User Acceptance Testing Contracts in London

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 97 125 134
Rank change year-on-year +28 +9 +32
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 428 561 844
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.42% 2.07% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 2.27% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 413 602
10th Percentile £359 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £653
90th Percentile £800 £794 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 3
10th Percentile £12.92 - £23.80
25th Percentile £13.87 £61.25 £35.50
Median hourly rate £34.93 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £86.50 £63.75 £63.38
90th Percentile £89.95 £67.50 £68.40
England median hourly rate £24.50 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.80% +56.25% +58.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,674 24,676 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.50% 91.13% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,226 17,739 26,174
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 281 423
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.63 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%
75th Percentile £46.86 £63.75 £50.68
90th Percentile £66.30 £78.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +60 103 £550 -3.30% 9
East London +5 11 £775 +78.16% 3
South London +16 5 £425 -20.00% 3
North London - 3 £375 -
West London +4 2 £413 -19.51% 2
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 27 (6.31%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.04%) Confluence
3 6 (1.40%) SAS
4 2 (0.47%) CMS
4 2 (0.47%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.23%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.23%) IIS
5 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (4.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.40%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.17%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (3.50%) Oracle Applications
2 11 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.10%) Dynamics GP
3 9 (2.10%) ION MarketView
4 7 (1.64%) Loan IQ
5 5 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (1.17%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.93%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.70%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle AGIS
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle HRMS
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.70%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.70%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.70%) SAP VC
8 2 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 52 (12.15%) Azure
2 17 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
2 17 (3.97%) OCI
3 16 (3.74%) Power Platform
4 11 (2.57%) AWS
4 11 (2.57%) Dynamics 365
4 11 (2.57%) SaaS
5 10 (2.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 9 (2.10%) Oracle CX
7 6 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (0.93%) SAP Fieldglass
9 3 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.70%) Serverless
10 2 (0.47%) Azure Functions
10 2 (0.47%) GitHub
10 2 (0.47%) Google Play
10 2 (0.47%) Miro
11 1 (0.23%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.23%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 1 (0.23%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.34%) NetScaler
2 5 (1.17%) 5G
2 5 (1.17%) SSH
3 4 (0.93%) VLAN
3 4 (0.93%) WAN
3 4 (0.93%) Wireless
4 3 (0.70%) Firewall
4 3 (0.70%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.70%) VPN
5 2 (0.47%) BGP
5 2 (0.47%) CTI
5 2 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (0.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (0.47%) H.323
5 2 (0.47%) MPLS
5 2 (0.47%) Network Security
6 1 (0.23%) DNS
6 1 (0.23%) DVB
6 1 (0.23%) Internet
6 1 (0.23%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 18 (4.21%) Oracle Reports
3 16 (3.74%) KDB
4 15 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.50%) Power BI
5 10 (2.34%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.17%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 5 (1.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.70%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.70%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.47%) Big Data
10 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.23%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.23%) Parquet
10 1 (0.23%) Redis
10 1 (0.23%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.23%) Spatial Data
10 1 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (10.98%) JIRA
2 13 (3.04%) Cucumber
3 10 (2.34%) TestRail
4 8 (1.87%) JMeter
4 8 (1.87%) JUnit
4 8 (1.87%) LoadRunner
5 7 (1.64%) Git
5 7 (1.64%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.64%) Selenium
6 4 (0.93%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.70%) FitNesse
7 3 (0.70%) Maven
7 3 (0.70%) Postman
8 2 (0.47%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.47%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.47%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.23%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.23%) GitLab
9 1 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 151 (35.28%) Finance
2 118 (27.57%) Social Skills
3 52 (12.15%) Banking
4 47 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (6.07%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (5.84%) Public Sector
7 20 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.74%) Front Office
