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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 62 86
Rank change year-on-year -6 +24 +2
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 94 64 51
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 2.93% 3.30% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 3.66% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 44 42
10th Percentile £325 £292 £325
25th Percentile £366 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.77% +2.13% +11.11%
75th Percentile £508 £585 £538
90th Percentile £620 £691 £586
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £27.08 -
25th Percentile £21.65 £36.19 -
Median hourly rate £23.52 £52.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.42% - -
75th Percentile £40.54 £69.69 -
90th Percentile £67.81 £79.03 -
England median hourly rate £30.15 £55.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -45.18% +124.49% -60.80%

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 2,676 1,750 2,388
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.36% 90.25% 86.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,662 1,125 1,526
10th Percentile £264 £286 £306
25th Percentile £375 £393 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £589
90th Percentile £653 £665 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 109 245
10th Percentile £20.61 £16.21 £10.95
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.72 £13.31
Median hourly rate £50.00 £32.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% +52.38% -40.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £60.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £83.78 £57.50
England median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +44.50% -13.00% -6.67%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -11 40 £450 -27.42% 18
Cheshire -8 34 £447 -13.04% 7
Merseyside -5 15 £393 -1.75% 2
Lancashire -9 3 £538 +13.46% 11
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 15 (15.96%) Confluence
2 3 (3.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 3 (3.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (8.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.32%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (2.13%) SAP HCM
4 1 (1.06%) BambooHR
4 1 (1.06%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.06%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (1.06%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.28%) AWS
2 15 (15.96%) Azure
3 10 (10.64%) SuccessFactors
4 7 (7.45%) Amazon S3
4 7 (7.45%) AWS Step Functions
4 7 (7.45%) OpenShift
4 7 (7.45%) Serverless
5 3 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.06%) Boomi
7 1 (1.06%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.06%) GitHub
7 1 (1.06%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.19%) Network Security
2 2 (2.13%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.45%) DynamoDB
2 5 (5.32%) SQL Server
3 3 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.13%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (2.13%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.13%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.13%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.13%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (1.06%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.06%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 23 (24.47%) JIRA
2 6 (6.38%) Git
3 5 (5.32%) Postman
4 3 (3.19%) Jasmine
5 2 (2.13%) Zephyr
6 1 (1.06%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (1.06%) JMeter
General
1 57 (60.64%) Finance
2 35 (37.23%) Social Skills
3 18 (19.15%) Banking
4 11 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (11.70%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (11.70%) Public Sector
5 5 (5.32%) Local Government
6 4 (4.26%) Retail
7 3 (3.19%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.13%) Automotive
8 2 (2.13%) Marketing
9 1 (1.06%) Advertising
9 1 (1.06%) Front Office
9 1 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (30.85%) Analyst
2 22 (23.40%) Business Analyst
3 11 (11.70%) Developer
3 11 (11.70%) Test Manager
4 10 (10.64%) Lead
5 7 (7.45%) Test Analyst
6 6 (6.38%) Java Developer
6 6 (6.38%) Security Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) Payments Analyst
7 5 (5.32%) Payments Business Analyst
7 5 (5.32%) SAP Analyst
7 5 (5.32%) Test Leader
8 4 (4.26%) Consultant
8 4 (4.26%) SAP Test Analyst
8 4 (4.26%) Senior
8 4 (4.26%) Tester
9 3 (3.19%) Angular Developer
9 3 (3.19%) DBA
9 3 (3.19%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (3.19%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (13.83%) REST
1 13 (13.83%) Spring
1 13 (13.83%) Spring Boot
2 7 (7.45%) AngularJS
3 6 (6.38%) JMS
4 5 (5.32%) CSS
4 5 (5.32%) CSS3
4 5 (5.32%) HTML
4 5 (5.32%) HTML5
4 5 (5.32%) JSON
4 5 (5.32%) Lambda Expressions
4 5 (5.32%) RESTful
4 5 (5.32%) Sass
4 5 (5.32%) SOAP
4 5 (5.32%) Spring MVC
4 5 (5.32%) Swagger
4 5 (5.32%) XML
5 3 (3.19%) Jest
5 3 (3.19%) NestJS
5 3 (3.19%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.70%) Cloud Native
1 11 (11.70%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.45%) Public Cloud
3 6 (6.38%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (5.32%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (5.32%) Digital Wallet
4 5 (5.32%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (5.32%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.32%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.26%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.06%) AS400
6 1 (1.06%) iSeries
6 1 (1.06%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.06%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.06%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.06%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.45%) Linux
2 1 (1.06%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (35.11%) Agile
2 28 (29.79%) Validation
3 24 (25.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (21.28%) Test Management
5 19 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (20.21%) Requirements Gathering
6 17 (18.09%) DevOps
6 17 (18.09%) Regression Testing
7 15 (15.96%) System Integration Testing
7 15 (15.96%) Test Strategy
8 14 (14.89%) ETL
8 14 (14.89%) Migration
9 13 (13.83%) Data Governance
9 13 (13.83%) End-to-End Testing
9 13 (13.83%) Integration Testing
9 13 (13.83%) Test Automation
9 13 (13.83%) Test Scripting
10 12 (12.77%) Change Management
11 11 (11.70%) Cutover Planning
11 11 (11.70%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.28%) SQL
2 14 (14.89%) Java
3 9 (9.57%) Python
4 6 (6.38%) TypeScript
5 4 (4.26%) Bash
5 4 (4.26%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.19%) Shell Script
7 2 (2.13%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.06%) ABAP
8 1 (1.06%) Korn
Qualifications
1 12 (12.77%) Degree
2 8 (8.51%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (8.51%) ISTQB
2 8 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.19%) CISSP
4 3 (3.19%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.13%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (2.13%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.06%) CISM
6 1 (1.06%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (24.47%) QA
2 11 (11.70%) PSD2
3 9 (9.57%) GDPR
3 9 (9.57%) IFRS
3 9 (9.57%) IFRS 17
4 6 (6.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 6 (6.38%) HIPAA
4 6 (6.38%) ISO 20022
4 6 (6.38%) SEPA
5 5 (5.32%) NIST
5 5 (5.32%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.19%) Accessibility
6 3 (3.19%) Data Quality
6 3 (3.19%) ISO 8583
6 3 (3.19%) SLA
7 1 (1.06%) GRC
System Software
1 11 (11.70%) Docker
2 3 (3.19%) ISA Server
3 1 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (13.83%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.13%) HP ALM
3 1 (1.06%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (14.89%) SAP
2 10 (10.64%) Oracle
3 9 (9.57%) ServiceNow
4 8 (8.51%) Salesforce
5 7 (7.45%) Splunk
6 6 (6.38%) Microsoft
7 5 (5.32%) Varonis
8 4 (4.26%) Cisco
8 4 (4.26%) CyberArk
8 4 (4.26%) Zscaler
9 3 (3.19%) Adobe
9 3 (3.19%) Fortinet
10 2 (2.13%) ForeScout
10 2 (2.13%) HP
10 2 (2.13%) Infoblox
10 2 (2.13%) MuleSoft
11 1 (1.06%) DocuSign
11 1 (1.06%) OpenText
11 1 (1.06%) Siebel
11 1 (1.06%) Workday