User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the UK excluding London

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 159 146
Rank change year-on-year +36 -13 -1
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 356 367 550
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.75% 1.59% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 1.78% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 235 397
10th Percentile £306 £350 £306
25th Percentile £363 £400 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £500
90th Percentile £700 £675 £566
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £48.95 £30.43 £20.00
25th Percentile £50.38 £42.46 £25.63
Median hourly rate £54.00 £62.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +78.57% +38.61%
75th Percentile £58.88 £63.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £61.05 £64.50 £45.00
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £62.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -23.20% +56.25% +56.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,112 20,583 27,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.30% 89.45% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,187 18,951
10th Percentile £250 £258 £235
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,254 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.74 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK excluding London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK excluding London

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK excluding London

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK excluding London

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK excluding London

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South East +29 101 £575 +21.05% 41
North of England -16 67 £450 - 32
Scotland +60 62 £463 -0.43% 8
Midlands +32 61 £443 -9.13% 41
North West -3 47 £500 +12.36% 17
East of England +22 34 £375 -26.69% 14
East Midlands +40 33 £425 -2.86% 10
South West +14 31 £388 -24.39% 18
West Midlands +5 27 £450 -10.00% 31
Yorkshire -9 17 £450 -10.00% 11
North East +8 3 £330 -17.50% 4
Northern Ireland +4 3 - - 4
User Acceptance Testing
UK

