UAT Test Lead Contracts

User Acceptance Testing Test Lead
UK

The median User Acceptance Testing Test Lead daily rate in the UK is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 708 853
Rank change year-on-year +134 +145 -158
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Test Lead 4 8 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.014% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.014% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 12
10th Percentile £371 £371 £400
25th Percentile £384 £392 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £413 £468
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +10.00%
75th Percentile £503 £508 £500
90th Percentile £554 £556 £545
UK excluding London median daily rate £394 £413 £480
% change year-on-year -4.55% -14.06% +28.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

UAT Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured UAT Test Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for UAT Test Lead in the UK

UAT Test Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UAT Test Lead.

Daily rate trend for UAT Test Lead in the UK

UAT Test Lead
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UAT Test Lead over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UAT Test Lead in the UK

UAT Test Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UAT Test Lead.

Hourly rate trend for UAT Test Lead in the UK

UAT Test Lead
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAT Test Lead within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +104 4 £413 - 1
Work from Home +127 2 £413 -
London +111 2 £575 +9.52%
UK excluding London +56 2 £394 -4.55% 1
North West +26 1 £413 +14.58%
North of England +24 1 £413 -
South West - 1 £375 -

UAT Test Lead Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, UAT Test Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring UAT Test Lead in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) PMO
3 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Temenos
3 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Temenos T24

UAT Test Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (25.00%) Temenos T24
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Management
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (25.00%) Temenos