User Acceptance Testing Jobs

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 375 262
Rank change year-on-year -13 -113 +86
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 347 722 1,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.70% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.83% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 216 564 741
10th Percentile £38,250 £32,845 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,625 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,282 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.39% - +16.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

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 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
England -57 292 £60,000 +9.09% 315
UK excluding London -24 204 £54,282 +3.39% 226
Work from Home -17 132 £57,500 +4.55% 256
London +27 113 £73,250 +16.63% 120
North of England -35 56 £57,560 +9.64% 49
Midlands -18 48 £47,500 -9.52% 49
North West -31 46 £57,560 +11.04% 38
West Midlands +16 32 £47,500 -17.39% 31
South East +20 29 £57,500 +2.68% 58
East of England +18 23 £53,000 +17.78% 21
Scotland +111 22 £82,500 +50.68% 7
South West +84 20 £54,641 -6.91% 26
East Midlands -1 16 £70,000 +55.56% 17
Yorkshire +19 10 £50,000 -16.67% 9
Wales +35 5 £41,000 -25.45% 9
Northern Ireland +42 2 - - 10

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 17 (4.90%) Confluence
2 16 (4.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) IIS
5 1 (0.29%) Moodle
5 1 (0.29%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.29%) Totara
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (9.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.88%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.59%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.29%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 15 (4.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (3.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.59%) NetSuite
4 8 (2.31%) Dynamics AX
5 7 (2.02%) Aladdin
6 6 (1.73%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (1.15%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (1.15%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (1.15%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (1.15%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (1.15%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.86%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.86%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.58%) Magento
9 2 (0.58%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.58%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.58%) SAP GRC
9 2 (0.58%) SAP PP
10 1 (0.29%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 60 (17.29%) Azure
2 43 (12.39%) Dynamics 365
3 42 (12.10%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (8.07%) Power Platform
5 18 (5.19%) SaaS
6 12 (3.46%) AWS
6 12 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.31%) Power Automate
7 8 (2.31%) PowerApps
8 6 (1.73%) Figma
8 6 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (1.44%) Miro
9 5 (1.44%) PaaS
10 4 (1.15%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.15%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.15%) OCI
10 4 (1.15%) Serverless
10 4 (1.15%) Slack
10 4 (1.15%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.86%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.44%) WAN
2 4 (1.15%) Firewall
2 4 (1.15%) LAN
2 4 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.86%) Internet
4 1 (0.29%) Network Security
4 1 (0.29%) SAN
4 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.29%) SSH
4 1 (0.29%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.76%) Power BI
2 19 (5.48%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.88%) Electronic Patient Records
4 9 (2.59%) Tableau
5 7 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.73%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.73%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.15%) MySQL
8 4 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.86%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.58%) Big Data
10 2 (0.58%) KDB
10 2 (0.58%) Kdb+
10 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.58%) Parquet
10 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.58%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 52 (14.99%) JIRA
2 18 (5.19%) Selenium
3 9 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.73%) Git
5 5 (1.44%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.44%) Maven
5 5 (1.44%) TeamCity
6 4 (1.15%) Balsamiq
6 4 (1.15%) JMeter
6 4 (1.15%) JUnit
6 4 (1.15%) Postman
7 3 (0.86%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.86%) MSTest
7 3 (0.86%) NUnit
7 3 (0.86%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.86%) TestRail
8 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.58%) Subversion
9 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.29%) Jasmine
General
1 154 (44.38%) Finance
2 133 (38.33%) Social Skills
3 66 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.66%) Law
5 28 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (8.07%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (7.78%) Banking
7 23 (6.63%) Legal
8 21 (6.05%) Retail
