User Acceptance Testing Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 94 162
Rank change year-on-year -11 +68 -22
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 245 352 401
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.48% 2.31% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.62% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 249 301
10th Percentile £313 £350 £355
25th Percentile £404 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.60% - -
75th Percentile £613 £590 £638
90th Percentile £780 £725 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £36.75 £36.10 -
25th Percentile £54.69 £53.88 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% - -
75th Percentile £64.69 £86.50 -
90th Percentile £75.13 - -
UK median hourly rate £58.75 £36.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -42.00% +56.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,020 13,413 23,039
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.13% 87.92% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,197 8,959 16,290
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 580 529
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £25.38 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.00 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.58 £36.00
% change year-on-year -18.48% -1.18% +44.00%

User Acceptance Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Acceptance Testing trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 remote working options citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 12 (4.90%) Confluence
2 5 (2.04%) NetWeaver
2 5 (2.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) Apache
3 1 (0.41%) CMS
3 1 (0.41%) Drupal
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.41%) SAS
3 1 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.90%) MS Visio
3 11 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (3.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.41%) Fusion 360
6 1 (0.41%) Notepad++
6 1 (0.41%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 19 (7.76%) Aladdin
2 15 (6.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.63%) CA PPM
4 4 (1.63%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (1.63%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.63%) SAP MDG
4 4 (1.63%) Unit4 Business World
5 3 (1.22%) NetSuite
5 3 (1.22%) SimCorp Dimension
6 2 (0.82%) Actimize
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.82%) PeopleSoft Financials
6 2 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.82%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.82%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.82%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.82%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.41%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 22 (8.98%) Azure
2 13 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
2 13 (5.31%) Power Platform
3 11 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (3.67%) AWS
5 7 (2.86%) SaaS
6 6 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.04%) GCP
7 5 (2.04%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (1.63%) GitHub
9 3 (1.22%) Adobe Analytics
9 3 (1.22%) OCI
9 3 (1.22%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.82%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.41%) Apigee
11 1 (0.41%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.41%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.41%) Google Play
11 1 (0.41%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.04%) HTTP
2 2 (0.82%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (0.82%) Firewall
3 1 (0.41%) Internet
3 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.90%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.49%) Power BI
3 10 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.63%) MS Access
4 4 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.22%) Tableau
6 2 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.82%) Apache Iceberg
6 2 (0.82%) DataStage
6 2 (0.82%) Delta Lake
6 2 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.82%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.41%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.41%) DB2
7 1 (0.41%) Looker
7 1 (0.41%) Metadata
7 1 (0.41%) Parquet
7 1 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (11.43%) JIRA
2 8 (3.27%) QARun
2 8 (3.27%) WinRunner
3 5 (2.04%) Postman
4 3 (1.22%) MSI
4 3 (1.22%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.22%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.82%) Selenium
5 2 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.41%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.41%) Gatling
6 1 (0.41%) GCC
6 1 (0.41%) GitLab
6 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.41%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.41%) TestRail
6 1 (0.41%) Travis CI
General
1 96 (39.18%) Social Skills
2 88 (35.92%) Finance
3 34 (13.88%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (11.43%) Front Office
5 20 (8.16%) Banking
6 15 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (4.90%) Marketing
7 12 (4.90%) Retail
8 11 (4.49%) Financial Institution
8 11 (4.49%) Public Sector
9 10 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.27%) Back Office
10 8 (3.27%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.63%) Arabic Language
13 4 (1.63%) Billing
13 4 (1.63%) Czech Language
13 4 (1.63%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 105 (42.86%) Analyst
2 69 (28.16%) Business Analyst
3 26 (10.61%) Consultant
4 25 (10.20%) Test Analyst
5 20 (8.16%) Developer
6 19 (7.76%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
7 17 (6.94%) Business Manager
8 15 (6.12%) Test Manager
9 14 (5.71%) Project Manager
10 13 (5.31%) Lead
11 11 (4.49%) Financial Analyst
11 11 (4.49%) Senior
12 10 (4.08%) Data Analyst
12 10 (4.08%) UAT Analyst
13 9 (3.67%) Electronic Trading Business Analyst
13 9 (3.67%) Front Office Business Analyst
13 9 (3.67%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
13 9 (3.67%) SAP Consultant
14 8 (3.27%) Test Leader
14 8 (3.27%) UAT Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.90%) Middleware
2 9 (3.67%) REST
3 8 (3.27%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (3.27%) SOAP
3 8 (3.27%) Web Services
4 7 (2.86%) .NET
4 7 (2.86%) EDI
4 7 (2.86%) XML
5 6 (2.45%) IDoc
6 5 (2.04%) JDBC
6 5 (2.04%) JMS
6 5 (2.04%) SAP PI
6 5 (2.04%) XSLT
7 3 (1.22%) PySpark
7 3 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
8 2 (0.82%) ADO
8 2 (0.82%) BAPI
8 2 (0.82%) FpML
8 2 (0.82%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.41%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.02%) Fixed Income
2 20 (8.16%) Derivative
3 17 (6.94%) Hedge funds
4 12 (4.90%) Virtual Team
5 11 (4.49%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (4.49%) Product Ownership
6 8 (3.27%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (2.45%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.45%) PMI
8 5 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.63%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.22%) CMDB
10 3 (1.22%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.22%) Reference Data
11 2 (0.82%) EPoS
11 2 (0.82%) Life Science
11 2 (0.82%) OTC Derivatives
11 2 (0.82%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.71%) Windows
2 7 (2.86%) Unix
3 4 (1.63%) Linux
4 2 (0.82%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.41%) Android
5 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (35.10%) Agile
2 68 (27.76%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (20.41%) Migration
4 44 (17.96%) Business Analysis
5 40 (16.33%) Test Automation
6 34 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
7 33 (13.47%) Analytics
7 33 (13.47%) Stakeholder Management
7 33 (13.47%) System Integration Testing
8 29 (11.84%) Validation
9 28 (11.43%) DevOps
10 27 (11.02%) Asset Management
11 26 (10.61%) Quantitative Research
12 24 (9.80%) Data Migration
12 24 (9.80%) Portfolio Management
13 23 (9.39%) Integration Testing
14 22 (8.98%) Investment Management
14 22 (8.98%) Project Management
14 22 (8.98%) Waterfall
15 20 (8.16%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 58 (23.67%) SQL
2 21 (8.57%) Python
3 13 (5.31%) C#
4 9 (3.67%) ABAP
4 9 (3.67%) PL/SQL
5 7 (2.86%) Java
6 5 (2.04%) JavaScript
7 4 (1.63%) VB
8 3 (1.22%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.41%) Bash
9 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.41%) F#
9 1 (0.41%) PeopleCode
9 1 (0.41%) RPG
9 1 (0.41%) RPG IV
9 1 (0.41%) Ruby
9 1 (0.41%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.41%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 31 (12.65%) Security Cleared
2 29 (11.84%) Degree
2 29 (11.84%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.08%) PMI Certification
4 8 (3.27%) ISTQB
5 4 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (1.63%) PMP
6 3 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 2 (0.82%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.82%) ISEB
7 2 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.41%) AAT
8 1 (0.41%) ACCA
8 1 (0.41%) CCNP
8 1 (0.41%) CIMA
8 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.41%) MBA
8 1 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.41%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (18.37%) QA
2 4 (1.63%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.63%) PMO
3 3 (1.22%) GDPR
3 3 (1.22%) IFRS
4 2 (0.82%) GAAP
4 2 (0.82%) GxP
4 2 (0.82%) MiFID
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.41%) EMIR
5 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.41%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (1.22%) Docker
1 3 (1.22%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (2.45%) HP ALM
2 4 (1.63%) Ansible
2 4 (1.63%) SCCM
3 3 (1.22%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.82%) Grafana
4 2 (0.82%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.82%) Terraform
5 1 (0.41%) CEMLI
5 1 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.41%) Puppet
5 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (17.96%) SAP
2 35 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 34 (13.88%) Oracle
4 17 (6.94%) BISAM
5 14 (5.71%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.67%) ION Trading
7 7 (2.86%) ServiceNow
8 6 (2.45%) HP
8 6 (2.45%) Workday
9 5 (2.04%) Citrix
10 4 (1.63%) Broadcom
10 4 (1.63%) Google
11 3 (1.22%) Adobe
11 3 (1.22%) SimCorp
11 3 (1.22%) Snow
11 3 (1.22%) UiPath
12 2 (0.82%) Cisco
12 2 (0.82%) Informatica
12 2 (0.82%) Murex
12 2 (0.82%) PeopleSoft