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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 345 326
Rank change year-on-year +64 -19 -16
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 503 294 697
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.67% 0.80% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.86% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 313 182 550
10th Percentile £40,300 £29,925 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,780 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +4.96% +1.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
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 57,058 34,237 69,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 75.78% 93.09% 85.95%
Number of salaries quoted 35,951 20,515 53,211
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 +82 239 £65,000 -10.34% 163
Midlands -21 74 £50,000 -2.91% 54
North of England -38 72 £60,000 +18.23% 67
West Midlands 0 57 £50,000 -3.75% 34
South East -14 49 £52,500 +1.59% 105
North West -39 31 £60,000 -7.69% 27
South West -35 29 £55,000 +34.97% 19
Yorkshire -45 29 £85,000 +161.66% 32
East of England -14 28 £55,000 - 18
East Midlands -52 17 £46,250 -2.63% 20
North East -23 12 £47,500 -5.00% 8
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 27 (5.37%) Confluence
2 25 (4.97%) Apache
2 25 (4.97%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.97%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.39%) Appian
4 11 (2.19%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.99%) CMS
6 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.40%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.40%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 43 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (5.57%) MS Visio
3 18 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 47 (9.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.19%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (1.19%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
5 5 (0.99%) SAP EWM
5 5 (0.99%) SAP SD
6 4 (0.80%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 4 (0.80%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.80%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.80%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.60%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.60%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.60%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.60%) SAP MDG
7 3 (0.60%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.40%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.40%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.40%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 95 (18.89%) Azure
2 69 (13.72%) Power Platform
3 54 (10.74%) AWS
4 43 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (8.55%) Dynamics 365
5 33 (6.56%) Power Automate
6 32 (6.36%) SaaS
7 29 (5.77%) Amazon S3
8 25 (4.97%) OpenShift
9 16 (3.18%) Azure Data Factory
9 16 (3.18%) GCP
9 16 (3.18%) PowerApps
10 12 (2.39%) Anthropic Claude
10 12 (2.39%) Azure AI
11 9 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
11 9 (1.79%) OCI
12 8 (1.59%) Asana
13 7 (1.39%) Boomi
13 7 (1.39%) Snowflake
14 6 (1.19%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.79%) VPN
2 3 (0.60%) HTTP
2 3 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.40%) GSM
3 2 (0.40%) LAN
3 2 (0.40%) LTE
3 2 (0.40%) SSL
3 2 (0.40%) WAN
4 1 (0.20%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.20%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (12.13%) Power BI
2 30 (5.96%) Oracle Database
3 28 (5.57%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.37%) Tableau
5 25 (4.97%) Apache Hive
5 25 (4.97%) Impala
5 25 (4.97%) Parquet
5 25 (4.97%) Spark SQL
6 12 (2.39%) Pinecone
7 11 (2.19%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (1.39%) DB2
9 7 (1.39%) MySQL
10 6 (1.19%) Electronic Patient Records
10 6 (1.19%) Metadata
10 6 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (1.19%) Power Query
11 5 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.99%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 78 (15.51%) JIRA
2 30 (5.96%) Git
3 27 (5.37%) Selenium
4 25 (4.97%) IBM UrbanCode
5 18 (3.58%) Cypress.io
6 12 (2.39%) MLflow
7 11 (2.19%) Postman
8 5 (0.99%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.80%) JUnit
9 4 (0.80%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.60%) GitLab
10 3 (0.60%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.60%) Ranorex
10 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.60%) TestNG
10 3 (0.60%) TestRail
10 3 (0.60%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.40%) Appium
11 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
General
1 214 (42.54%) Social Skills
2 204 (40.56%) Finance
3 155 (30.82%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (12.92%) Banking
5 45 (8.95%) Law
6 40 (7.95%) Manufacturing
7 38 (7.55%) Legal
8 37 (7.36%) Investment Banking
9 31 (6.16%) Retail
10 26 (5.17%) Public Sector
11 24 (4.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 22 (4.37%) Marketing
13 16 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.19%) Billing
14 11 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.79%) Games
17 8 (1.59%) Aerospace
18 7 (1.39%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 216 (42.94%) Analyst
2 121 (24.06%) Business Analyst
3 59 (11.73%) Senior
4 56 (11.13%) Lead
5 46 (9.15%) Consultant
6 36 (7.16%) Senior Analyst
7 33 (6.56%) Technical Analyst
8 30 (5.96%) Support Analyst
9 27 (5.37%) Transformation Analyst
10 25 (4.97%) Project Manager
11 22 (4.37%) Banking Analyst
11 22 (4.37%) Test Leader
12 19 (3.78%) SAP Consultant
12 19 (3.78%) Senior Business Analyst
13 17 (3.38%) Systems Analyst
14 16 (3.18%) QA Leader
15 15 (2.98%) Applications Support
15 15 (2.98%) Automation Engineer
15 15 (2.98%) Technical Manager
16 14 (2.78%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.97%) Pandas
1 25 (4.97%) PySpark
1 25 (4.97%) REST
2 20 (3.98%) Playwright
3 17 (3.38%) Oracle Fusion
4 16 (3.18%) Middleware
4 16 (3.18%) RESTful
4 16 (3.18%) Web Services
5 15 (2.98%) OpenAPI
5 15 (2.98%) Swagger
6 12 (2.39%) Faiss
6 12 (2.39%) FastAPI
6 12 (2.39%) Flask
6 12 (2.39%) Hugging Face
6 12 (2.39%) JWT
6 12 (2.39%) NumPy
6 12 (2.39%) pytest
6 12 (2.39%) PyTorch
6 12 (2.39%) scikit-learn
6 12 (2.39%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.96%) Legacy Systems
1 35 (6.96%) Onboarding
1 35 (6.96%) Product Ownership
2 24 (4.77%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (3.18%) Low-Code
4 15 (2.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 15 (2.98%) NHS
5 12 (2.39%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (2.19%) Cloud Native
6 11 (2.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 8 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
7 8 (1.59%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.39%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.19%) Derivative
9 6 (1.19%) Fixed Income
9 6 (1.19%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.99%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.38%) Linux
1 17 (3.38%) Windows
2 6 (1.19%) Unix
2 6 (1.19%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.80%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (37.97%) Agile
2 146 (29.03%) Stakeholder Management
3 140 (27.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 121 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
5 116 (23.06%) Requirements Gathering
6 106 (21.07%) Validation
7 89 (17.69%) Migration
8 86 (17.10%) Test Automation
9 77 (15.31%) Business Intelligence
10 76 (15.11%) User Stories
11 75 (14.91%) Change Management
11 75 (14.91%) CI/CD
12 71 (14.12%) ERP
13 68 (13.52%) Business Analysis
14 67 (13.32%) Analytics
15 66 (13.12%) DevOps
15 66 (13.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 65 (12.92%) Workshop Facilitation
17 64 (12.72%) Translating Business Requirements
18 61 (12.13%) AI
Programming Languages
1 119 (23.66%) SQL
2 60 (11.93%) Python
3 25 (4.97%) C#
4 17 (3.38%) JavaScript
5 15 (2.98%) Java
6 9 (1.79%) ABAP
6 9 (1.79%) C++
6 9 (1.79%) T-SQL
7 6 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 6 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.99%) PowerShell
9 4 (0.80%) Rust
10 2 (0.40%) Bash
10 2 (0.40%) Go
10 2 (0.40%) VBA
11 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.20%) C
11 1 (0.20%) Perl
11 1 (0.20%) PHP
11 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (14.31%) Degree
2 26 (5.17%) PMI Certification
3 23 (4.57%) ISTQB
4 21 (4.17%) PMP
5 20 (3.98%) Security Cleared
6 16 (3.18%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.99%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.99%) IIBA
8 9 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 7 (1.39%) ISEB
10 6 (1.19%) AWS Certification
10 6 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.99%) CBAP
12 4 (0.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.60%) CAPM
14 2 (0.40%) CCAB
14 2 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.40%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (18.69%) QA
2 57 (11.33%) Data Quality
3 28 (5.57%) GDPR
4 27 (5.37%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.78%) PMO
5 14 (2.78%) SLA
6 13 (2.58%) HIPAA
7 12 (2.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 7 (1.39%) IFRS
8 7 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.19%) HL7
10 5 (0.99%) GAAP
10 5 (0.99%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.80%) TickIT
12 3 (0.60%) IFRS 17
12 3 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.60%) WCAG
13 2 (0.40%) PSD2
14 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (3.98%) Docker
2 7 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.80%) Firmware
3 4 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (4.37%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.59%) Terraform
3 7 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.40%) Grafana
7 1 (0.20%) Ansible
7 1 (0.20%) Control-M
7 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 73 (14.51%) SAP
2 71 (14.12%) Microsoft
3 67 (13.32%) Oracle
4 28 (5.57%) Red Hat
5 16 (3.18%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.58%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.39%) Automation Anywhere
7 12 (2.39%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.39%) UiPath
8 9 (1.79%) Ariba
9 8 (1.59%) Intapp
10 6 (1.19%) Workday
11 5 (0.99%) Alteryx
11 5 (0.99%) Databricks
11 5 (0.99%) FIS
11 5 (0.99%) IFS
12 4 (0.80%) Anaplan
12 4 (0.80%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.80%) JD Edwards
12 4 (0.80%) OpenText