User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 14 | - | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston | 5.56% | - | 1.22% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 5.97% | - | 1.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £419 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £430 | - | - |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £400 | - | £496 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -29.19% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston
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 Preston.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 67 | 35 | 82 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston | 93.06% | 79.55% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 46 | 21 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | £349 | £200 | £326 |
| 25th Percentile | £407 | £400 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £478 | £575 | £436 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.96% | +31.84% | +32.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £627 | £500 |
| 90th Percentile | £679 | £975 | £595 |
| Lancashire median daily rate | £500 | £493 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.42% | -10.36% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 5 | 40 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.32 | £24.31 | £20.55 |
| 25th Percentile | £34.35 | £25.30 | £21.17 |
| Median hourly rate | £44.53 | £37.00 | £46.03 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.35% | -19.62% | +21.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.17 | £51.88 | £52.79 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.56 | £61.25 | £74.37 |
| Lancashire median hourly rate | £47.12 | £40.33 | £46.18 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.85% | -12.68% | +22.18% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.
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Daily Rate Trend in Preston
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing User Acceptance Testing.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Preston
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing User Acceptance Testing.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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: