UAT Tester Contracts

User Acceptance Testing Tester
UK

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median User Acceptance Testing Tester daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 581 715
Rank change year-on-year +63 +134 +126
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Tester 2 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.002% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £328
25th Percentile - £463 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +26.67% +13.21%
75th Percentile - £488 £444
90th Percentile - - £463
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £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 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £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 -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

UAT Tester
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UAT Tester in the UK

UAT Tester
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for UAT Tester in the UK

UAT Tester
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for UAT Tester in the UK

UAT Tester
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAT Tester within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +58 2 - -
London +38 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -

UAT Tester Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, UAT Tester 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 Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Misys Midas
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Appian
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

UAT Tester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Appian
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Misys Midas
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow