User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 26 29
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +11
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 10 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 4.24% 1.91% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% 2.46% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £303 - -
25th Percentile £393 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 - £350
75th Percentile £400 - -
90th Percentile £412 - -
Merseyside median daily rate £395 £375 £350
% change year-on-year +5.33% +7.14% -20.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
Merseyside median hourly rate - £22.00 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 199 122 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 84.32% 77.71% 82.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 72 74
10th Percentile £133 £143 £143
25th Percentile £156 £184 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £400 £390
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +2.56% -17.89%
75th Percentile £463 £538 £550
90th Percentile £620 £638 £650
Merseyside median daily rate £225 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -43.75% - -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 25
10th Percentile - £12.22 £11.85
25th Percentile £15.18 £13.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £33.10 £17.85 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.43% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £51.02 £25.78 £34.21
90th Percentile - £30.78 £36.04
Merseyside median hourly rate £41.86 £20.19 £17.50
% change year-on-year +107.31% +15.37% -1.24%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Liverpool

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in Liverpool over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in Liverpool

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (10.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Qlik Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Qlik Sense Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) ETL
2 9 (90.00%) Data Governance
2 9 (90.00%) Validation
3 8 (80.00%) Change Management
3 8 (80.00%) Cutover Planning
3 8 (80.00%) Data Validation
3 8 (80.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 8 (80.00%) Operational Stability
3 8 (80.00%) Regression Testing
3 8 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (80.00%) Test Management
3 8 (80.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) RBAC
4 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (30.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) IFRS
1 8 (80.00%) IFRS 17
2 7 (70.00%) QA
3 2 (20.00%) Data Quality