User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in Bedfordshire

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 20 32
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +2
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 11 12 4
As % of all contract jobs in Bedfordshire 5.05% 6.56% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.58% 8.11% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 1
10th Percentile £435 £488 -
25th Percentile £450 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £550 £300
Median % change year-on-year -15.91% +83.33% -45.45%
75th Percentile £550 £663 -
90th Percentile £580 £700 -
East of England median daily rate £512 £488 £375
% change year-on-year +5.03% +30.00% -21.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £59.00 - -
East of England median hourly rate £38.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

User Acceptance Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 197 148 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 90.37% 80.87% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 78 114
10th Percentile £313 £205 £313
25th Percentile £428 £403 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £600 £580 £571
90th Percentile £650 £675 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 17 3
10th Percentile £37.50 £46.30 £53.00
25th Percentile £62.75 £54.70 £53.75
Median hourly rate £84.75 £59.40 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.68% +8.00% +0.64%
75th Percentile £91.50 £67.50 £60.25
90th Percentile £91.80 £70.30 £61.90
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.59 £19.81
% change year-on-year -23.87% +39.25% -5.67%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Acceptance Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 23 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in Bedfordshire

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 October 2025. 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
Luton -12 7 £500 -9.09% 1
User Acceptance Testing
East of England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (9.09%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (27.27%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) AdminStudio
2 1 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) 1st Line Support
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) IT Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support
2 2 (18.18%) Service Design Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) ICT Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) ICT Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) SAP EWM Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Migration
2 6 (54.55%) ITIL
3 5 (45.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (36.36%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (36.36%) Business Analysis
4 4 (36.36%) Impact Assessments
4 4 (36.36%) ITSM
4 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (36.36%) Workshop Facilitation
5 3 (27.27%) Application Packaging
5 3 (27.27%) Business Case
5 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
5 3 (27.27%) Service Design
5 3 (27.27%) Software Rationalisation
5 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (27.27%) TOGAF
6 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
6 2 (18.18%) Software Deployment
6 2 (18.18%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CBAP
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) ServiceNow
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Remedy
4 1 (9.09%) SAP