9 19 (5.48%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (5.19%) Marketing
11 15 (4.32%) Front Office
12 13 (3.75%) Manufacturing
13 11 (3.17%) Public Sector
14 10 (2.88%) Financial Institution
15 9 (2.59%) Back Office
15 9 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (2.02%) Health Technology
16 7 (2.02%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 136 (39.19%) Analyst
2 58 (16.71%) Business Analyst
3 40 (11.53%) Senior
4 32 (9.22%) Lead
5 26 (7.49%) Consultant
6 24 (6.92%) Test Manager
7 21 (6.05%) Project Manager
8 19 (5.48%) Financial Analyst
8 19 (5.48%) Test Analyst
9 17 (4.90%) Product Analyst
9 17 (4.90%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (4.32%) Developer
11 14 (4.03%) Functional Consultant
12 13 (3.75%) Systems Analyst
13 12 (3.46%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 12 (3.46%) QA Engineer
14 11 (3.17%) Test Leader
15 10 (2.88%) Product Owner
15 10 (2.88%) Senior QA Engineer
16 9 (2.59%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.03%) .NET
2 11 (3.17%) HTML
3 9 (2.59%) AngularJS
4 8 (2.31%) CSS
4 8 (2.31%) JSON
4 8 (2.31%) REST
5 7 (2.02%) Oracle Fusion
5 7 (2.02%) RESTful
6 6 (1.73%) React
6 6 (1.73%) Spring
7 5 (1.44%) XML
8 4 (1.15%) ADO
8 4 (1.15%) Playwright
8 4 (1.15%) RxJS
8 4 (1.15%) SOAP
8 4 (1.15%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.15%) Web Services
9 3 (0.86%) Electron
9 3 (0.86%) FHIR
9 3 (0.86%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.92%) Product Ownership
2 22 (6.34%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.61%) Derivative
4 13 (3.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.88%) Fixed Income
6 8 (2.31%) FMCG
6 8 (2.31%) Market Risk
7 7 (2.02%) Equities
7 7 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (2.02%) Hedge funds
7 7 (2.02%) NHS
7 7 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.02%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.15%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.15%) PMI
8 4 (1.15%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.86%) Credit Derivative
9 3 (0.86%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.90%) Windows
2 8 (2.31%) Linux
3 4 (1.15%) Unix
4 2 (0.58%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (38.33%) Agile
2 82 (23.63%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (20.75%) DevOps
4 63 (18.16%) Business Analysis
5 53 (15.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (15.27%) Test Automation
6 50 (14.41%) Process Improvement
7 48 (13.83%) Project Management
8 47 (13.54%) Test Scripting
9 44 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (12.68%) Migration
9 44 (12.68%) Requirements Gathering
10 41 (11.82%) ERP
10 41 (11.82%) User Stories
11 38 (10.95%) Project Delivery
12 35 (10.09%) SDLC
13 34 (9.80%) Scrum
14 32 (9.22%) Business Intelligence
14 32 (9.22%) Change Management
15 31 (8.93%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 60 (17.29%) SQL
2 23 (6.63%) Python
3 18 (5.19%) JavaScript
4 14 (4.03%) C#
5 12 (3.46%) Java
6 7 (2.02%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.73%) X++
8 5 (1.44%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.86%) C
11 2 (0.58%) C++
12 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.29%) Bash
12 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.29%) R
12 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.29%) VB
12 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 59 (17.00%) Degree
2 26 (7.49%) ISTQB
3 14 (4.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 11 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.88%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.31%) CBAP
7 7 (2.02%) PMI Certification
7 7 (2.02%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.44%) ISEB
8 5 (1.44%) MCP
9 4 (1.15%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.15%) GISP
9 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.15%) PMP
10 3 (0.86%) ACCA
10 3 (0.86%) CISSP
10 3 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (20.75%) QA
2 12 (3.46%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.46%) GDPR
3 11 (3.17%) PMO
4 9 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.02%) SLA
7 5 (1.44%) GRC
8 4 (1.15%) MiFID
9 3 (0.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.86%) EMIR
9 3 (0.86%) Good Clinical Practice
9 3 (0.86%) HL7
9 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.58%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.58%) SEPA
11 1 (0.29%) COBIT
11 1 (0.29%) PSD2
11 1 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (0.58%) Docker
1 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.86%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.86%) Terraform
3 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 77 (22.19%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.09%) SAP
3 30 (8.65%) Oracle
4 15 (4.32%) Salesforce
5 8 (2.31%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.02%) BISAM
7 6 (1.73%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.73%) Google
8 5 (1.44%) Infor
9 3 (0.86%) Intel
9 3 (0.86%) VMware
10 2 (0.58%) Adobe
10 2 (0.58%) Alteryx
10 2 (0.58%) Charles River
10 2 (0.58%) Cisco
10 2 (0.58%) NEC
10 2 (0.58%) Pega
10 2 (0.58%) Qualtrics
10 2 (0.58%) Splunk
10 2 (0.58%) Sun