User Acceptance Testing Jobs

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for User Acceptance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 300 337
Rank change year-on-year -65 +37 -39
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 752 1,201 1,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 1.16% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.21% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 582 766 1,247
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £45,041
% change year-on-year - +16.56% +5.98%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -38 686 £56,000 +1.82% 203
UK excluding London -29 514 £52,500 - 140
Work from Home -33 327 £55,000 -4.35% 72
London -58 205 £66,000 +9.09% 75
North of England +47 147 £52,500 -4.55% 32
Midlands +45 132 £52,500 +5.00% 31
South East -57 92 £57,500 +4.55% 30
North West -6 85 £50,500 -12.17% 17
West Midlands +41 74 £57,500 +9.52% 17
East Midlands +9 58 £45,000 - 14
Yorkshire +95 57 £57,500 +27.78% 14
East of England +8 55 £45,000 -5.26% 15
South West -59 46 £60,000 +14.29% 13
Scotland -71 33 £54,750 +7.48% 13
Wales +4 12 £55,000 +57.14% 1
North East -8 7 £40,500 -26.36% 1

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 28 (3.72%) IIS
2 18 (2.39%) Confluence
3 16 (2.13%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.06%) CMS
5 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.53%) SAS
7 2 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.27%) Kentico
7 2 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 53 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.33%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.53%) SPSS
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 35 (4.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (2.26%) NetSuite
3 11 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.93%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.80%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.80%) SAP PLM
5 6 (0.80%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.66%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.27%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.27%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 150 (19.95%) Azure
2 87 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
3 75 (9.97%) Dynamics 365
4 65 (8.64%) Power Platform
5 37 (4.92%) AWS
6 21 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (2.79%) PowerApps
6 21 (2.79%) SaaS
7 14 (1.86%) PaaS
8 13 (1.73%) GitHub
9 10 (1.33%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.20%) OCI
11 6 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.53%) Dropbox
13 4 (0.53%) IaaS
14 3 (0.40%) AWS CodePipeline
14 3 (0.40%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.27%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.66%) 5G
1 5 (0.66%) Broadband
1 5 (0.66%) Wireless
2 4 (0.53%) LAN
2 4 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.27%) DNS
3 2 (0.27%) SSH
4 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.13%) GSM
4 1 (0.13%) Intranet
4 1 (0.13%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (0.13%) SS7
4 1 (0.13%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (11.17%) SQL Server
2 56 (7.45%) Power BI
3 29 (3.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 28 (3.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.86%) Oracle Reports
6 14 (1.86%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.46%) Data Lake
8 11 (1.46%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.20%) BusinessObjects
9 9 (1.20%) Power Query
10 8 (1.06%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 8 (1.06%) Semantic Layer
10 8 (1.06%) Tableau
11 6 (0.80%) MySQL
11 6 (0.80%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.66%) Data Mining
12 5 (0.66%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.66%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (9.57%) JIRA
2 33 (4.39%) Selenium
3 32 (4.26%) Jasmine
4 28 (3.72%) Karma Test Runner
5 19 (2.53%) Git
6 18 (2.39%) Cucumber
6 18 (2.39%) Visual Studio
7 15 (1.99%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.86%) Postman
9 11 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (1.33%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.06%) JMeter
11 8 (1.06%) TeamCity
11 8 (1.06%) Zephyr
12 6 (0.80%) MSTest
13 5 (0.66%) GitLab
13 5 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (0.66%) TestRail
14 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
14 4 (0.53%) WebDriver
General
1 254 (33.78%) Finance
2 247 (32.85%) Social Skills
3 156 (20.74%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (11.30%) Law
5 60 (7.98%) Retail
6 45 (5.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (5.45%) Marketing
8 38 (5.05%) Influencing Skills
9 33 (4.39%) Back Office
10 25 (3.32%) Billing
11 24 (3.19%) Public Sector
12 22 (2.93%) Legal
13 19 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (2.13%) Banking
14 16 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (1.99%) Local Government
16 14 (1.86%) Front Office
17 13 (1.73%) Manufacturing
17 13 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
18 12 (1.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 219 (29.12%) Analyst
2 110 (14.63%) Senior
3 90 (11.97%) Business Analyst
4 79 (10.51%) Developer
5 71 (9.44%) Consultant
6 46 (6.12%) Lead
6 46 (6.12%) Project Manager
7 40 (5.32%) Applications Support
8 39 (5.19%) Test Analyst
8 39 (5.19%) Test Manager
9 37 (4.92%) Systems Analyst
10 30 (3.99%) C# Developer
11 28 (3.72%) Support Analyst
12 27 (3.59%) Functional Consultant
13 24 (3.19%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 24 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
14 23 (3.06%) Senior Consultant
14 23 (3.06%) Tester
15 19 (2.53%) Senior Manager
16 18 (2.39%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (9.18%) .NET
2 51 (6.78%) SOAP
3 45 (5.98%) Web Services
4 41 (5.45%) XML
5 38 (5.05%) JSON
6 35 (4.65%) ASP.NET
7 34 (4.52%) AngularJS
8 32 (4.26%) Sass
9 31 (4.12%) REST
10 28 (3.72%) RESTful
10 28 (3.72%) RxJS
10 28 (3.72%) XML Schema
11 23 (3.06%) HTML
12 20 (2.66%) CSS
13 14 (1.86%) Oracle Fusion
14 12 (1.60%) Gherkin
15 6 (0.80%) CSS3
15 6 (0.80%) HTML5
15 6 (0.80%) Middleware
15 6 (0.80%) React
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 35 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 32 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (2.79%) Virtual Team
5 17 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.13%) Fixed Income
6 16 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.13%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 14 (1.86%) Hedge funds
9 13 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.33%) FMCG
10 10 (1.33%) IoT
11 7 (0.93%) Derivative
12 5 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.66%) BBC
12 5 (0.66%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.66%) Housing Association
13 4 (0.53%) Cybercrime
13 4 (0.53%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.59%) Windows
2 20 (2.66%) Linux
3 9 (1.20%) Unix
3 9 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.27%) VMS
5 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.13%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (30.05%) Agile
2 219 (29.12%) Problem-Solving
3 146 (19.41%) DevOps
4 129 (17.15%) Project Management
5 113 (15.03%) Software Testing
6 101 (13.43%) Requirements Gathering
7 97 (12.90%) Test Automation
8 92 (12.23%) Project Delivery
9 91 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
10 80 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 78 (10.37%) Customer Service
11 78 (10.37%) Stakeholder Management
12 75 (9.97%) Business Analysis
12 75 (9.97%) ERP
12 75 (9.97%) Migration
13 73 (9.71%) Process Improvement
13 73 (9.71%) SDLC
14 72 (9.57%) CRM
14 72 (9.57%) Functional Testing
15 71 (9.44%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 155 (20.61%) SQL
2 70 (9.31%) JavaScript
3 69 (9.18%) C#
4 46 (6.12%) T-SQL
5 35 (4.65%) TypeScript
6 34 (4.52%) Python
7 32 (4.26%) Java
7 32 (4.26%) VB
8 28 (3.72%) VB.NET
8 28 (3.72%) VB6
9 15 (1.99%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.86%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.46%) VBA
12 9 (1.20%) C++
13 6 (0.80%) R
13 6 (0.80%) Rust
14 4 (0.53%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.40%) C
15 3 (0.40%) Perl
15 3 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 171 (22.74%) Degree
2 42 (5.59%) Security Cleared
3 32 (4.26%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.72%) ISTQB
5 21 (2.79%) ISEB
6 18 (2.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.93%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.80%) CSPO
10 6 (0.80%) IIBA
10 6 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.66%) MCITP
11 5 (0.66%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.53%) HND
13 3 (0.40%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.40%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.27%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (21.41%) QA
2 21 (2.79%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.79%) SLA
3 19 (2.53%) GDPR
4 8 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.93%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.80%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.27%) EMIR
7 2 (0.27%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.27%) MiFID
7 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.13%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 13 (1.73%) Firmware
2 10 (1.33%) Docker
2 10 (1.33%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.66%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.93%) Grafana
1 7 (0.93%) Kibana
2 4 (0.53%) Control-M
2 4 (0.53%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.53%) SCCM
3 2 (0.27%) Ansible
3 2 (0.27%) logstash
3 2 (0.27%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.27%) Terraform
4 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 178 (23.67%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.18%) Oracle
3 36 (4.79%) Salesforce
4 33 (4.39%) SAP
5 20 (2.66%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.60%) Charles River
7 11 (1.46%) Splunk
8 9 (1.20%) Google
9 7 (0.93%) Genesys
9 7 (0.93%) Intapp
9 7 (0.93%) Workday
10 5 (0.66%) Virgin Media
10 5 (0.66%) YouTube
11 4 (0.53%) Adobe
11 4 (0.53%) Cadence
11 4 (0.53%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.53%) Quadient
12 3 (0.40%) Micro Focus
12 3 (0.40%) Sophos
12 3 (0.40%) Symantec