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 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 75 76
Rank change year-on-year +32 +1 +29
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 89 53 72
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.21% 2.53% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.54% 2.76% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 25 52
10th Percentile £345 £336 £501
25th Percentile £413 £463 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £594
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -4.00% +7.95%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £684
90th Percentile £708 £725 £850
Central London median daily rate £525 £590 £594
% change year-on-year -11.02% -0.63% +7.95%
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 1,606 1,918 2,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.08% 91.60% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,173 1,745
10th Percentile £325 £372 £363
25th Percentile £418 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +0.87%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £750 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +54.55% -36.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £70.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.05%

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 4 November 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 10 (11.24%) Confluence
2 7 (7.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.12%) Anypoint
3 1 (1.12%) CMS
3 1 (1.12%) Drupal
3 1 (1.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (13.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (10.11%) MS Visio
3 6 (6.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (2.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.12%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.12%) InVision
6 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (1.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Oracle Cash Management
1 4 (4.49%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (4.49%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (4.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.37%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (3.37%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (2.25%) HFM
3 2 (2.25%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (2.25%) SAP MDG
3 2 (2.25%) SAP PLM
3 2 (2.25%) SAP VC
3 2 (2.25%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (1.12%) Aladdin
4 1 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (1.12%) ION Anvil
4 1 (1.12%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.12%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.12%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.98%) Azure
2 8 (8.99%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.37%) AWS
3 3 (3.37%) GCP
3 3 (3.37%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.25%) Azure Functions
4 2 (2.25%) Miro
4 2 (2.25%) Serverless
5 1 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.12%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.12%) Figma
5 1 (1.12%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.12%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.12%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.37%) Firewall
1 3 (3.37%) LAN
1 3 (3.37%) Network Security
1 3 (3.37%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (3.37%) WAN
2 1 (1.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.87%) Star Schema
2 3 (3.37%) Power BI
2 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.25%) Airbyte
3 2 (2.25%) Data Hub
3 2 (2.25%) Oracle Database
3 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (2.25%) Tableau
4 1 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.12%) MySQL
4 1 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.12%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (21.35%) JIRA
2 2 (2.25%) Git
2 2 (2.25%) LoadRunner
2 2 (2.25%) Selenium
2 2 (2.25%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.12%) Gatling
3 1 (1.12%) JMeter
3 1 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.12%) TestRail
General
1 48 (53.93%) Finance
2 40 (44.94%) Social Skills
3 26 (29.21%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (17.98%) Banking
5 12 (13.48%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (13.48%) Public Sector
6 9 (10.11%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (10.11%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (6.74%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (6.74%) Investment Banking
8 3 (3.37%) Law
8 3 (3.37%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.25%) Front Office
9 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.25%) Legal
9 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.12%) Back Office
10 1 (1.12%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.12%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 43 (48.31%) Analyst
2 34 (38.20%) Business Analyst
3 9 (10.11%) Consultant
4 7 (7.87%) Senior
4 7 (7.87%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (6.74%) Financial Analyst
5 6 (6.74%) Technical Business Analyst
6 5 (5.62%) Developer
6 5 (5.62%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.62%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (5.62%) Test Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) Finance Business Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.49%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (4.49%) Senior Business Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (4.49%) Test Engineer
7 4 (4.49%) Test Manager
8 3 (3.37%) Oracle Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.62%) .NET
2 3 (3.37%) ADO
3 2 (2.25%) FastAPI
3 2 (2.25%) OAuth
3 2 (2.25%) OAuth2
3 2 (2.25%) RESTful
4 1 (1.12%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.12%) DCOM
4 1 (1.12%) EDI
4 1 (1.12%) HTML
4 1 (1.12%) JSON
4 1 (1.12%) LDAP
4 1 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.12%) Web Services
4 1 (1.12%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.60%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.74%) Data Centre
3 5 (5.62%) Data Structures
4 4 (4.49%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.25%) Educational Technology
5 2 (2.25%) e-Learning
5 2 (2.25%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.25%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 1 (1.12%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.12%) ASIC
6 1 (1.12%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.12%) PMI
6 1 (1.12%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (46.07%) Agile
2 24 (26.97%) User Stories
3 23 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (22.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 18 (20.22%) Scrum
6 17 (19.10%) Migration
7 16 (17.98%) Acceptance Criteria
7 16 (17.98%) Data Analysis
8 14 (15.73%) Business Analysis
8 14 (15.73%) Workshop Facilitation
9 13 (14.61%) Data Migration
9 13 (14.61%) Requirements Gathering
10 12 (13.48%) Backlog Management
10 12 (13.48%) Data Modelling
10 12 (13.48%) Project Delivery
10 12 (13.48%) System Integration Testing
10 12 (13.48%) Test Automation
11 11 (12.36%) Change Management
11 11 (12.36%) Validation
12 10 (11.24%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (17.98%) SQL
2 6 (6.74%) Python
3 4 (4.49%) C#
4 2 (2.25%) ABAP
4 2 (2.25%) Java
5 1 (1.12%) C++
5 1 (1.12%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.12%) Korn
5 1 (1.12%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.12%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (26.97%) Degree
2 7 (7.87%) CBAP
3 6 (6.74%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.37%) ISTQB
4 3 (3.37%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.25%) ISEB
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.12%) CFA
6 1 (1.12%) IIBA
6 1 (1.12%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (21.35%) QA
2 5 (5.62%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.37%) PMO
4 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.25%) GDPR
5 1 (1.12%) EMIR
5 1 (1.12%) ISO 20022
5 1 (1.12%) MiFID
5 1 (1.12%) PSD2
5 1 (1.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.12%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (15.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.48%) Oracle
3 5 (5.62%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.49%) SAP
5 3 (3.37%) Arista
5 3 (3.37%) Cisco
5 3 (3.37%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.25%) Adobe
6 2 (2.25%) Hyperion
6 2 (2.25%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.25%) Tagetik
6 2 (2.25%) UiPath
6 2 (2.25%) Workday
7 1 (1.12%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.12%) HP
7 1 (1.12%) Informatica
7 1 (1.12%) ION Trading
7 1 (1.12%) Sage
7 1 (1.12%) Talend
7 1 (1.12%) VMware