UAT Lead Contracts in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing Lead
England > North of England

The median User Acceptance Testing Lead daily rate in the North of England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 182 201
Rank change year-on-year +18 +19 +44
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Lead 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.030% 0.022% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.023% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £360
25th Percentile - £406 £368
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £413 £386
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +6.80% -22.75%
75th Percentile - £419 £405
90th Percentile - - £413
England median daily rate £447 £494 £413
% change year-on-year -9.54% +19.70% -12.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 3,089 4,314 5,351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 93.24% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,042 2,699 3,757
10th Percentile £230 £263 £275
25th Percentile £364 £388 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.79% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £640 £675 £682
England median daily rate £524 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.26% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 398 157
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.05 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.19 £12.53 £18.50
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.77 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -31.99% +57.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.14 £49.50
90th Percentile £77.88 £62.50 £66.28
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +95.65%

UAT Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured UAT Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for UAT Lead in the North of England

UAT Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UAT Lead in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for UAT Lead in the North of England

UAT Lead
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAT Lead within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North West +8 1 £450 +9.09%
UAT Lead
England

UAT Lead Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, UAT Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring UAT Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing

UAT Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing