User Acceptance Testing Jobs

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for User Acceptance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 360 305 335
Rank change year-on-year -55 +30 -33
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 765 1,222 1,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.79% 1.15% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.20% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 598 799 1,257
10th Percentile £36,175 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £71,188 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,250 £81,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year +0.96% +14.92% +6.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Acceptance Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,814 101,905 146,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59,590 59,680 83,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing.

Salary trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
England -30 696 £57,500 +4.55% 211
UK excluding London -18 518 £52,500 +0.96% 131
Work from Home -19 338 £56,250 -2.17% 94
London -50 209 £67,250 +7.60% 86
North of England +64 152 £52,500 -4.55% 36
Midlands +52 129 £52,500 +7.69% 27
South East -60 93 £56,750 +5.58% 30
North West +5 83 £51,337 -8.73% 22
West Midlands +57 73 £57,500 +15.00% 11
Yorkshire +126 64 £57,500 +25.00% 14
East Midlands 0 56 £45,500 +1.11% 16
East of England +26 55 £45,000 -5.26% 12
South West -48 46 £60,000 +14.29% 12
Scotland -66 34 £52,000 +4.00% 10
Wales +5 12 £55,000 +57.14% 3
North East -8 7 £40,500 -26.36%

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (3.66%) IIS
2 18 (2.35%) Confluence
3 17 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.05%) CMS
6 4 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.52%) SAS
7 2 (0.26%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.26%) Kentico
7 2 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 51 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.31%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.52%) SPSS
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 34 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 19 (2.48%) NetSuite
3 12 (1.57%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.78%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.78%) SAP PLM
5 6 (0.78%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.65%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.26%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SCM
8 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 157 (20.52%) Azure
2 91 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
3 77 (10.07%) Dynamics 365
4 70 (9.15%) Power Platform
5 34 (4.44%) AWS
6 23 (3.01%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (2.75%) PowerApps
8 18 (2.35%) SaaS
9 14 (1.83%) PaaS
10 13 (1.70%) GitHub
11 10 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
12 9 (1.18%) OCI
13 7 (0.92%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.52%) Dropbox
15 4 (0.52%) IaaS
16 3 (0.39%) AWS CodePipeline
16 3 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
16 3 (0.39%) WhatsApp
17 2 (0.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.65%) 5G
1 5 (0.65%) Broadband
2 4 (0.52%) LAN
2 4 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (0.52%) Wireless
3 2 (0.26%) DNS
3 2 (0.26%) Intranet
3 2 (0.26%) SSH
4 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.13%) GSM
4 1 (0.13%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (0.13%) SS7
4 1 (0.13%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 61 (7.97%) Power BI
3 31 (4.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 29 (3.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 22 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (2.09%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.83%) Oracle Reports
7 14 (1.83%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.44%) BusinessObjects
8 11 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (1.31%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 10 (1.31%) Semantic Layer
10 9 (1.18%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.05%) Tableau
12 7 (0.92%) Power Query
13 6 (0.78%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.65%) Amazon QuickSight
14 5 (0.65%) Big Data
14 5 (0.65%) MySQL
14 5 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 73 (9.54%) JIRA
2 32 (4.18%) Jasmine
2 32 (4.18%) Selenium
3 28 (3.66%) Karma Test Runner
4 19 (2.48%) Git
5 18 (2.35%) Cucumber
5 18 (2.35%) Visual Studio
6 15 (1.96%) Bitbucket
7 14 (1.83%) Postman
8 11 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 10 (1.31%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.18%) Zephyr
11 8 (1.05%) JMeter
11 8 (1.05%) TeamCity
12 6 (0.78%) MSTest
13 5 (0.65%) GitLab
13 5 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (0.65%) TestRail
14 4 (0.52%) Jenkins
14 4 (0.52%) WebDriver
General
1 265 (34.64%) Finance
2 253 (33.07%) Social Skills
3 153 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (11.63%) Law
5 59 (7.71%) Retail
6 46 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (5.62%) Marketing
8 41 (5.36%) Influencing Skills
9 36 (4.71%) Back Office
10 28 (3.66%) Billing
11 25 (3.27%) Public Sector
12 23 (3.01%) Legal
13 18 (2.35%) Banking
13 18 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (1.96%) General Ledger
