User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 112 117
Rank change year-on-year +43 +5 -16
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 61 54 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.24% 1.56% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 1.76% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 26 76
10th Percentile £311 £308 £288
25th Percentile £356 £391 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.70% +11.11% +15.38%
75th Percentile £530 £544 £500
90th Percentile £588 £588 £600
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - £22.41 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +28.06% -20.45%
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £38.75 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -38.00% +56.25% +58.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,238 3,065 4,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.07% 88.30% 88.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,495 2,136 3,342
10th Percentile £233 £250 £233
25th Percentile £356 £370 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £566
90th Percentile £700 £675 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 122 155
10th Percentile £11.09 £11.82 £10.20
25th Percentile £13.96 £15.02 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.37% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.47 £22.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £54.88 £33.30
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
East Midlands +44 33 £443 +1.26% 17
West Midlands +17 27 £444 -11.25% 15
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (1.64%) Confluence
1 1 (1.64%) SAS
1 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.64%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.39%) Azure
2 6 (9.84%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (8.20%) Google Analytics
4 4 (6.56%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.92%) Azure Functions
5 3 (4.92%) Azure Monitor
5 3 (4.92%) Serverless
6 1 (1.64%) Boomi
6 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.64%) SaaS
6 1 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.84%) Fibre Channel
1 6 (9.84%) SAN
2 2 (3.28%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Oracle Database
2 3 (4.92%) Power BI
3 1 (1.64%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (3.28%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) Selenium
3 1 (1.64%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.64%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.64%) Postman
3 1 (1.64%) SoapUI
General
1 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.39%) Finance
3 4 (6.56%) Marketing
4 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Banking
5 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.28%) Law
5 2 (3.28%) Legal
5 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Analyst
2 10 (16.39%) Test Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) Business Analyst
3 6 (9.84%) Consultant
3 6 (9.84%) Developer
4 5 (8.20%) Automation Tester
4 5 (8.20%) Data Analyst
4 5 (8.20%) Test Manager
4 5 (8.20%) Tester
5 4 (6.56%) Oracle Analyst
5 4 (6.56%) Oracle Developer
5 4 (6.56%) PL/SQL Developer
5 4 (6.56%) SQL Developer
6 3 (4.92%) Analytics Consultant
6 3 (4.92%) Functional Consultant
6 3 (4.92%) Lead
6 3 (4.92%) Project Analyst
6 3 (4.92%) Storage Engineer
7 2 (3.28%) Azure Consultant
7 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.64%) .NET
2 1 (1.64%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.64%) HTML
2 1 (1.64%) Kafka
2 1 (1.64%) SPFx
2 1 (1.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) HP Storage
2 3 (4.92%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (4.92%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.28%) NHS
3 2 (3.28%) Replication
4 1 (1.64%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.64%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.75%) Windows
2 6 (9.84%) AIX
2 6 (9.84%) Linux
2 6 (9.84%) Solaris
3 1 (1.64%) Android
3 1 (1.64%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (21.31%) Agile
2 12 (19.67%) Change Management
2 12 (19.67%) Scenario Testing
2 12 (19.67%) System Integration Testing
3 11 (18.03%) DevOps
4 10 (16.39%) Test Strategy
5 9 (14.75%) Analytics
6 8 (13.11%) Data Modelling
6 8 (13.11%) ITIL
6 8 (13.11%) Test Scripting
7 7 (11.48%) Manual Testing
7 7 (11.48%) Migration
7 7 (11.48%) Test Automation
8 6 (9.84%) Functional Testing
8 6 (9.84%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (9.84%) System Testing
8 6 (9.84%) Thought Leadership
8 6 (9.84%) Use Case
8 6 (9.84%) User Stories
8 6 (9.84%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) SQL
2 6 (9.84%) PowerShell
3 5 (8.20%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.56%) PL/SQL
5 3 (4.92%) Bash
6 2 (3.28%) Python
7 1 (1.64%) C#
7 1 (1.64%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (11.48%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.84%) Degree
3 4 (6.56%) ISTQB
3 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.28%) ISEB
6 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.64%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.11%) QA
2 6 (9.84%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (9.84%) EMC NetWorker
1 6 (9.84%) HP Data Protector
1 6 (9.84%) NetBackup
2 3 (4.92%) SysTrack
3 2 (3.28%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 16 (26.23%) Oracle
2 6 (9.84%) Brocade
2 6 (9.84%) Cisco
2 6 (9.84%) EMC
2 6 (9.84%) HP
2 6 (9.84%) SAP
2 6 (9.84%) ServiceNow
2 6 (9.84%) Symantec
3 5 (8.20%) Google
4 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
5 3 (4.92%) Citrix
5 3 (4.92%) New Relic
5 3 (4.92%) OpenAI
6 2 (3.28%) Databricks
6 2 (3.28%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.64%) Ariba
7 1 (1.64%) ION Trading