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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 272 415
Rank change year-on-year +30 +143 -194
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 797 464 367
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.77% 1.08% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.21% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 548 280 209
10th Percentile £31,175 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,634 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £75,313 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +4.35%

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 76,488 38,338 53,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.64% 88.97% 82.73%
Number of salaries quoted 53,556 21,844 28,773
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +27 289 £72,500 +11.54% 597
North of England +94 206 £55,000 +4.76% 131
North West +86 141 £55,000 +4.76% 73
South East -61 124 £45,000 +5.88% 157
Midlands +2 96 £45,000 -5.26% 96
West Midlands -6 70 £45,000 - 69
Yorkshire +2 46 £76,250 +35.56% 40
East of England -29 36 £45,000 -15.09% 52
South West -61 33 £55,000 -4.35% 61
East Midlands -31 26 £45,000 -16.28% 26
North East -54 19 £41,500 +1.22% 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 48 (6.02%) Confluence
2 28 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.88%) CMS
4 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.38%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.38%) IIS
6 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.38%) Office Communications Server
7 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
8 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 60 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.77%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.26%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 84 (10.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 28 (3.51%) NetSuite
4 18 (2.26%) Dynamics AX
5 14 (1.76%) Workday HCM
6 11 (1.38%) Oracle Payables
7 10 (1.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 9 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
9 8 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
9 8 (1.00%) Infor CloudSuite
9 8 (1.00%) Sage 50
9 8 (1.00%) SAP CO
9 8 (1.00%) SAP FI
9 8 (1.00%) SAP FI/CO
9 8 (1.00%) SAP SD
10 7 (0.88%) SAP GRC
11 6 (0.75%) Oracle Assets
11 6 (0.75%) SAP MDG
11 6 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
12 5 (0.63%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 149 (18.70%) Azure
2 105 (13.17%) Dynamics 365
3 104 (13.05%) Power Platform
4 65 (8.16%) SaaS
5 63 (7.90%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (7.28%) AWS
7 38 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
8 23 (2.89%) PowerApps
9 16 (2.01%) GitHub
9 16 (2.01%) SuccessFactors
10 13 (1.63%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.51%) GCP
12 11 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (1.00%) OCI
13 8 (1.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 8 (1.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 7 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.75%) Boomi
16 5 (0.63%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.38%) HTTP
2 2 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (0.25%) Intranet
2 2 (0.25%) SAN
2 2 (0.25%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) FTP
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (10.04%) Power BI
2 22 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 17 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.51%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.38%) Metadata
6 9 (1.13%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (1.00%) Oracle Database
8 7 (0.88%) SAP BW
8 7 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.75%) SAP HANA
9 6 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.25%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.25%) DTS
12 2 (0.25%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.25%) MySQL
12 2 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 104 (13.05%) JIRA
2 29 (3.64%) Selenium
3 23 (2.89%) Git
4 18 (2.26%) GitLab
4 18 (2.26%) Postman
5 12 (1.51%) Cypress.io
5 12 (1.51%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.38%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.88%) Gatling
7 7 (0.88%) Hudson
7 7 (0.88%) Zephyr
8 6 (0.75%) JMeter
8 6 (0.75%) JUnit
9 5 (0.63%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.38%) LSMW
11 3 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
General
1 373 (46.80%) Finance
2 361 (45.29%) Social Skills
3 231 (28.98%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (10.54%) Law
5 80 (10.04%) Manufacturing
6 56 (7.03%) Retail
7 54 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 51 (6.40%) Public Sector
9 45 (5.65%) Legal
10 43 (5.40%) Documentation Skills
11 41 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
12 39 (4.89%) Banking
13 34 (4.27%) Marketing
14 28 (3.51%) General Ledger
15 23 (2.89%) Billing
16 19 (2.38%) Automotive
17 17 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (2.13%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.88%) Military
