User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the South East

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 113 113
Rank change year-on-year +13 0 -5
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 101 115 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.82% 1.97% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.14% 2.20% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 70 117
10th Percentile £375 £330 £313
25th Percentile £500 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £688 £580 £538
90th Percentile £746 £721 £605
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 £62.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.80% +78.57% +41.41%
75th Percentile £24.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.50 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -60.80% +56.25% +60.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,713 5,219 6,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.93% 89.44% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,743 3,620 4,694
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £506 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +1.25% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £615 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £673
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 220 289
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.15 £16.11
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -12.62%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.15 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.08 £62.37
England median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the South East

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the South East

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the South East

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the South East

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Thames Valley +19 73 £575 +22.67% 18
Berkshire +9 59 £575 +22.67% 11
Hampshire -15 13 £375 -25.00% 6
Surrey +11 10 £450 +5.88% 2
Buckinghamshire +26 9 £400 -20.00% 3
Oxfordshire +5 5 £488 +8.33% 4
West Sussex +3 2 £500 +25.00% 2
Kent +4 1 - - 1
East Sussex +1 1 £650 +1.96% 1
Home Counties - 1 - -
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (3.96%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 13 (12.87%) SAP EWM
2 12 (11.88%) SAP QM
3 5 (4.95%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (1.98%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (1.98%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (1.98%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.98%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.98%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.98%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.99%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.99%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.99%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.99%) SAP Retail
6 1 (0.99%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.94%) Azure
1 6 (5.94%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (3.96%) AWS
3 3 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (2.97%) SaaS
4 2 (1.98%) PaaS
4 2 (1.98%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.99%) dbt
5 1 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.99%) OCI
5 1 (0.99%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.99%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.99%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) 2G
1 1 (0.99%) 3G
1 1 (0.99%) ATM
1 1 (0.99%) BGP
1 1 (0.99%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (0.99%) DSL
1 1 (0.99%) EIGRP
1 1 (0.99%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.99%) GSM
1 1 (0.99%) ICMP
1 1 (0.99%) Internet
1 1 (0.99%) MPLS
1 1 (0.99%) Network Security
1 1 (0.99%) NGN
1 1 (0.99%) OSPF
1 1 (0.99%) PPP
1 1 (0.99%) RIP
1 1 (0.99%) VPN
1 1 (0.99%) WAN
1 1 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.96%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.98%) Power BI
3 1 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.96%) JIRA
2 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.99%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.99%) Selenium
3 1 (0.99%) TestRail
General
1 51 (50.50%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.80%) Finance
3 7 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.94%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.95%) Retail
6 4 (3.96%) Marketing
6 4 (3.96%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.97%) Banking
7 3 (2.97%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.99%) Back Office
8 1 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.99%) Legal
8 1 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (28.71%) Analyst
2 22 (21.78%) Consultant
3 21 (20.79%) Build Engineer
3 21 (20.79%) Windows Build Engineer
3 21 (20.79%) Windows Engineer
4 18 (17.82%) SAP Consultant
5 15 (14.85%) Business Analyst
6 12 (11.88%) SAP QM Consultant
7 8 (7.92%) ERP Analyst
8 7 (6.93%) Test Analyst
9 5 (4.95%) Business Manager
9 5 (4.95%) SAP EWM Consultant
9 5 (4.95%) Test Manager
10 4 (3.96%) ERP Business Analyst
10 4 (3.96%) Lead
11 3 (2.97%) Applications Support Analyst
11 3 (2.97%) Site Engineer
11 3 (2.97%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 3 (2.97%) Support Analyst
11 3 (2.97%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.99%) ADO
2 1 (0.99%) REST
2 1 (0.99%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.92%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.96%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.97%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (0.99%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.99%) EPoS
4 1 (0.99%) FMCG
4 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.99%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (24.75%) Windows
2 24 (23.76%) Windows Server
3 21 (20.79%) Windows 10
3 21 (20.79%) Windows NT
3 21 (20.79%) Windows Server 2012
3 21 (20.79%) Windows Server 2016
3 21 (20.79%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.76%) GAP Analysis
1 24 (23.76%) Integration Testing
2 21 (20.79%) Customer Service
2 21 (20.79%) Deployment Automation
2 21 (20.79%) ITIL
2 21 (20.79%) Release Management
2 21 (20.79%) Service Management
2 21 (20.79%) Workshop Facilitation
3 13 (12.87%) ERP
4 11 (10.89%) Migration
4 11 (10.89%) Requirements Gathering
4 11 (10.89%) Scenario Testing
5 10 (9.90%) System Integration Testing
6 9 (8.91%) Agile
6 9 (8.91%) Business Analysis
6 9 (8.91%) Change Management
6 9 (8.91%) End-to-End Testing
6 9 (8.91%) User Stories
7 8 (7.92%) CRM
7 8 (7.92%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.92%) SQL
2 3 (2.97%) C#
2 3 (2.97%) F#
3 1 (0.99%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.99%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (43.56%) Security Cleared
2 30 (29.70%) DV Cleared
3 16 (15.84%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.95%) Degree
5 2 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.98%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.98%) PMP
6 1 (0.99%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) ISEB
6 1 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (28.71%) QA
2 3 (2.97%) SLA
3 2 (1.98%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
System Software
1 21 (20.79%) Active Directory
1 21 (20.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (20.79%) SCCM
1 21 (20.79%) Sysprep
1 21 (20.79%) WSUS
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (35.64%) SAP
2 32 (31.68%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.94%) Oracle
4 1 (0.99%) Adobe
4 1 (0.99%) ADVA
4 1 (0.99%) Apple
4 1 (0.99%) Blue Prism
4 1 (0.99%) Cisco
4 1 (0.99%) Informatica
4 1 (0.99%) Juniper
4 1 (0.99%) Nokia
4 1 (0.99%) Nokia Networks
4 1 (0.99%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.99%) Tellabs
4 1 (0.99%) Workday