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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 74 62
Rank change year-on-year +32 -12 +36
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 93 47 76
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.04% 2.30% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.57% 2.50% 3.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 22 55
10th Percentile £363 £234 £500
25th Percentile £414 £375 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £675 £656 £678
90th Percentile £738 £725 £845
Central London median daily rate £525 £590 £550
% change year-on-year -11.02% +7.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Process and 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 1,669 1,883 2,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.36% 92.17% 89.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,173 1,150 1,597
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £420 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 10
10th Percentile £20.18 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.52 £22.00 £17.48
Median hourly rate £31.00 £42.50 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +61.90% -38.95%
75th Percentile £42.12 £102.25 £44.56
90th Percentile £50.63 £127.30 £74.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -24.29% +27.27% -34.13%

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 27 December 2025.

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 (9.68%) Confluence
2 6 (6.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.08%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.08%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (1.08%) CMS
3 1 (1.08%) Drupal
3 1 (1.08%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (10.75%) MS Visio
3 8 (8.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (2.15%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (1.08%) Adobe XD
7 1 (1.08%) InVision
7 1 (1.08%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (4.30%) Oracle Cash Management
1 4 (4.30%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (4.30%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (4.30%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (4.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.23%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (2.15%) Aladdin
3 2 (2.15%) Algo Collateral
3 2 (2.15%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (2.15%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (2.15%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (2.15%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.08%) HFM
4 1 (1.08%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (1.08%) iTrent
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (1.08%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.08%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.20%) Azure
2 7 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (7.53%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.30%) AWS
3 4 (4.30%) GCP
4 3 (3.23%) Power Automate
4 3 (3.23%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.15%) Azure Functions
5 2 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.15%) Figma
5 2 (2.15%) Google Gemini
5 2 (2.15%) Miro
5 2 (2.15%) Serverless
6 1 (1.08%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.08%) OCI
6 1 (1.08%) SaaS
6 1 (1.08%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.23%) Firewall
1 3 (3.23%) LAN
1 3 (3.23%) Network Security
1 3 (3.23%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (3.23%) WAN
2 1 (1.08%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.38%) Power BI
2 3 (3.23%) Star Schema
3 2 (2.15%) Airbyte
3 2 (2.15%) Data Hub
3 2 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.15%) Tableau
4 1 (1.08%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.08%) MySQL
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.08%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.08%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (24.73%) JIRA
2 3 (3.23%) Git
3 2 (2.15%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (1.08%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.08%) GitLab
4 1 (1.08%) JMeter
4 1 (1.08%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.08%) Selenium
4 1 (1.08%) TestRail
4 1 (1.08%) Vite
General
1 49 (52.69%) Finance
2 39 (41.94%) Social Skills
3 27 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (23.66%) Banking
5 12 (12.90%) Public Sector
6 9 (9.68%) Investment Banking
7 8 (8.60%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (6.45%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (5.38%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (5.38%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (4.30%) Front Office
10 4 (4.30%) Legal
11 3 (3.23%) Telecoms
12 2 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (2.15%) Law
12 2 (2.15%) Manufacturing
13 1 (1.08%) Billing
13 1 (1.08%) General Ledger
13 1 (1.08%) Private Banking
13 1 (1.08%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (40.86%) Analyst
2 32 (34.41%) Business Analyst
3 9 (9.68%) Consultant
4 8 (8.60%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (6.45%) Technical Business Analyst
6 5 (5.38%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.38%) Senior
6 5 (5.38%) Test Manager
7 4 (4.30%) Developer
7 4 (4.30%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 4 (4.30%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.30%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (4.30%) Payments Analyst
7 4 (4.30%) Programme Manager
7 4 (4.30%) Test Engineer
8 3 (3.23%) Finance Business Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Financial Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Lead
8 3 (3.23%) Network Security Analyst
8 3 (3.23%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.23%) .NET
1 3 (3.23%) ADO
2 2 (2.15%) FastAPI
2 2 (2.15%) HTML
2 2 (2.15%) OAuth
2 2 (2.15%) OAuth2
2 2 (2.15%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.15%) RESTful
3 1 (1.08%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.08%) CSS
3 1 (1.08%) Kafka
3 1 (1.08%) Murex MxML
3 1 (1.08%) Node.js
3 1 (1.08%) OpenTelemetry
3 1 (1.08%) Playwright
3 1 (1.08%) React
3 1 (1.08%) Sass
3 1 (1.08%) Vitest
3 1 (1.08%) Web Services
3 1 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.28%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 6 (6.45%) Data Structures
3 5 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.23%) Derivative
4 3 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.23%) PMI
4 3 (3.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.15%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.15%) e-Learning
5 2 (2.15%) Equities
5 2 (2.15%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.08%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.08%) Digital Wallet
6 1 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.08%) Market Risk
6 1 (1.08%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (44.09%) Agile
2 26 (27.96%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (25.81%) User Stories
4 22 (23.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 17 (18.28%) Scrum
6 15 (16.13%) Migration
6 15 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (15.05%) Business Analysis
8 13 (13.98%) Acceptance Criteria
8 13 (13.98%) Project Delivery
8 13 (13.98%) Requirements Gathering
9 12 (12.90%) Data Mapping
9 12 (12.90%) Test Scripting
9 12 (12.90%) Workshop Facilitation
10 11 (11.83%) GAP Analysis
10 11 (11.83%) Scenario Testing
10 11 (11.83%) Test Strategy
10 11 (11.83%) Validation
11 10 (10.75%) Change Management
11 10 (10.75%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (17.20%) SQL
2 7 (7.53%) Python
3 3 (3.23%) Java
4 2 (2.15%) C#
5 1 (1.08%) C++
5 1 (1.08%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.08%) Korn
5 1 (1.08%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.08%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.08%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.08%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (20.43%) Degree
2 7 (7.53%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.45%) CBAP
3 6 (6.45%) ISTQB
4 5 (5.38%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.30%) PMI Certification
6 3 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.15%) CFA
7 2 (2.15%) ISEB
8 1 (1.08%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.08%) IIBA
8 1 (1.08%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.08%) PMP
8 1 (1.08%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (1.08%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (22.58%) QA
2 10 (10.75%) Data Quality
3 5 (5.38%) PMO
4 4 (4.30%) PSD2
5 3 (3.23%) MiFID
6 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
6 2 (2.15%) Basel III
6 2 (2.15%) GDPR
6 2 (2.15%) ISO 20022
6 2 (2.15%) ISO 8583
6 2 (2.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.08%) EMIR
7 1 (1.08%) IFRS
7 1 (1.08%) IFRS 17
7 1 (1.08%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.08%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.08%) Grafana
1 1 (1.08%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.75%) Oracle
3 5 (5.38%) SAP
4 4 (4.30%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.23%) Arista
5 3 (3.23%) Cisco
5 3 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.15%) Adobe
6 2 (2.15%) Google
6 2 (2.15%) SmartStream
6 2 (2.15%) Workday
7 1 (1.08%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.08%) HP
7 1 (1.08%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.08%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.08%) Planon
7 1 (1.08%) Tagetik
7 1 (1.08%) Talend
7 1 (1.08%) VMware
7 1 (1.08%) Xceptor