User Acceptance Testing Contracts in Central London

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 49 107
Rank change year-on-year -17 +58 +1
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 64 103 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 3.20% 4.21% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 4.65% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 64 42
10th Percentile £338 £425 £338
25th Percentile £413 £516 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.30% +9.38%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £700
90th Percentile £775 £819 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £31.00 - -
London median hourly rate £48.00 £34.93 £62.50
% change year-on-year +37.42% -44.11% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in Central London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in Central London.

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in Central London

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in Central London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in Central London

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
City of London -15 62 £500 -9.09% 17
User Acceptance Testing
London

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 5 (7.81%) Confluence
2 2 (3.13%) CMS
3 1 (1.56%) Apache
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.56%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (7.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (4.69%) CA PPM
4 2 (3.13%) Actimize
4 2 (3.13%) ION Anvil
4 2 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (3.13%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (1.56%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (1.56%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (1.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (1.56%) Orchestrade
5 1 (1.56%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 1 (1.56%) SAP CO
5 1 (1.56%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.56%) SAP FI
5 1 (1.56%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.63%) Azure
2 5 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.69%) AWS
4 3 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.69%) Power Automate
4 3 (4.69%) PowerApps
4 3 (4.69%) SuccessFactors
5 2 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (3.13%) GitHub
5 2 (3.13%) SaaS
6 1 (1.56%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.56%) AWS Control Tower
6 1 (1.56%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.56%) OCI
6 1 (1.56%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (1.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (1.56%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.56%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) Firewall
2 1 (1.56%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (1.56%) LAN
2 1 (1.56%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.13%) DataStage
2 2 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.56%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (1.56%) Metadata
3 1 (1.56%) Power BI
3 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (14.06%) JIRA
2 3 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.13%) Zephyr
4 1 (1.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (1.56%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.56%) Crucible
4 1 (1.56%) Git
4 1 (1.56%) GitLab
4 1 (1.56%) Maven
4 1 (1.56%) Postman
4 1 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.56%) Travis CI
General
1 36 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 30 (46.88%) Finance
3 13 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (17.19%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (15.63%) Banking
6 5 (7.81%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (6.25%) Front Office
7 4 (6.25%) Investment Banking
7 4 (6.25%) Marketing
7 4 (6.25%) Retail
8 3 (4.69%) Arabic Language
8 3 (4.69%) Back Office
8 3 (4.69%) Czech Language
8 3 (4.69%) Financial Institution
8 3 (4.69%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.13%) General Ledger
9 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.56%) Local Government
10 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (48.44%) Analyst
2 20 (31.25%) Business Analyst
3 7 (10.94%) Project Manager
4 5 (7.81%) Consultant
4 5 (7.81%) Test Analyst
4 5 (7.81%) Test Manager
5 4 (6.25%) Developer
5 4 (6.25%) SAP Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Administrator
6 3 (4.69%) Data Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Digital Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Digital Business Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Lead
6 3 (4.69%) Remote Support Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Solutions Analyst
6 3 (4.69%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365 Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Risk Project Manager
7 2 (3.13%) Senior
7 2 (3.13%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) .NET
2 2 (3.13%) ADO
2 2 (3.13%) REST
2 2 (3.13%) Web Services
3 1 (1.56%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.56%) CSS
3 1 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.56%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.56%) HTML
3 1 (1.56%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.56%) Middleware
3 1 (1.56%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.56%) SOAP
3 1 (1.56%) Visualforce
3 1 (1.56%) XML
3 1 (1.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.81%) Data Structures
2 4 (6.25%) PMI
3 3 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.69%) Public Cloud
3 3 (4.69%) Reference Data
4 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.13%) Fixed Income
4 2 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (3.13%) Low-Code
4 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.56%) CMDB
5 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.56%) Equities
5 1 (1.56%) IVR
5 1 (1.56%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.25%) Windows
2 2 (3.13%) Linux
2 2 (3.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (51.56%) Agile
2 23 (35.94%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (20.31%) Project Management
4 12 (18.75%) Migration
5 11 (17.19%) User Stories
6 10 (15.63%) Acceptance Criteria
6 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (14.06%) Business Analysis
7 9 (14.06%) DevOps
7 9 (14.06%) Test Automation
8 8 (12.50%) Test Strategy
9 7 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (10.94%) Data Management
9 7 (10.94%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (9.38%) Change Management
10 6 (9.38%) ERP
10 6 (9.38%) Integration Testing
10 6 (9.38%) Project Delivery
10 6 (9.38%) System Integration Testing
10 6 (9.38%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.63%) SQL
2 3 (4.69%) C#
2 3 (4.69%) Python
3 2 (3.13%) Java
3 2 (3.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.56%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.56%) Bash
4 1 (1.56%) Groovy
4 1 (1.56%) Perl
4 1 (1.56%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (18.75%) Degree
2 6 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.69%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.56%) CBAP
6 1 (1.56%) CCNP
6 1 (1.56%) CFA
6 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.56%) IIBA
6 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) QA
2 3 (4.69%) PMO
3 1 (1.56%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.56%) MiFID
3 1 (1.56%) UCITS
System Software
1 2 (3.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Ansible
1 2 (3.13%) HP ALM
1 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.56%) Control-M
2 1 (1.56%) Grafana
2 1 (1.56%) Progress Chef
2 1 (1.56%) Prometheus
2 1 (1.56%) Puppet
2 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.06%) SAP
3 7 (10.94%) Oracle
4 6 (9.38%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.69%) Broadcom
6 2 (3.13%) Bloomberg
6 2 (3.13%) Concur
6 2 (3.13%) HP
6 2 (3.13%) Informatica
6 2 (3.13%) ION Trading
6 2 (3.13%) Workday
7 1 (1.56%) Cisco
7 1 (1.56%) IBM
7 1 (1.56%) Juniper
7 1 (1.56%) Murex
7 1 (1.56%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.56%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.56%) QAD
7 1 (1.56%) Talend
7 1 (1.56%) TOWER Software