User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside 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 33 29 29
Rank change year-on-year -4 0 +20
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 11 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 3.74% 1.96% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.70% 2.61% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 1
10th Percentile £300 - -
25th Percentile £348 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £395 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +5.33% +7.14% -20.45%
75th Percentile £400 £388 -
90th Percentile £402 - -
North West median daily rate £425 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +14.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
North West median hourly rate £22.85 £22.00 £23.61
% change year-on-year +3.86% -6.82% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 234 153 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 79.59% 75.00% 82.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 86 90
10th Percentile £133 £143 £143
25th Percentile £151 £203 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% - -15.79%
75th Percentile £441 £537 £525
90th Percentile £634 £638 £639
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 27
10th Percentile - £12.43 £12.28
25th Percentile £15.18 £13.70 £15.50
Median hourly rate £41.86 £20.19 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +107.31% +15.37% -1.24%
75th Percentile £51.02 £23.00 £31.33
90th Percentile - £29.67 £35.47
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £28.44
% change year-on-year +35.46% +10.79% -24.16%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Merseyside

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

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

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

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

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in Merseyside

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 17 February 2026. 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
Liverpool -8 10 £395 - 3
User Acceptance Testing
North West

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (9.09%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.09%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 9 (81.82%) Finance
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Test Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Qlik Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Qlik Sense Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) ETL
2 10 (90.91%) Validation
3 9 (81.82%) Change Management
3 9 (81.82%) Cutover Planning
3 9 (81.82%) Data Governance
3 9 (81.82%) Data Validation
3 9 (81.82%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 9 (81.82%) Operational Stability
3 9 (81.82%) Regression Testing
3 9 (81.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (81.82%) Test Management
3 9 (81.82%) Test Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) RBAC
4 2 (18.18%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (18.18%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (27.27%) Master's Degree
3 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) IFRS
1 8 (72.73%) IFRS 17
1 8 (72.73%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) Data Quality