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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 83 79
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 +64
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 69 35 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 3.16% 1.46% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 1.76% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 26 37
10th Percentile £358 - £388
25th Percentile £407 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £413 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -21.43% +23.53%
75th Percentile £514 £500 £575
90th Percentile £599 £544 £588
England median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.00 - -
Median hourly rate £32.00 - -
75th Percentile £34.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £46.50 £60.00 £56.06
% change year-on-year -22.51% +7.03% +72.49%

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 1,940 1,992 2,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.83% 83.31% 87.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,157 1,649
10th Percentile £299 £294 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £595
90th Percentile £678 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 108 162
10th Percentile £13.54 £16.43 £15.78
25th Percentile £17.36 £27.94 £18.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% +21.43% +55.56%
75th Percentile £51.19 £57.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.32 £70.90 £66.80
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

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
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 18 September 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
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 18 September 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 +9 35 £463 +12.12% 2
Manchester -5 23 £450 +12.50% 21
Lancashire - 6 £400 - 20
Merseyside - 2 £550 - 3
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 1 (1.45%) CMS
1 1 (1.45%) Confluence
1 1 (1.45%) NetWeaver
1 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (4.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.45%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (13.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.80%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (4.35%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (4.35%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (4.35%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (4.35%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (2.90%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle ASCP
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (1.45%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.45%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.45%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.94%) AWS
2 10 (14.49%) Azure
3 7 (10.14%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (5.80%) GitHub
5 3 (4.35%) GCP
6 2 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.90%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 23 (33.33%) JIRA
2 11 (15.94%) Git
3 7 (10.14%) GitLab
3 7 (10.14%) Jenkins
4 4 (5.80%) Cucumber
4 4 (5.80%) JUnit
5 3 (4.35%) TestRail
6 2 (2.90%) Zephyr
General
1 31 (44.93%) Finance
2 23 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (18.84%) Banking
4 9 (13.04%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.70%) Local Government
6 4 (5.80%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.80%) Legal
6 4 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.90%) Law
9 1 (1.45%) Back Office
9 1 (1.45%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Retail
9 1 (1.45%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (33.33%) Analyst
2 15 (21.74%) Developer
3 11 (15.94%) Business Analyst
3 11 (15.94%) Test Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) Java Developer
5 8 (11.59%) Consultant
6 5 (7.25%) SAP Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) SAP Test Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) Test Manager
6 5 (7.25%) Tester
7 4 (5.80%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (5.80%) Senior
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Salesforce Developer
8 3 (4.35%) Test Leader
8 3 (4.35%) UAT Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) UAT Test Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.39%) REST
2 11 (15.94%) Spring
2 11 (15.94%) Spring Boot
3 8 (11.59%) JMS
4 5 (7.25%) Kafka
5 4 (5.80%) React
5 4 (5.80%) RESTful
6 3 (4.35%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (4.35%) XML
7 2 (2.90%) SailPoint
8 1 (1.45%) EDI
8 1 (1.45%) IDoc
8 1 (1.45%) JDBC
8 1 (1.45%) Middleware
8 1 (1.45%) PySpark
8 1 (1.45%) SAP PI
8 1 (1.45%) SOAP
8 1 (1.45%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 7 (10.14%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.25%) CMDB
3 5 (7.25%) Public Cloud
4 3 (4.35%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.90%) IVR
5 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (43.48%) Agile
2 24 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (28.99%) Test Scripting
4 15 (21.74%) Integration Testing
4 15 (21.74%) SDLC
5 14 (20.29%) System Integration Testing
5 14 (20.29%) Test Management
6 13 (18.84%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (18.84%) Requirements Gathering
6 13 (18.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (15.94%) DevOps
7 11 (15.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (15.94%) Test Automation
7 11 (15.94%) Test Strategy
8 10 (14.49%) CI/CD
8 10 (14.49%) Defect Management
8 10 (14.49%) Scrum
9 9 (13.04%) End-to-End Testing
9 9 (13.04%) Migration
10 8 (11.59%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.39%) Java
1 12 (17.39%) SQL
2 5 (7.25%) Python
3 3 (4.35%) Apex Code
4 2 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.45%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 11 (15.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (14.49%) Degree
3 8 (11.59%) ISTQB
4 5 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (5.80%) Azure Certification
5 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
6 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.90%) CBAP
7 2 (2.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.45%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.45%) CSPO
8 1 (1.45%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (1.45%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (23.19%) QA
2 8 (11.59%) ISO 20022
2 8 (11.59%) SEPA
3 7 (10.14%) PSD2
4 5 (7.25%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.45%) GDPR
5 1 (1.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.25%) HP ALM
3 3 (4.35%) Ansible
3 3 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) SAP
2 12 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 11 (15.94%) Oracle
4 9 (13.04%) ServiceNow
5 5 (7.25%) HP
6 3 (4.35%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.90%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.45%) Databricks
8 1 (1.45%) IBM
8 1 (1.45%) IBM Sterling
8 1 (1.45%) OpenAI