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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 362 301 340
Rank change year-on-year -61 +39 -45
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 746 1,202 1,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 1.16% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.21% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 576 769 1,237
10th Percentile £36,125 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £41,503
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £45,041
% change year-on-year - +16.56% +5.98%

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 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £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 4 May 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 4 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -49 680 £56,000 +1.82% 230
UK excluding London -36 511 £52,500 - 152
Work from Home -42 325 £55,000 -2.22% 76
London -62 202 £65,000 +8.33% 87
North of England +32 146 £52,500 -4.55% 36
Midlands +50 131 £52,500 +5.00% 33
South East -55 92 £57,500 +4.55% 32
North West -4 85 £50,500 -12.17% 18
West Midlands +39 73 £57,500 +9.52% 19
East Midlands +2 58 £45,000 - 14
Yorkshire +103 56 £58,750 +25.00% 17
East of England +14 54 £45,000 -5.26% 19
South West -56 46 £60,000 +14.29% 13
Scotland -71 33 £54,750 +7.48% 13
Wales +10 12 £55,000 +57.14% 1
North East -7 7 £40,500 -26.36% 1

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 (3.75%) IIS
2 18 (2.41%) Confluence
3 16 (2.14%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.07%) CMS
5 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (0.54%) SAS
7 2 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.27%) Kentico
7 2 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 53 (7.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.54%) SPSS
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 35 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (2.28%) NetSuite
3 11 (1.47%) Dynamics NAV
4 7 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
4 7 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.80%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.80%) SAP PLM
5 6 (0.80%) Teamcenter
6 5 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.67%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.27%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP SCM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP SD
7 2 (0.27%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.13%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 148 (19.84%) Azure
2 85 (11.39%) Azure DevOps
3 74 (9.92%) Dynamics 365
4 65 (8.71%) Power Platform
5 37 (4.96%) AWS
6 21 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (2.82%) PowerApps
6 21 (2.82%) SaaS
7 14 (1.88%) PaaS
8 13 (1.74%) GitHub
9 10 (1.34%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.21%) OCI
11 6 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 4 (0.54%) Dropbox
13 4 (0.54%) IaaS
14 3 (0.40%) AWS CodePipeline
14 3 (0.40%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.27%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.67%) 5G
1 5 (0.67%) Broadband
1 5 (0.67%) Wireless
2 4 (0.54%) LAN
2 4 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.27%) DNS
3 2 (0.27%) SSH
4 1 (0.13%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.13%) GSM
4 1 (0.13%) Intranet
4 1 (0.13%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (0.13%) SS7
4 1 (0.13%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (11.26%) SQL Server
2 56 (7.51%) Power BI
3 29 (3.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 28 (3.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (1.74%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.47%) Data Lake
9 11 (1.47%) NoSQL
10 9 (1.21%) BusinessObjects
10 9 (1.21%) Power Query
11 8 (1.07%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 8 (1.07%) Semantic Layer
11 8 (1.07%) Tableau
12 6 (0.80%) MySQL
12 6 (0.80%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.67%) Data Mining
13 5 (0.67%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (9.65%) JIRA
2 33 (4.42%) Selenium
3 32 (4.29%) Jasmine
4 28 (3.75%) Karma Test Runner
5 19 (2.55%) Git
6 18 (2.41%) Cucumber
6 18 (2.41%) Visual Studio
7 15 (2.01%) Bitbucket
8 14 (1.88%) Postman
9 11 (1.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (1.34%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.07%) JMeter
11 8 (1.07%) TeamCity
11 8 (1.07%) Zephyr
12 6 (0.80%) MSTest
13 5 (0.67%) GitLab
13 5 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (0.67%) TestRail
14 4 (0.54%) IntelliJ
14 4 (0.54%) JUnit
General
1 251 (33.65%) Finance
2 245 (32.84%) Social Skills
3 156 (20.91%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (11.39%) Law
5 60 (8.04%) Retail
6 45 (6.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (5.50%) Marketing
8 38 (5.09%) Influencing Skills
9 32 (4.29%) Back Office
10 25 (3.35%) Billing
11 24 (3.22%) Public Sector
12 22 (2.95%) Legal
13 19 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (2.01%) Banking
15 15 (2.01%) Local Government
16 13 (1.74%) Front Office
16 13 (1.74%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
