User Acceptance Testing Job Trends in Northern Ireland

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 38 57
Rank change year-on-year -30 +19 +31
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.24% 1.01% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 1.13% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 668 265 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 81.76% 89.53% 88.10%
Number of salaries quoted 254 76 283
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,112 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,221 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing User Acceptance Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
County Antrim -22 2 £40,000 - 1
User Acceptance Testing
UK

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Front Office
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Business Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Implementation Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Workshops
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft