User Acceptance Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for User Acceptance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 165 140
Rank change year-on-year +69 -25 +32
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 351 402 865
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.28% 1.55% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 1.72% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 302 623
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £613
90th Percentile £725 £759 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £36.10 - £31.00
25th Percentile £53.88 £61.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £85.00 £62.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% +38.89% -
75th Percentile £86.50 £63.75 £59.13
90th Percentile - - £71.60
UK median hourly rate £36.25 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -42.00% +56.25% +56.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

User Acceptance Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,515 23,376 40,505
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.86% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,014 16,510 29,383
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.47%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 541 540
10th Percentile £15.03 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £30.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +57.14% +35.92%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.78
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

User Acceptance Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Acceptance Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing.

User Acceptance Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

User Acceptance Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing.

User Acceptance Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

User Acceptance Testing hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (5.70%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.85%) Confluence
3 3 (0.85%) CMS
4 2 (0.57%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.28%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.99%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.28%) InVision
6 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 19 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.56%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (2.28%) SAP EWM
5 5 (1.42%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (1.42%) SAP PM
6 4 (1.14%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (1.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (1.14%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.85%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.85%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.85%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.57%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 61 (17.38%) Azure
2 29 (8.26%) Dynamics 365
3 20 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.56%) AWS
5 15 (4.27%) OCI
6 13 (3.70%) SaaS
7 8 (2.28%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.99%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 6 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.42%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.14%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 4 (1.14%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (0.85%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.85%) Oracle CX
12 3 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 2 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 2 (0.57%) Serverless
13 2 (0.57%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.42%) NetScaler
2 3 (0.85%) Internet
3 2 (0.57%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (0.57%) SAN
4 1 (0.28%) 2G
4 1 (0.28%) 3G
4 1 (0.28%) 4G
4 1 (0.28%) 5G
4 1 (0.28%) BGP
4 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.28%) CTI
4 1 (0.28%) DSL
4 1 (0.28%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.28%) H.323
4 1 (0.28%) ICMP
4 1 (0.28%) MPLS
4 1 (0.28%) NGN
4 1 (0.28%) OSPF
4 1 (0.28%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (1.99%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (1.99%) Power BI
4 6 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.28%) Big Data
6 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.28%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.28%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.28%) DataStage
6 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle ODI
6 1 (0.28%) Parquet
6 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.28%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 38 (10.83%) JIRA
2 7 (1.99%) Git
2 7 (1.99%) Selenium
2 7 (1.99%) TestRail
3 5 (1.42%) Cucumber
3 5 (1.42%) JMeter
3 5 (1.42%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (1.14%) Eclipse
4 4 (1.14%) Oracle APEX
4 4 (1.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (1.14%) Zephyr
5 3 (0.85%) LoadRunner
5 3 (0.85%) Postman
6 2 (0.57%) FitNesse
6 2 (0.57%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.57%) SpecFlow
6 2 (0.57%) TestComplete
6 2 (0.57%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.28%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
General
1 100 (28.49%) Finance
2 97 (27.64%) Social Skills
3 43 (12.25%) Public Sector
4 26 (7.41%) Marketing
5 24 (6.84%) Banking
6 19 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (3.99%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.99%) Retail
11 6 (1.71%) Electronics
11 6 (1.71%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.71%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.42%) Back Office
12 5 (1.42%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.14%) Front Office
14 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 101 (28.77%) Analyst
2 66 (18.80%) Business Analyst
3 54 (15.38%) Consultant
4 26 (7.41%) Senior
5 25 (7.12%) Lead
6 22 (6.27%) Developer
6 22 (6.27%) Test Analyst
7 20 (5.70%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 19 (5.41%) Project Manager
9 17 (4.84%) Architect
9 17 (4.84%) Tester
10 13 (3.70%) Test Manager
11 11 (3.13%) Microsoft Consultant
11 11 (3.13%) Test Engineer
12 10 (2.85%) Product Owner
13 9 (2.56%) Great Plains Consultant
13 9 (2.56%) SAP Consultant
13 9 (2.56%) SQL Developer
13 9 (2.56%) Technical Analyst
13 9 (2.56%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.70%) SAML
2 9 (2.56%) .NET
3 7 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.42%) REST
4 5 (1.42%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.42%) Web Services
5 3 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
6 2 (0.57%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.57%) ADO
6 2 (0.57%) NumPy
6 2 (0.57%) OpenID
6 2 (0.57%) Pandas
6 2 (0.57%) Playwright
6 2 (0.57%) PySpark
6 2 (0.57%) XML
7 1 (0.28%) EJB
7 1 (0.28%) JSON
7 1 (0.28%) Middleware
7 1 (0.28%) Rendezvous
7 1 (0.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (1.99%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.42%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.14%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.85%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.85%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (0.85%) NHS
6 3 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 3 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (0.85%) Wiki
7 2 (0.57%) CMDB
7 2 (0.57%) Equities
7 2 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.57%) HP Storage
7 2 (0.57%) IVR
7 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.57%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.70%) Windows
2 8 (2.28%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.71%) Linux
4 2 (0.57%) AIX
4 2 (0.57%) Solaris
5 1 (0.28%) Android
5 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) Unix
5 1 (0.28%) VMS
5 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (18.52%) Agile
2 64 (18.23%) Migration
3 51 (14.53%) Test Scripting
4 50 (14.25%) Data Migration
5 47 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (12.82%) User Stories
7 44 (12.54%) System Integration Testing
8 41 (11.68%) Test Strategy
9 38 (10.83%) Requirements Gathering
10 36 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
11 35 (9.97%) Integration Testing
12 34 (9.69%) Test Automation
13 33 (9.40%) Scenario Testing
14 32 (9.12%) Business Analysis
14 32 (9.12%) DevOps
15 31 (8.83%) Software Testing
16 30 (8.55%) Project Delivery
17 29 (8.26%) End-to-End Testing
17 29 (8.26%) GAP Analysis
18 27 (7.69%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 58 (16.52%) SQL
2 17 (4.84%) Python
3 14 (3.99%) C#
3 14 (3.99%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.28%) Java
5 7 (1.99%) F#
5 7 (1.99%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.14%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.57%) ABAP
7 2 (0.57%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.57%) VBScript
8 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.28%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.28%) Scala
8 1 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 34 (9.69%) Degree
2 33 (9.40%) Security Cleared
3 30 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.99%) ISTQB
5 7 (1.99%) ISEB
6 6 (1.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 5 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.42%) SAP Certification
8 4 (1.14%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.85%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.85%) PMP
10 1 (0.28%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.28%) CBAP
10 1 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.28%) IIBA
10 1 (0.28%) MBA
10 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (13.11%) QA
2 15 (4.27%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (1.99%) PMO
5 6 (1.71%) SLA
6 5 (1.42%) EMIR
6 5 (1.42%) MiFID
7 4 (1.14%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.57%) GDPR
9 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.28%) PMBOK
System Software
1 3 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.42%) SCCM
2 3 (0.85%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.57%) EMC NetWorker
3 2 (0.57%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.57%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (0.57%) NetBackup
3 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.28%) BladeLogic
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
4 1 (0.28%) Kibana
4 1 (0.28%) logstash
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.39%) SAP
3 37 (10.54%) Oracle
4 14 (3.99%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.70%) Citrix
6 6 (1.71%) HP
6 6 (1.71%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.42%) Databricks
7 5 (1.42%) Google
8 4 (1.14%) Cisco
8 4 (1.14%) Reuters
8 4 (1.14%) Workday
9 3 (0.85%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.57%) Civica
10 2 (0.57%) Conga
10 2 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (0.57%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.57%) ION Trading
10 2 (0.57%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.57%) Talend