User Acceptance Testing Contracts in London

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 109 123
Rank change year-on-year +25 +14 +10
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 393 399 517
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.23% 2.28% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 2.58% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 268 383
10th Percentile £363 £358 £375
25th Percentile £415 £450 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -3.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £700
90th Percentile £788 £829 £785
England median daily rate £500 £525 £526
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.10% +5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
10th Percentile £37.80 £12.92 -
25th Percentile £48.00 £13.24 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £15.52 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +318.81% -75.17% -11.35%
75th Percentile - £44.34 £66.88
90th Percentile - £59.25 £68.75
England median hourly rate £58.75 £16.86 £62.50
% change year-on-year +248.46% -73.02% +56.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,225 15,457 23,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.24% 88.42% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,536 11,093 16,726
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 316 265
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.20
25th Percentile £23.80 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.35 £28.00 £39.42
Median % change year-on-year +11.95% -28.97% +12.39%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.05 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.17 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -24.89% - +50.00%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London -5 75 £500 -9.09% 19
West London +14 4 £430 +4.18% 38
South London +2 3 £413 -2.94% 2
East London +10 1 £600 +6.67% 1
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 17 (4.33%) Confluence
2 5 (1.27%) SAS
3 4 (1.02%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.76%) CMS
4 3 (0.76%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.51%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.25%) Drupal
6 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle UPK
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.25%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (3.05%) MS Visio
4 10 (2.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.78%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.51%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.51%) Notepad++
7 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (5.34%) Aladdin
2 19 (4.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (4.07%) Oracle Payables
4 15 (3.82%) Oracle General Ledger
5 11 (2.80%) Oracle Assets
6 9 (2.29%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (2.29%) Oracle Receivables
7 8 (2.04%) Oracle Cash Management
8 7 (1.78%) Oracle E-Business Tax
9 6 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
10 5 (1.27%) ION Anvil
10 5 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
10 5 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
10 5 (1.27%) Unit4 Business World
11 4 (1.02%) CA PPM
11 4 (1.02%) SAP CO
11 4 (1.02%) SAP FI
11 4 (1.02%) SAP FI/CO
11 4 (1.02%) SAP MDG
12 3 (0.76%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 39 (9.92%) Azure
2 19 (4.83%) AWS
3 16 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (4.07%) Power Platform
4 12 (3.05%) SaaS
5 11 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.04%) OCI
7 8 (2.04%) Power Automate
7 8 (2.04%) PowerApps
8 7 (1.78%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (1.02%) GitHub
10 3 (0.76%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (0.76%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.76%) Lucidchart
10 3 (0.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.76%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.51%) BigCommerce
11 2 (0.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) Firewall
2 2 (0.51%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (0.51%) LAN
2 2 (0.51%) Unified Communications
2 2 (0.51%) WAN
2 2 (0.51%) WebEx
3 1 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (0.25%) HTTP
3 1 (0.25%) Internet
3 1 (0.25%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.25%) Multicast
3 1 (0.25%) NAS
3 1 (0.25%) SAN
3 1 (0.25%) SMS
3 1 (0.25%) SSL
3 1 (0.25%) VoWiFi
3 1 (0.25%) VPN
3 1 (0.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.09%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.31%) Oracle Reports
3 10 (2.54%) Relational Database
4 9 (2.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 8 (2.04%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 8 (2.04%) Oracle Database
5 8 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.04%) Power BI
5 8 (2.04%) Tableau
6 7 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (1.53%) MS Access
8 4 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.02%) Star Schema
9 3 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.76%) Apache Iceberg
9 3 (0.76%) Delta Lake
9 3 (0.76%) Oracle ODI
9 3 (0.76%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.51%) Metadata
10 2 (0.51%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 45 (11.45%) JIRA
2 10 (2.54%) Selenium
3 8 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.04%) QARun
3 8 (2.04%) WinRunner
4 5 (1.27%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.27%) Git
4 5 (1.27%) Subversion
5 4 (1.02%) Gatling
5 4 (1.02%) Postman
6 3 (0.76%) JMeter
7 2 (0.51%) GitLab
7 2 (0.51%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.51%) MagicDraw
7 2 (0.51%) MSI
7 2 (0.51%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.51%) TestCafe
7 2 (0.51%) XMLSpy
7 2 (0.51%) Zephyr
General
1 207 (52.67%) Finance
2 174 (44.27%) Social Skills
3 67 (17.05%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (14.76%) Front Office
5 48 (12.21%) Banking
6 28 (7.12%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (5.09%) Marketing
8 19 (4.83%) Financial Institution
9 16 (4.07%) Public Sector
10 15 (3.82%) Back Office
10 15 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (3.82%) Retail
11 12 (3.05%) Investment Banking
12 11 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.80%) General Ledger
13 10 (2.54%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.78%) Legal
14 7 (1.78%) Local Government
14 7 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 147 (37.40%) Analyst
2 115 (29.26%) Business Analyst
3 49 (12.47%) Developer
4 36 (9.16%) Consultant
5 33 (8.40%) Lead
6 32 (8.14%) Senior
7 28 (7.12%) Project Manager
8 25 (6.36%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
8 25 (6.36%) Test Manager
9 22 (5.60%) Business Manager
10 21 (5.34%) Test Analyst
11 16 (4.07%) Financial Analyst
11 16 (4.07%) Test Leader
12 15 (3.82%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (3.56%) Finance Business Analyst
14 12 (3.05%) Automation Developer
14 12 (3.05%) Front Office Business Analyst
14 12 (3.05%) SAP Consultant
15 10 (2.54%) Data Analyst
16 9 (2.29%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.85%) .NET
2 12 (3.05%) XML
3 9 (2.29%) Middleware
3 9 (2.29%) Oracle Fusion
4 8 (2.04%) .NET Framework
4 8 (2.04%) Web Services
5 7 (1.78%) Entity Framework
6 6 (1.53%) REST
7 5 (1.27%) XSLT
8 4 (1.02%) ADO
8 4 (1.02%) JSON
8 4 (1.02%) SOAP
9 3 (0.76%) CSS
9 3 (0.76%) FpML
9 3 (0.76%) Jinja
9 3 (0.76%) PySpark
9 3 (0.76%) WPF
10 2 (0.51%) HTML
10 2 (0.51%) Plotly
10 2 (0.51%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.65%) Fixed Income
2 27 (6.87%) Derivative
3 21 (5.34%) Hedge funds
4 18 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.78%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.53%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.53%) Equities
8 6 (1.53%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.53%) PMI
8 6 (1.53%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.27%) FMCG
9 5 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.27%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.02%) Learning Management System
10 4 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.09%) Windows
2 6 (1.53%) Unix
3 4 (1.02%) Linux
4 1 (0.25%) Android
4 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (36.13%) Agile
2 107 (27.23%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (18.58%) Test Automation
4 72 (18.32%) Business Analysis
4 72 (18.32%) Migration
5 62 (15.78%) System Integration Testing
6 59 (15.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (12.47%) Project Management
7 49 (12.47%) Validation
8 48 (12.21%) DevOps
9 46 (11.70%) Integration Testing
10 44 (11.20%) Analytics
11 43 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
12 41 (10.43%) Asset Management
13 40 (10.18%) Test Strategy
14 38 (9.67%) Risk Management
15 37 (9.41%) Change Management
15 37 (9.41%) Data Analysis
15 37 (9.41%) ERP
16 36 (9.16%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 103 (26.21%) SQL
2 46 (11.70%) Python
3 29 (7.38%) C#
4 16 (4.07%) PL/SQL
5 14 (3.56%) Java
6 10 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.04%) RPG
8 6 (1.53%) RPG IV
9 5 (1.27%) ABAP
10 4 (1.02%) VB
11 3 (0.76%) Groovy
11 3 (0.76%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.51%) SOQL
13 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.25%) Bash
13 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.25%) Ruby
13 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 47 (11.96%) Degree
2 41 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.65%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.05%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.04%) CBAP
6 7 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.78%) PMP
7 6 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.53%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.51%) ACCA
8 2 (0.51%) CIMA
8 2 (0.51%) IIBA
8 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.25%) CCNP
9 1 (0.25%) CFA
9 1 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.25%) ISEB
9 1 (0.25%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (14.76%) QA
2 8 (2.04%) GDPR
2 8 (2.04%) PMO
3 6 (1.53%) MiFID
4 4 (1.02%) EMIR
4 4 (1.02%) IFRS
5 3 (0.76%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.51%) Basel III
6 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.51%) Dodd-Frank
6 2 (0.51%) IFRS 9
6 2 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.25%) Basel II
7 1 (0.25%) DICOM
7 1 (0.25%) FATCA
7 1 (0.25%) GAAP
7 1 (0.25%) HL7
7 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.25%) SLA
7 1 (0.25%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 8 (2.04%) Docker
2 2 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.25%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (3.31%) HP ALM
2 8 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.78%) Ansible
4 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.76%) SCCM
6 2 (0.51%) Control-M
7 1 (0.25%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.25%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.25%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.25%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) Puppet
7 1 (0.25%) Terraform
7 1 (0.25%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.25%) vMotion
Vendors
1 58 (14.76%) Oracle
2 56 (14.25%) SAP
3 40 (10.18%) Microsoft
4 19 (4.83%) BISAM
5 17 (4.33%) Salesforce
6 14 (3.56%) ION Trading
7 13 (3.31%) HP
8 12 (3.05%) Murex
9 11 (2.80%) Workday
10 9 (2.29%) UiPath
11 6 (1.53%) Adobe
11 6 (1.53%) Charles River
11 6 (1.53%) Citrix
11 6 (1.53%) ServiceNow
12 5 (1.27%) Cisco
13 4 (1.02%) Alteryx
13 4 (1.02%) Ariba
13 4 (1.02%) Broadcom
14 3 (0.76%) Concur
14 3 (0.76%) Sitecore