Hybrid/Remote UAT Tester Contract Job Trends

User Acceptance Testing Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median User Acceptance Testing Tester daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £310, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 - 409
Rank change year-on-year - - +194
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Tester 3 0 9
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% - 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% - 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £278 - -
25th Percentile £290 - £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £310 - £388
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.43%
75th Percentile £330 - £800
90th Percentile £342 - -
UK median daily rate £270 £295 £388
% change year-on-year -8.47% -23.87% -11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £32.71 - -
UK median hourly rate £32.71 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,248 11,830 19,137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 93.47% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,100 7,591 13,518
10th Percentile £325 £325 £339
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 294 441
10th Percentile £13.36 £19.39 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £38.70 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -10.00% +4.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.38 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.01% +68.77%

UAT Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured UAT Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

UAT Tester trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

UAT Tester
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote UAT Tester job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote UAT Tester job vacancies

UAT Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 17 September 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring UAT Tester in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) WCAG
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Siebel
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) LIMS
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) V-Model
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) TestRail
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) HP ALM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving

UAT Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) LIMS
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) V-Model
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Siebel