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 £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 August 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
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 525 600
Rank change year-on-year +31 +75 +151
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Test Lead 8 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.009% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.010% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £411 £422 £378
25th Percentile £433 £445 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £494 £675
Median % change year-on-year -8.86% -26.85% +50.00%
75th Percentile £588 £545 £800
90th Percentile £600 £571 -
UK median daily rate £450 £494 £675
% change year-on-year -8.86% -26.85% +50.00%

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 25,287 30,790 41,587
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 92.91% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,303 20,185 29,346
10th Percentile £281 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,348 1,752 1,306
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.48 £21.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +8.43% +61.60%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.08 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +61.60%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UAT Test Lead in England over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 18 August 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
South East - 4 £600 - 1
London +10 2 £423 -26.38%
North West -7 1 £450 +9.09%
North of England -19 1 £450 +9.09%
South West - 1 £438 -
UAT Test Lead
UK

UAT Test Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 August 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 8 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (50.00%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) ERP
3 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
3 3 (37.50%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (12.50%) TDD
5 1 (12.50%) Banking
5 1 (12.50%) Local Government
5 1 (12.50%) Software Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
5 1 (12.50%) QA
5 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Regression Testing
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Coaching
5 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) System Integration Testing

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 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Local Government
1 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (37.50%) ERP
3 3 (37.50%) Scenario Testing
3 3 (37.50%) Test Scripting
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Test Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Coaching
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) System Integration Testing
5 1 (12.50%) TDD
5 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft