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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 92 84
Rank change year-on-year +24 -8 +48
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 78 28 54
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 3.22% 1.19% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 1.42% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 19 32
10th Percentile £309 - £431
25th Percentile £398 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £538
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -25.58% +26.47%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £575
90th Percentile £600 £550 £616
England median daily rate £500 £513 £544
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.75% +8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.65 £21.00 -
Median hourly rate £22.85 £22.00 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year +3.86% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £34.00 £23.00 -
90th Percentile £65.20 - -
England median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -8.57% -53.33% +47.06%

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 2,131 1,972 2,429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 87.95% 83.77% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,401 1,070 1,671
10th Percentile £215 £294 £270
25th Percentile £360 £396 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £594
90th Percentile £678 £656 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £547
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.02% -0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 111 162
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.25 £15.78
25th Percentile £19.07 £24.18 £17.81
Median hourly rate £29.60 £35.36 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.29% +4.00% +56.11%
75th Percentile £45.46 £51.91 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.56 £69.75 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +27.14%

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 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 12 November 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
Cheshire +11 35 £462 -7.65% 7
Manchester +5 30 £450 +12.50% 27
Lancashire - 5 £400 - 6
Merseyside 0 4 £519 -
Cumbria - 1 - - 1
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 2 (2.56%) Confluence
1 2 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.28%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.28%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (11.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.13%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (3.85%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (3.85%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (3.85%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (3.85%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (2.56%) SAP HR
4 2 (2.56%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle ASCP
5 1 (1.28%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (1.28%) SAP HCM
5 1 (1.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.10%) AWS
2 10 (12.82%) Azure
3 8 (10.26%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (5.13%) GitHub
5 3 (3.85%) Boomi
5 3 (3.85%) GCP
5 3 (3.85%) SaaS
6 2 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.56%) OCI
7 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.28%) ChatGPT
7 1 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.28%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 2 (2.56%) Qlik Sense
1 2 (2.56%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 22 (28.21%) JIRA
2 12 (15.38%) Git
3 7 (8.97%) GitLab
3 7 (8.97%) Jenkins
4 4 (5.13%) Cucumber
4 4 (5.13%) JUnit
5 3 (3.85%) TestRail
6 1 (1.28%) Zephyr
General
1 37 (47.44%) Finance
2 27 (34.62%) Social Skills
3 16 (20.51%) Banking
4 14 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (12.82%) Local Government
6 9 (11.54%) Public Sector
7 5 (6.41%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (5.13%) Legal
9 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.56%) Law
11 1 (1.28%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.28%) Back Office
11 1 (1.28%) General Ledger
11 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.28%) Marketing
11 1 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.28%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (25.64%) Analyst
2 16 (20.51%) Developer
3 10 (12.82%) Consultant
3 10 (12.82%) Test Analyst
4 9 (11.54%) Java Developer
5 8 (10.26%) Business Analyst
6 6 (7.69%) Lead
6 6 (7.69%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
6 6 (7.69%) SAP Test Analyst
7 4 (5.13%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (5.13%) Test Leader
7 4 (5.13%) Test Manager
7 4 (5.13%) Tester
8 3 (3.85%) ERP Support
8 3 (3.85%) Functional Consultant
8 3 (3.85%) Release Manager
8 3 (3.85%) Salesforce Developer
8 3 (3.85%) Test Engineer
8 3 (3.85%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (15.38%) REST
1 12 (15.38%) Spring
1 12 (15.38%) Spring Boot
2 8 (10.26%) JMS
3 5 (6.41%) Kafka
4 4 (5.13%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (5.13%) React
4 4 (5.13%) RESTful
5 3 (3.85%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (2.56%) SailPoint
6 2 (2.56%) XML
7 1 (1.28%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 7 (8.97%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.13%) Data Structures
5 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.85%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.56%) IVR
7 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.90%) Agile
2 24 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (29.49%) Test Scripting
4 18 (23.08%) Integration Testing
5 16 (20.51%) Requirements Gathering
6 14 (17.95%) Regression Testing
6 14 (17.95%) SDLC
6 14 (17.95%) Test Management
7 13 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (16.67%) Migration
7 13 (16.67%) Test Automation
8 12 (15.38%) Defect Management
8 12 (15.38%) DevOps
8 12 (15.38%) System Integration Testing
9 11 (14.10%) CI/CD
10 10 (12.82%) Release Management
10 10 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (12.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (11.54%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 9 (11.54%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.23%) SQL
2 12 (15.38%) Java
3 5 (6.41%) Python
4 3 (3.85%) Apex Code
5 2 (2.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.28%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 11 (14.10%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (11.54%) Degree
3 8 (10.26%) ISTQB
4 5 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.13%) Azure Certification
6 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.85%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.56%) CBAP
7 2 (2.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.28%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.28%) CSPO
8 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (26.92%) QA
2 9 (11.54%) ISO 20022
2 9 (11.54%) SEPA
3 8 (10.26%) PSD2
4 7 (8.97%) Data Quality
5 3 (3.85%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.28%) GDPR
6 1 (1.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.41%) HP ALM
3 3 (3.85%) Ansible
3 3 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (21.79%) Oracle
2 16 (20.51%) SAP
3 12 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 5 (6.41%) HP
4 5 (6.41%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.85%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.56%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.28%) Databricks
7 1 (1.28%) IBM
7 1 (1.28%) IBM Sterling
7 1 (1.28%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.28%) OpenAI