User Acceptance Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 93 153 139
Rank change year-on-year +60 -14 +35
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 334 410 855
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.26% 1.67% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 1.86% 2.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 309 621
10th Percentile £350 £356 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £590 £650 £600
90th Percentile £725 £775 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £31.00
25th Percentile £57.50 - £35.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £45.00
75th Percentile £62.50 - £59.13
90th Percentile - - £71.60
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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,003 22,075 40,116
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.68% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,720 15,632 29,130
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 503 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.68 £20.43
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.83
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +35.21% +61.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

User Acceptance Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User Acceptance Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing.

User Acceptance Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

User Acceptance Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing.

User Acceptance Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 18 (5.39%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.99%) Confluence
3 3 (0.90%) CMS
4 2 (0.60%) SharePoint 2013
5 1 (0.30%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (3.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.30%) InVision
6 1 (0.30%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (5.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (2.69%) Dynamics GP
4 8 (2.40%) SAP EWM
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Applications
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (1.20%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.60%) Magento
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.60%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.60%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.60%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.60%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 62 (18.56%) Azure
2 28 (8.38%) Dynamics 365
3 19 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (4.79%) AWS
5 12 (3.59%) OCI
6 7 (2.10%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.10%) SaaS
7 6 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (1.50%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.50%) Google Analytics
8 5 (1.50%) Miro
8 5 (1.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 4 (1.20%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 4 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.90%) Oracle CX
10 3 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (0.90%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 2 (0.60%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.59%) NetScaler
2 4 (1.20%) Internet
3 2 (0.60%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (0.60%) SAN
4 1 (0.30%) CTI
4 1 (0.30%) Firewall
4 1 (0.30%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.10%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.50%) Power BI
5 4 (1.20%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.90%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.60%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.60%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.30%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.30%) DataStage
8 1 (0.30%) EDRMS
8 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle ODI
8 1 (0.30%) Parquet
8 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.30%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 39 (11.68%) JIRA
2 8 (2.40%) Git
3 7 (2.10%) Selenium
4 5 (1.50%) Cucumber
4 5 (1.50%) JMeter
4 5 (1.50%) Oracle APEX
4 5 (1.50%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (1.50%) TestRail
5 4 (1.20%) Eclipse
5 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (0.90%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.90%) Postman
6 3 (0.90%) SpecFlow
6 3 (0.90%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.60%) FitNesse
7 2 (0.60%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.60%) NUnit
7 2 (0.60%) TestComplete
7 2 (0.60%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.30%) QARun
General
1 97 (29.04%) Finance
2 92 (27.54%) Social Skills
3 46 (13.77%) Public Sector
4 23 (6.89%) Marketing
5 21 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (6.29%) Banking
6 17 (5.09%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.40%) Back Office
7 8 (2.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.80%) Electronics
8 6 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (1.80%) Retail
8 6 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.50%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.50%) Front Office
10 4 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.20%) Legal
11 3 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.90%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 104 (31.14%) Analyst
2 70 (20.96%) Business Analyst
3 46 (13.77%) Consultant
4 27 (8.08%) Senior
5 24 (7.19%) Lead
6 22 (6.59%) Developer
6 22 (6.59%) Test Analyst
7 19 (5.69%) Architect
8 18 (5.39%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 16 (4.79%) Project Manager
10 15 (4.49%) Tester
11 13 (3.89%) Test Manager
12 12 (3.59%) Test Engineer
13 11 (3.29%) Microsoft Consultant
14 10 (2.99%) Product Owner
15 9 (2.69%) Financial Analyst
15 9 (2.69%) Great Plains Consultant
15 9 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.69%) SQL Developer
15 9 (2.69%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.49%) SAML
2 9 (2.69%) .NET
3 6 (1.80%) REST
3 6 (1.80%) Web Services
4 5 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
4 5 (1.50%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.20%) OpenID
6 3 (0.90%) ADO
6 3 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.90%) SAP PI
6 3 (0.90%) XML
7 2 (0.60%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.60%) Middleware
7 2 (0.60%) NumPy
7 2 (0.60%) Pandas
7 2 (0.60%) Playwright
7 2 (0.60%) PySpark
7 2 (0.60%) SOAP
8 1 (0.30%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.30%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.98%) Product Ownership
2 10 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (2.10%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 4 (1.20%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.20%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (0.90%) Data Structures
5 3 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (0.90%) Marketing Technology
5 3 (0.90%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (0.90%) Wiki
6 2 (0.60%) CMDB
6 2 (0.60%) Derivative
6 2 (0.60%) Equities
6 2 (0.60%) HP Storage
6 2 (0.60%) IVR
6 2 (0.60%) NHS
6 2 (0.60%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.99%) Windows
2 8 (2.40%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.10%) Linux
4 2 (0.60%) AIX
4 2 (0.60%) Solaris
5 1 (0.30%) Rocky
5 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.30%) VMS
5 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (21.26%) Agile
2 52 (15.57%) Migration
3 45 (13.47%) User Stories
4 44 (13.17%) Test Scripting
5 42 (12.57%) Data Migration
6 41 (12.28%) System Integration Testing
7 40 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (11.98%) Requirements Gathering
8 33 (9.88%) Test Automation
9 32 (9.58%) Workshop Facilitation
10 31 (9.28%) Integration Testing
10 31 (9.28%) Test Strategy
11 30 (8.98%) DevOps
11 30 (8.98%) Software Testing
12 29 (8.68%) Business Analysis
12 29 (8.68%) Project Delivery
12 29 (8.68%) Scenario Testing
13 28 (8.38%) CRM
13 28 (8.38%) GAP Analysis
14 26 (7.78%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 60 (17.96%) SQL
2 16 (4.79%) JavaScript
2 16 (4.79%) Python
3 12 (3.59%) C#
4 8 (2.40%) Java
5 7 (2.10%) F#
6 6 (1.80%) PL/SQL
6 6 (1.80%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.90%) VBScript
8 2 (0.60%) ABAP
8 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.30%) Bash
9 1 (0.30%) C
9 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.30%) Scala
9 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.30%) SOQL
9 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (10.78%) Degree
2 32 (9.58%) Security Cleared
3 28 (8.38%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.89%) ISTQB
5 7 (2.10%) ISEB
6 5 (1.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.90%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.60%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.60%) PMP
10 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.30%) CBAP
10 1 (0.30%) IIBA
10 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.37%) QA
2 14 (4.19%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (2.10%) SLA
5 5 (1.50%) EMIR
5 5 (1.50%) MiFID
5 5 (1.50%) PMO
6 4 (1.20%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.20%) GDPR
7 3 (0.90%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.60%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.30%) PMBOK
System Software
1 5 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.50%) SCCM
2 4 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.90%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.60%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.60%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (0.60%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.30%) Grafana
5 1 (0.30%) Kibana
5 1 (0.30%) logstash
5 1 (0.30%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 51 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 44 (13.17%) SAP
3 35 (10.48%) Oracle
4 14 (4.19%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.89%) Citrix
6 7 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.80%) HP
8 5 (1.50%) Databricks
8 5 (1.50%) Google
9 4 (1.20%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.20%) Okta
9 4 (1.20%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.90%) Blue Prism
10 3 (0.90%) Cisco
10 3 (0.90%) CyberSource
10 3 (0.90%) Reuters
10 3 (0.90%) Workday
11 2 (0.60%) Ariba
11 2 (0.60%) EMC
11 2 (0.60%) Symantec