP QM
6 9 (1.21%) Dynamics GP
6 9 (1.21%) ION MarketView
7 8 (1.08%) Loan IQ
8 7 (0.94%) Oracle Assets
9 6 (0.81%) Magento
9 6 (0.81%) Oracle Cash Management
9 6 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
9 6 (0.81%) Oracle Receivables
9 6 (0.81%) SAP PP
10 5 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (0.67%) SAP PM
10 5 (0.67%) SAP Retail
11 4 (0.54%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
11 4 (0.54%) SAP ERP
11 4 (0.54%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 83 (11.16%) Azure
2 50 (6.72%) Dynamics 365
3 29 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (3.49%) Power Platform
5 25 (3.36%) OCI
6 18 (2.42%) AWS
6 18 (2.42%) SaaS
7 12 (1.61%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 9 (1.21%) Oracle CX
9 8 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (0.81%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 6 (0.81%) Serverless
11 5 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (0.67%) Azure Functions
11 5 (0.67%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.54%) SAP Fieldglass
12 4 (0.54%) SuccessFactors
13 3 (0.40%) PaaS
13 3 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.48%) NetScaler
2 6 (0.81%) 5G
2 6 (0.81%) Fibre Channel
2 6 (0.81%) SAN
3 5 (0.67%) Firewall
3 5 (0.67%) SSH
3 5 (0.67%) WAN
3 5 (0.67%) Wireless
4 4 (0.54%) VLAN
4 4 (0.54%) VPN
5 3 (0.40%) BGP
5 3 (0.40%) CTI
5 3 (0.40%) H.323
5 3 (0.40%) MPLS
5 3 (0.40%) Network Security
5 3 (0.40%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (0.27%) Internet
7 1 (0.13%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.70%) SQL Server
2 24 (3.23%) Power BI
3 21 (2.82%) Oracle Reports
4 17 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (2.15%) KDB
6 12 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (1.34%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.67%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.54%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.54%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.40%) Big Data
11 2 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.27%) SAP HANA
12 1 (0.13%) DataStage
12 1 (0.13%) EDRMS
12 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.13%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 73 (9.81%) JIRA
2 16 (2.15%) Cucumber
3 15 (2.02%) Selenium
4 12 (1.61%) Git
4 12 (1.61%) TestRail
5 10 (1.34%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.21%) JMeter
6 9 (1.21%) LoadRunner
7 8 (1.08%) JUnit
8 6 (0.81%) Postman
8 6 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 6 (0.81%) Zephyr
9 5 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.54%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.54%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.40%) FitNesse
11 3 (0.40%) GitLab
11 3 (0.40%) Maven
12 2 (0.27%) TeamCity
General
1 220 (29.57%) Social Skills
2 210 (28.23%) Finance
3 63 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.20%) Banking
5 36 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 33 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 32 (4.30%) Marketing
8 25 (3.36%) Retail
9 22 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (2.96%) Manufacturing
10 18 (2.42%) Front Office
11 16 (2.15%) Investment Banking
12 12 (1.61%) Law
13 11 (1.48%) Back Office
13 11 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.34%) Games
15 9 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.21%) Legal
16 8 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.08%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 209 (28.09%) Analyst
2 125 (16.80%) Business Analyst
3 93 (12.50%) Consultant
4 73 (9.81%) Developer
5 70 (9.41%) Lead
6 50 (6.72%) Senior
7 49 (6.59%) Test Analyst
8 37 (4.97%) Project Manager
9 33 (4.44%) Test Manager
10 32 (4.30%) Test Leader
11 31 (4.17%) SAP Consultant
12 30 (4.03%) Tester
13 25 (3.36%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 25 (3.36%) Java Developer
14 24 (3.23%) Windows Engineer
15 21 (2.82%) Build Engineer
15 21 (2.82%) Windows Build Engineer
16 19 (2.55%) Architect
17 17 (2.28%) Functional Consultant
18 15 (2.02%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.15%) XML
2 14 (1.88%) .NET
3 13 (1.75%) ADO
4 12 (1.61%) REST
4 12 (1.61%) Spring
5 10 (1.34%) JSON
5 10 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
5 10 (1.34%) SAML
6 7 (0.94%) SOAP
6 7 (0.94%) Web Services
7 5 (0.67%) Hibernate
7 5 (0.67%) J2EE
7 5 (0.67%) JPA
8 4 (0.54%) .NET Framework
8 4 (0.54%) Kafka
9 3 (0.40%) HTML
9 3 (0.40%) Lightning Web Components
10 2 (0.27%) NETCONF
10 2 (0.27%) Playwright
10 2 (0.27%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.65%) Product Ownership
2 23 (3.09%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (2.15%) Management Information System
5 13 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (1.61%) Mobile App
6 12 (1.61%) Reinsurance
7 11 (1.48%) Derivative
8 10 (1.34%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (1.21%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.21%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 8 (1.08%) Fixed Income
10 8 (1.08%) Market Risk
11 7 (0.94%) Onboarding
12 6 (0.81%) Data Centre
12 6 (0.81%) HP Storage
12 6 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 59 (7.93%) Windows
2 31 (4.17%) Windows Server
3 23 (3.09%) Linux
4 22 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 21 (2.82%) Windows NT
5 21 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (2.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (1.34%) Unix
7 7 (0.94%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.81%) AIX
8 6 (0.81%) Android
8 6 (0.81%) Solaris
9 4 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (21.51%) Agile
2 134 (18.01%) Migration
3 103 (13.84%) System Integration Testing
4 97 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (11.96%) Requirements Gathering
6 87 (11.69%) Data Migration
7 86 (11.56%) Test Automation
8 82 (11.02%) Test Scripting
8 82 (11.02%) User Stories
9 76 (10.22%) Integration Testing
10 75 (10.08%) Test Strategy
11 74 (9.95%) Project Management
12 69 (9.27%) DevOps
12 69 (9.27%) Validation
13 67 (9.01%) Scenario Testing
14 66 (8.87%) GAP Analysis
15 63 (8.47%) Business Analysis
16 59 (7.93%) SDLC
16 59 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
17 55 (7.39%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 106 (14.25%) SQL
2 46 (6.18%) Python
3 40 (5.38%) Java
4 30 (4.03%) C#
5 16 (2.15%) JavaScript
6 14 (1.88%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.21%) F#
8 8 (1.08%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.94%) ABAP
9 7 (0.94%) Perl
10 5 (0.67%) C++
11 4 (0.54%) XPath
11 4 (0.54%) XQuery
12 3 (0.40%) Bash
12 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.40%) VBA
12 3 (0.40%) VBScript
13 2 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.13%) R
14 1 (0.13%) Scala
Qualifications
1 86 (11.56%) Security Cleared
2 68 (9.14%) Degree
3 50 (6.72%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.57%) DV Cleared
5 17 (2.28%) Master's Degree
6 14 (1.88%) ISTQB
7 10 (1.34%) ISEB
8 6 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.81%) SAP Certification
9 5 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.54%) CCNA
10 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.40%) PMP
12 2 (0.27%) CBAP
12 2 (0.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.13%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.13%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (17.61%) QA
2 36 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.88%) SLA
4 11 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (1.34%) PMO
6 8 (1.08%) EMIR
7 6 (0.81%) GDPR
7 6 (0.81%) MiFID
8 5 (0.67%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.40%) GxP
9 3 (0.40%) HL7
9 3 (0.40%) ISO 20022
9 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.27%) Basel III
10 2 (0.27%) COREP
10 2 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
10 2 (0.27%) FINREP
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) IFRS
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 23 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.82%) Firmware
3 5 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 26 (3.49%) SCCM
2 21 (2.82%) Sysprep
2 21 (2.82%) WSUS
3 6 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (0.81%) HP Data Protector
3 6 (0.81%) NetBackup
4 4 (0.54%) Iperf
5 3 (0.40%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.40%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.27%) CEMLI
6 2 (0.27%) Control-M
7 1 (0.13%) BladeLogic
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.13%) logstash
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 110 (14.78%) SAP
2 109 (14.65%) Microsoft
3 68 (9.14%) Oracle
4 19 (2.55%) Citrix
4 19 (2.55%) ION Trading
4 19 (2.55%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.88%) Cisco
6 13 (1.75%) ServiceNow
7 9 (1.21%) Google
7 9 (1.21%) HP
8 7 (0.94%) Bloomberg
9 6 (0.81%) Brocade
9 6 (0.81%) Calypso
9 6 (0.81%) EMC
9 6 (0.81%) Refinitiv
9 6 (0.81%) Reuters
9 6 (0.81%) Sitecore
9 6 (0.81%) Symantec
9 6 (0.81%) Workday
10 5 (0.67%) Atlassian