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 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 94 141 138
Rank change year-on-year +47 -3 +33
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 337 415 863
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.30% 1.74% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 1.94% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 313 640
10th Percentile £329 £356 £342
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £613
90th Percentile £688 £775 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £37.25 - £33.75
25th Percentile £40.63 - £44.56
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £58.75
75th Percentile £55.63 - £69.00
90th Percentile £59.75 - £75.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £62.50 £51.50
% change year-on-year -44.00% +21.36% +101.96%

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 12,810 21,394 40,150
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.31% 89.63% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,622 15,186 29,240
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 497 521
10th Percentile £14.90 £18.50 £14.50
25th Percentile £23.75 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +68.42%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £59.00
90th Percentile £74.40 £78.30 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

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 9 June 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
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

User Acceptance Testing hourly rate histogram 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 15 (4.45%) SharePoint
2 10 (2.97%) Confluence
3 3 (0.89%) CMS
4 1 (0.30%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.30%) MTS
4 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.30%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (3.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (2.67%) Dynamics GP
3 8 (2.37%) SAP EWM
4 4 (1.19%) SAP QM
5 2 (0.59%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.59%) Magento
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.59%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.59%) SAP APO
5 2 (0.59%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.59%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.59%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.59%) SAP IBP
5 2 (0.59%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.59%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.59%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 64 (18.99%) Azure
2 22 (6.53%) Dynamics 365
3 20 (5.93%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (4.45%) AWS
5 7 (2.08%) OCI
5 7 (2.08%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.78%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (1.78%) Miro
7 5 (1.48%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.48%) Google Analytics
7 5 (1.48%) SaaS
8 4 (1.19%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 4 (1.19%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (0.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.89%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.59%) Azure API Management
10 2 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.59%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.56%) NetScaler
2 4 (1.19%) Internet
3 2 (0.59%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (0.59%) SAN
4 1 (0.30%) CTI
4 1 (0.30%) Firewall
4 1 (0.30%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.34%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (1.78%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.48%) Power BI
5 4 (1.19%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.89%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.59%) Data Mining
7 2 (0.59%) 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%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.30%) Oracle BI EE
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 (11.57%) JIRA
2 8 (2.37%) Git
2 8 (2.37%) Oracle APEX
3 7 (2.08%) JMeter
4 6 (1.78%) Selenium
5 5 (1.48%) LoadRunner
5 5 (1.48%) Postman
5 5 (1.48%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (1.19%) Cucumber
6 4 (1.19%) Eclipse
6 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 4 (1.19%) TestRail
7 3 (0.89%) SpecFlow
7 3 (0.89%) Zephyr
8 2 (0.59%) FitNesse
8 2 (0.59%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.59%) MSI
8 2 (0.59%) NUnit
8 2 (0.59%) TestComplete
8 2 (0.59%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 95 (28.19%) Social Skills
2 92 (27.30%) Finance
3 43 (12.76%) Public Sector
4 22 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.53%) Banking
5 17 (5.04%) Manufacturing
6 16 (4.75%) Marketing
7 10 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (2.67%) Retail
9 8 (2.37%) Back Office
9 8 (2.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.78%) Electronics
10 6 (1.78%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.48%) Front Office
12 4 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.19%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.89%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.89%) Legal
Job Titles
1 107 (31.75%) Analyst
2 76 (22.55%) Business Analyst
3 40 (11.87%) Consultant
4 27 (8.01%) Senior
5 25 (7.42%) Developer
6 22 (6.53%) Test Analyst
7 21 (6.23%) Lead
8 20 (5.93%) Test Manager
9 19 (5.64%) Architect
10 16 (4.75%) Project Manager
11 14 (4.15%) Tester
12 12 (3.56%) Test Engineer
13 11 (3.26%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 11 (3.26%) Microsoft Consultant
14 10 (2.97%) Finance Business Analyst
14 10 (2.97%) Financial Analyst
14 10 (2.97%) Product Owner
14 10 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
15 9 (2.67%) Great Plains Consultant
15 9 (2.67%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.45%) SAML
2 8 (2.37%) .NET
3 6 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.78%) REST
3 6 (1.78%) Web Services
4 5 (1.48%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.19%) OpenID
5 4 (1.19%) XML
6 3 (0.89%) ADO
6 3 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (0.89%) Middleware
6 3 (0.89%) SAP PI
7 2 (0.59%) JSON
7 2 (0.59%) NumPy
7 2 (0.59%) Pandas
7 2 (0.59%) Playwright
7 2 (0.59%) PySpark
7 2 (0.59%) RESTful
7 2 (0.59%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.79%) Product Ownership
2 8 (2.37%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.19%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (0.89%) Data Structures
6 3 (0.89%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (0.89%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.89%) Reinsurance
6 3 (0.89%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (0.89%) Wiki
7 2 (0.59%) CMDB
7 2 (0.59%) Derivative
7 2 (0.59%) Equities
7 2 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.59%) IVR
7 2 (0.59%) NHS
7 2 (0.59%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.23%) Windows
2 8 (2.37%) Windows Server
3 7 (2.08%) Linux
4 2 (0.59%) AIX
4 2 (0.59%) 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 79 (23.44%) Agile
2 51 (15.13%) User Stories
3 47 (13.95%) Test Scripting
4 42 (12.46%) Migration
5 38 (11.28%) Requirements Gathering
6 36 (10.68%) Business Analysis
7 34 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (9.79%) DevOps
8 33 (9.79%) System Integration Testing
8 33 (9.79%) Test Automation
8 33 (9.79%) Workshop Facilitation
9 31 (9.20%) Data Migration
10 30 (8.90%) Project Delivery
10 30 (8.90%) Scenario Testing
11 29 (8.61%) GAP Analysis
11 29 (8.61%) Integration Testing
11 29 (8.61%) Software Testing
12 27 (8.01%) Test Strategy
13 26 (7.72%) Acceptance Criteria
14 25 (7.42%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 65 (19.29%) SQL
2 19 (5.64%) JavaScript
3 16 (4.75%) Python
4 12 (3.56%) C#
5 9 (2.67%) PL/SQL
6 8 (2.37%) Java
7 7 (2.08%) F#
8 6 (1.78%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.89%) ABAP
9 3 (0.89%) VBScript
10 2 (0.59%) C
10 2 (0.59%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.30%) Bash
11 1 (0.30%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.30%) Perl
11 1 (0.30%) Scala
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) SOQL
11 1 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (9.79%) Security Cleared
2 32 (9.50%) Degree
3 29 (8.61%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.86%) ISTQB
5 7 (2.08%) ISEB
6 5 (1.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.59%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.30%) CBAP
9 1 (0.30%) IIBA
9 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.30%) PMP
9 1 (0.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.30%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (14.24%) QA
2 15 (4.45%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (2.08%) SLA
5 5 (1.48%) EMIR
5 5 (1.48%) MiFID
6 3 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (0.89%) GDPR
6 3 (0.89%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.89%) PMO
7 2 (0.59%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.30%) Dodd-Frank
System Software
1 5 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.48%) SCCM
2 4 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.89%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.59%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (0.59%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.59%) HP Data Protector
4 2 (0.59%) 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 49 (14.54%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.95%) SAP
3 32 (9.50%) Oracle
4 15 (4.45%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.86%) Citrix
6 7 (2.08%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.78%) HP
8 5 (1.48%) Databricks
8 5 (1.48%) Google
9 4 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.19%) Okta
9 4 (1.19%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.89%) Cisco
10 3 (0.89%) Civica
10 3 (0.89%) CyberSource
10 3 (0.89%) Workday
11 2 (0.59%) Brocade
11 2 (0.59%) Calypso
11 2 (0.59%) EMC
11 2 (0.59%) Talend