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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 81 59
Rank change year-on-year +38 -22 +43
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 92 38 77
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.89% 2.05% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.51% 2.24% 3.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 16 54
10th Percentile £405 £225 £418
25th Percentile £446 £369 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -11.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £675 £575 £675
90th Percentile £748 £590 £838
Central London median daily rate £550 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +7.32% -6.82% -2.22%

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 1,671 1,697 2,148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.84% 91.48% 89.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,160 1,014 1,533
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £428 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +0.88% -4.20%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £779 £800
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -6.09% +2.22% -3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £20.06 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.06 £28.94 £19.18
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £42.65 £64.56 £45.06
90th Percentile £52.64 £112.00 £66.70
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -4.10%

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 7 February 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 (9.78%) Confluence
2 3 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.09%) Camunda
3 1 (1.09%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (1.09%) Mendix
Applications
1 11 (11.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (10.87%) MS Visio
3 8 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (7.61%) Oracle Payables
1 7 (7.61%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 7 (7.61%) Oracle Receivables
2 4 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (2.17%) Aladdin
3 2 (2.17%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (2.17%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (2.17%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (1.09%) HFM
4 1 (1.09%) iTrent
4 1 (1.09%) Loan IQ
4 1 (1.09%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.09%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (1.09%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.09%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.96%) Azure
2 8 (8.70%) OCI
3 6 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (6.52%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.26%) AWS
5 2 (2.17%) GCP
5 2 (2.17%) Google Gemini
5 2 (2.17%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.17%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.17%) SaaS
6 1 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.09%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.09%) Figma
6 1 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.09%) Miro
6 1 (1.09%) OpenShift
6 1 (1.09%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.26%) LAN
1 3 (3.26%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (3.26%) WAN
2 2 (2.17%) Firewall
2 2 (2.17%) Network Security
3 1 (1.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.35%) Power BI
2 3 (3.26%) Star Schema
3 2 (2.17%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.17%) Tableau
4 1 (1.09%) Data Hub
4 1 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.09%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.09%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.09%) MySQL
4 1 (1.09%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (19.57%) JIRA
2 2 (2.17%) Cypress.io
2 2 (2.17%) Selenium
2 2 (2.17%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.09%) Git
3 1 (1.09%) GitLab
3 1 (1.09%) JMeter
3 1 (1.09%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.09%) SpecFlow
3 1 (1.09%) TestRail
3 1 (1.09%) Vite
3 1 (1.09%) WinAutomation
General
1 52 (56.52%) Finance
2 37 (40.22%) Social Skills
3 28 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (28.26%) Banking
5 14 (15.22%) Investment Banking
6 9 (9.78%) Public Sector
7 7 (7.61%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (7.61%) Retail Banking
8 6 (6.52%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (5.43%) Front Office
9 5 (5.43%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (4.35%) Law
10 4 (4.35%) Legal
11 3 (3.26%) Telecoms
12 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (1.09%) Back Office
13 1 (1.09%) General Ledger
13 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 38 (41.30%) Analyst
2 28 (30.43%) Business Analyst
3 8 (8.70%) Senior
3 8 (8.70%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (6.52%) Consultant
4 6 (6.52%) Payments Analyst
4 6 (6.52%) Project Manager
5 5 (5.43%) Lead
6 4 (4.35%) Developer
6 4 (4.35%) Finance Business Analyst
6 4 (4.35%) Financial Analyst
6 4 (4.35%) IT Manager
6 4 (4.35%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (4.35%) Technical Business Analyst
7 3 (3.26%) Payments Business Analyst
7 3 (3.26%) Programme Manager
7 3 (3.26%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (3.26%) Test Engineer
7 3 (3.26%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.26%) .NET
1 3 (3.26%) HTML
2 2 (2.17%) CSS
2 2 (2.17%) Middleware
2 2 (2.17%) Playwright
3 1 (1.09%) FHIR
3 1 (1.09%) LDAP
3 1 (1.09%) Murex MxML
3 1 (1.09%) Node.js
3 1 (1.09%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.09%) React
3 1 (1.09%) REST
3 1 (1.09%) Sass
3 1 (1.09%) SOAP
3 1 (1.09%) Spring
3 1 (1.09%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.09%) Vitest
3 1 (1.09%) Web Services
3 1 (1.09%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.22%) Product Ownership
2 7 (7.61%) Data Structures
2 7 (7.61%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (5.43%) Derivative
3 5 (5.43%) Fixed Income
3 5 (5.43%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (4.35%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (3.26%) Digital Wallet
5 3 (3.26%) Equities
5 3 (3.26%) PMI
6 2 (2.17%) FMCG
6 2 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.09%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.09%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (40.22%) Agile
2 22 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (23.91%) User Stories
3 21 (22.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (20.65%) Migration
5 18 (19.57%) Scrum
5 18 (19.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (15.22%) ERP
6 14 (15.22%) Validation
7 13 (14.13%) Business Analysis
7 13 (14.13%) Data Migration
7 13 (14.13%) Project Delivery
7 13 (14.13%) Requirements Gathering
8 12 (13.04%) Acceptance Criteria
8 12 (13.04%) Data Analysis
8 12 (13.04%) Data Mapping
8 12 (13.04%) GAP Analysis
9 11 (11.96%) Asset Management
9 11 (11.96%) Project Management
9 11 (11.96%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.30%) SQL
2 5 (5.43%) Python
3 4 (4.35%) Java
4 2 (2.17%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.09%) C#
5 1 (1.09%) C++
5 1 (1.09%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.09%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.09%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (20.65%) Degree
2 6 (6.52%) CBAP
2 6 (6.52%) ISTQB
3 5 (5.43%) PMI Certification
3 5 (5.43%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.43%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.17%) CFA
5 2 (2.17%) ISEB
5 2 (2.17%) PMP
6 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.09%) IIBA
6 1 (1.09%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.09%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (1.09%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (20.65%) QA
2 10 (10.87%) Data Quality
3 6 (6.52%) PSD2
4 5 (5.43%) PMO
5 4 (4.35%) ISO 20022
6 3 (3.26%) GDPR
6 3 (3.26%) IFRS
6 3 (3.26%) MiFID
7 2 (2.17%) Basel III
7 2 (2.17%) ISO 8583
7 2 (2.17%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.09%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (1.09%) EMIR
8 1 (1.09%) GAAP
8 1 (1.09%) HL7
8 1 (1.09%) IFRS 17
8 1 (1.09%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.09%) Docker
2 1 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) Grafana
1 1 (1.09%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 15 (16.30%) Oracle
3 8 (8.70%) SAP
4 5 (5.43%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.26%) Arista
6 3 (3.26%) Cisco
6 3 (3.26%) Murex
7 2 (2.17%) Google
7 2 (2.17%) SmartStream
8 1 (1.09%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.09%) Cerner
8 1 (1.09%) Charles River
8 1 (1.09%) HP
8 1 (1.09%) Hyperion
8 1 (1.09%) IBM
8 1 (1.09%) Informatica
8 1 (1.09%) SimCorp
8 1 (1.09%) Talend
8 1 (1.09%) VMware