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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 374 292
Rank change year-on-year -30 -82 +53
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 338 726 1,164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.71% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.84% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 210 567 739
10th Percentile £38,174 £33,190 £36,551
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +1.38%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% - +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 51,417 86,448 93,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.74% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,323 60,550 54,986
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
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 29 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 29 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 -47 285 £60,000 +9.09% 1,608
UK excluding London -25 198 £55,000 +4.76% 1,490
Work from Home -23 129 £57,500 +4.55% 865
London +19 109 £72,500 +16.00% 345
North of England -27 55 £57,560 +9.64% 305
Midlands -21 47 £47,500 -9.52% 265
North West -26 46 £57,560 +11.04% 165
West Midlands +15 31 £47,500 -17.39% 146
South East +37 28 £57,500 +2.68% 455
East of England +9 23 £53,000 +17.78% 213
Scotland +112 21 £82,500 +50.68% 71
South West +89 20 £54,641 -6.91% 160
East Midlands -10 16 £70,000 +55.56% 101
Yorkshire +20 9 £45,000 -25.00% 111
Wales +38 3 £48,000 -12.73% 39
Northern Ireland +44 2 - - 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 16 (4.73%) Confluence
2 14 (4.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) IIS
5 1 (0.30%) Moodle
5 1 (0.30%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.30%) Totara
5 1 (0.30%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (9.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.96%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.66%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (2.07%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.59%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.30%) Sketch
8 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.66%) NetSuite
4 8 (2.37%) Dynamics AX
5 7 (2.07%) Aladdin
6 6 (1.78%) Oracle Financials
7 4 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
7 4 (1.18%) Oracle Cash Management
7 4 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (1.18%) Oracle General Ledger
7 4 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
7 4 (1.18%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.89%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.59%) Magento
9 2 (0.59%) NEC Housing
9 2 (0.59%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.59%) SAP GRC
9 2 (0.59%) SAP PP
10 1 (0.30%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 58 (17.16%) Azure
2 43 (12.72%) Dynamics 365
3 40 (11.83%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (7.69%) Power Platform
5 18 (5.33%) SaaS
6 12 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (2.96%) AWS
8 6 (1.78%) Figma
8 6 (1.78%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.78%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.48%) Miro
9 5 (1.48%) PaaS
9 5 (1.48%) Slack
9 5 (1.48%) SuccessFactors
10 4 (1.18%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.18%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.18%) OCI
10 4 (1.18%) Serverless
10 4 (1.18%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.48%) WAN
2 4 (1.18%) LAN
2 4 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.89%) Firewall
3 3 (0.89%) Internet
4 1 (0.30%) SAN
4 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.30%) SSH
4 1 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.92%) Power BI
2 19 (5.62%) SQL Server
3 10 (2.96%) Electronic Patient Records
4 9 (2.66%) Tableau
5 7 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.78%) Oracle Database
6 6 (1.78%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.48%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.18%) MySQL
8 4 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.89%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.59%) Big Data
10 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.59%) Parquet
10 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.59%) Tableau Desktop
11 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 51 (15.09%) JIRA
2 18 (5.33%) Selenium
3 8 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.48%) Cypress.io
4 5 (1.48%) Git
4 5 (1.48%) TeamCity
5 4 (1.18%) Balsamiq
5 4 (1.18%) JMeter
5 4 (1.18%) JUnit
5 4 (1.18%) Maven
5 4 (1.18%) Postman
6 3 (0.89%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.89%) MSTest
6 3 (0.89%) NUnit
6 3 (0.89%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.89%) TestRail
7 2 (0.59%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.30%) LSMW
8 1 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 150 (44.38%) Finance
2 129 (38.17%) Social Skills
3 65 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (10.06%) Law
5 28 (8.28%) Organisational Skills
6 26 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (7.40%) Banking
8 23 (6.80%) Legal
9 21 (6.21%) Retail
10 19 (5.62%) Presentation Skills
11 16 (4.73%) Marketing
12 15 (4.44%) Front Office
13 13 (3.85%) Manufacturing
14 10 (2.96%) Financial Institution
14 10 (2.96%) Public Sector
15 9 (2.66%) Back Office
15 9 (2.66%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (2.07%) Health Technology
16 7 (2.07%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 134 (39.64%) Analyst
2 58 (17.16%) Business Analyst
3 39 (11.54%) Senior
4 30 (8.88%) Lead
5 26 (7.69%) Consultant
6 24 (7.10%) Test Manager
7 21 (6.21%) Project Manager
8 19 (5.62%) Financial Analyst
8 19 (5.62%) Test Analyst
9 17 (5.03%) Product Analyst
9 17 (5.03%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.14%) Functional Consultant
11 12 (3.55%) Developer
11 12 (3.55%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 12 (3.55%) QA Engineer
12 11 (3.25%) Systems Analyst
12 11 (3.25%) Test Leader
13 10 (2.96%) Senior QA Engineer
14 9 (2.66%) Finance Manager
14 9 (2.66%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.85%) .NET
2 11 (3.25%) HTML
3 9 (2.66%) AngularJS
4 8 (2.37%) CSS
4 8 (2.37%) JSON
4 8 (2.37%) REST
5 7 (2.07%) Oracle Fusion
5 7 (2.07%) RESTful
6 5 (1.48%) React
6 5 (1.48%) Spring
6 5 (1.48%) XML
7 4 (1.18%) ADO
7 4 (1.18%) Playwright
7 4 (1.18%) RxJS
7 4 (1.18%) SOAP
7 4 (1.18%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.18%) Web Services
8 3 (0.89%) Electron
8 3 (0.89%) FHIR
8 3 (0.89%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.80%) Management Information System
1 23 (6.80%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.44%) Derivative
3 13 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (2.96%) Fixed Income
5 8 (2.37%) FMCG
5 8 (2.37%) Market Risk
6 7 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.07%) Hedge funds
6 7 (2.07%) NHS
6 7 (2.07%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.07%) Virtual Team
7 6 (1.78%) Equities
8 4 (1.18%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.18%) PMI
8 4 (1.18%) Reinsurance
9 3 (0.89%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.89%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.73%) Windows
2 8 (2.37%) Linux
3 4 (1.18%) Unix
4 2 (0.59%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (37.87%) Agile
2 81 (23.96%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (20.71%) DevOps
4 62 (18.34%) Business Analysis
5 53 (15.68%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (15.68%) Test Automation
6 49 (14.50%) Process Improvement
7 47 (13.91%) Project Management
7 47 (13.91%) Test Scripting
8 44 (13.02%) Migration
9 42 (12.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (12.43%) Requirements Gathering
10 41 (12.13%) ERP
11 40 (11.83%) User Stories
12 37 (10.95%) Project Delivery
13 34 (10.06%) Scrum
13 34 (10.06%) SDLC
14 32 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
15 31 (9.17%) Change Management
15 31 (9.17%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 59 (17.46%) SQL
2 21 (6.21%) Python
3 18 (5.33%) JavaScript
4 13 (3.85%) C#
5 10 (2.96%) Java
6 7 (2.07%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.78%) X++
8 5 (1.48%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.59%) C
11 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.30%) Bash
11 1 (0.30%) C++
11 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.30%) R
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) VB
11 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.30%) VB6
Qualifications
1 59 (17.46%) Degree
2 26 (7.69%) ISTQB
3 14 (4.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 11 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (2.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.96%) Security Cleared
6 8 (2.37%) CBAP
7 7 (2.07%) PMI Certification
7 7 (2.07%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.48%) ISEB
8 5 (1.48%) MCP
9 4 (1.18%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.18%) PMP
10 3 (0.89%) ACCA
10 3 (0.89%) CISSP
10 3 (0.89%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.89%) GISP
11 2 (0.59%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (21.01%) QA
2 12 (3.55%) Data Quality
3 11 (3.25%) GDPR
3 11 (3.25%) PMO
4 8 (2.37%) Accessibility
4 8 (2.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.78%) SLA
6 5 (1.48%) GRC
7 4 (1.18%) MiFID
8 3 (0.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.89%) EMIR
8 3 (0.89%) Good Clinical Practice
8 3 (0.89%) HL7
8 3 (0.89%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.59%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.59%) SEPA
10 1 (0.30%) COBIT
10 1 (0.30%) PSD2
10 1 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.89%) HP Quality Center
1 3 (0.89%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.59%) Terraform
3 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 74 (21.89%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.06%) SAP
3 29 (8.58%) Oracle
4 14 (4.14%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.07%) BISAM
5 7 (2.07%) Google
5 7 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.78%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.48%) Infor
8 3 (0.89%) Intel
8 3 (0.89%) VMware
9 2 (0.59%) Adobe
9 2 (0.59%) Alteryx
9 2 (0.59%) Charles River
9 2 (0.59%) Cisco
9 2 (0.59%) NEC
9 2 (0.59%) Pega
9 2 (0.59%) Splunk
9 2 (0.59%) Sun
10 1 (0.30%) WatchGuard