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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 149 138
Rank change year-on-year +54 -11 +23
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 335 413 857
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.29% 1.71% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 1.91% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 312 631
10th Percentile £347 £356 £338
25th Percentile £406 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £613
90th Percentile £688 £775 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £30.00
25th Percentile £57.50 - £36.88
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £48.25
75th Percentile £62.50 - £62.56
90th Percentile - - £73.00
UK median hourly rate £32.43 £62.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -48.11% +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 12,820 21,608 40,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,645 15,332 29,227
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 516
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £57.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

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 1 June 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 14 (4.18%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.69%) Confluence
3 3 (0.90%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.30%) MTS
4 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (3.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.69%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (2.39%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.19%) SAP QM
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.90%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.90%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.60%) Magento
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.60%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.60%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.30%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 64 (19.10%) Azure
2 25 (7.46%) Dynamics 365
3 20 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (4.48%) AWS
5 9 (2.69%) OCI
6 7 (2.09%) Power Platform
7 6 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (1.49%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.49%) Google Analytics
8 5 (1.49%) Miro
8 5 (1.49%) SaaS
9 4 (1.19%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.60%) Azure API Management
11 2 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.60%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.58%) NetScaler
2 4 (1.19%) Internet
3 2 (0.60%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (0.60%) SAN
4 1 (0.30%) CTI
4 1 (0.30%) Firewall
4 1 (0.30%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.37%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.49%) Power BI
5 4 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.19%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.90%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.60%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.60%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.30%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.30%) DataStage
8 1 (0.30%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.30%) Ingres
8 1 (0.30%) Parquet
8 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.30%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 39 (11.64%) JIRA
2 8 (2.39%) Git
3 7 (2.09%) JMeter
3 7 (2.09%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (1.79%) Selenium
5 5 (1.49%) LoadRunner
5 5 (1.49%) Postman
5 5 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (1.19%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.19%) Eclipse
6 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.19%) TestRail
7 3 (0.90%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.90%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.60%) FitNesse
8 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.60%) MSI
8 2 (0.60%) NUnit
8 2 (0.60%) TestComplete
8 2 (0.60%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 96 (28.66%) Finance
2 93 (27.76%) Social Skills
3 44 (13.13%) Public Sector
4 22 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.57%) Banking
5 19 (5.67%) Marketing
6 16 (4.78%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.69%) Retail
9 8 (2.39%) Back Office
9 8 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.79%) Electronics
10 6 (1.79%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.49%) Financial Institution
11 5 (1.49%) Front Office
12 4 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.60%) Legal
Job Titles
1 107 (31.94%) Analyst
2 72 (21.49%) Business Analyst
3 43 (12.84%) Consultant
4 27 (8.06%) Senior
5 24 (7.16%) Developer
6 23 (6.87%) Test Analyst
7 21 (6.27%) Lead
8 19 (5.67%) Architect
9 17 (5.07%) Test Manager
10 16 (4.78%) Project Manager
11 14 (4.18%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 14 (4.18%) Tester
12 12 (3.58%) Test Engineer
13 11 (3.28%) Microsoft Consultant
14 10 (2.99%) Finance Business Analyst
14 10 (2.99%) Financial Analyst
14 10 (2.99%) Product Owner
14 10 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.69%) Great Plains Consultant
15 9 (2.69%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.48%) SAML
2 7 (2.09%) .NET
3 6 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.79%) REST
3 6 (1.79%) Web Services
4 5 (1.49%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.19%) OpenID
6 3 (0.90%) ADO
6 3 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.90%) Middleware
6 3 (0.90%) SAP PI
6 3 (0.90%) XML
7 2 (0.60%) NumPy
7 2 (0.60%) Pandas
7 2 (0.60%) Playwright
7 2 (0.60%) PySpark
7 2 (0.60%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.60%) SOAP
7 2 (0.60%) Swagger
8 1 (0.30%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.25%) Product Ownership
2 8 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (2.09%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (1.19%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (0.90%) Data Structures
5 3 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (0.90%) Onboarding
5 3 (0.90%) Reinsurance
5 3 (0.90%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (0.90%) Wiki
6 2 (0.60%) CMDB
6 2 (0.60%) Derivative
6 2 (0.60%) Equities
6 2 (0.60%) FMCG
6 2 (0.60%) IVR
6 2 (0.60%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.97%) Windows
2 8 (2.39%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.09%) Linux
4 2 (0.60%) AIX
4 2 (0.60%) Solaris
5 1 (0.30%) Rocky
5 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.30%) VMS
5 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (22.69%) Agile
2 49 (14.63%) User Stories
3 47 (14.03%) Migration
4 46 (13.73%) Test Scripting
5 40 (11.94%) Requirements Gathering
6 37 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (10.75%) Data Migration
8 34 (10.15%) Business Analysis
8 34 (10.15%) Test Automation
9 33 (9.85%) DevOps
9 33 (9.85%) System Integration Testing
10 31 (9.25%) Scenario Testing
10 31 (9.25%) Workshop Facilitation
11 30 (8.96%) Integration Testing
12 29 (8.66%) GAP Analysis
12 29 (8.66%) Project Delivery
12 29 (8.66%) Software Testing
13 27 (8.06%) Test Strategy
14 24 (7.16%) End-to-End Testing
14 24 (7.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 63 (18.81%) SQL
2 18 (5.37%) JavaScript
3 16 (4.78%) Python
4 11 (3.28%) C#
5 8 (2.39%) Java
5 8 (2.39%) PL/SQL
6 7 (2.09%) F#
7 6 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.90%) ABAP
8 3 (0.90%) VBScript
9 2 (0.60%) C
9 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.30%) Bash
10 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.30%) Perl
10 1 (0.30%) Scala
10 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.30%) SOQL
10 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (9.85%) Security Cleared
2 31 (9.25%) Degree
3 29 (8.66%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.58%) ISTQB
5 6 (1.79%) ISEB
6 5 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.60%) PMP
8 2 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.30%) CBAP
9 1 (0.30%) IIBA
9 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.33%) QA
2 14 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (1.79%) SLA
5 5 (1.49%) EMIR
5 5 (1.49%) MiFID
6 3 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.90%) GDPR
6 3 (0.90%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.90%) PMO
7 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.30%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (1.49%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.49%) SCCM
2 4 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.90%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.60%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.60%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (0.60%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.30%) Grafana
5 1 (0.30%) Kibana
5 1 (0.30%) logstash
5 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 46 (13.73%) SAP
3 32 (9.55%) Oracle
4 15 (4.48%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.88%) Citrix
6 7 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.79%) HP
8 5 (1.49%) Databricks
8 5 (1.49%) Google
9 4 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.19%) Okta
9 4 (1.19%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.90%) Cisco
10 3 (0.90%) Civica
10 3 (0.90%) CyberSource
11 2 (0.60%) Ariba
11 2 (0.60%) Calypso
11 2 (0.60%) EMC
11 2 (0.60%) Reuters
11 2 (0.60%) Symantec