User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the Thames Valley

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for User Acceptance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 88 88
Rank change year-on-year +24 0 -7
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 72 62 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.71% 2.14% 2.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.11% 2.33% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 33 55
10th Percentile £453 £339 £336
25th Percentile £515 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £485 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.56% +2.11% +11.76%
75th Percentile £697 £625 £544
90th Percentile £765 £721 £633
South East median daily rate £575 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +21.05% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £24.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £24.50 £62.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -60.80% +78.57% +37.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

User Acceptance Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,314 2,662 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.03% 91.76% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,857 2,108
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

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 4 May 2024.

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 4 May 2024. 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 +17 59 £575 +22.67% 7
Buckinghamshire +24 8 £400 -20.32% 4
Oxfordshire +1 5 £488 -1.27% 6
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:

Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (2.78%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (18.06%) SAP EWM
1 13 (18.06%) SAP QM
2 3 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.78%) SAP CO
3 2 (2.78%) SAP FI
3 2 (2.78%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.39%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (1.39%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (6.94%) Azure
3 4 (5.56%) AWS
4 3 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.78%) PaaS
5 2 (2.78%) SaaS
6 1 (1.39%) OCI
6 1 (1.39%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) 2G
1 1 (1.39%) 3G
1 1 (1.39%) ATM
1 1 (1.39%) BGP
1 1 (1.39%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (1.39%) DSL
1 1 (1.39%) EIGRP
1 1 (1.39%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.39%) GSM
1 1 (1.39%) ICMP
1 1 (1.39%) Internet
1 1 (1.39%) MPLS
1 1 (1.39%) Network Security
1 1 (1.39%) NGN
1 1 (1.39%) OSPF
1 1 (1.39%) PPP
1 1 (1.39%) RIP
1 1 (1.39%) VPN
1 1 (1.39%) WAN
1 1 (1.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) JIRA
1 3 (4.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 32 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.72%) Finance
3 5 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.94%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.56%) Retail
5 3 (4.17%) Banking
5 3 (4.17%) Corporate Banking
5 3 (4.17%) Marketing
6 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Legal
6 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (29.17%) Build Engineer
1 21 (29.17%) Windows Build Engineer
1 21 (29.17%) Windows Engineer
2 20 (27.78%) Consultant
3 18 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
4 15 (20.83%) Analyst
5 13 (18.06%) SAP QM Consultant
6 11 (15.28%) Business Analyst
7 5 (6.94%) SAP EWM Consultant
8 3 (4.17%) Site Engineer
8 3 (4.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 2 (2.78%) Insight Consultant
9 2 (2.78%) Product Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) Sales Consultant
9 2 (2.78%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 2 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 2 (2.78%) Test Analyst
9 2 (2.78%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) ADO
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.56%) Cloud Native
1 4 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (4.17%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (1.39%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.39%) EPoS
3 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 24 (33.33%) Windows
1 24 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 21 (29.17%) Windows 10
2 21 (29.17%) Windows NT
2 21 (29.17%) Windows Server 2012
2 21 (29.17%) Windows Server 2016
2 21 (29.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (31.94%) Integration Testing
2 22 (30.56%) GAP Analysis
3 21 (29.17%) Customer Service
3 21 (29.17%) Deployment Automation
3 21 (29.17%) ITIL
3 21 (29.17%) Release Management
3 21 (29.17%) Service Management
3 21 (29.17%) Workshop Facilitation
4 10 (13.89%) Requirements Gathering
5 9 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 9 (12.50%) User Stories
6 8 (11.11%) Change Management
6 8 (11.11%) Migration
6 8 (11.11%) Scrum
7 7 (9.72%) System Integration Testing
8 6 (8.33%) Agile
9 5 (6.94%) Data Migration
9 5 (6.94%) DevOps
9 5 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (6.94%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) SQL
2 3 (4.17%) C#
2 3 (4.17%) F#
3 1 (1.39%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (61.11%) Security Cleared
2 29 (40.28%) DV Cleared
3 17 (23.61%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.94%) Degree
5 1 (1.39%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.39%) ISEB
5 1 (1.39%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.39%) PMP
5 1 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (40.28%) QA
2 2 (2.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (29.17%) Active Directory
1 21 (29.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (29.17%) SCCM
1 21 (29.17%) Sysprep
1 21 (29.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 24 (33.33%) SAP
3 3 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (1.39%) Adobe
4 1 (1.39%) ADVA
4 1 (1.39%) Apple
4 1 (1.39%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.39%) Cisco
4 1 (1.39%) Juniper
4 1 (1.39%) Nokia
4 1 (1.39%) Nokia Networks
4 1 (1.39%) Tellabs
4 1 (1.39%) Workday