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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 298 343
Rank change year-on-year -67 +45 -42
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 730 1,172 1,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 1.19% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.24% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 569 740 1,243
10th Percentile £34,750 £37,413 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,950 £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 £80,000 £80,000 £82,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £45,250
% change year-on-year - +16.02% +5.23%

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 85,549 94,155 156,986
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.76% 95.59% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 60,063 55,401 82,663
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +10.53%

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 23 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 23 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 -52 662 £56,000 +1.82% 213
UK excluding London -56 497 £52,500 - 139
Work from Home -70 308 £55,000 - 91
London -50 204 £63,112 +5.19% 78
Midlands +25 132 £52,500 +0.90% 36
North of England +7 131 £52,500 -4.55% 33
South East -65 88 £56,000 +1.82% 28
North West -29 79 £51,674 -10.13% 19
West Midlands +26 73 £57,500 +4.55% 22
East Midlands +15 59 £45,000 +9.09% 14
East of England +4 55 £45,000 +2.86% 13
Yorkshire +84 49 £60,000 +33.33% 10
South West -46 46 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Scotland -60 34 £54,750 +6.37% 10
Wales +3 12 £55,000 +57.14% 1
North East -13 5 £40,500 -26.36% 4
Northern Ireland +19 2 £47,500 +3.26% 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 28 (3.84%) IIS
2 19 (2.60%) 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 (7.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (2.33%) 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 (4.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 14 (1.92%) NetSuite
3 9 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.82%) SAP PLM
4 6 (0.82%) Teamcenter
5 5 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.27%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.14%) Aladdin
9 1 (0.14%) Markit EDM
9 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (0.14%) thinkFolio
9 1 (0.14%) Unit4 Business World
9 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 139 (19.04%) Azure
2 81 (11.10%) Azure DevOps
3 66 (9.04%) Dynamics 365
4 62 (8.49%) Power Platform
5 41 (5.62%) AWS
6 20 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (2.74%) SaaS
7 19 (2.60%) PowerApps
8 12 (1.64%) GitHub
8 12 (1.64%) PaaS
9 10 (1.37%) Power Automate
10 7 (0.96%) OCI
11 5 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (0.55%) Dropbox
12 4 (0.55%) IaaS
13 3 (0.41%) AWS CodePipeline
13 3 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.41%) WhatsApp
14 2 (0.27%) Azure Monitor
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 3 (0.41%) SSH
4 2 (0.27%) DNS
4 2 (0.27%) Intranet
5 1 (0.14%) Diameter Protocol
5 1 (0.14%) GSM
5 1 (0.14%) SIGTRAN
5 1 (0.14%) SS7
5 1 (0.14%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (10.14%) SQL Server
2 54 (7.40%) Power BI
3 25 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 24 (3.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 22 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.05%) Oracle Reports
7 13 (1.78%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.51%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.37%) Data Lake
11 9 (1.23%) Power Query
12 8 (1.10%) Tableau
13 7 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
13 7 (0.96%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
13 7 (0.96%) Semantic Layer
14 6 (0.82%) MySQL
14 6 (0.82%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.68%) Amazon QuickSight
15 5 (0.68%) Big Data
15 5 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 77 (10.55%) JIRA
2 34 (4.66%) Selenium
3 31 (4.25%) Jasmine
4 28 (3.84%) Karma Test Runner
5 21 (2.88%) Cucumber
6 18 (2.47%) Git
7 17 (2.33%) Visual Studio
8 15 (2.05%) Postman
9 14 (1.92%) Bitbucket
10 11 (1.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 10 (1.37%) Cypress.io
12 8 (1.10%) TeamCity
12 8 (1.10%) Zephyr
13 7 (0.96%) JUnit
13 7 (0.96%) TestRail
14 6 (0.82%) MSTest
15 5 (0.68%) GitLab
15 5 (0.68%) JMeter
15 5 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
16 4 (0.55%) TestNG
General
1 240 (32.88%) Finance
2 234 (32.05%) Social Skills
3 155 (21.23%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (11.37%) Law
5 64 (8.77%) Retail
6 49 (6.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (5.34%) Marketing
8 28 (3.84%) Back Office
9 27 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
10 25 (3.42%) Public Sector
11 24 (3.29%) Legal
12 23 (3.15%) Billing
13 19 (2.60%) Banking
13 19 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (2.05%) Front Office
15 15 (2.05%) Local Government
16 14 (1.92%) Investment Banking
17 12 (1.64%) Manufacturing
17 12 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 197 (26.99%) Analyst
2 105 (14.38%) Senior
3 85 (11.64%) Business Analyst
4 79 (10.82%) Developer
5 63 (8.63%) Consultant
6 51 (6.99%) Lead
7 43 (5.89%) Applications Support
7 43 (5.89%) Test Manager
8 42 (5.75%) Project Manager
9 38 (5.21%) Test Analyst
10 29 (3.97%) Support Analyst
11 28 (3.84%) C# Developer
12 24 (3.29%) Functional Consultant
13 23 (3.15%) Tester
14 22 (3.01%) Systems Analyst
15 21 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
16 20 (2.74%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
17 19 (2.60%) Applications Support Analyst
17 19 (2.60%) Senior Manager
18 18 (2.47%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (9.18%) .NET
2 50 (6.85%) SOAP
3 46 (6.30%) Web Services
4 45 (6.16%) XML
5 39 (5.34%) JSON
6 33 (4.52%) AngularJS
6 33 (4.52%) ASP.NET
7 32 (4.38%) REST
8 31 (4.25%) Sass
9 28 (3.84%) RxJS
9 28 (3.84%) XML Schema
10 25 (3.42%) RESTful
11 20 (2.74%) HTML
12 16 (2.19%) CSS
13 14 (1.92%) Gherkin
13 14 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
14 9 (1.23%) Hibernate
15 6 (0.82%) React
16 5 (0.68%) CSS3
16 5 (0.68%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.58%) Product Ownership
2 31 (4.25%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.47%) Virtual Team
6 16 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
7 13 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 13 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
8 11 (1.51%) Fixed Income
8 11 (1.51%) Hedge funds
9 10 (1.37%) FMCG
9 10 (1.37%) IoT
10 7 (0.96%) Derivative
11 5 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.68%) BBC
11 5 (0.68%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.68%) Equities
11 5 (0.68%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.93%) Windows
2 23 (3.15%) Linux
3 16 (2.19%) Unix
4 10 (1.37%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.27%) VMS
8 1 (0.14%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) Android
8 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.14%) Solaris
8 1 (0.14%) Windows NT
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.14%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (31.23%) Agile
2 218 (29.86%) Problem-Solving
3 142 (19.45%) DevOps
4 128 (17.53%) Project Management
5 107 (14.66%) Software Testing
6 98 (13.42%) Test Automation
7 94 (12.88%) Requirements Gathering
8 87 (11.92%) Project Delivery
9 79 (10.82%) Stakeholder Management
10 78 (10.68%) Customer Service
11 76 (10.41%) Business Intelligence
12 75 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 75 (10.27%) Test Strategy
13 74 (10.14%) Regression Testing
14 73 (10.00%) SDLC
15 72 (9.86%) ERP
16 70 (9.59%) Functional Testing
16 70 (9.59%) Migration
17 66 (9.04%) Process Improvement
18 65 (8.90%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 162 (22.19%) SQL
2 72 (9.86%) C#
3 64 (8.77%) JavaScript
4 44 (6.03%) T-SQL
5 39 (5.34%) Java
6 35 (4.79%) Python
7 34 (4.66%) TypeScript
8 31 (4.25%) VB
9 28 (3.84%) VB.NET
9 28 (3.84%) VB6
10 16 (2.19%) PL/SQL
11 14 (1.92%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.92%) VBA
12 13 (1.78%) C++
13 8 (1.10%) Rust
14 5 (0.68%) R
15 4 (0.55%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.55%) Perl
15 4 (0.55%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.41%) C
Qualifications
1 167 (22.88%) Degree
2 43 (5.89%) Security Cleared
3 34 (4.66%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.84%) ISTQB
5 22 (3.01%) ISEB
6 16 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (0.96%) 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%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.55%) HND
13 3 (0.41%) A+ Certification
14 2 (0.27%) AAT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (21.51%) QA
2 24 (3.29%) SLA
3 20 (2.74%) GDPR
4 19 (2.60%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.82%) 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%) PMO
8 1 (0.14%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (2.05%) Firmware
2 10 (1.37%) Docker
2 10 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (0.82%) 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 (0.96%) Control-M
1 7 (0.96%) Grafana
1 7 (0.96%) Kibana
2 5 (0.68%) SCCM
3 4 (0.55%) Kubernetes
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
5 1 (0.14%) Sysprep
5 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 167 (22.88%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.40%) Oracle
3 35 (4.79%) Salesforce
4 29 (3.97%) SAP
5 21 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 10 (1.37%) Splunk
7 9 (1.23%) Charles River
7 9 (1.23%) Google
8 7 (0.96%) Genesys
8 7 (0.96%) 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