User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the Thames Valley

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 74 88
Rank change year-on-year -2 +14 +3
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 26 72 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.72% 2.68% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 3.08% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 58 34
10th Percentile £350 £448 £333
25th Percentile £398 £515 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £421 £575 £469
Median % change year-on-year -26.74% +22.67% -1.32%
75th Percentile £509 £688 £594
90th Percentile £628 £765 £721
South East median daily rate £413 £575 £475
% change year-on-year -28.26% +21.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £24.25 -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £24.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% - -
75th Percentile £53.75 £24.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £24.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +114.29% -60.80% +78.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the Thames Valley

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the Thames Valley

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the Thames Valley

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the Thames Valley

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Berkshire -13 14 £406 -29.35% 27
Buckinghamshire +17 10 £425 +6.25% 22
Oxfordshire +2 2 £438 -10.26% 12
User Acceptance Testing
South East

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.85%) Camunda
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Chatbot
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.69%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.85%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (3.85%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (3.85%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.69%) SaaS
3 2 (7.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Stack
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub
4 1 (3.85%) Oracle Service Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) PuTTY
1 1 (3.85%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle Reports
1 3 (11.54%) Power BI
2 2 (7.69%) BigQuery
3 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.85%) Maven
2 1 (3.85%) Postman
2 1 (3.85%) Toad
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 4 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Retail
4 2 (7.69%) Automotive
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
5 1 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (3.85%) Billing
5 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
5 1 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Analyst
2 6 (23.08%) Business Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Developer
3 4 (15.38%) Test Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Lead
4 3 (11.54%) Test Leader
5 2 (7.69%) Salesforce Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Salesforce Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Cloud Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Data Business Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Integration Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Mainframe Support
6 1 (3.85%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
6 1 (3.85%) Oracle Specialist
6 1 (3.85%) Power BI Developer
6 1 (3.85%) Remote Support Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) SAP EWM Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Node.js
1 2 (7.69%) Parceljs
1 2 (7.69%) RESTful
2 1 (3.85%) .NET
2 1 (3.85%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) AI Agents
1 1 (3.85%) EPoS
1 1 (3.85%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
1 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
1 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Agile
1 7 (26.92%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (26.92%) Test Strategy
2 6 (23.08%) Integration Testing
3 5 (19.23%) System Integration Testing
3 5 (19.23%) User Stories
4 4 (15.38%) Project Management
4 4 (15.38%) Scenario Testing
4 4 (15.38%) User Experience
4 4 (15.38%) Waterfall
5 3 (11.54%) API Integration
5 3 (11.54%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (11.54%) CRM
5 3 (11.54%) DevOps
5 3 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (11.54%) Project Delivery
5 3 (11.54%) System Testing
5 3 (11.54%) Test Automation
5 3 (11.54%) Unit Testing
5 3 (11.54%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.85%) C#
3 1 (3.85%) COBOL
3 1 (3.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) ISEB
2 2 (7.69%) ISTQB
2 2 (7.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.85%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (23.08%) QA
2 1 (3.85%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Oracle
2 4 (15.38%) Salesforce
3 3 (11.54%) SAP
4 2 (7.69%) Dynatrace
4 2 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.69%) Snow
5 1 (3.85%) Adobe
5 1 (3.85%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (3.85%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.85%) CyberArk
5 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.85%) Remedy
5 1 (3.85%) Splunk