User Acceptance Testing Contracts in London

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for User Acceptance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 121 131
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 +35
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 407 526 839
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.33% 2.04% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 2.24% 2.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 275 390 605
10th Percentile £359 £375 £358
25th Percentile £450 £471 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £650
90th Percentile £825 £788 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 1
10th Percentile £12.92 - -
25th Percentile £13.55 £61.25 £69.25
Median hourly rate £16.86 £62.50 £70.50
Median % change year-on-year -73.02% -11.35% -
75th Percentile £59.25 £65.31 £71.75
90th Percentile £78.20 £68.13 -
England median hourly rate £34.93 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% +56.25% +58.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,495 23,478 35,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.88% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,110 16,936 26,017
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 270 417
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £38.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% +2.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.48
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.28 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in London.

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in London.

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in London

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the London region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +75 98 £550 -4.35% 11
East London +6 12 £564 +29.60% 3
South London +6 5 £425 -10.53% 2
West London +9 3 £413 -19.51% 3
North London - 3 £375 -
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 22 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 13 (3.19%) Confluence
3 9 (2.21%) SAS
4 2 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.25%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.25%) IIS
5 1 (0.25%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.25%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (3.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (2.70%) ION MarketView
1 11 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.21%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (1.97%) Oracle Applications
4 5 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.23%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.98%) Markit EDM
5 4 (0.98%) thinkFolio
6 3 (0.74%) Loan IQ
6 3 (0.74%) NEC Housing
6 3 (0.74%) Oracle HRMS
6 3 (0.74%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.74%) SAP VC
7 2 (0.49%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Payroll
7 2 (0.49%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.49%) Temenos Globus
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 48 (11.79%) Azure
2 17 (4.18%) Power Platform
3 15 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (2.70%) AWS
5 10 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (2.21%) OCI
6 9 (2.21%) SaaS
7 7 (1.72%) Oracle CX
7 7 (1.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 6 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.47%) Miro
9 5 (1.23%) SAP Fieldglass
10 3 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.74%) Serverless
11 2 (0.49%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.49%) GitHub
11 2 (0.49%) Google Play
12 1 (0.25%) Lucidchart
12 1 (0.25%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 1 (0.25%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.46%) NetScaler
2 7 (1.72%) SSH
3 4 (0.98%) 5G
3 4 (0.98%) VLAN
3 4 (0.98%) Wireless
4 3 (0.74%) VPN
4 3 (0.74%) WAN
5 2 (0.49%) CTI
5 2 (0.49%) H.323
5 2 (0.49%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.25%) BGP
6 1 (0.25%) DVB
6 1 (0.25%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 1 (0.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 1 (0.25%) Internet
6 1 (0.25%) MPLS
6 1 (0.25%) MVNO
6 1 (0.25%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.25%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.25%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.16%) KDB
1 21 (5.16%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.93%) Power BI
3 14 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
4 11 (2.70%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.23%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 5 (1.23%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.23%) SAP HANA
5 5 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.74%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.49%) Tableau
9 1 (0.25%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.25%) Impala
9 1 (0.25%) Parquet
9 1 (0.25%) Redis
9 1 (0.25%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 44 (10.81%) JIRA
2 15 (3.69%) Cucumber
3 10 (2.46%) JUnit
4 8 (1.97%) JMeter
4 8 (1.97%) LoadRunner
4 8 (1.97%) Selenium
5 7 (1.72%) Git
5 7 (1.72%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.23%) SpecFlow
6 5 (1.23%) TestRail
7 3 (0.74%) FitNesse
7 3 (0.74%) Maven
7 3 (0.74%) Postman
7 3 (0.74%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.49%) Gradle
8 2 (0.49%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.49%) NUnit
8 2 (0.49%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 146 (35.87%) Finance
2 113 (27.76%) Social Skills
3 56 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (12.04%) Banking
5 30 (7.37%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.90%) Front Office
