User Acceptance Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 161 140
Rank change year-on-year +68 -21 +36
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 350 409 863
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.31% 1.60% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 1.78% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 306 628
10th Percentile £350 £355 £341
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £590 £638 £613
90th Percentile £725 £760 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £31.00
25th Percentile £24.25 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 - £45.00
75th Percentile £24.75 - £59.13
90th Percentile - - £71.60
UK median hourly rate £20.68 £62.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -66.91% +38.89% +76.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

User Acceptance Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Acceptance Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing.

User Acceptance Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

User Acceptance Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing.

User Acceptance Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 19 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.86%) Confluence
3 3 (0.86%) CMS
4 2 (0.57%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.29%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.71%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.86%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.29%) InVision
7 1 (0.29%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (3.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.57%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (2.29%) SAP EWM
5 5 (1.43%) Oracle Applications
6 4 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (1.14%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.86%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.86%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.86%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.86%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 66 (18.86%) Azure
2 31 (8.86%) Dynamics 365
3 21 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.57%) AWS
5 13 (3.71%) OCI
6 10 (2.86%) SaaS
7 8 (2.29%) Power Platform
8 7 (2.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 6 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.43%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.43%) Google Analytics
10 5 (1.43%) Miro
11 4 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.14%) Oracle CX
11 4 (1.14%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 2 (0.57%) Serverless
13 2 (0.57%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.43%) NetScaler
2 3 (0.86%) Internet
3 2 (0.57%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (0.57%) SAN
4 1 (0.29%) 3G
4 1 (0.29%) 4G
4 1 (0.29%) BGP
4 1 (0.29%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.29%) CTI
4 1 (0.29%) DSL
4 1 (0.29%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.29%) H.323
4 1 (0.29%) ICMP
4 1 (0.29%) MPLS
4 1 (0.29%) NGN
4 1 (0.29%) OSPF
4 1 (0.29%) PPP
4 1 (0.29%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.29%) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.43%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.71%) Power BI
5 4 (1.14%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.29%) Big Data
8 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.29%) DataStage
8 1 (0.29%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.29%) Parquet
8 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.29%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (11.14%) JIRA
2 8 (2.29%) Git
2 8 (2.29%) Selenium
3 7 (2.00%) TestRail
4 5 (1.43%) Cucumber
4 5 (1.43%) JMeter
4 5 (1.43%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (1.14%) Eclipse
5 4 (1.14%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.86%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.86%) Postman
6 3 (0.86%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.86%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.57%) FitNesse
7 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.57%) NUnit
7 2 (0.57%) TestComplete
7 2 (0.57%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.29%) QARun
General
1 100 (28.57%) Finance
2 93 (26.57%) Social Skills
3 47 (13.43%) Public Sector
4 25 (7.14%) Marketing
5 24 (6.86%) Banking
6 20 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (4.29%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.29%) Back Office
8 8 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.00%) Retail
10 6 (1.71%) Electronics
10 6 (1.71%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.43%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.43%) Front Office
12 4 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.14%) Legal
Job Titles
1 103 (29.43%) Analyst
2 69 (19.71%) Business Analyst
3 50 (14.29%) Consultant
4 29 (8.29%) Senior
5 26 (7.43%) Lead
6 23 (6.57%) Test Analyst
7 22 (6.29%) Developer
8 21 (6.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 19 (5.43%) Architect
10 18 (5.14%) Project Manager
11 17 (4.86%) Tester
12 14 (4.00%) Test Manager
13 12 (3.43%) Test Engineer
14 11 (3.14%) Microsoft Consultant
15 10 (2.86%) Product Owner
16 9 (2.57%) Finance Business Analyst
16 9 (2.57%) Financial Analyst
16 9 (2.57%) Great Plains Consultant
16 9 (2.57%) SQL Developer
16 9 (2.57%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.29%) SAML
2 10 (2.86%) .NET
3 6 (1.71%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.71%) Web Services
4 5 (1.43%) REST
4 5 (1.43%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.14%) OpenID
6 3 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.86%) SAP PI
7 2 (0.57%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.57%) ADO
7 2 (0.57%) Middleware
7 2 (0.57%) NumPy
7 2 (0.57%) Pandas
7 2 (0.57%) Playwright
7 2 (0.57%) PySpark
7 2 (0.57%) XML
8 1 (0.29%) EJB
8 1 (0.29%) JSON
8 1 (0.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.86%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.43%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (2.00%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.14%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.14%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.86%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (0.86%) NHS
6 3 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (0.86%) Wiki
7 2 (0.57%) CMDB
7 2 (0.57%) Derivative
7 2 (0.57%) Equities
7 2 (0.57%) HP Storage
7 2 (0.57%) IVR
7 2 (0.57%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.71%) Windows
2 8 (2.29%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.71%) Linux
4 2 (0.57%) AIX
4 2 (0.57%) Solaris
5 1 (0.29%) VMS
5 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (20.00%) Agile
2 62 (17.71%) Migration
3 49 (14.00%) Test Scripting
4 48 (13.71%) Data Migration
5 46 (13.14%) System Integration Testing
5 46 (13.14%) User Stories
6 44 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
7 39 (11.14%) Requirements Gathering
8 38 (10.86%) Test Strategy
9 35 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
10 34 (9.71%) Test Automation
11 33 (9.43%) DevOps
11 33 (9.43%) Integration Testing
12 32 (9.14%) Scenario Testing
12 32 (9.14%) Software Testing
13 30 (8.57%) End-to-End Testing
13 30 (8.57%) Project Delivery
14 29 (8.29%) Business Analysis
14 29 (8.29%) CRM
14 29 (8.29%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 61 (17.43%) SQL
2 17 (4.86%) Python
3 15 (4.29%) C#
4 14 (4.00%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.29%) Java
6 7 (2.00%) F#
6 7 (2.00%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.57%) ABAP
8 2 (0.57%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.57%) VBScript
9 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.29%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.29%) Scala
9 1 (0.29%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 36 (10.29%) Degree
2 30 (8.57%) Security Cleared
3 28 (8.00%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.00%) ISTQB
5 7 (2.00%) ISEB
6 6 (1.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.86%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.86%) PMP
8 3 (0.86%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.57%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.29%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.29%) CBAP
10 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.29%) IIBA
10 1 (0.29%) MBA
10 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.71%) QA
2 14 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.71%) PMO
4 6 (1.71%) SLA
5 5 (1.43%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (1.43%) EMIR
5 5 (1.43%) MiFID
6 3 (0.86%) GDPR
6 3 (0.86%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.29%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.29%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.43%) SCCM
2 4 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.86%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.57%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.57%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.57%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (0.57%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.29%) Kibana
5 1 (0.29%) logstash
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (15.71%) Microsoft
2 49 (14.00%) SAP
3 35 (10.00%) Oracle
4 15 (4.29%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.71%) Citrix
6 6 (1.71%) HP
6 6 (1.71%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.43%) Databricks
7 5 (1.43%) Google
8 4 (1.14%) Cisco
8 4 (1.14%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.14%) Okta
8 4 (1.14%) Workday
8 4 (1.14%) Zscaler
9 3 (0.86%) Blue Prism
9 3 (0.86%) CyberSource
9 3 (0.86%) Reuters
10 2 (0.57%) Conga
10 2 (0.57%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.57%) Symantec