UAT Analyst Contract Job Trends

User Acceptance Testing Analyst
UK

The median User Acceptance Testing Analyst daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 557 615
Rank change year-on-year +3 +58 +200
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Analyst 11 9 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.023% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.025% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 23
10th Percentile £293 £350 £320
25th Percentile £387 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £585 £475
Median % change year-on-year -31.62% +23.16% +18.75%
75th Percentile £492 £631 £535
90th Percentile £494 £637 £635
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 - £425
% change year-on-year - - +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.25 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - -
75th Percentile £30.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 29,736 35,681 46,948
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.05% 92.95% 94.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,755 21,927 32,149
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,586 1,658 1,511
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.93
25th Percentile £17.17 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £51.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.13 £43.90 £43.75
% change year-on-year -42.76% +0.34% +98.86%

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
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UAT Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for UAT Analyst job vacancies in the UK

UAT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UAT Analyst over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UAT Analyst in the UK

UAT Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UAT Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for UAT Analyst job vacancies in the UK

UAT Analyst
Top 7 Contract Job 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 21 September 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
England +15 9 £400 -31.62% 3
Work from Home +28 5 £492 -21.90% 1
London +18 5 £492 -15.90% 2
UK excluding London +14 4 £400 - 2
North West -6 3 £400 -
North of England -22 3 £400 -
South East - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, 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 11 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (63.64%) Test Scripting
2 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
3 5 (45.45%) JIRA
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Billing
4 3 (27.27%) Test Planning
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (27.27%) Defect Management
4 3 (27.27%) Knowledge Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) End-to-End Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
5 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Zephyr
5 2 (18.18%) Test Management
5 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 2 (18.18%) Python
5 2 (18.18%) SQL
6 1 (9.09%) Validation
6 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce
6 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
6 1 (9.09%) NHS
6 1 (9.09%) LIMS
6 1 (9.09%) SAP
6 1 (9.09%) C#

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 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
2 2 (18.18%) Zephyr
3 1 (9.09%) Appium
3 1 (9.09%) Selenium
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Billing
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (9.09%) LIMS
1 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
1 1 (9.09%) NHS
1 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (63.64%) Test Scripting
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
3 3 (27.27%) Defect Management
3 3 (27.27%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Knowledge Engineering
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Test Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Data Protection
4 2 (18.18%) Scenario Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Test Management
5 1 (9.09%) Data Science
5 1 (9.09%) Front End Development
5 1 (9.09%) Model Validation
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 1 (9.09%) System Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
5 1 (9.09%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) SAP