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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 60 88
Rank change year-on-year +21 +28 +27
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 93 72 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.28% 3.43% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 3.73% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 35 54
10th Percentile £325 £403 £437
25th Percentile £404 £463 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £746
90th Percentile £825 £725 £850
Central London median daily rate £525 £590 £600
% change year-on-year -11.02% -1.67% +9.09%
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 1,661 1,932 2,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.21% 92.09% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,107 1,224 1,857
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £419 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £705
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing 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 18 September 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 and Capabilities in the City of 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 8 (8.60%) Confluence
2 4 (4.30%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.08%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.08%) CMS
3 1 (1.08%) Drupal
3 1 (1.08%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (11.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (7.53%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (5.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (4.30%) MS Visio
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 6 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.30%) ION Anvil
2 4 (4.30%) Oracle Cash Management
2 4 (4.30%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (4.30%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (3.23%) CA PPM
3 3 (3.23%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (3.23%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (2.15%) HFM
4 2 (2.15%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (2.15%) SAP MDG
4 2 (2.15%) SAP PLM
4 2 (2.15%) SAP VC
4 2 (2.15%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (1.08%) Aladdin
5 1 (1.08%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (1.08%) NetSuite
5 1 (1.08%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (16.13%) Azure
2 8 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.23%) AWS
3 3 (3.23%) GCP
3 3 (3.23%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.15%) Azure Functions
4 2 (2.15%) Power Automate
4 2 (2.15%) PowerApps
4 2 (2.15%) Serverless
5 1 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.08%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.08%) Figma
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.08%) Miro
5 1 (1.08%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.23%) Firewall
1 3 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.45%) Star Schema
2 2 (2.15%) Airbyte
2 2 (2.15%) Data Hub
2 2 (2.15%) Oracle Database
2 2 (2.15%) Power BI
2 2 (2.15%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.15%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (15.05%) JIRA
2 2 (2.15%) Git
2 2 (2.15%) Selenium
3 1 (1.08%) Gatling
3 1 (1.08%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.08%) Postman
3 1 (1.08%) Zephyr
General
1 46 (49.46%) Finance
1 46 (49.46%) Social Skills
2 28 (30.11%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (22.58%) Banking
4 18 (19.35%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (10.75%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (9.68%) Investment Banking
6 9 (9.68%) Public Sector
7 6 (6.45%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (4.30%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.30%) Front Office
9 3 (3.23%) Arabic Language
9 3 (3.23%) Back Office
9 3 (3.23%) Czech Language
10 2 (2.15%) Billing
10 2 (2.15%) General Ledger
10 2 (2.15%) Law
10 2 (2.15%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.08%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (50.54%) Analyst
2 33 (35.48%) Business Analyst
3 10 (10.75%) Consultant
4 9 (9.68%) Test Analyst
5 7 (7.53%) Senior
6 6 (6.45%) Developer
7 5 (5.38%) Financial Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Pensions Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Product Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (4.30%) Test Manager
9 3 (3.23%) Digital Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) Digital Business Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) Finance Business Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) Oracle Consultant
9 3 (3.23%) Product Business Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) Remote Support Analyst
9 3 (3.23%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.30%) .NET
2 3 (3.23%) ADO
3 2 (2.15%) FastAPI
3 2 (2.15%) OAuth
3 2 (2.15%) OAuth2
3 2 (2.15%) RESTful
4 1 (1.08%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.08%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.08%) DCOM
4 1 (1.08%) EDI
4 1 (1.08%) Entity Framework
4 1 (1.08%) HTML
4 1 (1.08%) JSON
4 1 (1.08%) LDAP
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.08%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (1.08%) Web Services
4 1 (1.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.28%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.38%) Fixed Income
2 5 (5.38%) PMI
3 4 (4.30%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.30%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.23%) Reference Data
5 2 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.15%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.15%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.15%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.08%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.08%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.08%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.08%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (46.24%) Agile
2 33 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (24.73%) User Stories
4 16 (17.20%) Acceptance Criteria
4 16 (17.20%) Test Automation
5 14 (15.05%) Migration
5 14 (15.05%) Workshop Facilitation
6 13 (13.98%) Data Analysis
6 13 (13.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (13.98%) System Integration Testing
7 12 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (10.75%) Backlog Refinement
8 10 (10.75%) Data Migration
8 10 (10.75%) Data Modelling
8 10 (10.75%) DevOps
8 10 (10.75%) Project Delivery
8 10 (10.75%) Scrum
8 10 (10.75%) Validation
9 9 (9.68%) Requirements Gathering
9 9 (9.68%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.90%) SQL
2 5 (5.38%) C#
3 4 (4.30%) Python
4 2 (2.15%) ABAP
4 2 (2.15%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.08%) C++
5 1 (1.08%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.08%) Korn
5 1 (1.08%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.08%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (23.66%) Degree
2 5 (5.38%) CBAP
2 5 (5.38%) PMI Certification
2 5 (5.38%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.15%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.15%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.08%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (21.51%) QA
2 3 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.23%) PMO
3 2 (2.15%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.08%) GDPR
4 1 (1.08%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.08%) PSD2
4 1 (1.08%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.08%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.08%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.90%) Oracle
3 7 (7.53%) Salesforce
4 6 (6.45%) SAP
5 4 (4.30%) ION Trading
6 3 (3.23%) Broadcom
7 2 (2.15%) Adobe
7 2 (2.15%) Hyperion
7 2 (2.15%) MuleSoft
7 2 (2.15%) Tagetik
7 2 (2.15%) UiPath
8 1 (1.08%) Concur
8 1 (1.08%) Duck Creek
8 1 (1.08%) HP
8 1 (1.08%) Planon
8 1 (1.08%) Sage
8 1 (1.08%) Workday
8 1 (1.08%) Xceptor