User Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 6 19
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 -1
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 21.43% 8.33% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.27% 14.29% 3.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £446
25th Percentile - £425 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 £430 £459
Median % change year-on-year -87.44% -6.27% -
75th Percentile £221 £435 £471
90th Percentile £321 - £474
Scotland median daily rate £425 £438 £475
% change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% -5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Lothian

User Acceptance Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 14 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 78.57% 58.33% 96.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 32
10th Percentile £54 £80 £118
25th Percentile £54 £112 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £165 £205 £473
Median % change year-on-year -19.51% -56.61% +9.25%
75th Percentile £388 £319 £563
90th Percentile £443 £389 £590
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.65
25th Percentile - - £19.25
Median hourly rate - £12.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year - -45.65% +48.39%
75th Percentile - - £28.25
90th Percentile - - £29.75
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.59 £18.59
% change year-on-year -15.22% +26.90% -0.19%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User Acceptance Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in West Lothian

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing User Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in West Lothian

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in West Lothian over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in West Lothian

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Livingston +2 3 £54 -87.44% 1
User Acceptance Testing
Scotland

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Change Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Wiki
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management