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 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 143 136
Rank change year-on-year +30 -7 +27
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 742 893 1,417
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.98% 1.90% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.11% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 513 614 1,024
10th Percentile £320 £355 £333
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £658 £619
90th Percentile £738 £760 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 7
10th Percentile £13.68 £28.33 £21.50
25th Percentile £15.52 £41.00 £25.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £62.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +38.89% +76.47%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.75 £62.00
90th Percentile £63.50 £66.88 £75.05
UK median hourly rate £41.50 £62.50 £51.50
% change year-on-year -33.60% +21.36% +101.96%

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 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 16 June 2024.

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 16 June 2024.

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 16 June 2024. 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 +20 416 £540 -1.82% 81
South East -5 97 £575 +15.00% 42
Midlands +28 69 £450 - 29
North of England -23 60 £445 -10.95% 45
North West -12 39 £445 -10.95% 31
South West +16 37 £500 -4.76% 21
East of England +21 36 £375 -25.00% 17
East Midlands +32 34 £425 -1.45% 12
West Midlands +4 34 £475 - 17
Yorkshire 0 16 £450 -14.29% 12
North East +7 5 £425 +6.25% 2
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 22 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.43%) Confluence
3 12 (1.62%) SAS
4 10 (1.35%) CMS
5 6 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.13%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.83%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (2.16%) MS Visio
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.13%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 24 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.16%) SAP EWM
3 14 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (1.75%) SAP ERP
4 13 (1.75%) SAP QM
5 12 (1.62%) ION MarketView
6 9 (1.21%) Dynamics GP
7 8 (1.08%) SAP Payroll
8 7 (0.94%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.94%) SAP FI
8 7 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
9 6 (0.81%) Magento
10 5 (0.67%) Oracle Assets
11 4 (0.54%) Markit EDM
11 4 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
11 4 (0.54%) SAP Retail
11 4 (0.54%) thinkFolio
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle HRMS
12 3 (0.40%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 90 (12.13%) Azure
2 45 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
3 33 (4.45%) Power Platform
4 29 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (2.16%) AWS
6 13 (1.75%) SaaS
6 13 (1.75%) SuccessFactors
7 11 (1.48%) OCI
8 8 (1.08%) Miro
9 7 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (0.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (0.81%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 6 (0.81%) Serverless
11 5 (0.67%) Azure Functions
11 5 (0.67%) Google Analytics
11 5 (0.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (0.67%) SAP Fieldglass
12 4 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.48%) NetScaler
2 9 (1.21%) SSH
3 6 (0.81%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (0.81%) Firewall
3 6 (0.81%) SAN
4 4 (0.54%) VLAN
4 4 (0.54%) Wireless
5 3 (0.40%) 5G
5 3 (0.40%) CTI
5 3 (0.40%) H.323
5 3 (0.40%) VPN
5 3 (0.40%) WAN
6 2 (0.27%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.13%) DNS
7 1 (0.13%) DVB
7 1 (0.13%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.13%) SMS
7 1 (0.13%) SSL
7 1 (0.13%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.31%) SQL Server
2 28 (3.77%) Power BI
3 22 (2.96%) KDB
4 16 (2.16%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
6 11 (1.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 11 (1.48%) NoSQL
6 11 (1.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (1.08%) Tableau
8 7 (0.94%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.81%) Data Mining
9 6 (0.81%) SAP HANA
9 6 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (0.81%) Tableau Server
10 5 (0.67%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.27%) Delta Lake
13 2 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 75 (10.11%) JIRA
2 20 (2.70%) Cucumber
3 18 (2.43%) Selenium
4 15 (2.02%) Git
5 13 (1.75%) JMeter
5 13 (1.75%) JUnit
5 13 (1.75%) LoadRunner
6 10 (1.35%) Jenkins
7 9 (1.21%) Postman
8 8 (1.08%) Oracle APEX
9 6 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 6 (0.81%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.67%) SpecFlow
10 5 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.54%) Maven
11 4 (0.54%) MSI
11 4 (0.54%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.54%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.54%) TestRail
12 3 (0.40%) InstallShield
General
1 231 (31.13%) Social Skills
2 207 (27.90%) Finance
3 85 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (8.63%) Banking
5 44 (5.93%) Public Sector
6 27 (3.64%) Front Office
7 26 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
7 26 (3.50%) Retail
8 25 (3.37%) Marketing
9 24 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 15 (2.02%) Back Office
13 13 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.75%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.48%) Law
15 10 (1.35%) Legal
16 9 (1.21%) Billing
17 8 (1.08%) Local Government
