User Acceptance Testing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 272 370
Rank change year-on-year +3 +98 -165
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 534 308 263
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.89% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 1.02% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 359 175 136
10th Percentile £27,500 £38,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,250 £38,875 £40,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £51,837
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +1.28% -1.26%
75th Percentile £64,125 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,250 £71,500 £70,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,144 30,266 41,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.55% 87.22% 79.33%
Number of salaries quoted 42,933 16,073 20,940
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing User Acceptance Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK excluding London

User Acceptance Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
North of England +87 209 £55,000 +4.76% 157
North West +81 142 £55,000 +4.76% 76
South East -48 124 £45,000 +5.88% 225
Midlands -9 98 £47,000 -1.05% 117
West Midlands +6 72 £47,000 -1.05% 75
Yorkshire +6 52 £82,500 +50.00% 54
South West -60 34 £53,750 -6.52% 72
East of England -27 33 £45,025 -15.05% 61
East Midlands -25 26 £47,500 -13.64% 41
Wales -55 18 £39,221 -16.10% 21
Scotland -11 16 £54,000 -4.00% 67
North East -52 15 £32,500 -20.73% 27
Northern Ireland -84 6 £57,500 - 23
Channel Islands - 1 £57,500 - 1
User Acceptance Testing
UK

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 29 (5.43%) Confluence
2 25 (4.68%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.94%) CMS
3 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.56%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.37%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 40 (7.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (2.81%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.37%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.37%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 61 (11.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (3.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (3.18%) Dynamics AX
4 16 (3.00%) NetSuite
5 10 (1.87%) iTrent
6 8 (1.50%) Infor CloudSuite
6 8 (1.50%) Sage 50
7 7 (1.31%) SAP SD
8 6 (1.12%) SAP MDG
9 5 (0.94%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.94%) SAP PSCD
9 5 (0.94%) Unit4 Business World
9 5 (0.94%) Workday HCM
10 4 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
10 4 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
10 4 (0.75%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.75%) Teamcenter
11 3 (0.56%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
11 3 (0.56%) SAP IBP
11 3 (0.56%) SAP MDG-BP
Cloud Services
1 90 (16.85%) Azure
2 67 (12.55%) Dynamics 365
3 64 (11.99%) Power Platform
4 48 (8.99%) AWS
5 47 (8.80%) SaaS
6 34 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (3.18%) PowerApps
9 11 (2.06%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.12%) GCP
10 6 (1.12%) Power Automate
10 6 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
11 4 (0.75%) Miro
11 4 (0.75%) OCI
12 3 (0.56%) Asana
12 3 (0.56%) Google Tag Manager
12 3 (0.56%) Oracle Service Cloud
12 3 (0.56%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.56%) Storyblok
13 2 (0.37%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.94%) HTTP
2 2 (0.37%) Intranet
2 2 (0.37%) VoIP
3 1 (0.19%) ATM
3 1 (0.19%) Network Security
3 1 (0.19%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.24%) Power BI
2 14 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.25%) SQL Server
4 10 (1.87%) SAP BW
5 9 (1.69%) SAP HANA
6 8 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.12%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.94%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.56%) DTS
11 2 (0.37%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.37%) Power Query
12 1 (0.19%) Amazon Athena
12 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.19%) Metadata
12 1 (0.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.19%) Star Schema
12 1 (0.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 57 (10.67%) JIRA
2 25 (4.68%) Selenium
3 21 (3.93%) Git
4 16 (3.00%) Postman
5 14 (2.62%) GitLab
6 12 (2.25%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.69%) Jenkins
8 8 (1.50%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.31%) Gatling
9 7 (1.31%) Hudson
9 7 (1.31%) JMeter
10 6 (1.12%) JUnit
10 6 (1.12%) Zephyr
11 5 (0.94%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.56%) Bugzilla
12 3 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.37%) LSMW
13 2 (0.37%) Ranorex
13 2 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
13 2 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 243 (45.51%) Social Skills
2 223 (41.76%) Finance
3 169 (31.65%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (13.30%) Manufacturing
5 58 (10.86%) Law
6 47 (8.80%) Public Sector
7 42 (7.87%) Retail
8 35 (6.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (6.55%) Legal
9 34 (6.37%) Documentation Skills
10 29 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (4.31%) Marketing
12 19 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
13 16 (3.00%) General Ledger
13 16 (3.00%) Military
13 16 (3.00%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.69%) Banking
15 8 (1.50%) Aerospace
15 8 (1.50%) Automotive
15 8 (1.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 164 (30.71%) Analyst
2 103 (19.29%) Consultant
3 79 (14.79%) Business Analyst
4 51 (9.55%) Senior
5 39 (7.30%) Support Analyst
6 35 (6.55%) Lead
7 30 (5.62%) Systems Analyst
8 28 (5.24%) Tester
9 27 (5.06%) Project Manager
9 27 (5.06%) SAP Consultant
10 26 (4.87%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 22 (4.12%) Applications Support
11 22 (4.12%) Applications Support Analyst
12 21 (3.93%) Systems Support
13 20 (3.75%) Implementation Consultant
14 19 (3.56%) Senior Consultant
15 17 (3.18%) Developer
15 17 (3.18%) Junior
16 16 (3.00%) Business Systems Analyst
16 16 (3.00%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.49%) Playwright
2 21 (3.93%) XML
3 19 (3.56%) SAP Fiori
4 16 (3.00%) REST
5 15 (2.81%) SOAP
6 14 (2.62%) JSON
7 12 (2.25%) Middleware
8 7 (1.31%) .NET
8 7 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (1.31%) SAP Core Interface
9 6 (1.12%) ADO
9 6 (1.12%) XSLT
10 5 (0.94%) HTML
10 5 (0.94%) Web Services
11 4 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
12 3 (0.56%) Blazor
12 3 (0.56%) CSS
12 3 (0.56%) EDI
12 3 (0.56%) PySpark
12 3 (0.56%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 46 (8.61%) Product Ownership
2 32 (5.99%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.49%) Onboarding
4 22 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
5 15 (2.81%) Driving Licence
5 15 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (2.43%) Data Structures
6 13 (2.43%) NHS
7 11 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (2.06%) SystemC
8 7 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.94%) Blog
9 5 (0.94%) CMDB
9 5 (0.94%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.75%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.75%) FMCG
11 3 (0.56%) e-Learning
11 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.56%) Replication
11 3 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.62%) Windows
2 11 (2.06%) Linux
3 5 (0.94%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (44.76%) Problem-Solving
2 235 (44.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 204 (38.20%) Stakeholder Management
4 154 (28.84%) Agile
5 150 (28.09%) ERP
6 129 (24.16%) Validation
7 126 (23.60%) Requirements Gathering
8 119 (22.28%) Process Improvement
9 105 (19.66%) System Integration Testing
10 102 (19.10%) Migration
11 87 (16.29%) Project Delivery
12 86 (16.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 77 (14.42%) CRM
13 77 (14.42%) Data Migration
14 76 (14.23%) Business Analysis
15 73 (13.67%) Mentoring
16 68 (12.73%) User Stories
17 67 (12.55%) Project Management
18 65 (12.17%) Scenario Testing
19 64 (11.99%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 82 (15.36%) SQL
2 19 (3.56%) ABAP
3 14 (2.62%) PowerShell
4 13 (2.43%) Java
5 12 (2.25%) Python
6 10 (1.87%) C#
7 9 (1.69%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.75%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.56%) Perl
9 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.56%) VB.NET
9 3 (0.56%) XPath
10 2 (0.37%) VBA
11 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.19%) Bash
11 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.19%) Ruby
11 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (16.67%) Degree
2 49 (9.18%) Security Cleared
3 43 (8.05%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.56%) ACCA
5 19 (3.56%) CIMA
6 15 (2.81%) ISTQB
7 14 (2.62%) SAP Certification
8 12 (2.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 11 (2.06%) ISEB
9 11 (2.06%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.87%) PMP
11 8 (1.50%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.37%) CBAP
15 2 (0.37%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.37%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (16.48%) QA
2 57 (10.67%) Data Quality
3 36 (6.74%) GDPR
4 13 (2.43%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.50%) SLA
6 6 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.12%) WCAG
7 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.56%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.56%) IFRS
8 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.37%) GxP
8 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.19%) GAAP
9 1 (0.19%) GRC
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.19%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.19%) PMO
9 1 (0.19%) TickIT
System Software
1 6 (1.12%) Docker
2 5 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.37%) SCCM
3 1 (0.19%) CloudHub
3 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 123 (23.03%) Microsoft
2 73 (13.67%) SAP
3 38 (7.12%) Sage
4 34 (6.37%) Oracle
5 19 (3.56%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.81%) Civica
7 13 (2.43%) Workday
8 11 (2.06%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.69%) Infor
9 9 (1.69%) Xero
10 8 (1.50%) OpenText
11 7 (1.31%) YouTube
12 6 (1.12%) Google
12 6 (1.12%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.12%) Pega
13 4 (0.75%) Adobe
13 4 (0.75%) IFS
13 4 (0.75%) Informatica
14 3 (0.56%) Databricks
14 3 (0.56%) Siemens