User Acceptance Testing Job Trends in England

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring User Acceptance Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 365 377
Rank change year-on-year +107 +12 -124
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 668 327 529
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 0.75% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.84% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 467 206 398
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,875 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +6.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

User Acceptance Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65,435 39,048 67,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.78% 90.09% 82.07%
Number of salaries quoted 46,356 22,384 46,918
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £74,408
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Acceptance Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

User Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in England

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing User Acceptance Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing User Acceptance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing in England over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for User Acceptance Testing in England

User Acceptance Testing
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 21 July 2026. 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
London +98 292 £70,000 - 193
North of England +84 162 £55,000 +4.76% 71
North West +50 94 £55,000 +4.76% 43
Midlands -6 74 £50,000 -6.98% 48
South East -4 68 £45,000 -22.75% 81
West Midlands +10 57 £50,000 -4.76% 28
Yorkshire +5 52 £82,500 +50.00% 23
East of England -9 31 £45,050 -15.00% 13
South West -51 27 £55,000 -3.14% 17
East Midlands -25 17 £61,250 -12.50% 20
North East - 16 £41,500 - 6
User Acceptance Testing
UK

User Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 35 (5.24%) Confluence
2 29 (4.34%) SharePoint
3 27 (4.04%) Apache Spark
4 25 (3.74%) Apache
4 25 (3.74%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.75%) CMS
7 3 (0.45%) IIS
8 2 (0.30%) Appian
8 2 (0.30%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 44 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (4.94%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.30%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 83 (12.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (2.40%) NetSuite
4 9 (1.35%) Oracle Payables
4 9 (1.35%) SAP SD
5 8 (1.20%) Elite 3E
5 8 (1.20%) Sage 50
6 7 (1.05%) Oracle Receivables
6 7 (1.05%) SAP MDG
7 5 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
7 5 (0.75%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (0.75%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.75%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.75%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.75%) SAP MM
7 5 (0.75%) SAP PP
7 5 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
7 5 (0.75%) Workday HCM
8 4 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 117 (17.51%) Azure
2 87 (13.02%) Power Platform
3 72 (10.78%) AWS
4 55 (8.23%) Dynamics 365
5 50 (7.49%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (5.99%) SaaS
7 35 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (4.94%) PowerApps
9 27 (4.04%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.74%) OpenShift
11 24 (3.59%) Power Automate
12 22 (3.29%) GCP
13 12 (1.80%) Boomi
14 11 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
14 11 (1.65%) SuccessFactors
15 9 (1.35%) GitHub
16 8 (1.20%) Azure AKS
17 7 (1.05%) Snowflake
18 6 (0.90%) Asana
18 6 (0.90%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.75%) HTTP
2 2 (0.30%) Intranet
2 2 (0.30%) VoIP
3 1 (0.15%) Broadband
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
3 1 (0.15%) Network Security
3 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.03%) Power BI
2 30 (4.49%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.34%) Tableau
4 25 (3.74%) Apache Hive
4 25 (3.74%) Impala
4 25 (3.74%) Parquet
4 25 (3.74%) Spark SQL
5 22 (3.29%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.50%) SAP BW
6 10 (1.50%) SAP HANA
7 9 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.05%) Metadata
8 7 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.90%) Power Query
10 5 (0.75%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.60%) Db2
11 4 (0.60%) DB2 UDB
11 4 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 88 (13.17%) JIRA
2 39 (5.84%) Git
3 34 (5.09%) Selenium
4 25 (3.74%) IBM UrbanCode
5 20 (2.99%) Cypress.io
6 16 (2.40%) Postman
7 11 (1.65%) GitLab
7 11 (1.65%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.90%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.90%) JUnit
8 6 (0.90%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.75%) Gatling
9 5 (0.75%) Hudson
9 5 (0.75%) TestRail
9 5 (0.75%) Zephyr
10 4 (0.60%) JMeter
10 4 (0.60%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.45%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.45%) TestNG
General
1 312 (46.71%) Finance
2 276 (41.32%) Social Skills
3 211 (31.59%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (10.93%) Law
5 58 (8.68%) Banking
5 58 (8.68%) Legal
6 50 (7.49%) Manufacturing
7 39 (5.84%) Public Sector
7 39 (5.84%) Retail
8 38 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (5.69%) Investment Banking
9 29 (4.34%) Marketing
10 23 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (3.29%) Documentation Skills
