User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in the North West

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 46 98
Rank change year-on-year -39 +52 -12
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 89 80 38
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.54% 3.99% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 4.47% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 63 33
10th Percentile £325 £352 £320
25th Percentile £388 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £469 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +4.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £538 £553 £538
90th Percentile £621 £665 £570
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £21.77 £35.18 -
25th Percentile £23.12 £42.94 -
Median hourly rate £25.38 £57.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -56.05% - -
75th Percentile £55.69 £72.44 -
90th Percentile £73.88 £80.13 -
England median hourly rate £32.01 £53.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -40.46% +13.16% +66.93%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,931 1,788 2,340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.67% 89.09% 84.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,712 1,185 1,429
10th Percentile £300 £306 £306
25th Percentile £400 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £454 £495
Median % change year-on-year +4.74% -8.38% -1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £585
90th Percentile £675 £664 £673
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 271 107 262
10th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 £11.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £18.94 £14.15
Median hourly rate £50.00 £31.76 £27.75
Median % change year-on-year +57.43% +14.45% -9.14%
75th Percentile £76.00 £63.20 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.96 £66.61
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.87%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in the North West

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the North West over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the North West

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the North West over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the North West

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
Manchester -24 40 £460 +2.22% 6
Cheshire -15 24 £485 -2.44% 4
Merseyside +1 17 £393 -1.75% 4
Lancashire -5 4 £538 +13.46% 4
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 14 (15.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.37%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (10.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.37%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (3.37%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.25%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.25%) SAP HCM
3 2 (2.25%) SAP QM
4 1 (1.12%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (1.12%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.12%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 18 (20.22%) Azure
2 12 (13.48%) AWS
3 8 (8.99%) SuccessFactors
4 7 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (6.74%) OpenShift
6 5 (5.62%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.37%) Serverless
8 2 (2.25%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.25%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (2.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.25%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.25%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (2.25%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.25%) PowerApps
8 2 (2.25%) SaaS
9 1 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.12%) Miro
9 1 (1.12%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.37%) Network Security
2 2 (2.25%) Firewall
2 2 (2.25%) SSL
2 2 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.37%) Power BI
3 2 (2.25%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (2.25%) DynamoDB
3 2 (2.25%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.25%) MySQL
3 2 (2.25%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.25%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.25%) SAP HANA
3 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.12%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.12%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 20 (22.47%) JIRA
2 4 (4.49%) Postman
3 3 (3.37%) Git
4 2 (2.25%) Zephyr
5 1 (1.12%) JMeter
5 1 (1.12%) TestRail
General
1 42 (47.19%) Finance
2 28 (31.46%) Social Skills
3 11 (12.36%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (11.24%) Banking
5 8 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (7.87%) Public Sector
7 6 (6.74%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.37%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.37%) Marketing
8 3 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.37%) Retail
9 2 (2.25%) Automotive
9 2 (2.25%) Digital Health
9 2 (2.25%) Local Government
10 1 (1.12%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 29 (32.58%) Analyst
2 17 (19.10%) Business Analyst
3 13 (14.61%) Lead
4 11 (12.36%) Test Manager
5 7 (7.87%) Consultant
5 7 (7.87%) Test Analyst
6 6 (6.74%) Developer
6 6 (6.74%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.62%) Java Developer
7 5 (5.62%) SAP Consultant
7 5 (5.62%) Tester
8 4 (4.49%) SAP Analyst
8 4 (4.49%) Senior
9 3 (3.37%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
9 3 (3.37%) HR Analyst
9 3 (3.37%) Payments Analyst
9 3 (3.37%) Payments Business Analyst
9 3 (3.37%) SAP Test Analyst
9 3 (3.37%) Support Analyst
9 3 (3.37%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.99%) REST
2 5 (5.62%) Spring
2 5 (5.62%) Spring Boot
3 3 (3.37%) JMS
3 3 (3.37%) JSON
3 3 (3.37%) SOAP
3 3 (3.37%) Swagger
3 3 (3.37%) XML
4 2 (2.25%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.25%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.12%) CSS
5 1 (1.12%) HTML
5 1 (1.12%) Middleware
5 1 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.12%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.48%) Management Information System
2 8 (8.99%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.74%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (6.74%) Security Posture
4 5 (5.62%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (5.62%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (5.62%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (3.37%) Digital Wallet
5 3 (3.37%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (2.25%) Clustering
6 2 (2.25%) Life Science
6 2 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.25%) Replication
7 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.12%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (1.12%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.74%) Linux
2 5 (5.62%) Windows
3 2 (2.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (28.09%) Agile
1 25 (28.09%) Validation
2 20 (22.47%) Test Management
3 19 (21.35%) Migration
3 19 (21.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (17.98%) Data Migration
5 15 (16.85%) DevOps
5 15 (16.85%) Requirements Gathering
6 14 (15.73%) System Integration Testing
6 14 (15.73%) Test Scripting
6 14 (15.73%) Test Strategy
7 12 (13.48%) ETL
7 12 (13.48%) Regression Testing
7 12 (13.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (12.36%) Data Validation
8 11 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (11.24%) Integration Testing
10 9 (10.11%) Cutover Planning
10 9 (10.11%) Defect Management
10 9 (10.11%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (23.60%) SQL
2 8 (8.99%) Python
3 6 (6.74%) Java
4 5 (5.62%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.37%) Bash
5 3 (3.37%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.25%) C#
6 2 (2.25%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.25%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.12%) ABAP
7 1 (1.12%) Korn
7 1 (1.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (15.73%) Degree
2 9 (10.11%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.99%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (7.87%) ISTQB
4 7 (7.87%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.37%) CISSP
5 3 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.37%) Master's Degree
5 3 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.25%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 2 (2.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.12%) CISM
7 1 (1.12%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (20.22%) QA
2 9 (10.11%) GDPR
3 7 (7.87%) IFRS
3 7 (7.87%) IFRS 17
4 6 (6.74%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (6.74%) HIPAA
4 6 (6.74%) PSD2
5 5 (5.62%) Data Quality
5 5 (5.62%) NIST
6 3 (3.37%) ISO 20022
6 3 (3.37%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.37%) SEPA
6 3 (3.37%) SLA
7 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
7 2 (2.25%) ISO 8583
8 1 (1.12%) CDISC
8 1 (1.12%) GRC
System Software
1 8 (8.99%) Docker
2 2 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (10.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.25%) HP ALM
2 2 (2.25%) SCOM
3 1 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 14 (15.73%) SAP
2 10 (11.24%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.24%) Salesforce
3 9 (10.11%) ServiceNow
4 8 (8.99%) Oracle
5 5 (5.62%) Varonis
6 4 (4.49%) Cisco
6 4 (4.49%) Splunk
6 4 (4.49%) Zscaler
7 3 (3.37%) CyberArk
7 3 (3.37%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.25%) ForeScout
8 2 (2.25%) Google
8 2 (2.25%) HP
8 2 (2.25%) Infoblox
8 2 (2.25%) MuleSoft
9 1 (1.12%) Adobe
9 1 (1.12%) OpenText
9 1 (1.12%) Palantir
9 1 (1.12%) Siebel