User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 20 23
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +14
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 1.29% 1.63% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 2.00% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £284 £451
25th Percentile £456 £297 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £338 £463
Median % change year-on-year +37.04% -27.03% -
75th Percentile £469 £372 £478
90th Percentile - £381 £484
East Midlands median daily rate £411 £413 £475
% change year-on-year -0.36% -13.16% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 129 100 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 83.23% 81.30% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 41 78
10th Percentile £134 £173 £154
25th Percentile £185 £275 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £401
Median % change year-on-year -8.22% +12.36% -11.00%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £544
90th Percentile £604 £625 £662
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 15
10th Percentile £15.84 - £15.65
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.68 £21.59 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +21.84% +5.29%
75th Percentile £18.78 £24.18 £28.75
90th Percentile £24.72 - £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.95 £22.50 £20.51
% change year-on-year -20.24% +9.70% +21.87%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby -4 1 - - 4
User Acceptance Testing
East Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) SoapUI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) API Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (50.00%) PLM
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Traceability Matrix
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Siemens