12 18 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (2.54%) Billing
14 14 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.80%) Advertising
16 11 (1.65%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.35%) Games
Job Titles
1 210 (31.44%) Analyst
2 120 (17.96%) Business Analyst
3 107 (16.02%) Consultant
4 65 (9.73%) Lead
5 58 (8.68%) Senior
6 36 (5.39%) SAP Consultant
7 35 (5.24%) Project Manager
8 34 (5.09%) Support Analyst
9 29 (4.34%) Technical Analyst
10 25 (3.74%) Systems Analyst
11 24 (3.59%) Transformation Analyst
12 23 (3.44%) Banking Analyst
12 23 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (3.29%) Test Leader
13 22 (3.29%) Tester
14 20 (2.99%) Functional Consultant
14 20 (2.99%) QA Leader
14 20 (2.99%) Systems Support
14 20 (2.99%) Transformation Manager
15 18 (2.69%) Applications Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.49%) Playwright
2 25 (3.74%) PySpark
3 23 (3.44%) REST
4 22 (3.29%) Middleware
5 15 (2.25%) Pandas
6 14 (2.10%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (2.10%) XML
7 12 (1.80%) SAP Fiori
8 9 (1.35%) .NET
9 8 (1.20%) JSON
10 7 (1.05%) React
10 7 (1.05%) RESTful
10 7 (1.05%) SAP Core Interface
10 7 (1.05%) Web Services
11 6 (0.90%) EDI
11 6 (0.90%) Kafka
11 6 (0.90%) SOAP
12 5 (0.75%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.75%) Blazor
12 5 (0.75%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 54 (8.08%) Product Ownership
2 42 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.39%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 22 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (2.69%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.95%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.80%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.50%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.35%) Derivative
13 8 (1.20%) Blog
14 7 (1.05%) Fixed Income
15 6 (0.90%) CMDB
15 6 (0.90%) Mobile App
16 5 (0.75%) Low-Code
16 5 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
16 5 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.25%) Windows
2 13 (1.95%) Linux
3 6 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.75%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (36.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 223 (33.38%) Agile
3 210 (31.44%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (30.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 133 (19.91%) ERP
6 125 (18.71%) Migration
6 125 (18.71%) Validation
7 123 (18.41%) Requirements Gathering
8 113 (16.92%) System Integration Testing
9 106 (15.87%) Process Improvement
10 93 (13.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 90 (13.47%) Translating Business Requirements
12 88 (13.17%) User Stories
13 87 (13.02%) DevOps
14 81 (12.13%) CI/CD
14 81 (12.13%) Test Automation
15 80 (11.98%) CRM
15 80 (11.98%) Data Migration
16 78 (11.68%) Workshop Facilitation
17 77 (11.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (19.31%) SQL
2 59 (8.83%) Python
3 33 (4.94%) C#
4 23 (3.44%) Java
5 20 (2.99%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.69%) ABAP
7 12 (1.80%) C++
8 11 (1.65%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.20%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.75%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.75%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.60%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.60%) Rust
13 3 (0.45%) Perl
13 3 (0.45%) VBA
14 2 (0.30%) Scala
15 1 (0.15%) Bash
15 1 (0.15%) Ruby
15 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (13.17%) Degree
2 33 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 25 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.84%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.54%) ISTQB
6 15 (2.25%) PMP
7 11 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.65%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.65%) SAP Certification
8 10 (1.50%) ACCA
8 10 (1.50%) CIMA
9 8 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (1.05%) ISEB
11 6 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.90%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.75%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.60%) CCA
13 4 (0.60%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (16.77%) QA
2 69 (10.33%) Data Quality
3 58 (8.68%) GDPR
4 28 (4.19%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.99%) PMO
6 15 (2.25%) HIPAA
6 15 (2.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 12 (1.80%) SLA
8 7 (1.05%) GAAP
9 6 (0.90%) IFRS
9 6 (0.90%) WCAG
10 5 (0.75%) TickIT
11 4 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.45%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.15%) GRC
System Software
1 15 (2.25%) Docker
2 8 (1.20%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.60%) Firmware
3 4 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.40%) Terraform
3 3 (0.45%) Ansible
4 2 (0.30%) Grafana
5 1 (0.15%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 124 (18.56%) Microsoft
2 115 (17.22%) SAP
3 77 (11.53%) Oracle
4 33 (4.94%) Salesforce
5 30 (4.49%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.74%) Red Hat
7 16 (2.40%) Sage
8 13 (1.95%) Intapp
9 12 (1.80%) Ariba
10 10 (1.50%) FIS
10 10 (1.50%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.35%) Databricks
11 9 (1.35%) OpenText
12 8 (1.20%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.20%) Workday
12 8 (1.20%) Xero
13 7 (1.05%) HubSpot
13 7 (1.05%) iManage
14 5 (0.75%) Concur
14 5 (0.75%) Informatica