9 14 (3.27%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.34%) Back Office
10 10 (2.34%) Retail
11 8 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (1.87%) Marketing
12 6 (1.40%) Billing
12 6 (1.40%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.40%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.40%) Retail Banking
13 5 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.93%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.70%) Law
Job Titles
1 123 (28.74%) Analyst
2 87 (20.33%) Business Analyst
3 52 (12.15%) Developer
4 48 (11.21%) Senior
5 38 (8.88%) Lead
6 34 (7.94%) Project Manager
7 31 (7.24%) Consultant
8 24 (5.61%) Java Developer
9 21 (4.91%) Test Analyst
10 17 (3.97%) Architect
10 17 (3.97%) Test Leader
11 16 (3.74%) Tester
12 15 (3.50%) Data Business Analyst
12 15 (3.50%) Test Manager
13 14 (3.27%) Data Migration Analyst
13 14 (3.27%) Data Migration Business Analyst
13 14 (3.27%) Migration Analyst
13 14 (3.27%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.80%) Test Engineer
15 11 (2.57%) SharePoint Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.50%) XML
2 12 (2.80%) Spring
3 11 (2.57%) .NET
3 11 (2.57%) ADO
3 11 (2.57%) REST
4 10 (2.34%) JSON
5 9 (2.10%) SAML
6 7 (1.64%) Web Services
7 6 (1.40%) SOAP
8 5 (1.17%) Hibernate
8 5 (1.17%) J2EE
8 5 (1.17%) JPA
9 3 (0.70%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.47%) AngularJS
10 2 (0.47%) CSS
10 2 (0.47%) Dojo
10 2 (0.47%) HTML
10 2 (0.47%) Middleware
10 2 (0.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.67%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (3.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 12 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (2.80%) Reinsurance
5 11 (2.57%) Derivative
5 11 (2.57%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.34%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.34%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 8 (1.87%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.87%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.87%) Fixed Income
8 8 (1.87%) Market Risk
9 7 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.17%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.14%) Windows
2 15 (3.50%) Linux
3 8 (1.87%) Unix
4 5 (1.17%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.93%) Android
5 4 (0.93%) VMS
5 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (26.64%) Agile
2 81 (18.93%) Migration
3 63 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (14.25%) System Integration Testing
5 60 (14.02%) Test Automation
6 57 (13.32%) Requirements Gathering
7 55 (12.85%) Project Management
7 55 (12.85%) User Stories
8 50 (11.68%) SDLC
9 49 (11.45%) Test Strategy
10 48 (11.21%) Data Migration
10 48 (11.21%) Test Scripting
11 43 (10.05%) Business Analysis
12 42 (9.81%) DevOps
13 37 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
14 35 (8.18%) Validation
15 32 (7.48%) GAP Analysis
15 32 (7.48%) Integration Testing
16 31 (7.24%) Defect Management
17 29 (6.78%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.59%) SQL
2 42 (9.81%) Python
3 36 (8.41%) Java
4 20 (4.67%) C#
5 10 (2.34%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.64%) Perl
7 6 (1.40%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.17%) C++
9 4 (0.93%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.93%) XPath
9 4 (0.93%) XQuery
10 3 (0.70%) F#
10 3 (0.70%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.70%) VBA
10 3 (0.70%) VBScript
11 2 (0.47%) ABAP
11 2 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.23%) C
12 1 (0.23%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 49 (11.45%) Degree
2 26 (6.07%) Security Cleared
3 21 (4.91%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.74%) Master's Degree
5 9 (2.10%) ISTQB
6 6 (1.40%) ISEB
6 6 (1.40%) SAP Certification
7 4 (0.93%) CCNA
7 4 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.47%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.23%) CBAP
10 1 (0.23%) IIBA
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (16.82%) QA
2 22 (5.14%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.57%) SLA
4 10 (2.34%) PMO
5 9 (2.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (1.87%) EMIR
7 6 (1.40%) MiFID
8 3 (0.70%) HL7
8 3 (0.70%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.47%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.47%) Basel III
9 2 (0.47%) COREP
9 2 (0.47%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.47%) FINREP
10 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.23%) GDPR
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (0.47%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (1.17%) SCCM
2 4 (0.93%) Iperf
3 2 (0.47%) Control-M
3 2 (0.47%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.23%) BladeLogic
4 1 (0.23%) Grafana
4 1 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.23%) Kibana
4 1 (0.23%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.23%) logstash
4 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (9.58%) Microsoft
2 39 (9.11%) SAP
3 34 (7.94%) Oracle
4 18 (4.21%) ION Trading
5 15 (3.50%) Citrix
6 8 (1.87%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.64%) Bloomberg
8 6 (1.40%) Calypso
8 6 (1.40%) Cisco
8 6 (1.40%) Refinitiv
8 6 (1.40%) Reuters
8 6 (1.40%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.17%) NEC
10 4 (0.93%) Google
10 4 (0.93%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.93%) Workday
11 3 (0.70%) Apple
11 3 (0.70%) IBM
11 3 (0.70%) Murex
11 3 (0.70%) Tradeweb