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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 168 115
Rank change year-on-year +25 -53 +53
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 13 14 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.31% 0.39% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.45% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 10
10th Percentile - £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,956 £36,750 £34,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.46% +1.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £62,500 £53,813 £51,250
90th Percentile £76,000 £57,500 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% -6.25% +9.09%

All Process & 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 3,179 3,115 1,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 75.64% 86.53% 88.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,855 1,243 1,371
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,600 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £43,250 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £69,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 28 December 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 28 December 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
Cambridgeshire +18 6 £33,113 - 32
Hertfordshire +12 4 £67,500 +22.73% 41
Essex -13 3 £45,000 +11.11% 39
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 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) iTrent
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (7.69%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (7.69%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) OCI
1 2 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
2 1 (7.69%) Cognos Connection
2 1 (7.69%) Cognos Event Studio
2 1 (7.69%) Cognos Framework Manager
2 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.69%) Metadata
2 1 (7.69%) OLAP
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (38.46%) Finance
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Applications Support
2 4 (30.77%) Applications Support Technician
2 4 (30.77%) Support Technician
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Cognos Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Developer
4 1 (7.69%) ERP Consultant
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Report Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
2 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Linux
1 4 (30.77%) Mac OS
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Customer Experience
1 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (38.46%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Service
2 4 (30.77%) GAP Analysis
2 4 (30.77%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Analytics
3 3 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (23.08%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (23.08%) Validation
4 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Cash Management
4 2 (15.38%) Cutover Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Data Mapping
4 2 (15.38%) Data Validation
4 2 (15.38%) Defect Management
4 2 (15.38%) Order to Cash
4 2 (15.38%) Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (15.38%) Record to Report
4 2 (15.38%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) DBS Check
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
2 1 (7.69%) Cognos
2 1 (7.69%) IBM
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce
2 1 (7.69%) SAP