19 12 (1.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 234 (29.36%) Analyst
2 145 (18.19%) Consultant
3 128 (16.06%) Business Analyst
4 73 (9.16%) Senior
5 70 (8.78%) Lead
6 46 (5.77%) Support Analyst
7 39 (4.89%) Project Manager
8 37 (4.64%) Systems Analyst
9 34 (4.27%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 34 (4.27%) Functional Consultant
10 30 (3.76%) SAP Consultant
11 29 (3.64%) Developer
12 28 (3.51%) Tester
13 22 (2.76%) Applications Support
13 22 (2.76%) Applications Support Analyst
13 22 (2.76%) Architect
14 21 (2.63%) Senior Consultant
14 21 (2.63%) Technical Analyst
15 20 (2.51%) Junior
15 20 (2.51%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.27%) REST
2 26 (3.26%) Playwright
3 24 (3.01%) SAP Fiori
4 18 (2.26%) Middleware
5 17 (2.13%) SOAP
6 16 (2.01%) JSON
6 16 (2.01%) XML
7 13 (1.63%) .NET
7 13 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (1.63%) Terraform
8 8 (1.00%) HTML
9 7 (0.88%) ADO
9 7 (0.88%) EDI
9 7 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (0.88%) React
10 6 (0.75%) CSS
10 6 (0.75%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.75%) SAPUI5
10 6 (0.75%) Web Services
11 5 (0.63%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.66%) Product Ownership
2 39 (4.89%) Management Information System
2 39 (4.89%) Onboarding
3 24 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
4 19 (2.38%) Data Structures
4 19 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (1.88%) Driving Licence
6 14 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (1.51%) FMCG
8 10 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.25%) NHS
9 9 (1.13%) e-Learning
10 8 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 8 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 7 (0.88%) CMDB
11 7 (0.88%) Life Science
11 7 (0.88%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.88%) SystemC
11 7 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.26%) Windows
2 14 (1.76%) Linux
3 6 (0.75%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.38%) VMS
5 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) Unix
6 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (40.28%) Stakeholder Management
2 302 (37.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 302 (37.89%) Problem-Solving
3 248 (31.12%) Agile
4 199 (24.97%) ERP
5 191 (23.96%) Requirements Gathering
6 174 (21.83%) Validation
7 160 (20.08%) Migration
8 152 (19.07%) Process Improvement
9 132 (16.56%) System Integration Testing
10 131 (16.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 126 (15.81%) Data Migration
12 117 (14.68%) Project Delivery
13 115 (14.43%) CRM
13 115 (14.43%) Translating Business Requirements
14 112 (14.05%) Business Analysis
15 108 (13.55%) User Stories
16 107 (13.43%) DevOps
17 102 (12.80%) Workshop Facilitation
18 90 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 137 (17.19%) SQL
2 30 (3.76%) Python
3 27 (3.39%) C#
4 22 (2.76%) ABAP
4 22 (2.76%) Java
5 20 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.01%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.25%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.75%) Apex Code
9 3 (0.38%) C++
9 3 (0.38%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.38%) VBA
10 2 (0.25%) Bash
10 2 (0.25%) Perl
10 2 (0.25%) Scala
11 1 (0.13%) Ruby
11 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (13.93%) Degree
2 52 (6.52%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.40%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.89%) ACCA
5 23 (2.89%) CIMA
6 19 (2.38%) PMI Certification
7 17 (2.13%) ISTQB
8 16 (2.01%) PMP
9 15 (1.88%) SAP Certification
10 10 (1.25%) ISEB
11 9 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.13%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 7 (0.88%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 5 (0.63%) CISA
14 5 (0.63%) CISSP
14 5 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (17.19%) QA
2 80 (10.04%) Data Quality
3 61 (7.65%) GDPR
4 14 (1.76%) Accessibility
4 14 (1.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 12 (1.51%) SLA
6 9 (1.13%) PMO
7 7 (0.88%) GRC
8 6 (0.75%) GAAP
8 6 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.75%) WCAG
9 4 (0.50%) IFRS
10 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.25%) GxP
10 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 11 (1.38%) Docker
2 5 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.50%) IAG
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (2.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.25%) Ansible
2 2 (0.25%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) Argo
3 1 (0.13%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 181 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 115 (14.43%) SAP
3 63 (7.90%) Oracle
4 44 (5.52%) Sage
5 40 (5.02%) Salesforce
6 29 (3.64%) ServiceNow
7 26 (3.26%) Workday
8 17 (2.13%) Civica
9 12 (1.51%) Concur
10 10 (1.25%) Infor
11 9 (1.13%) Google
11 9 (1.13%) Xero
12 8 (1.00%) Databricks
13 7 (0.88%) Adobe
13 7 (0.88%) Ariba
13 7 (0.88%) iManage
13 7 (0.88%) Intapp
13 7 (0.88%) YouTube
14 6 (0.75%) ION Trading
14 6 (0.75%) Pega