User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 74 100
Rank change year-on-year -13 +26 +18
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 38 64 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.85% 2.30% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 2.82% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 54 28
10th Percentile £320 £319 £328
25th Percentile £401 £381 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £470
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% -6.33% +3.30%
75th Percentile £521 £525 £506
90th Percentile £663 £592 £604
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £22.41
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
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,818 2,267 2,842
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 88.42% 81.46% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,531 1,990
10th Percentile £205 £231 £260
25th Percentile £358 £357 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £643 £688 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 173 97
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £12.30
25th Percentile £13.81 £14.00 £14.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% -15.56% +28.13%
75th Percentile £26.93 £35.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £60.50
England median hourly rate £28.53 £37.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.93% - +50.00%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
East Midlands -1 23 £425 - 18
West Midlands -2 15 £495 +11.55% 38
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (2.63%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.63%) Fusion 360
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.63%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (21.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.26%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (2.63%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (2.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.26%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.63%) Figma
3 1 (2.63%) GitHub
3 1 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.63%) SaaS
3 1 (2.63%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (2.63%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Power BI
2 2 (5.26%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (18.42%) JIRA
2 3 (7.89%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (5.26%) JUnit
3 2 (5.26%) Mockito
3 2 (5.26%) SonarQube
3 2 (5.26%) TeamCity
4 1 (2.63%) LoadRunner
4 1 (2.63%) Selenium
4 1 (2.63%) SpecFlow
4 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
4 1 (2.63%) WebDriver
4 1 (2.63%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (31.58%) Finance
2 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.05%) Retail
4 3 (7.89%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.26%) General Ledger
5 2 (5.26%) Legal
6 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Analyst
2 7 (18.42%) Developer
2 7 (18.42%) Lead
3 5 (13.16%) Business Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Consultant
3 5 (13.16%) Test Leader
4 3 (7.89%) Oracle Developer
4 3 (7.89%) PL/SQL Developer
4 3 (7.89%) SAP Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (7.89%) SQL Developer
4 3 (7.89%) Tester
5 2 (5.26%) Java Developer
5 2 (5.26%) Process Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) QA Leader
5 2 (5.26%) Retail Business Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
5 2 (5.26%) SAP Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.16%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (5.26%) Hibernate
2 2 (5.26%) JMS
2 2 (5.26%) Spring
3 1 (2.63%) .NET
3 1 (2.63%) ADO
3 1 (2.63%) JSON
3 1 (2.63%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Distributed Computing
2 1 (2.63%) Derivative
2 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.63%) Learning Management System
2 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.63%) SCADA
2 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Unix
2 1 (2.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (44.74%) Agile
2 8 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (18.42%) Waterfall
4 6 (15.79%) Migration
4 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (15.79%) System Integration Testing
5 5 (13.16%) Decision-Making
5 5 (13.16%) Test Strategy
6 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 4 (10.53%) Scrum
6 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (10.53%) Test Automation
7 3 (7.89%) Change Management
7 3 (7.89%) Data Analysis
7 3 (7.89%) Defect Management
7 3 (7.89%) ERP
7 3 (7.89%) Knowledge Transfer
7 3 (7.89%) Project Management
7 3 (7.89%) Regression Testing
7 3 (7.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) SQL
2 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 4 (10.53%) PL/SQL
3 2 (5.26%) Java
4 1 (2.63%) C#
4 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.89%) Degree
4 2 (5.26%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.63%) AAT
5 1 (2.63%) ACCA
5 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.63%) CIMA
5 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.63%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.95%) QA
2 2 (5.26%) GAAP
2 2 (5.26%) IFRS
3 1 (2.63%) PMO
3 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Oracle
2 10 (26.32%) SAP
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.26%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.63%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.63%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.63%) Cognos
5 1 (2.63%) Infor
5 1 (2.63%) Micro Focus
5 1 (2.63%) Siemens
5 1 (2.63%) Teradata