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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 305 333
Rank change year-on-year -46 +28 -39
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 766 1,212 1,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.78% 1.15% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 1.20% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 599 790 1,264
10th Percentile £36,200 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,587
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,625 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,125 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,000 £45,145
% change year-on-year +0.96% +15.18% +6.22%

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 84,165 101,093 147,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.12% 95.64% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 59,702 59,212 83,288
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,496
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +2.67% +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 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +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 23 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 23 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 -39 698 £56,000 +1.82% 222
UK excluding London -28 521 £52,500 +0.96% 142
Work from Home -26 337 £55,000 -4.35% 88
London -63 208 £67,000 +7.63% 90
North of England +52 153 £52,500 -4.55% 32
Midlands +62 131 £52,500 +5.00% 32
South East -50 93 £56,750 +3.18% 36
North West -4 85 £51,337 -8.73% 19
West Midlands +59 75 £57,500 +13.23% 14
Yorkshire +112 63 £57,500 +25.00% 13
East Midlands +5 56 £45,500 +1.11% 18
East of England +25 55 £45,000 -5.26% 19
South West -51 46 £60,000 +14.29% 12
Scotland -65 34 £52,000 +3.03% 8
Wales 0 12 £55,000 +57.14% 2
North East 0 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 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.04%) 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 (6.66%) 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 (0.91%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.91%) 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 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.26%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.26%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.26%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.26%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.26%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 158 (20.63%) Azure
2 90 (11.75%) Azure DevOps
3 76 (9.92%) Dynamics 365
4 69 (9.01%) Power Platform
5 34 (4.44%) AWS
6 23 (3.00%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (2.61%) PowerApps
7 20 (2.61%) SaaS
8 14 (1.83%) PaaS
9 13 (1.70%) GitHub
10 10 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (1.17%) OCI
12 7 (0.91%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.52%) Dropbox
14 4 (0.52%) IaaS
15 3 (0.39%) AWS CodePipeline
15 3 (0.39%) WhatsApp
16 2 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
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 89 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 60 (7.83%) Power BI
3 31 (4.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 29 (3.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 24 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (2.09%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.83%) Oracle Reports
8 13 (1.70%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.44%) BusinessObjects
9 11 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (1.31%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 10 (1.31%) Semantic Layer
11 9 (1.17%) NoSQL
12 8 (1.04%) Tableau
13 7 (0.91%) Power Query
14 6 (0.78%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.65%) Amazon QuickSight
15 5 (0.65%) Big Data
15 5 (0.65%) MySQL
15 5 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 73 (9.53%) JIRA
2 33 (4.31%) Selenium
3 32 (4.18%) Jasmine
4 28 (3.66%) Karma Test Runner
5 19 (2.48%) Git
6 18 (2.35%) Cucumber
6 18 (2.35%) Visual Studio
7 15 (1.96%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.83%) Postman
9 11 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (1.31%) Cypress.io
11 9 (1.17%) Zephyr
12 8 (1.04%) JMeter
12 8 (1.04%) TeamCity
13 6 (0.78%) MSTest
14 5 (0.65%) GitLab
14 5 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (0.65%) TestRail
15 4 (0.52%) Jenkins
15 4 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 265 (34.60%) Finance
2 252 (32.90%) Social Skills
3 153 (19.97%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (11.62%) Law
5 59 (7.70%) Retail
6 46 (6.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (5.48%) Marketing
8 40 (5.22%) Influencing Skills
9 35 (4.57%) Back Office
10 27 (3.52%) Billing
11 26 (3.39%) Public Sector
12 23 (3.00%) Legal
13 18 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (2.22%) Banking
15 16 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
16 15 (1.96%) General Ledger
16 15 (1.96%) Local Government
17 14 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (1.70%) Front Office
19 12 (1.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 225 (29.37%) Analyst
2 118 (15.40%) Senior
3 94 (12.27%) Business Analyst
4 78 (10.18%) Consultant
4 78 (10.18%) Developer
5 49 (6.40%) Project Manager
6 43 (5.61%) Lead
7 41 (5.35%) Test Analyst
8 38 (4.96%) Applications Support
8 38 (4.96%) Systems Analyst
9 37 (4.83%) Test Manager
10 31 (4.05%) Functional Consultant
11 30 (3.92%) C# Developer
12 28 (3.66%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 27 (3.52%) Support Analyst
14 26 (3.39%) Senior Consultant
15 25 (3.26%) Senior Analyst
16 23 (3.00%) Tester
17 19 (2.48%) Senior Manager
18 18 (2.35%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (9.53%) .NET
2 54 (7.05%) SOAP
3 43 (5.61%) Web Services
4 40 (5.22%) XML
5 37 (4.83%) JSON
6 36 (4.70%) AngularJS
6 36 (4.70%) 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 23 (3.00%) HTML
11 20 (2.61%) 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 (6.40%) Product Ownership
2 35 (4.57%) Management Information System
3 32 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (3.00%) Virtual Team
5 18 (2.35%) Fixed Income
5 18 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 17 (2.22%) Onboarding
7 15 (1.96%) Hedge funds
8 14 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.31%) FMCG
10 10 (1.31%) IoT
11 7 (0.91%) Derivative
12 5 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.65%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.65%) Housing Association
13 4 (0.52%) Blog
13 4 (0.52%) Cybercrime
13 4 (0.52%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.26%) Windows
2 16 (2.09%) Linux
3 7 (0.91%) Unix
3 7 (0.91%) 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 (30.42%) Agile
2 217 (28.33%) Problem-Solving
3 146 (19.06%) DevOps
4 138 (18.02%) Project Management
5 115 (15.01%) Software Testing
6 101 (13.19%) Requirements Gathering
7 96 (12.53%) Project Delivery
8 95 (12.40%) Test Automation
9 92 (12.01%) Business Intelligence
10 80 (10.44%) Customer Service
10 80 (10.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 79 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 78 (10.18%) Migration
13 77 (10.05%) ERP
13 77 (10.05%) Process Improvement
14 76 (9.92%) Business Analysis
15 75 (9.79%) Regression Testing
15 75 (9.79%) SDLC
16 72 (9.40%) Functional Testing
16 72 (9.40%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 157 (20.50%) SQL
2 74 (9.66%) JavaScript
3 69 (9.01%) C#
4 47 (6.14%) T-SQL
5 35 (4.57%) TypeScript
6 32 (4.18%) VB
7 31 (4.05%) Python
8 29 (3.79%) Java
9 28 (3.66%) VB.NET
9 28 (3.66%) VB6
10 15 (1.96%) PL/SQL
11 13 (1.70%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.44%) VBA
13 7 (0.91%) C++
14 6 (0.78%) R
15 4 (0.52%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.52%) Rust
16 3 (0.39%) C
16 3 (0.39%) Perl
16 3 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 173 (22.58%) Degree
2 45 (5.87%) Security Cleared
3 34 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.92%) ISTQB
5 22 (2.87%) ISEB
6 18 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (0.91%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.91%) 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 (21.41%) QA
2 24 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 19 (2.48%) GDPR
3 19 (2.48%) SLA
4 8 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.91%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.65%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.39%) PMO
8 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.26%) EMIR
8 2 (0.26%) ISO 14001
8 2 (0.26%) MiFID
8 2 (0.26%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.13%) Good Clinical Practice
9 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 (0.91%) Grafana
1 7 (0.91%) 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 (24.02%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.05%) Oracle
3 36 (4.70%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.18%) SAP
5 21 (2.74%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.70%) Charles River
7 11 (1.44%) Splunk
8 9 (1.17%) Google
9 7 (0.91%) Genesys
9 7 (0.91%) Intapp
9 7 (0.91%) Workday
10 5 (0.65%) Virgin Media
10 5 (0.65%) YouTube
11 4 (0.52%) Adobe
11 4 (0.52%) Cadence
11 4 (0.52%) Calypso
11 4 (0.52%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.52%) Quadient
12 3 (0.39%) Micro Focus
12 3 (0.39%) Red Hat