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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 366 357
Rank change year-on-year +119 -9 -90
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 634 298 651
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 0.75% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.81% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 422 197 503
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,800 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £77,500 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,000 £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 60,527 36,659 77,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.97% 92.71% 82.14%
Number of salaries quoted 42,554 19,995 56,288
10th Percentile £30,625 £29,000 £29,290
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £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 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 15 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 15 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 +109 288 £67,500 -5.26% 165
North of England +48 148 £57,500 -0.10% 48
North West +33 81 £55,000 -12.00% 26
Midlands -10 63 £50,000 +4.17% 42
South East +10 55 £45,000 -21.74% 76
West Midlands +1 52 £50,000 +5.26% 24
Yorkshire +8 50 £82,500 +50.00% 20
East of England -14 32 £50,025 -5.61% 13
South West -50 30 £55,000 - 22
North East - 17 £41,250 - 4
East Midlands -24 11 £41,250 -41.07% 18
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 33 (5.21%) Confluence
2 25 (3.94%) Apache
2 25 (3.94%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (3.94%) Apache Spark
3 24 (3.79%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.10%) Appian
6 4 (0.63%) CMS
7 3 (0.47%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) WordPress
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 38 (5.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.89%) MS Visio
3 26 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 77 (12.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.74%) Dynamics AX
4 10 (1.58%) SAP SD
5 8 (1.26%) Elite 3E
5 8 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.26%) Sage 50
6 7 (1.10%) SAP MDG
7 6 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.79%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.79%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.63%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.63%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.63%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.63%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 116 (18.30%) Azure
2 81 (12.78%) Power Platform
3 66 (10.41%) AWS
4 55 (8.68%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (8.68%) Dynamics 365
5 36 (5.68%) SaaS
6 32 (5.05%) Power Automate
7 29 (4.57%) Amazon S3
8 28 (4.42%) PowerApps
9 26 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (3.94%) OpenShift
11 21 (3.31%) GCP
12 12 (1.89%) Boomi
13 9 (1.42%) Snowflake
14 8 (1.26%) Azure AKS
15 7 (1.10%) Anthropic Claude
15 7 (1.10%) Azure AI
15 7 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
15 7 (1.10%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.79%) HTTP
1 5 (0.79%) VPN
2 2 (0.32%) Intranet
2 2 (0.32%) LAN
2 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.32%) VoIP
2 2 (0.32%) WAN
2 2 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) FTP
3 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (9.78%) Power BI
2 32 (5.05%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.57%) Tableau
4 27 (4.26%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.94%) Apache Hive
5 25 (3.94%) Impala
5 25 (3.94%) Parquet
5 25 (3.94%) Spark SQL
6 11 (1.74%) SAP HANA
7 9 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.42%) SAP BW
8 8 (1.26%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.10%) Pinecone
10 6 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.95%) Power Query
10 6 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.79%) Db2
11 5 (0.79%) Metadata
11 5 (0.79%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 88 (13.88%) JIRA
2 35 (5.52%) Git
2 35 (5.52%) Selenium
3 25 (3.94%) IBM UrbanCode
4 24 (3.79%) Cypress.io
5 17 (2.68%) Postman
6 8 (1.26%) GitLab
7 7 (1.10%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.10%) MLflow
8 6 (0.95%) REST Assured
8 6 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.79%) JUnit
10 4 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.63%) Ranorex
10 4 (0.63%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.63%) TestRail
11 3 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.47%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.47%) Gatling
11 3 (0.47%) TestNG
General
1 287 (45.27%) Finance
2 258 (40.69%) Social Skills
3 188 (29.65%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (11.20%) Law
5 64 (10.09%) Banking
6 55 (8.68%) Legal
7 47 (7.41%) Manufacturing
8 38 (5.99%) Investment Banking
9 36 (5.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (5.68%) Retail
10 32 (5.05%) Public Sector
11 26 (4.10%) Marketing
12 21 (3.31%) Billing
13 17 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.58%) Advertising
16 10 (1.58%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.42%) Games
Job Titles
1 207 (32.65%) Analyst
2 119 (18.77%) Business Analyst
3 102 (16.09%) Consultant
4 65 (10.25%) Lead
5 60 (9.46%) Senior
6 38 (5.99%) SAP Consultant
7 34 (5.36%) Project Manager
8 33 (5.21%) Technical Analyst
9 27 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
9 27 (4.26%) Support Analyst
10 25 (3.94%) Systems Analyst
10 25 (3.94%) Transformation Analyst
11 23 (3.63%) Banking Analyst
12 22 (3.47%) Test Leader
13 21 (3.31%) QA Leader
14 20 (3.15%) Transformation Manager
15 18 (2.84%) Tester
16 17 (2.68%) Functional Consultant
17 16 (2.52%) Developer
17 16 (2.52%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.26%) REST
2 26 (4.10%) Playwright
3 25 (3.94%) PySpark
4 24 (3.79%) Middleware
5 20 (3.15%) Pandas
6 14 (2.21%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (2.05%) SAP Fiori
8 12 (1.89%) RESTful
8 12 (1.89%) Swagger
8 12 (1.89%) Web Services
9 10 (1.58%) OpenAPI
9 10 (1.58%) XML
10 9 (1.42%) Flask
11 8 (1.26%) .NET
12 7 (1.10%) Django
12 7 (1.10%) JSON
12 7 (1.10%) NumPy
12 7 (1.10%) OAuth
12 7 (1.10%) pytest
12 7 (1.10%) React
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.10%) Onboarding
2 43 (6.78%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (6.62%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.63%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.15%) Data Structures
6 19 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 13 (2.05%) NHS
9 12 (1.89%) Low-Code
10 11 (1.74%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.42%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.10%) CMDB
14 7 (1.10%) Derivative
14 7 (1.10%) Fixed Income
15 6 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
16 5 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
16 5 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.52%) Windows
2 11 (1.74%) Linux
3 7 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.79%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (34.23%) Agile
2 198 (31.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 192 (30.28%) Stakeholder Management
4 176 (27.76%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (19.87%) Requirements Gathering
6 118 (18.61%) ERP
7 117 (18.45%) Migration
8 114 (17.98%) Validation
9 101 (15.93%) System Integration Testing
10 94 (14.83%) User Stories
11 90 (14.20%) Process Improvement
11 90 (14.20%) Test Automation
12 81 (12.78%) DevOps
12 81 (12.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 81 (12.78%) Translating Business Requirements
13 80 (12.62%) CI/CD
14 78 (12.30%) Workshop Facilitation
15 76 (11.99%) Business Intelligence
16 71 (11.20%) Data Migration
17 68 (10.73%) AI
Programming Languages
1 121 (19.09%) SQL
2 62 (9.78%) Python
3 34 (5.36%) C#
4 21 (3.31%) JavaScript
5 20 (3.15%) Java
6 19 (3.00%) ABAP
7 12 (1.89%) C++
8 8 (1.26%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.79%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.79%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.63%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.63%) Rust
11 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.47%) Perl
12 3 (0.47%) VBA
13 2 (0.32%) Go
13 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 80 (12.62%) Degree
2 24 (3.79%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.00%) ISTQB
3 19 (3.00%) PMI Certification
4 18 (2.84%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.52%) PMP
6 10 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.42%) ACCA
7 9 (1.42%) CIMA
7 9 (1.42%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.10%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.95%) IIBA
9 6 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (0.95%) SAP Certification
10 5 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.79%) ISEB
11 4 (0.63%) CCA
11 4 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (18.77%) QA
2 73 (11.51%) Data Quality
3 51 (8.04%) GDPR
4 33 (5.21%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.15%) PMO
6 15 (2.37%) HIPAA
6 15 (2.37%) SLA
7 14 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (1.10%) GAAP
9 7 (1.10%) IFRS
10 6 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.79%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.79%) TickIT
11 5 (0.79%) WCAG
12 4 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.47%) HL7
14 2 (0.32%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.32%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (3.00%) Docker
2 8 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Firmware
3 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.52%) Terraform
3 3 (0.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.32%) Grafana
4 2 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (16.88%) SAP
2 105 (16.56%) Microsoft
3 79 (12.46%) Oracle
4 29 (4.57%) ServiceNow
5 26 (4.10%) Red Hat
5 26 (4.10%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.05%) Intapp
7 10 (1.58%) Ariba
7 10 (1.58%) FIS
7 10 (1.58%) Sage
8 9 (1.42%) ION Trading
8 9 (1.42%) OpenText
9 8 (1.26%) Databricks
9 8 (1.26%) Xero
10 7 (1.10%) Automation Anywhere
10 7 (1.10%) IFS
10 7 (1.10%) iManage
10 7 (1.10%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.10%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.10%) UiPath