18 7 (0.94%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 241 (32.48%) Analyst
2 141 (19.00%) Business Analyst
3 86 (11.59%) Developer
4 73 (9.84%) Consultant
5 66 (8.89%) Lead
6 64 (8.63%) Senior
7 52 (7.01%) Test Analyst
8 42 (5.66%) Test Manager
9 35 (4.72%) Project Manager
10 34 (4.58%) Senior Analyst
11 33 (4.45%) Java Developer
12 28 (3.77%) Tester
13 26 (3.50%) SAP Consultant
14 25 (3.37%) Test Leader
15 20 (2.70%) Architect
16 17 (2.29%) Windows Engineer
17 16 (2.16%) Finance Business Analyst
17 16 (2.16%) Financial Analyst
17 16 (2.16%) Test Engineer
18 15 (2.02%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.37%) XML
2 18 (2.43%) REST
3 17 (2.29%) .NET
3 17 (2.29%) Spring
4 14 (1.89%) JSON
5 13 (1.75%) Web Services
6 11 (1.48%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (1.48%) SOAP
7 10 (1.35%) SAML
8 9 (1.21%) ADO
8 9 (1.21%) Hibernate
8 9 (1.21%) J2EE
8 9 (1.21%) JPA
9 5 (0.67%) Lightning Web Components
10 4 (0.54%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.54%) IDoc
10 4 (0.54%) RESTful
10 4 (0.54%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.40%) HTML
11 3 (0.40%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 52 (7.01%) Product Ownership
2 25 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
3 20 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 18 (2.43%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (2.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 16 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.02%) Derivative
8 13 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.62%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.62%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (1.62%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.48%) Fixed Income
10 11 (1.48%) Reinsurance
11 9 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
12 7 (0.94%) Data Centre
12 7 (0.94%) FMCG
13 6 (0.81%) Equities
13 6 (0.81%) HP Storage
Operating Systems
1 53 (7.14%) Windows
2 30 (4.04%) Linux
3 25 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.43%) Windows 10
5 15 (2.02%) Windows NT
5 15 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (1.48%) Unix
7 6 (0.81%) AIX
7 6 (0.81%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.81%) Solaris
7 6 (0.81%) VMS
8 5 (0.67%) Android
9 1 (0.13%) Rocky
9 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (26.55%) Agile
2 102 (13.75%) Migration
3 99 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (12.94%) User Stories
5 94 (12.67%) Test Automation
6 91 (12.26%) Requirements Gathering
7 86 (11.59%) Test Scripting
8 81 (10.92%) System Integration Testing
9 76 (10.24%) Scenario Testing
10 75 (10.11%) Integration Testing
11 74 (9.97%) GAP Analysis
12 69 (9.30%) Business Analysis
13 64 (8.63%) Workshop Facilitation
14 62 (8.36%) ERP
14 62 (8.36%) Project Management
15 61 (8.22%) Acceptance Criteria
15 61 (8.22%) DevOps
16 59 (7.95%) Validation
17 57 (7.68%) Data Migration
18 55 (7.41%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 120 (16.17%) SQL
2 50 (6.74%) Java
3 46 (6.20%) Python
4 28 (3.77%) C#
5 22 (2.96%) JavaScript
6 15 (2.02%) PowerShell
7 12 (1.62%) PL/SQL
8 9 (1.21%) F#
9 8 (1.08%) Perl
10 7 (0.94%) VBScript
11 6 (0.81%) C++
12 5 (0.67%) ABAP
12 5 (0.67%) C
13 4 (0.54%) Bash
13 4 (0.54%) VB
13 4 (0.54%) XPath
13 4 (0.54%) XQuery
14 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.40%) SOQL
14 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 81 (10.92%) Security Cleared
2 70 (9.43%) Degree
3 48 (6.47%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.77%) DV Cleared
5 14 (1.89%) ISTQB
6 11 (1.48%) ISEB
7 10 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.08%) CIPD
9 6 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.54%) CCNA
11 4 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.54%) PMP
12 3 (0.40%) CBAP
12 3 (0.40%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.40%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.27%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (18.06%) QA
2 36 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 12 (1.62%) SLA
4 11 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (0.94%) EMIR
5 7 (0.94%) GDPR
6 6 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.81%) ISO 20022
7 5 (0.67%) MiFID
7 5 (0.67%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.67%) PMO
8 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.40%) HL7
10 2 (0.27%) Basel III
10 2 (0.27%) COREP
10 2 (0.27%) FINREP
10 2 (0.27%) GxP
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 15 (2.02%) Firmware
3 5 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (2.96%) SCCM
2 15 (2.02%) Sysprep
2 15 (2.02%) WSUS
3 6 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
3 6 (0.81%) HP Data Protector
3 6 (0.81%) NetBackup
4 4 (0.54%) Control-M
4 4 (0.54%) Iperf
5 3 (0.40%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.40%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.27%) CEMLI
6 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.13%) Grafana
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.13%) logstash
7 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 128 (17.25%) SAP
2 114 (15.36%) Microsoft
3 58 (7.82%) Oracle
4 29 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 23 (3.10%) ION Trading
6 18 (2.43%) Citrix
7 14 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.48%) Cisco
9 9 (1.21%) Google
9 9 (1.21%) HP
10 7 (0.94%) Sitecore
10 7 (0.94%) Workday
11 6 (0.81%) Ariba
11 6 (0.81%) Atlassian
11 6 (0.81%) Brocade
11 6 (0.81%) Calypso
11 6 (0.81%) EMC
11 6 (0.81%) OpenText
11 6 (0.81%) Symantec
12 5 (0.67%) Bloomberg