User Acceptance Testing Contracts

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 144 136
Rank change year-on-year +31 -8 +25
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 856 1,036 1,739
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.98% 1.86% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.08% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 715 1,228
10th Percentile £325 £360 £338
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £595 £650 £600
90th Percentile £735 £750 £691
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 9
10th Percentile £12.92 £29.51 £23.25
25th Percentile £14.18 £47.75 £25.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £62.50 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.00% +21.36% +101.96%
75th Percentile £53.50 £64.38 £70.00
90th Percentile £63.00 £67.00 £73.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.00 £48.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year -1.03% +55.20% +22.55%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 June 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
England +26 731 £525 - 216
London +9 410 £550 - 76
UK excluding London +23 351 £475 - 142
Work from Home +47 337 £500 -2.44% 89
South East -3 97 £575 +15.00% 33
Midlands +31 69 £450 - 25
North of England -18 59 £450 -10.00% 39
Scotland +55 57 £408 -11.84% 11
North West -14 40 £445 -10.95% 26
South West +24 35 £475 -9.52% 19
East Midlands +37 34 £425 -1.45% 12
East of England +17 34 £375 -25.00% 15
West Midlands -1 34 £475 - 13
Yorkshire -2 16 £450 -14.29% 11
North East +9 3 £330 -17.50% 2
Northern Ireland +2 3 - - 3

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 25 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 19 (2.22%) Confluence
3 12 (1.40%) SAS
4 10 (1.17%) CMS
5 6 (0.70%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.23%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.12%) MTS
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 31 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.87%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 34 (3.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.99%) SAP EWM
3 16 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (1.52%) SAP QM
5 12 (1.40%) ION MarketView
6 11 (1.29%) SAP ERP
7 10 (1.17%) SAP CO
7 10 (1.17%) SAP FI
7 10 (1.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 9 (1.05%) Dynamics GP
9 6 (0.70%) Magento
9 6 (0.70%) SAP Payroll
10 5 (0.58%) Oracle Assets
10 5 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
10 5 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
10 5 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.58%) SAP PP
11 4 (0.47%) Markit EDM
11 4 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 4 (0.47%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 111 (12.97%) Azure
2 49 (5.72%) Dynamics 365
3 37 (4.32%) Power Platform
4 33 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (2.80%) AWS
6 18 (2.10%) OCI
6 18 (2.10%) SaaS
7 12 (1.40%) SuccessFactors
8 8 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (0.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (0.93%) Miro
9 7 (0.82%) Google Analytics
9 7 (0.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 7 (0.82%) Serverless
10 6 (0.70%) Azure Functions
11 5 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (0.58%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (0.58%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.40%) NetScaler
2 9 (1.05%) SSH
3 6 (0.70%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (0.70%) Firewall
3 6 (0.70%) SAN
4 4 (0.47%) Internet
4 4 (0.47%) VLAN
4 4 (0.47%) Wireless
5 3 (0.35%) 5G
5 3 (0.35%) CTI
5 3 (0.35%) H.323
5 3 (0.35%) VPN
5 3 (0.35%) WAN
6 2 (0.23%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.12%) DVB
7 1 (0.12%) MVNO
7 1 (0.12%) Network Security
7 1 (0.12%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.12%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.12%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.97%) SQL Server
2 32 (3.74%) Power BI
3 22 (2.57%) KDB
4 21 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
5 18 (2.10%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
7 11 (1.29%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 11 (1.29%) NoSQL
7 11 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (0.93%) Tableau
9 7 (0.82%) BusinessObjects
9 7 (0.82%) Data Mining
10 6 (0.70%) Snowflake Schema
10 6 (0.70%) Tableau Server
11 5 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 5 (0.58%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.47%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.23%) Delta Lake
14 1 (0.12%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 95 (11.10%) JIRA
2 20 (2.34%) Cucumber
3 18 (2.10%) Selenium
4 17 (1.99%) JMeter
5 16 (1.87%) Git
6 15 (1.75%) LoadRunner
7 12 (1.40%) JUnit
8 11 (1.29%) Jenkins
8 11 (1.29%) Postman
9 8 (0.93%) Oracle APEX
9 8 (0.93%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.70%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 6 (0.70%) TestRail
11 5 (0.58%) Maven
11 5 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.47%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.47%) MSI
12 4 (0.47%) NUnit
12 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 258 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 240 (28.04%) Finance
3 93 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (8.29%) Banking
5 70 (8.18%) Public Sector
6 31 (3.62%) Marketing
7 30 (3.50%) Manufacturing
7 30 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
8 28 (3.27%) Front Office
8 28 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (3.27%) Retail
9 20 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (1.87%) Back Office
11 14 (1.64%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.29%) Law
13 11 (1.29%) Legal
14 8 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (0.93%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.82%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 280 (32.71%) Analyst
2 163 (19.04%) Business Analyst
3 98 (11.45%) Developer
4 84 (9.81%) Consultant
5 80 (9.35%) Lead
6 70 (8.18%) Senior
7 61 (7.13%) Test Analyst
8 51 (5.96%) Test Manager
9 38 (4.44%) Java Developer
10 36 (4.21%) Project Manager
10 36 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
11 31 (3.62%) Tester
12 30 (3.50%) SAP Consultant
12 30 (3.50%) Test Leader
13 26 (3.04%) Architect
14 19 (2.22%) Test Engineer
15 18 (2.10%) Windows Engineer
16 17 (1.99%) Technical Analyst
17 16 (1.87%) Build Engineer
17 16 (1.87%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.04%) XML
2 21 (2.45%) REST
3 20 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
4 19 (2.22%) .NET
4 19 (2.22%) Spring
5 17 (1.99%) Web Services
6 15 (1.75%) JSON
6 15 (1.75%) SAML
7 13 (1.52%) SOAP
8 9 (1.05%) ADO
8 9 (1.05%) Hibernate
8 9 (1.05%) J2EE
8 9 (1.05%) JPA
9 6 (0.70%) Kafka
9 6 (0.70%) SailPoint
10 5 (0.58%) RESTful
11 4 (0.47%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.47%) OpenID
11 4 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.47%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 61 (7.13%) Product Ownership
2 26 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
3 22 (2.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 19 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (2.22%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (1.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 15 (1.75%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.75%) Derivative
8 13 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (1.40%) Algorithms
9 12 (1.40%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.29%) Fixed Income
11 10 (1.17%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.93%) Equities
13 8 (0.93%) Onboarding
13 8 (0.93%) Wiki
14 7 (0.82%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.66%) Windows
2 32 (3.74%) Linux
3 26 (3.04%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.22%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.99%) Unix
6 16 (1.87%) Windows NT
6 16 (1.87%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (1.87%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.70%) AIX
7 6 (0.70%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.70%) Solaris
7 6 (0.70%) VMS
8 5 (0.58%) Android
9 1 (0.12%) Rocky
9 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (25.93%) Agile
2 119 (13.90%) Migration
3 113 (13.20%) Test Automation
4 111 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (12.15%) User Stories
6 99 (11.57%) System Integration Testing
7 97 (11.33%) Integration Testing
7 97 (11.33%) Requirements Gathering
7 97 (11.33%) Test Scripting
8 87 (10.16%) Scenario Testing
9 79 (9.23%) Business Analysis
10 77 (9.00%) DevOps
11 74 (8.64%) GAP Analysis
11 74 (8.64%) Project Management
12 72 (8.41%) Test Strategy
13 70 (8.18%) Workshop Facilitation
14 69 (8.06%) SDLC
15 68 (7.94%) ERP
16 66 (7.71%) Validation
17 65 (7.59%) Acceptance Criteria
Programming Languages
1 139 (16.24%) SQL
2 56 (6.54%) Java
3 52 (6.07%) Python
4 31 (3.62%) C#
5 26 (3.04%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.10%) PL/SQL
7 16 (1.87%) PowerShell
8 9 (1.05%) F#
8 9 (1.05%) Perl
9 7 (0.82%) VBScript
10 6 (0.70%) C
10 6 (0.70%) C++
10 6 (0.70%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.58%) ABAP
12 4 (0.47%) Bash
12 4 (0.47%) VB
12 4 (0.47%) XPath
12 4 (0.47%) XQuery
13 3 (0.35%) Scala
13 3 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 85 (9.93%) Security Cleared
2 84 (9.81%) Degree
3 50 (5.84%) SC Cleared
4 29 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.57%) ISTQB
6 17 (1.99%) ISEB
7 13 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.70%) CIPD
9 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.58%) PMP
11 4 (0.47%) CCNA
11 4 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.47%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.35%) CBAP
12 3 (0.35%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.35%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.23%) ISEB Practitioner
13 2 (0.23%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (16.59%) QA
2 38 (4.44%) Data Quality
3 14 (1.64%) SLA
4 11 (1.29%) PMO
5 10 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.05%) GDPR
7 7 (0.82%) EMIR
8 6 (0.70%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
8 6 (0.70%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.58%) MiFID
9 5 (0.58%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.47%) GxP
10 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.35%) HL7
12 2 (0.23%) Basel III
12 2 (0.23%) COREP
12 2 (0.23%) FINREP
13 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.12%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 22 (2.57%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.87%) Firmware
3 5 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.35%) Docker
4 3 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (2.69%) SCCM
2 16 (1.87%) Sysprep
2 16 (1.87%) WSUS
3 7 (0.82%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (0.70%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (0.70%) HP Data Protector
4 6 (0.70%) NetBackup
5 5 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.47%) Control-M
6 4 (0.47%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.47%) Iperf
6 4 (0.47%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.35%) SysTrack
8 2 (0.23%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.23%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) Kibana
9 1 (0.12%) logstash
9 1 (0.12%) Terraform
9 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 148 (17.29%) SAP
2 122 (14.25%) Microsoft
3 84 (9.81%) Oracle
4 30 (3.50%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.69%) ION Trading
6 19 (2.22%) Citrix
7 14 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.40%) HP
9 11 (1.29%) Cisco
9 11 (1.29%) Google
10 9 (1.05%) Ariba
11 8 (0.93%) Workday
12 7 (0.82%) Databricks
12 7 (0.82%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.70%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.70%) Brocade
13 6 (0.70%) Calypso
13 6 (0.70%) EMC
13 6 (0.70%) Symantec
14 5 (0.58%) Bloomberg