UAT Tester Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

User Acceptance Testing Tester
South East > Berkshire

The median User Acceptance Testing Tester daily rate in Berkshire is £383, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.071% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 - -
South East median daily rate £383 £425 -
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,271 1,467 1,662
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 91.06% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 802 1,003
10th Percentile £300 £313 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 51 75
10th Percentile £14.75 £26.00 £24.29
25th Percentile £18.87 £48.18 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £61.50 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -34.25% -0.48% +52.57%
75th Percentile £81.00 £72.28 £70.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £100.00 £75.93
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £56.75 £51.42
% change year-on-year -55.94% +10.36% +37.12%

UAT Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'UAT Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

UAT Tester job vacancy trend in Berkshire

UAT Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UAT Tester job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UAT Tester job vacancies in Berkshire

UAT Tester
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAT Tester within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Reading - 1 £383 -
UAT Tester
South East

UAT Tester Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, UAT Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Berkshire region featuring UAT Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

UAT Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow