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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 250 348 385
Rank change year-on-year +98 +37 -140
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 694 338 486
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.77% 0.78% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.87% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 486 211 366
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,749 £49,000 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +0.87% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.36% +8.18% -0.09%

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 66,240 39,044 63,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.89% 89.88% 81.85%
Number of salaries quoted 46,785 22,556 43,778
10th Percentile £31,175 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 26 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 26 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 +82 301 £70,000 - 143
North of England +75 170 £55,000 +4.76% 59
North West +61 100 £55,000 +4.76% 36
Midlands -8 78 £50,000 -4.76% 37
South East +4 74 £45,000 -21.74% 77
West Midlands +13 61 £50,000 - 27
Yorkshire +5 53 £82,500 +50.00% 19
East of England -16 32 £45,050 -15.00% 9
South West -58 27 £55,000 -3.14% 22
East Midlands -37 17 £57,500 -17.86% 10
North East - 17 £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 37 (5.33%) Confluence
2 30 (4.32%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.89%) Apache Spark
4 25 (3.60%) Apache
4 25 (3.60%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.72%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.14%) Appian
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 46 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (4.76%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 84 (12.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (2.59%) NetSuite
4 10 (1.44%) SAP SD
5 9 (1.30%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (1.15%) Elite 3E
6 8 (1.15%) Sage 50
7 7 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (1.01%) SAP MDG
8 6 (0.86%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.86%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.86%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.72%) SAP MM
9 5 (0.72%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.58%) SAP GTS
10 4 (0.58%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 120 (17.29%) Azure
2 89 (12.82%) Power Platform
3 79 (11.38%) AWS
4 61 (8.79%) Dynamics 365
5 49 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (6.05%) SaaS
7 34 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (4.61%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.75%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.60%) OpenShift
11 22 (3.17%) GCP
11 22 (3.17%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.59%) Boomi
12 11 (1.59%) GitHub
12 11 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
13 8 (1.15%) Azure AKS
14 6 (0.86%) Figma
14 6 (0.86%) OCI
14 6 (0.86%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.72%) HTTP
2 2 (0.29%) Intranet
2 2 (0.29%) VoIP
3 1 (0.14%) Broadband
3 1 (0.14%) FTP
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (10.09%) Power BI
2 30 (4.32%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.18%) Tableau
4 25 (3.60%) Apache Hive
4 25 (3.60%) Impala
4 25 (3.60%) Parquet
4 25 (3.60%) Spark SQL
5 21 (3.03%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.59%) SAP BW
7 10 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.44%) SAP HANA
8 9 (1.30%) Metadata
9 7 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.86%) Power Query
11 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.72%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.58%) Db2
12 4 (0.58%) DB2 UDB
12 4 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (12.82%) JIRA
2 42 (6.05%) Git
3 36 (5.19%) Selenium
4 25 (3.60%) IBM UrbanCode
5 19 (2.74%) Cypress.io
5 19 (2.74%) Postman
6 14 (2.02%) GitLab
7 12 (1.73%) Jenkins
8 9 (1.30%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.15%) JUnit
10 7 (1.01%) Gatling
11 6 (0.86%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.86%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.72%) Hudson
12 5 (0.72%) JMeter
12 5 (0.72%) TestRail
13 4 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
13 4 (0.58%) SoapUI
14 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.43%) SpecFlow
General
1 326 (46.97%) Finance
2 292 (42.07%) Social Skills
3 219 (31.56%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (11.38%) Law
5 60 (8.65%) Banking
5 60 (8.65%) Legal
6 52 (7.49%) Manufacturing
7 42 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (5.91%) Public Sector
9 39 (5.62%) Retail
10 38 (5.48%) Investment Banking
11 30 (4.32%) Marketing
12 26 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
13 24 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.59%) Billing
16 13 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.73%) Aerospace
18 11 (1.59%) Advertising
19 9 (1.30%) Games
Job Titles
1 214 (30.84%) Analyst
2 118 (17.00%) Business Analyst
3 112 (16.14%) Consultant
4 66 (9.51%) Lead
5 61 (8.79%) Senior
6 37 (5.33%) SAP Consultant
7 35 (5.04%) Project Manager
7 35 (5.04%) Support Analyst
8 29 (4.18%) Technical Analyst
9 27 (3.89%) Systems Analyst
10 25 (3.60%) Tester
11 24 (3.46%) Transformation Analyst
12 23 (3.31%) Banking Analyst
12 23 (3.31%) Functional Consultant
12 23 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (3.03%) Applications Support
13 21 (3.03%) Applications Support Analyst
13 21 (3.03%) Test Leader
14 20 (2.88%) Systems Support
15 19 (2.74%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.61%) Playwright
2 25 (3.60%) PySpark
3 22 (3.17%) Middleware
3 22 (3.17%) REST
4 16 (2.31%) XML
5 14 (2.02%) Oracle Fusion
5 14 (2.02%) Pandas
6 13 (1.87%) SAP Fiori
7 10 (1.44%) .NET
7 10 (1.44%) JSON
8 7 (1.01%) EDI
8 7 (1.01%) SAP Core Interface
8 7 (1.01%) SOAP
9 6 (0.86%) Kafka
9 6 (0.86%) React
9 6 (0.86%) RESTful
9 6 (0.86%) Web Services
10 5 (0.72%) ADO
10 5 (0.72%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.72%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 59 (8.50%) Product Ownership
2 43 (6.20%) Onboarding
3 35 (5.04%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (3.46%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (2.59%) Data Structures
7 15 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.02%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.73%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.44%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.30%) Derivative
13 8 (1.15%) Blog
14 7 (1.01%) Fixed Income
15 6 (0.86%) e-Learning
16 5 (0.72%) CMDB
16 5 (0.72%) Data Centre
16 5 (0.72%) Learning Management System
16 5 (0.72%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.31%) Windows
2 13 (1.87%) Linux
3 6 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.72%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (36.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 231 (33.29%) Agile
3 223 (32.13%) Problem-Solving
4 217 (31.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 139 (20.03%) ERP
6 133 (19.16%) Validation
7 126 (18.16%) Migration
8 125 (18.01%) Requirements Gathering
9 119 (17.15%) System Integration Testing
10 110 (15.85%) Process Improvement
11 101 (14.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 95 (13.69%) Translating Business Requirements
13 91 (13.11%) DevOps
13 91 (13.11%) User Stories
14 86 (12.39%) CI/CD
15 85 (12.25%) CRM
16 83 (11.96%) Project Management
16 83 (11.96%) Test Automation
17 81 (11.67%) Workshop Facilitation
18 80 (11.53%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 133 (19.16%) SQL
2 57 (8.21%) Python
3 35 (5.04%) C#
4 24 (3.46%) Java
5 21 (3.03%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.59%) ABAP
7 12 (1.73%) C++
8 11 (1.59%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.15%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.72%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.72%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.58%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.58%) Rust
13 3 (0.43%) Perl
13 3 (0.43%) VBA
14 2 (0.29%) Scala
15 1 (0.14%) Bash
15 1 (0.14%) PHP
15 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 87 (12.54%) Degree
2 39 (5.62%) Security Cleared
3 31 (4.47%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.74%) PMI Certification
5 18 (2.59%) ISTQB
6 15 (2.16%) PMP
7 11 (1.59%) ACCA
7 11 (1.59%) CIMA
7 11 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.59%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.59%) SAP Certification
8 9 (1.30%) ISEB
9 8 (1.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.72%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.58%) CCA
13 4 (0.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (16.86%) QA
2 69 (9.94%) Data Quality
3 59 (8.50%) GDPR
4 29 (4.18%) Accessibility
5 21 (3.03%) PMO
6 15 (2.16%) HIPAA
6 15 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 11 (1.59%) SLA
9 7 (1.01%) GAAP
9 7 (1.01%) WCAG
10 6 (0.86%) IFRS
11 5 (0.72%) TickIT
12 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.58%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (2.16%) Docker
2 8 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.58%) Firmware
3 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.31%) Terraform
3 3 (0.43%) Ansible
4 2 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 130 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 116 (16.71%) SAP
3 78 (11.24%) Oracle
4 36 (5.19%) Salesforce
5 29 (4.18%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.60%) Red Hat
7 16 (2.31%) Sage
8 13 (1.87%) Intapp
9 11 (1.59%) Ariba
10 10 (1.44%) FIS
10 10 (1.44%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.30%) Databricks
11 9 (1.30%) OpenText
11 9 (1.30%) Workday
12 8 (1.15%) Xero
13 7 (1.01%) HubSpot
13 7 (1.01%) iManage
13 7 (1.01%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.86%) Concur
15 4 (0.58%) IFS