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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 356 365
Rank change year-on-year +102 +9 -93
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 642 302 634
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 0.75% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.81% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 434 198 487
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -0.36%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 62,329 37,196 76,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.59% 92.18% 82.35%
Number of salaries quoted 43,937 20,499 55,155
10th Percentile £30,806 £28,822 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,926 £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 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 June 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 +90 282 £68,000 -2.86% 106
North of England +65 155 £55,000 - 33
North West +47 88 £55,000 -4.35% 19
Midlands -11 66 £50,000 -4.76% 29
South East +5 60 £45,000 -21.74% 65
West Midlands +7 53 £50,000 -4.76% 16
Yorkshire +3 50 £82,500 +50.00% 12
East of England -12 31 £45,050 -15.00% 8
South West -42 31 £55,000 -1.60% 19
North East - 17 £42,250 - 2
East Midlands -27 13 £61,250 -12.50% 13
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 (5.45%) Confluence
2 26 (4.05%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.89%) Apache
3 25 (3.89%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (3.89%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.78%) Appian
6 4 (0.62%) CMS
7 3 (0.47%) IIS
8 2 (0.31%) WordPress
9 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 42 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (4.98%) MS Visio
3 31 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 83 (12.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.56%) NetSuite
3 10 (1.56%) SAP SD
4 8 (1.25%) Dynamics AX
4 8 (1.25%) Elite 3E
4 8 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
4 8 (1.25%) Sage 50
5 7 (1.09%) SAP MDG
6 6 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
6 6 (0.93%) Oracle Receivables
7 5 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
7 5 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
7 5 (0.78%) SAP CO
7 5 (0.78%) SAP FI
7 5 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
7 5 (0.78%) SAP PP
7 5 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
8 4 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.62%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 114 (17.76%) Azure
2 80 (12.46%) Power Platform
3 65 (10.12%) AWS
4 55 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (8.57%) Dynamics 365
5 38 (5.92%) SaaS
6 30 (4.67%) PowerApps
7 29 (4.52%) Power Automate
8 28 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (4.21%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.89%) OpenShift
11 21 (3.27%) GCP
12 12 (1.87%) Boomi
13 8 (1.25%) Azure AKS
13 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.25%) Snowflake
13 8 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
14 7 (1.09%) GitHub
15 6 (0.93%) Figma
15 6 (0.93%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.78%) HTTP
2 2 (0.31%) Intranet
2 2 (0.31%) LAN
2 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.31%) VoIP
2 2 (0.31%) VPN
2 2 (0.31%) WAN
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) FTP
3 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.66%) Power BI
2 31 (4.83%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.52%) Tableau
4 25 (3.89%) Apache Hive
4 25 (3.89%) Impala
4 25 (3.89%) Parquet
4 25 (3.89%) Spark SQL
4 25 (3.89%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.71%) SAP HANA
6 10 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.56%) SAP BW
7 8 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.93%) Power Query
10 5 (0.78%) Metadata
10 5 (0.78%) Pinecone
10 5 (0.78%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.62%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 88 (13.71%) JIRA
2 36 (5.61%) Git
3 33 (5.14%) Selenium
4 25 (3.89%) IBM UrbanCode
5 22 (3.43%) Cypress.io
6 15 (2.34%) Postman
7 8 (1.25%) GitLab
7 8 (1.25%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.93%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.78%) JUnit
9 5 (0.78%) MLflow
9 5 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.62%) Gatling
10 4 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.62%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.62%) TestRail
11 3 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.47%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.47%) Ranorex
11 3 (0.47%) TestNG
General
1 296 (46.11%) Finance
2 261 (40.65%) Social Skills
3 193 (30.06%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (10.90%) Law
5 62 (9.66%) Banking
6 55 (8.57%) Legal
7 47 (7.32%) Manufacturing
8 38 (5.92%) Investment Banking
8 38 (5.92%) Retail
9 36 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 35 (5.45%) Public Sector
11 26 (4.05%) Marketing
12 20 (3.12%) Billing
12 20 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
13 18 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (2.49%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.56%) Advertising
15 10 (1.56%) Aerospace
16 9 (1.40%) Games
