User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the North West

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 86 90
Rank change year-on-year +29 +4 +34
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 64 51 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.25% 1.85% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.60% 2.15% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 42 49
10th Percentile £292 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £408 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £585 £538 £550
90th Percentile £691 £586 £680
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £27.08 - -
25th Percentile £36.19 - -
Median hourly rate £52.75 - -
75th Percentile £69.69 - -
90th Percentile £79.03 - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £24.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +124.49% -60.80% +56.25%

All Process and 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 1,776 2,377 2,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.24% 86.28% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,519 2,058
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 244 144
10th Percentile £15.97 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.66 £13.30 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.22 £48.91
90th Percentile £83.96 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the North West

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the North West

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 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the North West

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the North West

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 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
Manchester +10 25 £620 +24.00% 24
Cheshire +8 22 £514 +26.52% 11
Cumbria - 5 - -
Merseyside - 4 £400 - 3
Lancashire +1 2 £474 -30.23% 10
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (6.25%) NetWeaver
2 2 (3.13%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.56%) CICS
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (10.94%) MS Visio
2 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (15.63%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (10.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.13%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (1.56%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) Azure
2 4 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
3 3 (4.69%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) HTTP
2 2 (3.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) Data Lake
1 3 (4.69%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (4.69%) Power BI
2 2 (3.13%) GIS
2 2 (3.13%) MSDE
2 2 (3.13%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.56%) DTS
3 1 (1.56%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (10.94%) JIRA
2 4 (6.25%) JMeter
2 4 (6.25%) LoadRunner
2 4 (6.25%) Selenium
3 2 (3.13%) GitLab
4 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.56%) Zephyr
General
1 30 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 21 (32.81%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.63%) Finance
4 8 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (9.38%) Manufacturing
5 6 (9.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (4.69%) Marketing
7 2 (3.13%) Banking
7 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.56%) Automotive
8 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (25.00%) Analyst
2 14 (21.88%) Business Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Tester
4 9 (14.06%) Migration Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Data Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Data Migration Engineer
5 7 (10.94%) Developer
5 7 (10.94%) Senior
5 7 (10.94%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
6 6 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (7.81%) SAP Developer
7 5 (7.81%) Senior Business Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) Integration Developer
8 4 (6.25%) Software Tester
9 3 (4.69%) Administrator
9 3 (4.69%) Consultant
9 3 (4.69%) Test Manager
10 2 (3.13%) DBA
10 2 (3.13%) SQL Server DBA
10 2 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) EDI
1 4 (6.25%) IDoc
1 4 (6.25%) JDBC
1 4 (6.25%) JMS
1 4 (6.25%) Middleware
1 4 (6.25%) REST
1 4 (6.25%) SAP PI
1 4 (6.25%) SOAP
1 4 (6.25%) XML
1 4 (6.25%) XSLT
2 2 (3.13%) .NET
2 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.56%) ISPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.19%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (12.50%) CMDB
3 6 (9.38%) Virtual Team
4 5 (7.81%) Onboarding
5 4 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (4.69%) Life Science
6 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
7 2 (3.13%) Clustering
8 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.56%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (1.56%) LIMS
8 1 (1.56%) Mainframe
8 1 (1.56%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (1.56%) Replication
8 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.13%) Windows
1 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (46.88%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (31.25%) Agile
3 19 (29.69%) Validation
4 16 (25.00%) Migration
5 14 (21.88%) Data Modelling
5 14 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (21.88%) System Integration Testing
5 14 (21.88%) Test Strategy
6 13 (20.31%) Data Migration
7 12 (18.75%) Test Automation
8 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (15.63%) Business Analysis
9 10 (15.63%) Data Mapping
9 10 (15.63%) ETL
9 10 (15.63%) Performance Testing
9 10 (15.63%) SDLC
10 9 (14.06%) Risk Management
10 9 (14.06%) Scrum
10 9 (14.06%) System Testing
11 8 (12.50%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.00%) SQL
2 10 (15.63%) PL/SQL
3 5 (7.81%) ABAP
4 4 (6.25%) Java
5 2 (3.13%) Bash
5 2 (3.13%) Python
5 2 (3.13%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.56%) JCL
6 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (21.88%) Degree
2 9 (14.06%) Security Cleared
3 8 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 6 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (9.38%) ISTQB
5 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.56%) CCNA
7 1 (1.56%) CCNP
7 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.56%) PMP
7 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.63%) QA
2 3 (4.69%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.69%) PMO
3 1 (1.56%) GxP
3 1 (1.56%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.56%) Time Sharing Option
1 1 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) SCCM
2 2 (3.13%) Ansible
3 1 (1.56%) CA Endevor
3 1 (1.56%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.56%) Perfmon
3 1 (1.56%) SCOM
3 1 (1.56%) VxRail
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) ServiceNow
2 13 (20.31%) SAP
3 11 (17.19%) Oracle
4 6 (9.38%) Microsoft
5 4 (6.25%) Ariba
6 2 (3.13%) Anaplan
6 2 (3.13%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.13%) Hyperion
6 2 (3.13%) Infoblox
7 1 (1.56%) HP
7 1 (1.56%) IBM
7 1 (1.56%) VMware