User Acceptance Testing Contracts

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 151 142
Rank change year-on-year +42 -9 +32
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 876 1,066 1,743
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.03% 1.80% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 2.01% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 739 1,214
10th Percentile £325 £360 £331
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £644 £600
90th Percentile £738 £775 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 12
10th Percentile £12.92 £45.71 £17.13
25th Percentile £13.87 £61.25 £25.38
Median hourly rate £20.68 £62.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.91% +56.25% +56.86%
75th Percentile £49.38 £64.38 £57.75
90th Percentile £66.85 £67.00 £71.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.25 £62.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -42.00% +78.57% +38.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +31 749 £525 - 230
London +26 426 £550 -3.30% 87
UK excluding London +34 354 £475 - 152
Work from Home +65 350 £500 - 76
South East +14 102 £575 +21.05% 32
North of England -3 77 £452 +0.44% 36
Midlands +34 61 £450 -10.00% 33
Scotland +57 58 £475 - 13
North West +6 53 £500 +12.36% 18
East Midlands +48 32 £434 -0.80% 14
East of England +21 31 £375 -27.64% 19
West Midlands +5 28 £463 -7.50% 19
South West +27 25 £220 -53.68% 13
Yorkshire -3 19 £450 -5.26% 17
North East +18 5 £390 -2.50% 1
Northern Ireland +7 3 - - 6

User Acceptance Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 34 (3.88%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.17%) Confluence
3 11 (1.26%) SAS
4 10 (1.14%) CMS
5 6 (0.68%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.11%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.11%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 38 (4.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (1.71%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.11%) InVision
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (4.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (2.05%) SAP EWM
4 15 (1.71%) Oracle Applications
5 13 (1.48%) SAP QM
6 9 (1.03%) Dynamics GP
6 9 (1.03%) Loan IQ
7 8 (0.91%) ION MarketView
7 8 (0.91%) Oracle Assets
7 8 (0.91%) Oracle Cash Management
7 8 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
7 8 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
8 7 (0.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 6 (0.68%) Magento
9 6 (0.68%) SAP SD
10 5 (0.57%) SAP FI
10 5 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
10 5 (0.57%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 108 (12.33%) Azure
2 56 (6.39%) Dynamics 365
3 34 (3.88%) OCI
4 32 (3.65%) Power Platform
5 31 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (2.85%) AWS
7 21 (2.40%) SaaS
8 13 (1.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 11 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
10 10 (1.14%) Oracle CX
11 8 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (0.80%) Google Analytics
12 7 (0.80%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 7 (0.80%) Serverless
13 6 (0.68%) Azure Functions
13 6 (0.68%) Miro
13 6 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
14 5 (0.57%) Entra ID
14 5 (0.57%) SAP Fieldglass
15 4 (0.46%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.37%) NetScaler
2 6 (0.68%) 5G
2 6 (0.68%) Fibre Channel
2 6 (0.68%) SAN
3 5 (0.57%) Firewall
3 5 (0.57%) SSH
3 5 (0.57%) WAN
3 5 (0.57%) Wireless
4 4 (0.46%) Internet
4 4 (0.46%) VLAN
4 4 (0.46%) VPN
5 3 (0.34%) BGP
5 3 (0.34%) CTI
5 3 (0.34%) H.323
5 3 (0.34%) MPLS
5 3 (0.34%) Network Security
5 3 (0.34%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (0.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.11%) MVNO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.34%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.08%) Power BI
3 25 (2.85%) Oracle Reports
4 20 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (1.94%) KDB
6 13 (1.48%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.57%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 5 (0.57%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.57%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.46%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.46%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.34%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.23%) Big Data
11 2 (0.23%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.23%) Tableau
12 1 (0.11%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 103 (11.76%) JIRA
2 20 (2.28%) Selenium
3 18 (2.05%) Cucumber
4 15 (1.71%) TestRail
5 13 (1.48%) Git
5 13 (1.48%) JMeter
6 11 (1.26%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.26%) LoadRunner
7 9 (1.03%) Postman
8 8 (0.91%) JUnit
8 8 (0.91%) Zephyr
9 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.57%) Maven
10 5 (0.57%) SpecFlow
10 5 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
10 5 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.46%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.46%) NUnit
11 4 (0.46%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.46%) SoapUI
General
1 253 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 250 (28.54%) Finance
3 78 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (8.56%) Public Sector
5 71 (8.11%) Banking
6 37 (4.22%) Marketing
6 37 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
7 29 (3.31%) Manufacturing
8 26 (2.97%) Retail
9 24 (2.74%) Front Office
10 22 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.05%) Investment Banking
13 16 (1.83%) Back Office
14 12 (1.37%) Law
14 12 (1.37%) Legal
15 11 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.03%) Games
17 8 (0.91%) Financial Institution
17 8 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 265 (30.25%) Analyst
2 156 (17.81%) Business Analyst
3 100 (11.42%) Consultant
4 90 (10.27%) Lead
5 80 (9.13%) Developer
6 63 (7.19%) Test Analyst
7 56 (6.39%) Senior
8 44 (5.02%) Test Manager
9 40 (4.57%) Project Manager
10 38 (4.34%) Test Leader
11 35 (4.00%) Tester
12 33 (3.77%) SAP Consultant
13 31 (3.54%) Java Developer
14 26 (2.97%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 25 (2.85%) Architect
16 24 (2.74%) Windows Engineer
17 21 (2.40%) Build Engineer
17 21 (2.40%) Windows Build Engineer
18 20 (2.28%) Test Engineer
19 18 (2.05%) UAT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 20 (2.28%) .NET
3 17 (1.94%) XML
4 16 (1.83%) REST
5 15 (1.71%) SAML
6 14 (1.60%) Spring
7 13 (1.48%) ADO
8 12 (1.37%) JSON
8 12 (1.37%) Web Services
9 8 (0.91%) SOAP
10 7 (0.80%) Kafka
11 6 (0.68%) SailPoint
12 5 (0.57%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.57%) Hibernate
12 5 (0.57%) J2EE
12 5 (0.57%) JPA
13 4 (0.46%) OpenID
13 4 (0.46%) RESTful
14 3 (0.34%) SAP PI
14 3 (0.34%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.94%) Product Ownership
2 25 (2.85%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 16 (1.83%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (1.60%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.60%) Derivative
7 13 (1.48%) Reinsurance
8 12 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.26%) Mobile App
9 11 (1.26%) Onboarding
9 11 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.14%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.03%) Fixed Income
11 9 (1.03%) Market Risk
12 8 (0.91%) Wiki
13 7 (0.80%) Equities
14 6 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.08%) Windows
2 31 (3.54%) Windows Server
3 25 (2.85%) Linux
4 22 (2.51%) Windows 10
5 21 (2.40%) Windows NT
5 21 (2.40%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (2.40%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (1.03%) Unix
7 6 (0.68%) AIX
7 6 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.68%) Solaris
8 5 (0.57%) Android
8 5 (0.57%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (21.92%) Agile
2 147 (16.78%) Migration
3 125 (14.27%) System Integration Testing
4 109 (12.44%) Test Automation
5 108 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
6 101 (11.53%) Integration Testing
7 96 (10.96%) Test Strategy
8 95 (10.84%) Requirements Gathering
9 92 (10.50%) Test Scripting
9 92 (10.50%) User Stories
10 91 (10.39%) Data Migration
10 91 (10.39%) Project Management
11 87 (9.93%) Scenario Testing
12 83 (9.47%) DevOps
13 75 (8.56%) Validation
14 72 (8.22%) Business Analysis
15 70 (7.99%) End-to-End Testing
16 69 (7.88%) GAP Analysis
17 66 (7.53%) SDLC
17 66 (7.53%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 120 (13.70%) SQL
2 51 (5.82%) Python
3 48 (5.48%) Java
4 35 (4.00%) C#
5 20 (2.28%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.71%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.03%) F#
8 8 (0.91%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.80%) ABAP
9 7 (0.80%) Perl
10 5 (0.57%) C++
11 4 (0.46%) Scala
11 4 (0.46%) XPath
11 4 (0.46%) XQuery
12 3 (0.34%) Bash
12 3 (0.34%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.34%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.34%) VBA
12 3 (0.34%) VBScript
13 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 86 (9.82%) Degree
1 86 (9.82%) Security Cleared
2 51 (5.82%) SC Cleared
3 33 (3.77%) DV Cleared
4 24 (2.74%) ISTQB
5 19 (2.17%) Master's Degree
6 18 (2.05%) ISEB
7 9 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.68%) PMP
9 5 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.57%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.57%) SAP Certification
10 4 (0.46%) CCNA
10 4 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.23%) CBAP
11 2 (0.23%) ISEB Practitioner
11 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.11%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (16.55%) QA
2 37 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.71%) SLA
4 14 (1.60%) PMO
5 11 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.03%) Disclosure Scotland
7 8 (0.91%) EMIR
7 8 (0.91%) GDPR
8 6 (0.68%) MiFID
9 5 (0.57%) Accessibility
9 5 (0.57%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.46%) GxP
11 3 (0.34%) HL7
11 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.23%) Basel III
12 2 (0.23%) COREP
12 2 (0.23%) Dodd-Frank
12 2 (0.23%) FINREP
13 1 (0.11%) PMBOK
System Software
1 27 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.40%) Firmware
3 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.23%) Docker
5 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (2.97%) SCCM
2 21 (2.40%) Sysprep
2 21 (2.40%) WSUS
3 7 (0.80%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (0.68%) HP Data Protector
4 6 (0.68%) NetBackup
5 5 (0.57%) HP ALM
5 5 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.46%) Iperf
7 3 (0.34%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.34%) SysTrack
8 2 (0.23%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.23%) Control-M
8 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Kibana
9 1 (0.11%) logstash
9 1 (0.11%) Terraform
9 1 (0.11%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 136 (15.53%) SAP
2 124 (14.16%) Microsoft
3 95 (10.84%) Oracle
4 26 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 20 (2.28%) Citrix
6 19 (2.17%) ION Trading
7 14 (1.60%) Cisco
8 13 (1.48%) ServiceNow
9 12 (1.37%) HP
10 11 (1.26%) Google
11 9 (1.03%) Workday
12 7 (0.80%) Databricks
13 6 (0.68%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.68%) Bloomberg
13 6 (0.68%) Brocade
13 6 (0.68%) Calypso
13 6 (0.68%) EMC
13 6 (0.68%) Refinitiv
13 6 (0.68%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.68%) Symantec