User Acceptance Testing Contracts in England

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 111 144
Rank change year-on-year -8 +33 -8
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 572 749 933
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.35% 2.01% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.33% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 519 642
10th Percentile £350 £329 £355
25th Percentile £406 £411 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £650
90th Percentile £704 £748 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 7
10th Percentile £20.65 £12.92 £45.71
25th Percentile £31.00 £14.18 £61.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +124.49% -60.80% +56.25%
75th Percentile £63.75 £86.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £69.05 £88.80 £66.25
UK median hourly rate £58.75 £36.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -42.00% +56.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
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 User Acceptance Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 -5 354 £525 -4.55% 294
North of England +17 73 £500 +11.11% 158
North West +29 64 £511 +2.13% 86
South East -9 44 £413 -28.26% 212
Midlands -1 40 £463 +2.78% 136
South West +43 23 £475 +59.66% 87
East Midlands -1 22 £425 -4.06% 49
West Midlands +3 18 £495 +7.03% 79
East of England +16 16 £425 +13.33% 98
Yorkshire -4 7 £495 +10.00% 57
North East -3 2 £335 -14.10% 16
User Acceptance Testing
UK

User Acceptance Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 27 (4.72%) Confluence
2 14 (2.45%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.57%) SAS
4 5 (0.87%) NetWeaver
5 4 (0.70%) Oracle Workflow
6 3 (0.52%) CMS
6 3 (0.52%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.35%) Appian
7 2 (0.35%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.17%) Apache
8 1 (0.17%) Camunda
8 1 (0.17%) CICS
8 1 (0.17%) Drupal
8 1 (0.17%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.17%) MS Project Server
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 31 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (4.37%) MS Visio
3 21 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.52%) Camtasia
6 3 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.35%) Notepad++
7 2 (0.35%) Trello
8 1 (0.17%) Fusion 360
8 1 (0.17%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 41 (7.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (3.85%) Oracle EBS
3 19 (3.32%) Aladdin
4 15 (2.62%) Oracle Payables
5 14 (2.45%) Oracle General Ledger
6 11 (1.92%) Oracle Receivables
7 9 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
7 9 (1.57%) Oracle Assets
7 9 (1.57%) Oracle Cash Management
7 9 (1.57%) Oracle EBS R12
8 7 (1.22%) Oracle Financials
8 7 (1.22%) SAP CO
8 7 (1.22%) SAP FI
8 7 (1.22%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (1.22%) Unit4 Business World
9 5 (0.87%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 5 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
10 4 (0.70%) CA PPM
10 4 (0.70%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 4 (0.70%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 63 (11.01%) Azure
2 33 (5.77%) Power Platform
3 26 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (4.02%) AWS
5 21 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
6 16 (2.80%) SaaS
7 13 (2.27%) OCI
8 9 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (1.57%) PowerApps
9 8 (1.40%) Adobe Analytics
9 8 (1.40%) GitHub
9 8 (1.40%) Power Automate
9 8 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
10 7 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (1.22%) Snowflake
11 6 (1.05%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 4 (0.70%) GCP
12 4 (0.70%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (0.52%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.52%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.40%) Firewall
2 5 (0.87%) HTTP
3 2 (0.35%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.35%) FTP
3 2 (0.35%) Internet
3 2 (0.35%) LAN
3 2 (0.35%) PuTTY
3 2 (0.35%) Unified Communications
3 2 (0.35%) VPN
3 2 (0.35%) WAN
3 2 (0.35%) WebEx
4 1 (0.17%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.17%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.17%) Intranet
4 1 (0.17%) Multicast
4 1 (0.17%) Network Security
4 1 (0.17%) SMS
4 1 (0.17%) SSL
4 1 (0.17%) VoWiFi
4 1 (0.17%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.55%) Power BI
2 22 (3.85%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.67%) Oracle Reports
4 16 (2.80%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (2.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 15 (2.62%) Tableau
6 11 (1.92%) Oracle Database
7 10 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.22%) MS Access
10 6 (1.05%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.70%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.70%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.70%) Qlik Sense
12 3 (0.52%) Apache Iceberg
12 3 (0.52%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.52%) Metadata
12 3 (0.52%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 74 (12.94%) JIRA
2 14 (2.45%) Selenium
3 12 (2.10%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.57%) JMeter
5 8 (1.40%) QARun
5 8 (1.40%) WinRunner
6 7 (1.22%) Git
6 7 (1.22%) Postman
7 6 (1.05%) Subversion
7 6 (1.05%) Zephyr
8 5 (0.87%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.87%) GitLab
8 5 (0.87%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.70%) MSI
10 3 (0.52%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.35%) Gatling
11 2 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.35%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 230 (40.21%) Finance
1 230 (40.21%) Social Skills
2 100 (17.48%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (8.57%) Front Office
4 45 (7.87%) Banking
5 29 (5.07%) Retail
6 26 (4.55%) Marketing
7 24 (4.20%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (4.02%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (4.02%) Public Sector
