User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 122 89
Rank change year-on-year +35 -33 +37
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 133 40 100
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 2.81% 1.11% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 1.28% 2.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 26 58
10th Percentile £327 £381 £359
25th Percentile £400 £400 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £406 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% -22.62% +17.98%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £575
90th Percentile £603 £550 £591
England median daily rate £500 £500 £540
% change year-on-year - -7.41% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.65 £21.00 -
Median hourly rate £22.85 £22.00 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +3.86% +3.24% -
75th Percentile £34.00 £23.00 £22.46
90th Percentile £65.20 - £23.15
England median hourly rate £30.33 £22.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +37.84% -70.67% +20.48%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,189 3,114 4,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.62% 86.69% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,790 1,775 2,737
10th Percentile £215 £263 £290
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £671 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 157 191
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.36 £17.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £28.96 £27.50 £28.44
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -3.31% +27.82%
75th Percentile £51.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.25 £66.45 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the North of England

User Acceptance Testing
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 User Acceptance Testing within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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 +27 87 £450 +12.50% 41
Yorkshire -12 39 £506 +6.58% 28
North East -1 7 £508 +35.33% 3
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.76%) Confluence
3 3 (2.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.75%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.50%) MS Visio
1 2 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.75%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (5.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.76%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (3.76%) Oracle Manufacturing
3 3 (2.26%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (2.26%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (2.26%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (2.26%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.50%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.50%) SAP FI
4 2 (1.50%) SAP HR
4 2 (1.50%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.75%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle ASCP
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.75%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.75%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.75%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.05%) AWS
2 23 (17.29%) Azure
3 9 (6.77%) SaaS
4 8 (6.02%) GCP
5 6 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (4.51%) Serverless
6 5 (3.76%) Amazon S3
6 5 (3.76%) AWS Step Functions
6 5 (3.76%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.76%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.26%) Boomi
8 3 (2.26%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.26%) OCI
9 2 (1.50%) GitHub
9 2 (1.50%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Purview
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.51%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (3.76%) DynamoDB
3 5 (3.76%) MySQL
4 3 (2.26%) Power BI
5 2 (1.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (1.50%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (1.50%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.75%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.75%) Power Query
6 1 (0.75%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (24.81%) JIRA
2 13 (9.77%) Git
3 9 (6.77%) GitLab
3 9 (6.77%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.77%) TestRail
4 7 (5.26%) Postman
5 6 (4.51%) Cucumber
6 5 (3.76%) REST Assured
6 5 (3.76%) Selenium
7 3 (2.26%) Jasmine
7 3 (2.26%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.75%) JUnit
8 1 (0.75%) Zephyr
General
1 49 (36.84%) Finance
1 49 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.80%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (15.04%) Banking
4 18 (13.53%) Public Sector
5 12 (9.02%) Local Government
6 8 (6.02%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.26%) Legal
8 3 (2.26%) Retail
9 2 (1.50%) Back Office
9 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.75%) Front Office
10 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.75%) Law
10 1 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (21.80%) Analyst
2 21 (15.79%) Consultant
3 18 (13.53%) Business Analyst
3 18 (13.53%) Lead
4 15 (11.28%) Developer
5 12 (9.02%) Oracle Consultant
6 9 (6.77%) Test Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) Test Analyst
8 7 (5.26%) Java Developer
8 7 (5.26%) Tester
9 6 (4.51%) SAP Consultant
10 5 (3.76%) Lead Consultant
10 5 (3.76%) Oracle Manufacturing Consultant
10 5 (3.76%) SAP Analyst
11 4 (3.01%) Cloud Consultant
11 4 (3.01%) ERP Support
11 4 (3.01%) SAP Test Analyst
11 4 (3.01%) Test Automation Engineer
11 4 (3.01%) Test Leader
11 4 (3.01%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (14.29%) REST
2 17 (12.78%) Spring
2 17 (12.78%) Spring Boot
3 11 (8.27%) JMS
3 11 (8.27%) Oracle Fusion
4 7 (5.26%) SailPoint
5 6 (4.51%) RESTful
6 5 (3.76%) .NET
6 5 (3.76%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.76%) CSS
6 5 (3.76%) CSS3
6 5 (3.76%) HTML
6 5 (3.76%) HTML5
6 5 (3.76%) Lambda Expressions
6 5 (3.76%) LDAP
6 5 (3.76%) OpenID
6 5 (3.76%) Sass
6 5 (3.76%) Spring MVC
7 4 (3.01%) Node.js
7 4 (3.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 10 (7.52%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.76%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.76%) Public Cloud
5 4 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.26%) CMDB
6 3 (2.26%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (2.26%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.26%) Reference Data
6 3 (2.26%) Synthetic Data
7 2 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.50%) Digital Wallet
7 2 (1.50%) IVR
8 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.75%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.75%) Linux
1 1 (0.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (39.85%) Agile
2 40 (30.08%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (21.80%) Migration
4 28 (21.05%) DevOps
4 28 (21.05%) Test Scripting
5 27 (20.30%) System Integration Testing
5 27 (20.30%) Test Automation
6 25 (18.80%) Integration Testing
6 25 (18.80%) Stakeholder Management
7 24 (18.05%) SDLC
8 23 (17.29%) CI/CD
9 21 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (15.04%) Requirements Gathering
11 19 (14.29%) Data Migration
12 18 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (10.53%) Regression Testing
13 14 (10.53%) Scenario Testing
14 13 (9.77%) ERP
14 13 (9.77%) ETL
14 13 (9.77%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 25 (18.80%) SQL
2 22 (16.54%) Java
3 8 (6.02%) Python
4 7 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.76%) PHP
5 5 (3.76%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.01%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.50%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.75%) ABAP
8 1 (0.75%) Bash
Qualifications
1 13 (9.77%) Degree
2 9 (6.77%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (5.26%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.01%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.01%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.26%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.50%) CBAP
7 2 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.75%) CSPO
8 1 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (27.07%) QA
2 13 (9.77%) PSD2
3 12 (9.02%) ISO 20022
3 12 (9.02%) SEPA
4 8 (6.02%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.26%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.26%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.75%) GDPR
6 1 (0.75%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (6.77%) Docker
2 3 (2.26%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (7.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.01%) Terraform
3 3 (2.26%) Ansible
3 3 (2.26%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (24.81%) Oracle
2 23 (17.29%) Microsoft
3 17 (12.78%) SAP
4 14 (10.53%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.26%) Adobe
5 3 (2.26%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.26%) HP
5 3 (2.26%) Splunk
6 2 (1.50%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.75%) Databricks
7 1 (0.75%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.75%) IBM
7 1 (0.75%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (0.75%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.75%) Murex
7 1 (0.75%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.75%) Workday