Job Titles
1 208 (32.40%) Analyst
2 117 (18.22%) Business Analyst
3 103 (16.04%) Consultant
4 63 (9.81%) Lead
5 56 (8.72%) Senior
6 38 (5.92%) SAP Consultant
7 35 (5.45%) Project Manager
8 32 (4.98%) Support Analyst
9 29 (4.52%) Technical Analyst
10 26 (4.05%) Systems Analyst
11 24 (3.74%) Transformation Analyst
12 23 (3.58%) Banking Analyst
13 22 (3.43%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (3.43%) Test Leader
14 20 (3.12%) QA Leader
14 20 (3.12%) Transformation Manager
15 19 (2.96%) Systems Support
16 18 (2.80%) Tester
17 17 (2.65%) Developer
17 17 (2.65%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (4.05%) Playwright
1 26 (4.05%) REST
2 25 (3.89%) Middleware
2 25 (3.89%) PySpark
3 18 (2.80%) Pandas
4 15 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (2.02%) SAP Fiori
6 11 (1.71%) XML
7 10 (1.56%) RESTful
7 10 (1.56%) Web Services
8 8 (1.25%) .NET
8 8 (1.25%) Swagger
9 7 (1.09%) Flask
9 7 (1.09%) React
9 7 (1.09%) SAP Core Interface
10 6 (0.93%) JSON
10 6 (0.93%) OpenAPI
11 5 (0.78%) Faiss
11 5 (0.78%) FastAPI
11 5 (0.78%) Hugging Face
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.01%) Product Ownership
2 43 (6.70%) Onboarding
3 41 (6.39%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (3.43%) Management Information System
5 21 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (3.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.80%) Data Structures
8 14 (2.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.87%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.56%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
12 8 (1.25%) Derivative
12 8 (1.25%) Driving Licence
12 8 (1.25%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.25%) NHS
13 7 (1.09%) CMDB
13 7 (1.09%) Fixed Income
14 6 (0.93%) Blog
15 5 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.49%) Windows
2 13 (2.02%) Linux
3 7 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.78%) Unix
5 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.16%) VMS
5 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (33.64%) Agile
2 209 (32.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 191 (29.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 184 (28.66%) Problem-Solving
5 125 (19.47%) ERP
6 120 (18.69%) Requirements Gathering
7 118 (18.38%) Migration
8 114 (17.76%) Validation
9 107 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
10 97 (15.11%) Process Improvement
11 92 (14.33%) User Stories
12 84 (13.08%) Test Automation
13 83 (12.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 83 (12.93%) Translating Business Requirements
14 81 (12.62%) DevOps
15 76 (11.84%) CI/CD
16 75 (11.68%) Business Intelligence
16 75 (11.68%) Workshop Facilitation
17 72 (11.21%) Data Migration
18 69 (10.75%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 121 (18.85%) SQL
2 60 (9.35%) Python
3 33 (5.14%) C#
4 20 (3.12%) Java
4 20 (3.12%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.96%) ABAP
6 12 (1.87%) C++
7 9 (1.40%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.25%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.78%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.62%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.62%) Rust
11 4 (0.62%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.47%) Perl
12 3 (0.47%) VBA
13 2 (0.31%) Go
13 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 80 (12.46%) Degree
2 27 (4.21%) Security Cleared
3 20 (3.12%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.65%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.49%) ISTQB
6 14 (2.18%) PMP
7 11 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.56%) ACCA
8 10 (1.56%) CIMA
8 10 (1.56%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.25%) SAP Certification
10 7 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.78%) CCA
13 4 (0.62%) ISEB
13 4 (0.62%) PhD
13 4 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (17.91%) QA
2 70 (10.90%) Data Quality
3 51 (7.94%) GDPR
4 32 (4.98%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.12%) PMO
6 15 (2.34%) HIPAA
7 14 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 13 (2.02%) SLA
9 12 (1.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (1.09%) GAAP
10 7 (1.09%) IFRS
11 5 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.78%) TickIT
11 5 (0.78%) WCAG
12 4 (0.62%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.31%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.16%) HL7
14 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 17 (2.65%) Docker
2 8 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.62%) Firmware
3 4 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (3.43%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.49%) Terraform
3 3 (0.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.31%) Grafana
5 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 114 (17.76%) Microsoft
1 114 (17.76%) SAP
2 79 (12.31%) Oracle
3 29 (4.52%) ServiceNow
4 28 (4.36%) Salesforce
5 26 (4.05%) Red Hat
6 14 (2.18%) Sage
7 13 (2.02%) Intapp
8 10 (1.56%) Ariba
8 10 (1.56%) FIS
8 10 (1.56%) ION Trading
9 9 (1.40%) OpenText
10 8 (1.25%) MuleSoft
10 8 (1.25%) Xero
11 7 (1.09%) Databricks
11 7 (1.09%) IFS
11 7 (1.09%) iManage
12 6 (0.93%) HubSpot
13 5 (0.78%) Automation Anywhere
13 5 (0.78%) Workday