15 15 (1.96%) Local Government
16 14 (1.83%) Front Office
16 14 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (1.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 226 (29.54%) Analyst
2 117 (15.29%) Senior
3 96 (12.55%) Business Analyst
4 79 (10.33%) Consultant
5 78 (10.20%) Developer
6 49 (6.41%) Project Manager
7 42 (5.49%) Lead
8 40 (5.23%) Test Analyst
9 38 (4.97%) Applications Support
9 38 (4.97%) Systems Analyst
10 36 (4.71%) Test Manager
11 31 (4.05%) Functional Consultant
12 30 (3.92%) C# Developer
13 28 (3.66%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 27 (3.53%) Support Analyst
15 26 (3.40%) Senior Consultant
16 25 (3.27%) Senior Analyst
17 23 (3.01%) Tester
18 19 (2.48%) Senior Manager
19 18 (2.35%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (9.67%) .NET
2 54 (7.06%) SOAP
3 43 (5.62%) Web Services
4 39 (5.10%) XML
5 37 (4.84%) JSON
6 36 (4.71%) AngularJS
6 36 (4.71%) ASP.NET
7 32 (4.18%) Sass
8 31 (4.05%) REST
8 31 (4.05%) RESTful
9 28 (3.66%) RxJS
9 28 (3.66%) XML Schema
10 24 (3.14%) HTML
11 21 (2.75%) CSS
12 14 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
13 12 (1.57%) Gherkin
14 6 (0.78%) CSS3
14 6 (0.78%) HTML5
14 6 (0.78%) Middleware
14 6 (0.78%) React
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.41%) Product Ownership
2 35 (4.58%) Management Information System
3 32 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (3.01%) Virtual Team
5 20 (2.61%) Fixed Income
6 19 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (2.22%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (1.96%) Hedge funds
11 11 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.31%) FMCG
12 10 (1.31%) IoT
13 7 (0.92%) Derivative
14 5 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.65%) Cloud Native
14 5 (0.65%) Housing Association
15 4 (0.52%) Cybercrime
15 4 (0.52%) Data Centre
15 4 (0.52%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.27%) Windows
2 16 (2.09%) Linux
3 7 (0.92%) Unix
3 7 (0.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.39%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.13%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) VMS
6 1 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (30.46%) Agile
2 216 (28.24%) Problem-Solving
3 147 (19.22%) DevOps
4 139 (18.17%) Project Management
5 113 (14.77%) Software Testing
6 101 (13.20%) Requirements Gathering
7 95 (12.42%) Project Delivery
7 95 (12.42%) Test Automation
8 91 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
9 81 (10.59%) Customer Service
10 78 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 78 (10.20%) Migration
10 78 (10.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 77 (10.07%) Business Analysis
11 77 (10.07%) Process Improvement
12 76 (9.93%) ERP
13 74 (9.67%) Regression Testing
13 74 (9.67%) SDLC
14 72 (9.41%) Functional Testing
15 71 (9.28%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 156 (20.39%) SQL
2 75 (9.80%) JavaScript
3 69 (9.02%) C#
4 47 (6.14%) T-SQL
5 35 (4.58%) TypeScript
6 32 (4.18%) VB
7 29 (3.79%) Java
7 29 (3.79%) Python
8 28 (3.66%) VB.NET
8 28 (3.66%) VB6
9 15 (1.96%) PL/SQL
10 13 (1.70%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.44%) VBA
12 7 (0.92%) C++
13 6 (0.78%) R
14 4 (0.52%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.52%) Rust
15 3 (0.39%) C
15 3 (0.39%) Perl
15 3 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 172 (22.48%) Degree
2 45 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 34 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.79%) ISTQB
5 21 (2.75%) ISEB
6 18 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (0.92%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.78%) CSPO
10 6 (0.78%) IIBA
10 6 (0.78%) PMI Certification
11 5 (0.65%) MCITP
12 4 (0.52%) HND
13 3 (0.39%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.39%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (21.44%) QA
2 24 (3.14%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.48%) GDPR
3 19 (2.48%) SLA
4 8 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.65%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.52%) PMO
8 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.26%) EMIR
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.26%) MiFID
10 1 (0.13%) Good Clinical Practice
10 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (1.70%) Firmware
2 10 (1.31%) Docker
2 10 (1.31%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.65%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.92%) Grafana
1 7 (0.92%) Kibana
2 4 (0.52%) Control-M
2 4 (0.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.52%) SCCM
3 2 (0.26%) Ansible
3 2 (0.26%) logstash
3 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.26%) Terraform
4 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 184 (24.05%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.19%) Oracle
3 36 (4.71%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.18%) SAP
5 21 (2.75%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.70%) Charles River
7 11 (1.44%) Splunk
8 9 (1.18%) Google
9 7 (0.92%) Genesys
9 7 (0.92%) Intapp
9 7 (0.92%) Workday
10 6 (0.78%) Calypso
11 5 (0.65%) Virgin Media
11 5 (0.65%) YouTube
12 4 (0.52%) Adobe
12 4 (0.52%) Cadence
12 4 (0.52%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.52%) Quadient
13 3 (0.39%) Micro Focus
13 3 (0.39%) Red Hat