UAT Test Lead Contracts in England

User Acceptance Testing Test Lead
UK > England

The median User Acceptance Testing Test Lead daily rate in England is £447, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 537 653
Rank change year-on-year +61 +116 +133
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Test Lead 2 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.011% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.012% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £371 £371
25th Percentile - £384 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £413 £413
Median % change year-on-year +8.28% - -13.16%
75th Percentile - £503 £508
90th Percentile - £554 £556
UK median daily rate £447 £413 £413
% change year-on-year +8.28% - -11.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,399 34,188 47,267
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 92.71% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,914 22,707 33,560
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.97% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 909 2,433 1,401
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.45 £36.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% -17.05% +95.56%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.82 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +90.68%

UAT Test Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured UAT Test Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for UAT Test Lead in England

UAT Test Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UAT Test Lead in England.

Daily rate trend for UAT Test Lead in England

UAT Test Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UAT Test Lead in England.

Hourly rate trend for UAT Test Lead in England

UAT Test Lead
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAT Test Lead within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2025. 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
London +50 1 £447 -22.32% 1
East of England - 1 - -
UAT Test Lead
UK

UAT Test Lead Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, UAT Test Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring UAT Test Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) QA

UAT Test Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft