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 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 372 301 346
Rank change year-on-year -71 +45 -50
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 733 1,176 1,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 1.19% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 1.24% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 567 752 1,245
10th Percentile £35,150 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £80,000 £81,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £45,041
% change year-on-year - +16.56% +4.75%

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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Top 17 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -53 665 £55,500 +0.91% 224
UK excluding London -58 501 £52,500 - 160
Work from Home -61 313 £55,000 - 90
London -56 203 £62,500 +2.04% 75
North of England +30 133 £52,500 -4.55% 35
Midlands +26 132 £52,500 +0.90% 40
South East -69 90 £56,750 +3.18% 40
North West -18 80 £51,674 -10.13% 20
West Midlands +29 73 £57,500 +4.55% 31
East Midlands +11 59 £45,000 +9.09% 9
East of England -1 55 £45,000 +2.86% 16
Yorkshire +88 49 £60,000 +33.33% 11
South West -60 46 £60,000 +9.09% 17
Scotland -66 34 £54,750 +7.48% 8
Wales +3 12 £55,000 +57.14% 1
North East -11 6 £40,500 -26.36% 4
Northern Ireland +14 2 £47,500 +3.26% 4

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 (3.82%) IIS
2 19 (2.59%) Confluence
3 15 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.82%) CMS
4 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.55%) SAS
6 3 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.27%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 56 (7.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.64%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.55%) SPSS
6 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 34 (4.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.05%) NetSuite
3 10 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.82%) SAP PLM
4 6 (0.82%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
8 1 (0.14%) Markit EDM
8 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.14%) thinkFolio
8 1 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 141 (19.24%) Azure
2 82 (11.19%) Azure DevOps
3 69 (9.41%) Dynamics 365
4 63 (8.59%) Power Platform
5 39 (5.32%) AWS
6 21 (2.86%) SaaS
7 20 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
7 20 (2.73%) PowerApps
8 12 (1.64%) GitHub
8 12 (1.64%) PaaS
9 10 (1.36%) Power Automate
10 7 (0.95%) OCI
11 5 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.55%) Dropbox
12 4 (0.55%) IaaS
12 4 (0.55%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.41%) AWS CodePipeline
13 3 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
14 2 (0.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.68%) 5G
1 5 (0.68%) Broadband
1 5 (0.68%) Wireless
2 4 (0.55%) LAN
2 4 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.27%) DNS
3 2 (0.27%) Intranet
3 2 (0.27%) SSH
4 1 (0.14%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.14%) GSM
4 1 (0.14%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (0.14%) SS7
4 1 (0.14%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (10.50%) SQL Server
2 55 (7.50%) Power BI
3 26 (3.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 25 (3.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.05%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (1.77%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (1.64%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.36%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.23%) Power Query
11 8 (1.09%) Tableau
12 7 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (0.95%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 7 (0.95%) Semantic Layer
13 6 (0.82%) MySQL
13 6 (0.82%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.68%) Amazon QuickSight
14 5 (0.68%) Big Data
14 5 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 76 (10.37%) JIRA
2 34 (4.64%) Selenium
3 31 (4.23%) Jasmine
4 28 (3.82%) Karma Test Runner
5 20 (2.73%) Cucumber
6 18 (2.46%) Git
6 18 (2.46%) Visual Studio
7 15 (2.05%) Postman
8 14 (1.91%) Bitbucket
9 11 (1.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 10 (1.36%) Cypress.io
11 8 (1.09%) TeamCity
11 8 (1.09%) Zephyr
12 7 (0.95%) TestRail
13 6 (0.82%) JMeter
13 6 (0.82%) JUnit
13 6 (0.82%) MSTest
14 5 (0.68%) GitLab
14 5 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
15 4 (0.55%) TestNG
General
1 241 (32.88%) Finance
1 241 (32.88%) Social Skills
2 155 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
3 83 (11.32%) Law
4 62 (8.46%) Retail
5 46 (6.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (5.32%) Marketing
7 32 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
8 29 (3.96%) Back Office
9 25 (3.41%) Legal
9 25 (3.41%) Public Sector
10 24 (3.27%) Billing
11 19 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.18%) Banking
12 16 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (2.05%) Local Government
14 14 (1.91%) Front Office
15 13 (1.77%) Manufacturing
15 13 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 203 (27.69%) Analyst
2 109 (14.87%) Senior
3 85 (11.60%) Business Analyst
4 79 (10.78%) Developer
5 65 (8.87%) Consultant
6 48 (6.55%) Lead
7 43 (5.87%) Applications Support
7 43 (5.87%) Test Manager
8 42 (5.73%) Project Manager
9 38 (5.18%) Test Analyst
10 29 (3.96%) C# Developer
10 29 (3.96%) Support Analyst
11 28 (3.82%) Systems Analyst
12 25 (3.41%) Functional Consultant
13 23 (3.14%) Tester
14 22 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
15 21 (2.86%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 20 (2.73%) Senior Consultant
17 19 (2.59%) Applications Support Analyst
17 19 (2.59%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (9.14%) .NET
2 49 (6.68%) SOAP
3 45 (6.14%) Web Services
4 43 (5.87%) XML
5 38 (5.18%) JSON
6 33 (4.50%) AngularJS
6 33 (4.50%) ASP.NET
7 31 (4.23%) REST
7 31 (4.23%) Sass
8 28 (3.82%) RxJS
8 28 (3.82%) XML Schema
9 25 (3.41%) RESTful
10 21 (2.86%) HTML
11 17 (2.32%) CSS
12 14 (1.91%) Gherkin
12 14 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
13 8 (1.09%) Hibernate
14 6 (0.82%) React
15 5 (0.68%) CSS3
15 5 (0.68%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.55%) Product Ownership
2 32 (4.37%) Management Information System
3 30 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (2.46%) Onboarding
4 18 (2.46%) Virtual Team
5 17 (2.32%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
7 13 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.64%) Fixed Income
8 12 (1.64%) Hedge funds
9 10 (1.36%) FMCG
9 10 (1.36%) IoT
10 7 (0.95%) Derivative
11 5 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.68%) BBC
11 5 (0.68%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.68%) Housing Association
12 4 (0.55%) LIMS
12 4 (0.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.64%) Windows
2 22 (3.00%) Linux
3 14 (1.91%) Unix
4 9 (1.23%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.41%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.27%) VMS
6 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.14%) AIX
7 1 (0.14%) Android
7 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.14%) Solaris
7 1 (0.14%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (30.97%) Agile
2 220 (30.01%) Problem-Solving
3 143 (19.51%) DevOps
4 126 (17.19%) Project Management
5 108 (14.73%) Software Testing
6 98 (13.37%) Test Automation
7 94 (12.82%) Requirements Gathering
8 87 (11.87%) Project Delivery
9 82 (11.19%) Business Intelligence
10 79 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
11 77 (10.50%) Customer Service
12 75 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 74 (10.10%) Regression Testing
14 73 (9.96%) Test Strategy
15 72 (9.82%) ERP
15 72 (9.82%) Migration
15 72 (9.82%) SDLC
16 70 (9.55%) Functional Testing
17 69 (9.41%) Business Analysis
18 68 (9.28%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 160 (21.83%) SQL
2 72 (9.82%) C#
3 66 (9.00%) JavaScript
4 44 (6.00%) T-SQL
5 37 (5.05%) Java
6 35 (4.77%) Python
7 34 (4.64%) TypeScript
8 32 (4.37%) VB
9 28 (3.82%) VB.NET
9 28 (3.82%) VB6
10 16 (2.18%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.91%) PowerShell
12 13 (1.77%) C++
12 13 (1.77%) VBA
13 8 (1.09%) Rust
14 6 (0.82%) R
15 4 (0.55%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.55%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.41%) C
16 3 (0.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 168 (22.92%) Degree
2 42 (5.73%) Security Cleared
3 33 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.68%) ISTQB
5 21 (2.86%) ISEB
6 17 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (0.95%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.82%) CSPO
10 6 (0.82%) IIBA
10 6 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.68%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.68%) MCITP
11 5 (0.68%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.55%) HND
13 3 (0.41%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.41%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (22.10%) QA
2 24 (3.27%) SLA
3 20 (2.73%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.73%) GDPR
4 9 (1.23%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.27%) EMIR
6 2 (0.27%) ISO 14001
6 2 (0.27%) MiFID
6 2 (0.27%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.14%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 14 (1.91%) Firmware
2 10 (1.36%) Docker
2 10 (1.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.55%) 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 (0.95%) Grafana
1 7 (0.95%) Kibana
2 6 (0.82%) Control-M
3 4 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.55%) SCCM
4 2 (0.27%) Ansible
4 2 (0.27%) logstash
4 2 (0.27%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.27%) Terraform
5 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 169 (23.06%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.37%) Oracle
3 36 (4.91%) Salesforce
4 29 (3.96%) SAP
5 21 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.36%) Charles River
6 10 (1.36%) Splunk
7 9 (1.23%) Google
8 7 (0.95%) Genesys
8 7 (0.95%) Intapp
9 6 (0.82%) Workday
10 5 (0.68%) Virgin Media
10 5 (0.68%) YouTube
11 4 (0.55%) Cadence
11 4 (0.55%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.55%) Quadient
12 3 (0.41%) Adobe
12 3 (0.41%) Cisco
12 3 (0.41%) Databricks
12 3 (0.41%) Meraki