User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in Oxford

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxford requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 19 13
Rank change year-on-year 0 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 1 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 0.88% 3.13% 3.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 3.33% 4.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £408 -
25th Percentile - £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -2.78% -
75th Percentile - £456 £488
90th Percentile - £468 £495
Oxfordshire median daily rate £583 £550 £450
% change year-on-year +5.91% +22.22% -22.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80 60 68
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 70.18% 93.75% 75.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 21 54
10th Percentile £265 - £180
25th Percentile £381 £222 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £363 £450
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -19.44% -
75th Percentile £613 £538 £500
90th Percentile £775 £600 £563
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 9
10th Percentile £19.34 £20.07 £12.50
25th Percentile £34.88 £25.15 £16.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £46.30 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year +34.99% +77.87% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £73.83 £65.00
90th Percentile - £89.63 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £47.54 £25.90 £25.00
% change year-on-year +83.55% +3.60% -22.60%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Oxford

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxford citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality