User Acceptance Testing Job Trends in the West Midlands

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 131 164 126
Rank change year-on-year +33 -38 +87
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 43 34 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.82% 0.82% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.90% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 37 25 58
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,724 £40,275
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £54,659 £58,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £58,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,250
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.29% +5.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,323 3,783 3,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.09% 91.51% 87.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,245 1,682 2,769
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,719 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing User Acceptance Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the West Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Warwickshire +31 16 £46,250 -7.50% 5
Worcestershire - 9 £42,500 - 3
Birmingham +20 4 £52,500 +10.53% 5
Walsall - 4 £43,750 -
Staffordshire -17 3 £57,500 +11.66% 2
Coventry - 2 £40,000 - 2
Herefordshire - 1 £37,500 -
Solihull - 1 £90,000 -
Shropshire - 1 - - 3
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (4.65%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (32.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.65%) Trello
4 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.33%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) Dynamics 365
2 9 (20.93%) Azure
2 9 (20.93%) Power Platform
2 9 (20.93%) SaaS
3 5 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (11.63%) OCI
3 5 (11.63%) Power Automate
4 4 (9.30%) PowerApps
5 3 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (6.98%) Snowflake
6 2 (4.65%) Asana
6 2 (4.65%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (20.93%) Power BI
2 7 (16.28%) Relational Database
3 5 (11.63%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (9.30%) SQL Server
5 3 (6.98%) Data Mining
6 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (23.26%) JIRA
2 2 (4.65%) Postman
3 1 (2.33%) Zephyr
General
1 21 (48.84%) Social Skills
2 17 (39.53%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Finance
3 8 (18.60%) Manufacturing
4 5 (11.63%) Legal
4 5 (11.63%) Marketing
5 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Back Office
6 1 (2.33%) Banking
6 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Retail
6 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (67.44%) Analyst
2 15 (34.88%) Support Analyst
3 10 (23.26%) Senior
3 10 (23.26%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Applications Support
4 7 (16.28%) Applications Support Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Senior Applications Support
4 7 (16.28%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Senior Support Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Business Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Developer
6 4 (9.30%) ERP Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) ERP Support
6 4 (9.30%) Junior
6 4 (9.30%) Oracle Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Oracle Support Analyst
6 4 (9.30%) Software Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Business Development Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Development Analyst
7 3 (6.98%) Software Development Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (4.65%) .NET
2 2 (4.65%) AngularJS
2 2 (4.65%) React
2 2 (4.65%) XML
3 1 (2.33%) CSS
3 1 (2.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.65%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.33%) CMDB
3 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (44.19%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (32.56%) Agile
3 13 (30.23%) Product Roadmap
3 13 (30.23%) Roadmaps
4 11 (25.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (25.58%) Migration
5 9 (20.93%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (20.93%) Software Testing
6 8 (18.60%) Analytics
6 8 (18.60%) ERP
6 8 (18.60%) Validation
7 7 (16.28%) B2B
7 7 (16.28%) CRM
7 7 (16.28%) Decision-Making
7 7 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (13.95%) Acceptance Criteria
8 6 (13.95%) Business Process Analysis
8 6 (13.95%) Data Cleansing
8 6 (13.95%) Test Scripting
8 6 (13.95%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 21 (48.84%) SQL
2 10 (23.26%) T-SQL
3 5 (11.63%) JavaScript
4 4 (9.30%) Python
5 3 (6.98%) C#
5 3 (6.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (2.33%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) ISTQB
2 3 (6.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 2 (4.65%) Degree
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) QA
2 2 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 14 (32.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) Oracle
3 3 (6.98%) Databricks
4 1 (2.33%) IBM
4 1 (2.33%) Kronos
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.33%) Workday