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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 277 399
Rank change year-on-year +43 +122 -180
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 807 455 396
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.78% 1.05% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.18% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 560 270 228
10th Percentile £31,750 £38,750 £34,250
25th Percentile £41,813 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £71,813
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £82,875
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.30% +2.09%

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 76,043 38,474 55,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.78% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 53,667 22,007 30,452
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,664
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.82% -4.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 +40 306 £72,500 +11.54% 457
North of England +101 216 £55,000 +4.76% 115
North West +81 143 £55,000 +10.00% 66
South East -60 111 £45,000 +5.88% 137
Midlands -10 97 £47,000 -10.48% 82
West Midlands +1 73 £49,000 +3.16% 53
Yorkshire +11 57 £83,750 +52.27% 37
South West -68 34 £55,000 -4.35% 45
East of England -34 29 £45,050 -15.00% 50
East Midlands -36 24 £45,000 -21.74% 28
North East -49 16 £37,000 -9.76% 12
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 49 (6.07%) Confluence
2 27 (3.35%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.12%) CMS
3 9 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.37%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.37%) IIS
5 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.25%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 58 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.73%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 98 (12.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (4.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (3.35%) NetSuite
4 14 (1.73%) Workday HCM
5 12 (1.49%) Dynamics AX
6 11 (1.36%) SAP SD
7 9 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
8 8 (0.99%) Sage 50
8 8 (0.99%) SAP MDG
9 7 (0.87%) Infor CloudSuite
9 7 (0.87%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.87%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.87%) SAP FI/CO
9 7 (0.87%) SAP GRC
10 6 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
10 6 (0.74%) iTrent
10 6 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
11 5 (0.62%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 148 (18.34%) Azure
2 109 (13.51%) Power Platform
3 104 (12.89%) Dynamics 365
4 63 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
5 62 (7.68%) AWS
5 62 (7.68%) SaaS
6 37 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (3.47%) PowerApps
8 19 (2.35%) Power Automate
9 17 (2.11%) GCP
9 17 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
10 14 (1.73%) GitHub
11 11 (1.36%) Boomi
11 11 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (0.87%) OCI
12 7 (0.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 7 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.62%) HTTP
2 2 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (0.25%) Intranet
2 2 (0.25%) SAN
2 2 (0.25%) VoIP
3 1 (0.12%) Broadband
3 1 (0.12%) FTP
3 1 (0.12%) Network Security
3 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (10.41%) Power BI
2 19 (2.35%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.36%) Metadata
5 11 (1.36%) SAP BW
6 10 (1.24%) SAP HANA
7 8 (0.99%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (0.87%) Oracle Database
9 6 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.37%) DTS
12 3 (0.37%) Power Query
13 2 (0.25%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.25%) MySQL
13 2 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
13 2 (0.25%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 105 (13.01%) JIRA
2 31 (3.84%) Selenium
3 25 (3.10%) Git
4 18 (2.23%) Postman
5 16 (1.98%) GitLab
6 12 (1.49%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.49%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.36%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.87%) Gatling
8 7 (0.87%) Hudson
8 7 (0.87%) Zephyr
9 6 (0.74%) JMeter
9 6 (0.74%) JUnit
10 5 (0.62%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.37%) LSMW
12 3 (0.37%) Ranorex
12 3 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 379 (46.96%) Finance
2 370 (45.85%) Social Skills
3 240 (29.74%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (11.03%) Law
5 73 (9.05%) Manufacturing
6 55 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (6.82%) Retail
7 52 (6.44%) Legal
8 50 (6.20%) Public Sector
9 41 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (4.83%) Marketing
11 38 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (4.34%) Banking
13 26 (3.22%) General Ledger
14 24 (2.97%) Billing
15 23 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.98%) Automotive
16 16 (1.98%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.86%) Military
18 11 (1.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 236 (29.24%) Analyst
2 141 (17.47%) Consultant
3 134 (16.60%) Business Analyst
4 75 (9.29%) Lead
5 66 (8.18%) Senior
6 43 (5.33%) Support Analyst
7 41 (5.08%) SAP Consultant
8 38 (4.71%) Project Manager
9 36 (4.46%) Systems Analyst
10 34 (4.21%) Functional Consultant
11 29 (3.59%) Tester
12 27 (3.35%) Developer
12 27 (3.35%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 24 (2.97%) Architect
14 21 (2.60%) Applications Support
14 21 (2.60%) Applications Support Analyst
14 21 (2.60%) Systems Support
15 20 (2.48%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
15 20 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
16 19 (2.35%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.34%) REST
2 26 (3.22%) Playwright
2 26 (3.22%) SAP Fiori
3 25 (3.10%) Middleware
4 18 (2.23%) JSON
4 18 (2.23%) XML
5 16 (1.98%) SOAP
6 11 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
6 11 (1.36%) Terraform
7 9 (1.12%) .NET
8 8 (0.99%) HTML
8 8 (0.99%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (0.87%) ADO
9 7 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (0.87%) React
10 6 (0.74%) CSS
10 6 (0.74%) EDI
10 6 (0.74%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.74%) SAPUI5
10 6 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.80%) Product Ownership
2 41 (5.08%) Management Information System
3 40 (4.96%) Onboarding
4 29 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (2.73%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (1.86%) Driving Licence
7 12 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (1.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 10 (1.24%) NHS
10 9 (1.12%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.12%) FMCG
11 8 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (0.87%) CMDB
12 7 (0.87%) e-Learning
12 7 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.87%) SystemC
12 7 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.23%) Windows
2 13 (1.61%) Linux
3 5 (0.62%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.37%) VMS
5 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (39.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 307 (38.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 306 (37.92%) Problem-Solving
4 256 (31.72%) Agile
5 201 (24.91%) ERP
6 181 (22.43%) Requirements Gathering
7 178 (22.06%) Validation
8 165 (20.45%) Migration
9 148 (18.34%) Process Improvement
10 142 (17.60%) System Integration Testing
11 128 (15.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 127 (15.74%) Data Migration
13 119 (14.75%) Project Delivery
13 119 (14.75%) User Stories
14 118 (14.62%) CRM
15 116 (14.37%) Translating Business Requirements
16 112 (13.88%) Business Analysis
17 109 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
18 108 (13.38%) DevOps
19 96 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 132 (16.36%) SQL
2 29 (3.59%) C#
3 28 (3.47%) Python
4 26 (3.22%) ABAP
5 22 (2.73%) Java
5 22 (2.73%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.86%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.24%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.74%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.50%) C++
9 4 (0.50%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.50%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.37%) Perl
10 3 (0.37%) VBA
11 2 (0.25%) Bash
11 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.25%) Scala
12 1 (0.12%) PHP
12 1 (0.12%) Ruby
12 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 103 (12.76%) Degree
2 52 (6.44%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.33%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.73%) ACCA
4 22 (2.73%) CIMA
4 22 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.60%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.35%) ISTQB
7 16 (1.98%) PMP
8 15 (1.86%) SAP Certification
9 10 (1.24%) ISEB
10 9 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.99%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.99%) DV Cleared
11 8 (0.99%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.62%) CISA
12 5 (0.62%) CISSP
12 5 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.50%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (17.72%) QA
2 77 (9.54%) Data Quality
3 65 (8.05%) GDPR
4 18 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 17 (2.11%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.86%) PMO
7 13 (1.61%) SLA
8 7 (0.87%) GAAP
8 7 (0.87%) GRC
9 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.74%) WCAG
10 5 (0.62%) IFRS
10 5 (0.62%) TickIT
11 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
12 2 (0.25%) GxP
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (1.49%) Docker
2 5 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) IAG
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (1.98%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.25%) Ansible
2 2 (0.25%) SCCM
3 1 (0.12%) Argo
3 1 (0.12%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 175 (21.69%) Microsoft
2 131 (16.23%) SAP
3 61 (7.56%) Oracle
4 42 (5.20%) Sage
5 40 (4.96%) Salesforce
6 27 (3.35%) ServiceNow
6 27 (3.35%) Workday
7 15 (1.86%) Civica
8 12 (1.49%) Concur
9 10 (1.24%) Intapp
10 9 (1.12%) Ariba
10 9 (1.12%) FIS
10 9 (1.12%) Google
10 9 (1.12%) Infor
10 9 (1.12%) OpenText
10 9 (1.12%) Xero
11 8 (0.99%) Databricks
11 8 (0.99%) ION Trading
12 7 (0.87%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.74%) iManage