User Acceptance Testing Lead
UK
The median User Acceptance Testing Lead daily rate in the UK is £492, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 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 13 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 545 | 563 | 655 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +18 | +92 | +170 |
| Contract jobs requiring a UAT Lead | 8 | 5 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.024% | 0.013% | 0.017% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.027% | 0.014% | 0.018% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £435 | £402 | £387 |
| 25th Percentile | £448 | £405 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £492 | £494 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.35% | -10.23% | +22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £591 | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £596 | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £550 | £406 | £455 |
| % change year-on-year | +35.38% | -10.71% | +1.11% |
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 | 30,131 | 36,172 | 49,926 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.35% | 92.88% | 94.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19,062 | 23,290 | 34,460 |
| 10th Percentile | £281 | £300 | £305 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -1.87% | -0.93% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | +1.01% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,523 | 2,032 | 1,498 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.60 | £14.18 | £14.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.16 | £20.50 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £42.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.51% | +2.38% | +63.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £53.75 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.09 | £45.00 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.24% | +25.00% | +69.21% |
UAT Lead
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured UAT Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UAT Lead.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UAT Lead over the 6 months to 13 August 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UAT Lead.
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Top 8 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAT Lead within the UK over the 6 months to 13 August 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 |
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| England | +11 | 8 | £492 | -0.35% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +11 | 6 | £550 | +35.38% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +32 | 5 | £492 | +19.27% | |
| South East | - | 4 | £600 | - | 1 |
| London | +21 | 2 | £469 | -20.11% | |
| North West | -8 | 1 | £450 | +9.09% | |
| North of England | -16 | 1 | £450 | +10.77% | |
| South West | - | 1 | £438 | - |
UAT Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 13 August 2025, UAT Lead 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 Lead in the job title.
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UAT Lead 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: