User Acceptance Testing Job Trends in the East of England

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 163 120
Rank change year-on-year +21 -43 +93
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 28 14 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.84% 0.33% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.44% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 24 5 7
10th Percentile £30,956 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% +6.67% -31.82%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £39,375
90th Percentile £62,500 £82,500 £52,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,853 3,209 2,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 86.04% 76.15% 92.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,552 1,482 1,333
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +1.33%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Acceptance Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in the East of England

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing User Acceptance Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Salary histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the East of England

User Acceptance Testing
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex -4 10 £45,000 -47.06%
Cambridgeshire +26 8 £33,113 -52.70% 6
Hertfordshire +18 7 £60,000 +92.00% 3
Suffolk -26 3 £53,000 +41.33%
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) iTrent
1 3 (10.71%) NetSuite
2 2 (7.14%) Elite 3E
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (3.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (3.57%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) SaaS
2 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (7.14%) OCI
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.57%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 10 (35.71%) JIRA
2 9 (32.14%) Selenium
General
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 11 (39.29%) Law
2 11 (39.29%) Legal
3 7 (25.00%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Marketing
5 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.71%) Billing
6 2 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Tech for Good
7 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Senior
2 9 (32.14%) QA Engineer
2 9 (32.14%) Senior QA Engineer
3 7 (25.00%) Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Applications Support
4 4 (14.29%) Applications Support Technician
4 4 (14.29%) Support Technician
5 3 (10.71%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Automation Test Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Business Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (7.14%) Test Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) ERP Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Functional Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) Middleware
1 2 (7.14%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (3.57%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
1 4 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Agile
2 14 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 12 (42.86%) Project Management
4 11 (39.29%) Test Automation
5 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (32.14%) Defect Tracking
6 9 (32.14%) Manual Testing
6 9 (32.14%) Migration
6 9 (32.14%) Process Improvement
6 9 (32.14%) Software Testing
7 7 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (17.86%) Customer Experience
8 5 (17.86%) Customer Service
9 3 (10.71%) Analytics
9 3 (10.71%) Business Strategy
9 3 (10.71%) Data Cleansing
9 3 (10.71%) Data Management
9 3 (10.71%) Data Mapping
9 3 (10.71%) SDLC
9 3 (10.71%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 4 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (39.29%) ISTQB
2 4 (14.29%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Salesforce
2 2 (7.14%) Aderant
2 2 (7.14%) IBM
2 2 (7.14%) iManage
2 2 (7.14%) Intapp
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) MuleSoft
2 2 (7.14%) Oracle