User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in the City of London

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 75 64
Rank change year-on-year +28 -11 +32
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 85 45 68
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.62% 2.30% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.15% 2.50% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 21 49
10th Percentile £402 £225 £500
25th Percentile £425 £371 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £725 £838
Central London median daily rate £525 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -11.02% +7.27% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,652 1,797 2,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 89.83% 91.97% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,162 1,093 1,548
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £765 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £573
% change year-on-year -6.09% +0.44% -0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 10
10th Percentile £19.94 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +61.90% -30.46%
75th Percentile £42.30 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £45.56 £132.40 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.66
% change year-on-year -25.40% +26.56% -20.99%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in the City of London

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the City of London

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (10.59%) Confluence
2 4 (4.71%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.18%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.18%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 11 (12.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (11.76%) MS Visio
3 8 (9.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.53%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (2.35%) Aladdin
3 2 (2.35%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (2.35%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (2.35%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (2.35%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.18%) HFM
4 1 (1.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (1.18%) Loan IQ
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (1.18%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.29%) Azure
2 7 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (8.24%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.53%) AWS
3 3 (3.53%) GCP
3 3 (3.53%) Power Automate
3 3 (3.53%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.35%) Google Gemini
4 2 (2.35%) OCI
5 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.18%) Figma
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.18%) Miro
5 1 (1.18%) SaaS
5 1 (1.18%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.53%) LAN
1 3 (3.53%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (3.53%) WAN
2 2 (2.35%) Firewall
2 2 (2.35%) Network Security
3 1 (1.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) Power BI
2 3 (3.53%) Star Schema
3 2 (2.35%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.35%) Tableau
4 1 (1.18%) Data Hub
4 1 (1.18%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.18%) MySQL
4 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.18%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (22.35%) JIRA
2 2 (2.35%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.18%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.18%) Git
3 1 (1.18%) GitLab
3 1 (1.18%) JMeter
3 1 (1.18%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.18%) Selenium
3 1 (1.18%) TestRail
3 1 (1.18%) Vite
General
1 45 (52.94%) Finance
2 38 (44.71%) Social Skills
3 27 (31.76%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (25.88%) Banking
5 10 (11.76%) Investment Banking
5 10 (11.76%) Public Sector
6 7 (8.24%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (7.06%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (7.06%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (5.88%) Front Office
8 5 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.53%) Law
9 3 (3.53%) Legal
9 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.35%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.18%) Back Office
11 1 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.18%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (44.71%) Analyst
2 32 (37.65%) Business Analyst
3 9 (10.59%) Technical Analyst
4 7 (8.24%) Consultant
5 6 (7.06%) Senior
5 6 (7.06%) Technical Business Analyst
6 5 (5.88%) Payments Analyst
6 5 (5.88%) Project Manager
7 4 (4.71%) Finance Business Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) Financial Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 4 (4.71%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.71%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (4.71%) Programme Manager
7 4 (4.71%) Test Engineer
7 4 (4.71%) Test Manager
8 3 (3.53%) Business Finance Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Lead
8 3 (3.53%) Payments Business Analyst
8 3 (3.53%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) .NET
2 2 (2.35%) HTML
2 2 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.18%) ADO
3 1 (1.18%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.18%) CSS
3 1 (1.18%) JSON
3 1 (1.18%) Kafka
3 1 (1.18%) LDAP
3 1 (1.18%) Murex MxML
3 1 (1.18%) Node.js
3 1 (1.18%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.18%) Playwright
3 1 (1.18%) React
3 1 (1.18%) Sass
3 1 (1.18%) Vitest
3 1 (1.18%) Web Services
3 1 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.06%) Data Structures
2 6 (7.06%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.71%) Derivative
4 4 (4.71%) Fixed Income
4 4 (4.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (4.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (3.53%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.53%) PMI
6 2 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (2.35%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (2.35%) Equities
6 2 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.18%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.18%) ASIC
7 1 (1.18%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.18%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.18%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.18%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (45.88%) Agile
2 22 (25.88%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (25.88%) User Stories
3 21 (24.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 18 (21.18%) Scrum
5 17 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (18.82%) Migration
7 14 (16.47%) Business Analysis
8 13 (15.29%) Data Mapping
8 13 (15.29%) Project Delivery
8 13 (15.29%) Requirements Gathering
9 12 (14.12%) Acceptance Criteria
9 12 (14.12%) Data Analysis
9 12 (14.12%) GAP Analysis
9 12 (14.12%) Scenario Testing
9 12 (14.12%) Validation
9 12 (14.12%) Workshop Facilitation
10 11 (12.94%) Data Migration
11 10 (11.76%) Test Strategy
12 9 (10.59%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.47%) SQL
2 5 (5.88%) Python
3 3 (3.53%) Java
4 2 (2.35%) C#
5 1 (1.18%) C++
5 1 (1.18%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.18%) Korn
5 1 (1.18%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.18%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (22.35%) Degree
2 6 (7.06%) CBAP
2 6 (7.06%) ISTQB
2 6 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.71%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.35%) CFA
6 2 (2.35%) ISEB
7 1 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.18%) IIBA
7 1 (1.18%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.18%) PMP
7 1 (1.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (1.18%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (24.71%) QA
2 9 (10.59%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.88%) PMO
3 5 (5.88%) PSD2
4 3 (3.53%) ISO 20022
4 3 (3.53%) MiFID
5 2 (2.35%) Basel III
5 2 (2.35%) GDPR
5 2 (2.35%) IFRS
5 2 (2.35%) ISO 8583
5 2 (2.35%) PCI DSS
6 1 (1.18%) EMIR
6 1 (1.18%) GAAP
6 1 (1.18%) IFRS 17
6 1 (1.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.18%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.18%) Grafana
1 1 (1.18%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (21.18%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.76%) Oracle
3 5 (5.88%) SAP
4 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.53%) Arista
5 3 (3.53%) Cisco
5 3 (3.53%) Murex
5 3 (3.53%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.35%) Google
6 2 (2.35%) SmartStream
6 2 (2.35%) Workday
7 1 (1.18%) Adobe
7 1 (1.18%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.18%) HP
7 1 (1.18%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.18%) IBM
7 1 (1.18%) Informatica
7 1 (1.18%) Tagetik
7 1 (1.18%) Talend
7 1 (1.18%) VMware