UAT Test Manager Contracts

User Acceptance Testing Test Manager
UK

The median User Acceptance Testing Test Manager daily rate in the UK is £465, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 May 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 578 698
Rank change year-on-year +58 +120 +125
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Test Manager 6 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.012% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.012% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £415 £426 £490
25th Percentile £428 £445 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +3.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £511 £625 £675
90th Percentile £534 £693 £773
UK excluding London median daily rate - £575 £500
% change year-on-year - +15.00% +3.63%

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 27,094 40,274 56,187
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,701 26,219 39,262
10th Percentile £300 £276 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,044 2,672 1,567
10th Percentile £14.15 £12.86 £14.28
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.38
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -19.07% +94.45%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.22% -6.94% +117.95%

UAT Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UAT Test Manager in the UK

UAT Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for UAT Test Manager in the UK

UAT Test Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UAT Test Manager over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UAT Test Manager in the UK

UAT Test Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for UAT Test Manager in the UK

UAT Test Manager
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 Test Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +70 6 £465 +0.54% 1
London +46 4 £465 -10.36%
Work from Home +44 3 £413 -43.10% 1
UK excluding London +60 2 - - 1
East of England - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -

UAT Test Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, UAT Test Manager 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 Test Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) CRM
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) Test Management
4 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Local Government
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
5 1 (16.67%) SAP IBP
5 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
5 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office

UAT Test Manager 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (16.67%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (33.33%) Local Government
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (50.00%) CRM
3 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Test Management
4 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
5 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) ITSM
5 1 (16.67%) Service Management
5 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP