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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 148 128
Rank change year-on-year +7 -20 +87
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 33 21 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.98% 0.48% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.65% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 26 11 11
10th Percentile £30,956 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,899 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £46,297 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.48% +15.74% -15.79%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +12.75%

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 2,933 3,246 2,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 86.67% 73.71% 92.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 1,799 1,400
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,375 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,312 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.59% -1.27% +2.86%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,004
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.34%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing 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 September 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 September 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 -2 11 £45,000 -2.80%
Hertfordshire +18 10 £60,000 +50.00% 1
Cambridgeshire +19 9 £43,056 -28.24% 2
Suffolk -28 3 £53,000 +41.33% 1
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 4 (12.12%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (12.12%) NetSuite
2 3 (9.09%) iTrent
3 2 (6.06%) Elite 3E
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (6.06%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (3.03%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) SaaS
2 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (6.06%) OCI
3 1 (3.03%) Azure
3 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
3 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.03%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 10 (30.30%) JIRA
2 9 (27.27%) Selenium
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Law
2 11 (33.33%) Legal
3 7 (21.21%) Finance
4 5 (15.15%) Marketing
5 4 (12.12%) Billing
6 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.06%) Tech for Good
8 1 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Senior
2 9 (27.27%) QA Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) Senior QA Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Applications Support
4 4 (12.12%) Applications Support Technician
4 4 (12.12%) Support Technician
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Systems Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Automation Test Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Business Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Oracle Functional Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Test Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) Middleware
1 2 (6.06%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 3 (9.09%) Life Science
3 1 (3.03%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Linux
1 4 (12.12%) Mac OS
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (48.48%) Project Management
2 15 (45.45%) Agile
3 14 (42.42%) Test Scripting
4 12 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (33.33%) Migration
5 11 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 9 (27.27%) Defect Tracking
6 9 (27.27%) Manual Testing
6 9 (27.27%) Process Improvement
6 9 (27.27%) Software Testing
7 7 (21.21%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (15.15%) Computer Science
8 5 (15.15%) Customer Experience
8 5 (15.15%) Customer Service
8 5 (15.15%) Validation
9 4 (12.12%) Data Migration
10 3 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
10 3 (9.09%) Data Governance
10 3 (9.09%) Data Mapping
10 3 (9.09%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) JavaScript
1 4 (12.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 5 (15.15%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 4 (12.12%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.03%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (30.30%) QA
2 4 (12.12%) GDPR
3 3 (9.09%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 3 (9.09%) Good Clinical Practice
4 1 (3.03%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Salesforce
2 2 (6.06%) Aderant
2 2 (6.06%) IBM
2 2 (6.06%) iManage
2 2 (6.06%) Intapp
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) MuleSoft
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle