User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 102 148
Rank change year-on-year -20 +46 -28
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 59 109 102
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.23% 1.99% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 2.21% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 68 85
10th Percentile £317 £354 £304
25th Percentile £400 £400 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £425
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +14.71% -2.86%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £500
90th Percentile £550 £680 £545
England median daily rate £525 £526 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +5.10% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,047 4,941 6,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.38% 90.00% 88.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,427 3,390 4,664
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £487
Median % change year-on-year - +2.62% +10.74%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £670 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 203 257
10th Percentile £11.08 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.36 £13.50
Median hourly rate £20.77 £26.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% +39.47% +6.26%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.75 £34.09
90th Percentile £63.75 £62.25 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% +11.11%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -13 41 £450 -10.00% 25
Yorkshire -6 15 £450 -10.00% 11
North East +7 3 £330 -17.50% 2
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 3 (5.08%) SAS
2 1 (1.69%) Confluence
2 1 (1.69%) LiveLink
2 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.69%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.69%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.69%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.69%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.69%) SAP Retail
2 1 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.69%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.69%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 14 (23.73%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (16.95%) Azure
3 6 (10.17%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.39%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.39%) SaaS
5 1 (1.69%) BrowserStack
5 1 (1.69%) Commercetools
5 1 (1.69%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.69%) OCI
5 1 (1.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (1.69%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) SQL Server
1 5 (8.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (3.39%) Power BI
3 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.69%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 13 (22.03%) JIRA
2 5 (8.47%) Git
2 5 (8.47%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (5.08%) InstallShield
3 3 (5.08%) MSI
3 3 (5.08%) Selenium
3 3 (5.08%) Zephyr
4 2 (3.39%) AdminStudio
4 2 (3.39%) Postman
5 1 (1.69%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.69%) JMeter
5 1 (1.69%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.69%) SoapUI
General
1 15 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Finance
3 5 (8.47%) Marketing
4 4 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (6.78%) Retail
5 2 (3.39%) Banking
5 2 (3.39%) Financial Institution
5 2 (3.39%) Front Office
5 2 (3.39%) Law
5 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.39%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.69%) Billing
6 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (28.81%) Analyst
2 12 (20.34%) Developer
3 11 (18.64%) Business Analyst
4 10 (16.95%) Consultant
5 7 (11.86%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
6 5 (8.47%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 5 (8.47%) SQL BI Developer
6 5 (8.47%) SQL Developer
7 4 (6.78%) Functional Consultant
7 4 (6.78%) Tester
8 3 (5.08%) Applications Packager
8 3 (5.08%) Dynamics 365 Trainer
8 3 (5.08%) Project Manager
8 3 (5.08%) Risk Analyst
8 3 (5.08%) Test Manager
8 3 (5.08%) Trainer
9 2 (3.39%) ABAP Developer
9 2 (3.39%) CRM Trainer
9 2 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM Trainer
9 2 (3.39%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.69%) ADO
1 1 (1.69%) Gherkin
1 1 (1.69%) Kafka
1 1 (1.69%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (1.69%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.08%) e-Learning
2 3 (5.08%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.39%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.69%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.69%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.39%) Windows
1 2 (3.39%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.69%) Android
2 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.03%) Migration
2 11 (18.64%) Requirements Gathering
3 10 (16.95%) Unit Testing
4 9 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (15.25%) Test Scripting
5 8 (13.56%) Agile
5 8 (13.56%) CRM
5 8 (13.56%) Data Migration
6 7 (11.86%) DevOps
6 7 (11.86%) Software Testing
6 7 (11.86%) Validation
7 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (10.17%) User Stories
8 5 (8.47%) Data Cleansing
8 5 (8.47%) Data Modelling
8 5 (8.47%) Project Management
8 5 (8.47%) System Integration Testing
8 5 (8.47%) Test Automation
9 4 (6.78%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.25%) SQL
2 2 (3.39%) ABAP
2 2 (3.39%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.39%) VB
3 1 (1.69%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.69%) C#
3 1 (1.69%) Java
3 1 (1.69%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 5 (8.47%) SC Cleared
1 5 (8.47%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.78%) Degree
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) QA
2 3 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.69%) GDPR
3 1 (1.69%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.39%) SCCM
2 1 (1.69%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (28.81%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.86%) SAP
3 6 (10.17%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.39%) Talend
4 2 (3.39%) Workday
5 1 (1.69%) Civica
5 1 (1.69%) HP
5 1 (1.69%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle