UAT Lead Contract Job Trends in Central London

User Acceptance Testing Lead
London > Central London

The median User Acceptance Testing Lead daily rate in Central London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Lead 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.039% - 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% - 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £575
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £350 £469 £588
% change year-on-year -25.42% -20.11% -12.96%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,438 1,916 2,182
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 93.05% 94.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,649 1,278 1,479
10th Percentile £356 £325 £363
25th Percentile £455 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £545 £550
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 30 19
10th Percentile £17.60 £21.51 £18.98
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £22.56
Median hourly rate £22.83 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.47% +7.67% -22.86%
75th Percentile £45.37 £50.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £64.38 £67.89 £137.50
London median hourly rate £37.50 £29.54 £33.07
% change year-on-year +26.97% -10.69% -12.97%

UAT Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

UAT Lead job vacancy trend in Central London

UAT Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UAT Lead job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UAT Lead job vacancies in Central London

UAT Lead Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 11 August 2026, UAT Lead 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 Central London region featuring UAT Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

UAT Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SuccessFactors
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) SAP