UAT Analyst Contracts

User Acceptance Testing Analyst
UK

The median User Acceptance Testing Analyst daily rate in the UK is £494 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 689 816
Rank change year-on-year +115 +127 -134
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Analyst 17 16 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.028% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.029% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 25
10th Percentile £374 £321 £313
25th Percentile £444 £368 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £406 £375
Median % change year-on-year +21.54% +8.33% +8.70%
75th Percentile £570 £477 £484
90th Percentile - £496 £526
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £390 £338
% change year-on-year +21.79% +15.56% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

UAT Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured UAT Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for UAT Analyst in the UK

UAT Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UAT Analyst.

Daily rate trend for UAT Analyst in the UK

UAT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UAT Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for UAT Analyst in the UK

UAT Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UAT Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for UAT Analyst in the UK

UAT Analyst
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAT Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +113 9 £570 +38.18% 2
UK excluding London +52 8 £475 +21.79% 2
London +87 7 £570 +21.28%
Scotland +44 7 £475 +18.75%
Work from Home +123 6 £475 +18.75%
Midlands - 1 £350 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £350 - 2

UAT Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, UAT Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring UAT Analyst in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (64.71%) Finance
3 10 (58.82%) Scenario Testing
4 7 (41.18%) Public Sector
5 6 (35.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (35.29%) Reinsurance
5 6 (35.29%) Oracle
5 6 (35.29%) Migration
5 6 (35.29%) Agile
5 6 (35.29%) Data Migration
6 5 (29.41%) OCI
7 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (17.65%) Order to Cash
7 3 (17.65%) Record to Report
7 3 (17.65%) Defect Tracking
7 3 (17.65%) Test Strategy
7 3 (17.65%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (17.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (17.65%) JIRA
7 3 (17.65%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
8 2 (11.76%) Data Security
8 2 (11.76%) Degree
8 2 (11.76%) ISTQB
8 2 (11.76%) Analytics
8 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
8 2 (11.76%) RBAC

UAT Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (17.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) OCI
2 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 7 (41.18%) Public Sector
3 6 (35.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (35.29%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (58.82%) Scenario Testing
3 6 (35.29%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) Data Migration
3 6 (35.29%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Defect Tracking
4 3 (17.65%) Order to Cash
4 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (17.65%) Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (17.65%) Record to Report
4 3 (17.65%) Test Strategy
5 2 (11.76%) Analytics
5 2 (11.76%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.76%) Data Security
5 2 (11.76%) RBAC
6 1 (5.88%) Regression Testing
6 1 (5.88%) Software Testing
6 1 (5.88%) System Testing
6 1 (5.88%) Test Scripting
6 1 (5.88%) Wealth Management
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
1 2 (11.76%) ISTQB
2 1 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (5.88%) PMO
1 1 (5.88%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) Ariba
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) SAP