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 8 (2.25%) CMS
2 6 (1.69%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (0.84%) Confluence
3 3 (0.84%) SAS
3 3 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.28%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 18 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (4.78%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.53%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.28%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 19 (5.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (4.21%) SAP EWM
3 14 (3.93%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (3.65%) SAP QM
5 7 (1.97%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 6 (1.69%) Magento
7 5 (1.40%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (1.40%) SAP CO
7 5 (1.40%) SAP FI
7 5 (1.40%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (1.40%) SAP Payroll
8 4 (1.12%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (1.12%) Oracle Cash Management
8 4 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
8 4 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (1.12%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
9 3 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.56%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.52%) Dynamics 365
2 39 (10.96%) Azure
3 14 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (3.93%) OCI
4 12 (3.37%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.25%) SaaS
6 7 (1.97%) AWS
7 6 (1.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 6 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (1.40%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.12%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.12%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.12%) Serverless
10 3 (0.84%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.56%) GCP
11 2 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.56%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.56%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.69%) Fibre Channel
1 6 (1.69%) SAN
2 4 (1.12%) Firewall
3 2 (0.56%) Internet
3 2 (0.56%) NetScaler
4 1 (0.28%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.37%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.81%) Oracle Reports
3 9 (2.53%) Power BI
4 6 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.40%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.12%) Data Mining
7 3 (0.84%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.56%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.28%) EDRMS
9 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.28%) QlikView
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (12.08%) JIRA
2 9 (2.53%) Selenium
3 6 (1.69%) Zephyr
4 5 (1.40%) Git
4 5 (1.40%) Oracle APEX
4 5 (1.40%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (1.12%) Postman
6 3 (0.84%) Cucumber
6 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.56%) GitLab
7 2 (0.56%) Maven
7 2 (0.56%) NUnit
7 2 (0.56%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.56%) Subversion
7 2 (0.56%) TestComplete
7 2 (0.56%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.28%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 119 (33.43%) Social Skills
2 73 (20.51%) Finance
3 37 (10.39%) Public Sector
4 23 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.90%) Marketing
6 19 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (5.06%) Banking
8 12 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.81%) Manufacturing
9 10 (2.81%) Retail
10 9 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.53%) Law
11 6 (1.69%) Games
11 6 (1.69%) Legal
12 4 (1.12%) Corporate Banking
12 4 (1.12%) Local Government
13 2 (0.56%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 114 (32.02%) Analyst
2 52 (14.61%) Consultant
3 50 (14.04%) Business Analyst
4 33 (9.27%) Developer
4 33 (9.27%) Lead
4 33 (9.27%) Test Analyst
5 22 (6.18%) SAP Consultant
6 20 (5.62%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
7 19 (5.34%) Build Engineer
7 19 (5.34%) Test Manager
7 19 (5.34%) Windows Build Engineer
7 19 (5.34%) Windows Engineer
8 17 (4.78%) Test Leader
9 14 (3.93%) Tester
10 13 (3.65%) SAP QM Consultant
11 11 (3.09%) Data Analyst
12 10 (2.81%) Senior
13 9 (2.53%) SQL Developer
14 8 (2.25%) Automation Tester
14 8 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.25%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.69%) SAML
2 6 (1.69%) XML
3 5 (1.40%) .NET
4 4 (1.12%) ADO
4 4 (1.12%) IDoc
4 4 (1.12%) Kafka
4 4 (1.12%) OpenID
5 3 (0.84%) RESTful
6 2 (0.56%) NumPy
6 2 (0.56%) Pandas
6 2 (0.56%) PySpark
6 2 (0.56%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.56%) SPFx
6 2 (0.56%) Spring
7 1 (0.28%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.28%) jQuery
7 1 (0.28%) JSON
7 1 (0.28%) SOAP
7 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.46%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (1.69%) HP Storage
4 6 (1.69%) Wiki
5 5 (1.40%) Data Structures
5 5 (1.40%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.40%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.12%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.84%) e-Learning
7 3 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.56%) Equities
8 2 (0.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.56%) NHS
8 2 (0.56%) Replication
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.55%) Windows
2 22 (6.18%) Windows Server
3 19 (5.34%) Windows 10
3 19 (5.34%) Windows NT
3 19 (5.34%) Windows Server 2012
3 19 (5.34%) Windows Server 2016
3 19 (5.34%) Windows Server 2019
4 9 (2.53%) Linux
5 6 (1.69%) AIX
5 6 (1.69%) Solaris
5 6 (1.69%) Unix
6 1 (0.28%) Android
6 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.28%) Rocky
6 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (16.01%) Agile
2 53 (14.89%) Migration
3 52 (14.61%) Integration Testing
4 51 (14.33%) Scenario Testing
5 40 (11.24%) System Integration Testing
6 39 (10.96%) ERP
7 38 (10.67%) End-to-End Testing
7 38 (10.67%) Test Scripting
8 35 (9.83%) Data Migration
8 35 (9.83%) GAP Analysis
8 35 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (9.55%) Test Automation
9 34 (9.55%) Workshop Facilitation
10 32 (8.99%) Test Strategy
11 31 (8.71%) Change Management
11 31 (8.71%) CRM
11 31 (8.71%) DevOps
11 31 (8.71%) Project Management
12 29 (8.15%) Release Management
13 28 (7.87%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.80%) SQL
2 11 (3.09%) Java
3 10 (2.81%) PL/SQL
4 9 (2.53%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.25%) C#
5 8 (2.25%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.69%) Python
7 5 (1.40%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.12%) ABAP
8 4 (1.12%) Bash
9 3 (0.84%) F#
9 3 (0.84%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.84%) Scala
10 2 (0.56%) C
10 2 (0.56%) VB
10 2 (0.56%) VBScript
11 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.28%) SOQL
11 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 56 (15.73%) Security Cleared
2 31 (8.71%) Degree
3 29 (8.15%) DV Cleared
4 27 (7.58%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.53%) ISTQB
6 8 (2.25%) ISEB
7 7 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.12%) CIPD
10 3 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.56%) ISEB Practitioner
11 2 (0.56%) PMP
12 1 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.28%) CBAP
12 1 (0.28%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (15.73%) QA
2 16 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.25%) Disclosure Scotland
4 7 (1.97%) GDPR
5 5 (1.40%) PMO
6 3 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.84%) SLA
7 2 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.28%) GxP
8 1 (0.28%) IFRS
System Software
1 23 (6.46%) Active Directory
2 19 (5.34%) Firmware
3 3 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (5.34%) SCCM
1 19 (5.34%) Sysprep
1 19 (5.34%) WSUS
2 6 (1.69%) EMC NetWorker
2 6 (1.69%) HP Data Protector
2 6 (1.69%) NetBackup
3 5 (1.40%) HP Quality Center
3 5 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.84%) SysTrack
5 2 (0.56%) CEMLI
5 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.28%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 76 (21.35%) Microsoft
2 70 (19.66%) SAP
3 48 (13.48%) Oracle
4 11 (3.09%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.81%) HP
6 6 (1.69%) Brocade
6 6 (1.69%) Cisco
6 6 (1.69%) EMC
6 6 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.69%) Sitecore
6 6 (1.69%) Symantec
7 5 (1.40%) Citrix
7 5 (1.40%) Google
8 4 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.12%) Blue Prism
8 4 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (1.12%) FIS
8 4 (1.12%) Okta
8 4 (1.12%) Workday
8 4 (1.12%) Zscaler