7 22 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.93%) Back Office
9 14 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.70%) Investment Banking
11 10 (2.46%) Retail
12 9 (2.21%) Marketing
13 7 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.23%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.98%) Billing
16 4 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.74%) Law
17 3 (0.74%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 135 (33.17%) Analyst
2 95 (23.34%) Business Analyst
3 55 (13.51%) Developer
4 53 (13.02%) Senior
5 34 (8.35%) Lead
6 30 (7.37%) Java Developer
7 29 (7.13%) Project Manager
8 27 (6.63%) Consultant
9 20 (4.91%) Test Analyst
10 19 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
11 17 (4.18%) Architect
12 15 (3.69%) Finance Business Analyst
12 15 (3.69%) Financial Analyst
13 14 (3.44%) Test Manager
13 14 (3.44%) Tester
14 13 (3.19%) Senior Developer
14 13 (3.19%) Test Engineer
14 13 (3.19%) Test Leader
15 12 (2.95%) Data Business Analyst
16 11 (2.70%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.18%) XML
2 15 (3.69%) Spring
3 14 (3.44%) REST
4 12 (2.95%) JSON
5 11 (2.70%) .NET
5 11 (2.70%) Web Services
6 9 (2.21%) SAML
7 8 (1.97%) SOAP
8 7 (1.72%) Hibernate
8 7 (1.72%) J2EE
8 7 (1.72%) JPA
9 5 (1.23%) ADO
10 4 (0.98%) SAP PI
11 3 (0.74%) .NET Framework
11 3 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.49%) CSS
12 2 (0.49%) Dojo
12 2 (0.49%) HTML
12 2 (0.49%) Middleware
12 2 (0.49%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.14%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.67%) Data Protection Act
2 19 (4.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 17 (4.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 15 (3.69%) Derivative
4 15 (3.69%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (2.95%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.95%) Reinsurance
7 11 (2.70%) Fixed Income
7 11 (2.70%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.46%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.21%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.97%) Market Risk
10 8 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.47%) Equities
13 5 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (1.23%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.41%) Windows
2 19 (4.67%) Linux
3 9 (2.21%) Unix
4 6 (1.47%) VMS
5 5 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.98%) Android
6 4 (0.98%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (31.20%) Agile
2 73 (17.94%) Migration
3 63 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (14.50%) Test Automation
5 57 (14.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 57 (14.00%) User Stories
6 49 (12.04%) System Integration Testing
7 44 (10.81%) SDLC
8 42 (10.32%) Business Analysis
8 42 (10.32%) Data Migration
9 41 (10.07%) Project Management
9 41 (10.07%) Test Scripting
10 37 (9.09%) Validation
11 35 (8.60%) Continuous Integration
12 34 (8.35%) Acceptance Criteria
12 34 (8.35%) DevOps
12 34 (8.35%) GAP Analysis
13 31 (7.62%) Integration Testing
13 31 (7.62%) Test Strategy
14 29 (7.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (19.16%) SQL
2 42 (10.32%) Java
2 42 (10.32%) Python
3 20 (4.91%) C#
4 10 (2.46%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.72%) Perl
6 6 (1.47%) C++
6 6 (1.47%) PowerShell
7 4 (0.98%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.98%) XPath
7 4 (0.98%) XQuery
8 3 (0.74%) F#
8 3 (0.74%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.74%) VBA
8 3 (0.74%) VBScript
9 2 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.25%) C
10 1 (0.25%) R
10 1 (0.25%) Ruby
10 1 (0.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 46 (11.30%) Degree
2 25 (6.14%) Security Cleared
3 19 (4.67%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.21%) ISTQB
4 9 (2.21%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.72%) ISEB
6 4 (0.98%) CCNA
6 4 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.74%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.49%) CBAP
8 2 (0.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.49%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.49%) PMP
8 2 (0.49%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.25%) IIBA
9 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (18.67%) QA
2 18 (4.42%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.46%) SLA
4 9 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (1.97%) PMO
6 7 (1.72%) EMIR
7 6 (1.47%) ISO 20022
8 5 (1.23%) MiFID
8 5 (1.23%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.74%) HL7
11 2 (0.49%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.49%) Basel III
11 2 (0.49%) COREP
11 2 (0.49%) FINREP
11 2 (0.49%) GDPR
12 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.25%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 2 (0.49%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (1.23%) SCCM
2 4 (0.98%) Control-M
2 4 (0.98%) Iperf
3 2 (0.49%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.49%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.25%) Grafana
4 1 (0.25%) Kibana
4 1 (0.25%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.25%) logstash
4 1 (0.25%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 40 (9.83%) Microsoft
2 38 (9.34%) SAP
3 28 (6.88%) Oracle
4 22 (5.41%) ION Trading
5 15 (3.69%) Citrix
6 9 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.47%) Bloomberg
7 6 (1.47%) Calypso
7 6 (1.47%) Refinitiv
7 6 (1.47%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.23%) Cisco
8 5 (1.23%) IBM
8 5 (1.23%) Reuters
9 4 (0.98%) CyberSource
9 4 (0.98%) Google
9 4 (0.98%) Murex
9 4 (0.98%) NEC
9 4 (0.98%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.98%) Tradeweb
9 4 (0.98%) Workday