9 19 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (3.32%) Manufacturing
10 18 (3.15%) Financial Institution
10 18 (3.15%) Pharmaceutical
11 15 (2.62%) Back Office
12 11 (1.92%) Billing
12 11 (1.92%) General Ledger
12 11 (1.92%) Local Government
13 10 (1.75%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 206 (36.01%) Analyst
2 139 (24.30%) Business Analyst
3 69 (12.06%) Developer
4 54 (9.44%) Consultant
5 53 (9.27%) Lead
6 38 (6.64%) Senior
7 36 (6.29%) Test Analyst
8 35 (6.12%) Test Manager
9 32 (5.59%) Project Manager
10 25 (4.37%) Test Leader
11 23 (4.02%) Tester
12 22 (3.85%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (3.67%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
14 20 (3.50%) Business Manager
15 18 (3.15%) Financial Analyst
15 18 (3.15%) SAP Consultant
16 16 (2.80%) Data Analyst
17 13 (2.27%) Finance Business Analyst
18 12 (2.10%) Front Office Business Analyst
18 12 (2.10%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.72%) .NET
2 20 (3.50%) Oracle Fusion
3 15 (2.62%) Middleware
3 15 (2.62%) XML
4 13 (2.27%) REST
5 10 (1.75%) SOAP
6 9 (1.57%) .NET Framework
6 9 (1.57%) XSLT
7 7 (1.22%) Entity Framework
7 7 (1.22%) Web Services
8 6 (1.05%) EDI
8 6 (1.05%) IDoc
8 6 (1.05%) SAP PI
9 5 (0.87%) ADO
9 5 (0.87%) JDBC
9 5 (0.87%) JMS
9 5 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
10 4 (0.70%) JSON
10 4 (0.70%) RESTful
11 3 (0.52%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 31 (5.42%) Fixed Income
2 24 (4.20%) Product Ownership
3 23 (4.02%) Derivative
4 19 (3.32%) Hedge funds
4 19 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (2.45%) Virtual Team
6 13 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 11 (1.92%) Data Structures
8 10 (1.75%) CMDB
9 9 (1.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 9 (1.57%) Legacy Applications
9 9 (1.57%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.40%) PMI
10 8 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.22%) FMCG
11 7 (1.22%) Life Science
12 6 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.87%) Equities
13 5 (0.87%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 25 (4.37%) Windows
2 7 (1.22%) Unix
3 6 (1.05%) Linux
4 3 (0.52%) Windows 7
4 3 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.35%) Android
5 2 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (32.52%) Agile
2 163 (28.50%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (18.88%) Migration
4 101 (17.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 95 (16.61%) System Integration Testing
6 89 (15.56%) Test Automation
7 82 (14.34%) Business Analysis
7 82 (14.34%) Validation
8 70 (12.24%) Project Management
9 69 (12.06%) Test Strategy
10 68 (11.89%) Business Intelligence
11 67 (11.71%) Integration Testing
12 63 (11.01%) DevOps
13 59 (10.31%) Data Migration
14 57 (9.97%) Analytics
15 54 (9.44%) Risk Management
16 51 (8.92%) Unit Testing
17 50 (8.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 47 (8.22%) System Testing
19 46 (8.04%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 141 (24.65%) SQL
2 41 (7.17%) Python
3 31 (5.42%) PL/SQL
4 30 (5.24%) C#
5 19 (3.32%) Java
6 17 (2.97%) JavaScript
7 10 (1.75%) RPG
8 9 (1.57%) ABAP
9 8 (1.40%) RPG IV
10 7 (1.22%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.87%) Bash
11 5 (0.87%) VB
12 4 (0.70%) VBA
13 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.35%) SOQL
13 2 (0.35%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.17%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.17%) F#
14 1 (0.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 78 (13.64%) Degree
2 73 (12.76%) Security Cleared
3 63 (11.01%) SC Cleared
4 20 (3.50%) ISTQB
5 14 (2.45%) PMI Certification
6 10 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.57%) CBAP
7 9 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 7 (1.22%) PMP
9 6 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.87%) CCNP
10 5 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (0.87%) ISEB
11 4 (0.70%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 3 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.35%) CCNA
13 2 (0.35%) IIBA
13 2 (0.35%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (17.83%) QA
2 13 (2.27%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.10%) PMO
4 6 (1.05%) IFRS
5 5 (0.87%) MiFID
6 4 (0.70%) EMIR
6 4 (0.70%) GDPR
6 4 (0.70%) GxP
6 4 (0.70%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.52%) GAAP
8 2 (0.35%) Basel III
8 2 (0.35%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.35%) IFRS 9
8 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.35%) SEPA
9 1 (0.17%) Basel II
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.17%) UCITS
System Software
1 9 (1.57%) Docker
2 5 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.70%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.17%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (2.10%) HP ALM
2 11 (1.92%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.75%) SCCM
4 6 (1.05%) Ansible
4 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.35%) Control-M
6 1 (0.17%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.17%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.17%) Grafana
6 1 (0.17%) OPNET
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.17%) Perfmon
6 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.17%) Puppet
6 1 (0.17%) SCOM
6 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.17%) Terraform
6 1 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 100 (17.48%) Oracle
2 93 (16.26%) SAP
3 71 (12.41%) Microsoft
4 28 (4.90%) Salesforce
5 24 (4.20%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.97%) BISAM
7 12 (2.10%) HP
7 12 (2.10%) ION Trading
7 12 (2.10%) Workday
8 11 (1.92%) Adobe
9 9 (1.57%) Murex
10 8 (1.40%) Ariba
11 7 (1.22%) Charles River
11 7 (1.22%) Google
12 6 (1.05%) Citrix
13 5 (0.87%) Cisco
14 4 (0.70%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.70%) Broadcom
14 4 (0.70%) Concur
14 4 (0.70%) Snow