17 12 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 216 (28.95%) Analyst
2 109 (14.61%) Senior
3 87 (11.66%) Business Analyst
4 79 (10.59%) Developer
5 70 (9.38%) Consultant
6 46 (6.17%) Lead
7 44 (5.90%) Project Manager
8 40 (5.36%) Applications Support
9 39 (5.23%) Test Analyst
9 39 (5.23%) Test Manager
10 37 (4.96%) Systems Analyst
11 30 (4.02%) C# Developer
12 28 (3.75%) Support Analyst
13 27 (3.62%) Functional Consultant
14 24 (3.22%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 24 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
15 23 (3.08%) Tester
16 22 (2.95%) Senior Consultant
17 19 (2.55%) Senior Manager
18 18 (2.41%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (9.12%) .NET
2 50 (6.70%) SOAP
3 45 (6.03%) Web Services
4 41 (5.50%) XML
5 38 (5.09%) JSON
6 35 (4.69%) ASP.NET
7 34 (4.56%) AngularJS
8 32 (4.29%) Sass
9 31 (4.16%) REST
10 28 (3.75%) RxJS
10 28 (3.75%) XML Schema
11 27 (3.62%) RESTful
12 23 (3.08%) HTML
13 20 (2.68%) CSS
14 14 (1.88%) Oracle Fusion
15 12 (1.61%) Gherkin
16 6 (0.80%) CSS3
16 6 (0.80%) HTML5
16 6 (0.80%) Middleware
16 6 (0.80%) React
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.43%) Product Ownership
2 35 (4.69%) Management Information System
3 32 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (2.68%) Virtual Team
5 17 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (2.14%) Onboarding
7 15 (2.01%) Fixed Income
8 14 (1.88%) Hedge funds
9 13 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 10 (1.34%) FMCG
10 10 (1.34%) IoT
11 7 (0.94%) Derivative
12 5 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (0.67%) BBC
12 5 (0.67%) Cloud Native
12 5 (0.67%) Housing Association
13 4 (0.54%) Cybercrime
13 4 (0.54%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 27 (3.62%) Windows
2 20 (2.68%) Linux
3 9 (1.21%) Unix
3 9 (1.21%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.27%) VMS
5 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.13%) AIX
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (30.03%) Agile
2 218 (29.22%) Problem-Solving
3 144 (19.30%) DevOps
4 127 (17.02%) Project Management
5 112 (15.01%) Software Testing
6 99 (13.27%) Requirements Gathering
7 96 (12.87%) Test Automation
8 91 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
9 89 (11.93%) Project Delivery
10 80 (10.72%) Continuous Improvement
11 77 (10.32%) Customer Service
11 77 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 75 (10.05%) ERP
13 74 (9.92%) Business Analysis
13 74 (9.92%) Migration
14 73 (9.79%) Process Improvement
14 73 (9.79%) SDLC
15 72 (9.65%) CRM
15 72 (9.65%) Functional Testing
16 71 (9.52%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 155 (20.78%) SQL
2 69 (9.25%) C#
2 69 (9.25%) JavaScript
3 46 (6.17%) T-SQL
4 35 (4.69%) TypeScript
5 34 (4.56%) Python
6 32 (4.29%) VB
7 31 (4.16%) Java
8 28 (3.75%) VB.NET
8 28 (3.75%) VB6
9 15 (2.01%) PL/SQL
10 14 (1.88%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.47%) VBA
12 9 (1.21%) C++
13 6 (0.80%) R
13 6 (0.80%) Rust
14 4 (0.54%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.40%) C
15 3 (0.40%) Perl
15 3 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 170 (22.79%) Degree
2 42 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 32 (4.29%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.62%) ISTQB
5 21 (2.82%) ISEB
6 18 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.94%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.80%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.80%) CSPO
10 6 (0.80%) IIBA
10 6 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.67%) MCITP
11 5 (0.67%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.54%) HND
13 3 (0.40%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.40%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (21.58%) QA
2 21 (2.82%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.82%) SLA
3 19 (2.55%) GDPR
4 8 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (0.94%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.80%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.27%) EMIR
7 2 (0.27%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.27%) MiFID
7 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.27%) PMO
8 1 (0.13%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 13 (1.74%) Firmware
2 10 (1.34%) Docker
2 10 (1.34%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (0.94%) Grafana
1 7 (0.94%) Kibana
2 4 (0.54%) Control-M
2 4 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.54%) SCCM
3 2 (0.27%) Ansible
3 2 (0.27%) logstash
3 2 (0.27%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.27%) Terraform
4 1 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 177 (23.73%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.24%) Oracle
3 36 (4.83%) Salesforce
4 33 (4.42%) SAP
5 20 (2.68%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.61%) Charles River
7 11 (1.47%) Splunk
8 9 (1.21%) Google
9 7 (0.94%) Genesys
9 7 (0.94%) Intapp
9 7 (0.94%) Workday
10 5 (0.67%) Virgin Media
10 5 (0.67%) YouTube
11 4 (0.54%) Adobe
11 4 (0.54%) Cadence
11 4 (0.54%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.54%) Quadient
12 3 (0.40%) Cisco
12 3 (0.40%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.40%) VMware