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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 288 391
Rank change year-on-year +33 +103 -156
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 735 432 409
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 1.00% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.12% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 523 249 256
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,500 £44,727
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -6.30% +2.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £82,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.30% +2.09%

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 73,230 38,473 56,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.20% 88.68% 81.32%
Number of salaries quoted 52,112 22,159 32,915
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,229 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 +45 292 £70,000 +7.69% 322
North of England +88 198 £55,000 +4.76% 76
North West +75 125 £55,000 +10.00% 50
South East -46 100 £45,000 -5.26% 126
Midlands -5 84 £47,000 -10.48% 62
West Midlands -2 67 £49,000 +3.16% 47
Yorkshire -4 57 £83,750 +48.89% 16
South West -73 27 £55,500 -3.48% 26
East of England -39 21 £45,050 -15.00% 30
East Midlands -41 17 £45,000 -21.74% 15
North East -48 16 £41,500 +1.22% 10
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 45 (6.12%) Confluence
2 26 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.68%) CMS
5 3 (0.41%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 52 (7.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.72%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 91 (12.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (4.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 26 (3.54%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.50%) SAP SD
5 10 (1.36%) Workday HCM
6 9 (1.22%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (1.22%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (1.09%) Sage 50
7 8 (1.09%) SAP MDG
8 7 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.95%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.95%) SAP FI
8 7 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
9 6 (0.82%) Elite 3E
10 5 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
11 4 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.54%) SAP GRC
11 4 (0.54%) SAP GTS
11 4 (0.54%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 144 (19.59%) Azure
2 104 (14.15%) Power Platform
3 89 (12.11%) Dynamics 365
4 64 (8.71%) AWS
5 60 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (7.89%) SaaS
7 35 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (3.81%) PowerApps
9 20 (2.72%) GCP
10 19 (2.59%) Power Automate
11 14 (1.90%) GitHub
12 12 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (1.50%) Boomi
13 11 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 7 (0.95%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 6 (0.82%) Azure AKS
15 6 (0.82%) Azure Data Factory
16 5 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
16 5 (0.68%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.68%) HTTP
2 2 (0.27%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (0.27%) Intranet
2 2 (0.27%) SAN
2 2 (0.27%) 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 80 (10.88%) Power BI
2 18 (2.45%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.50%) SAP BW
5 10 (1.36%) Metadata
5 10 (1.36%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.36%) SAP HANA
6 8 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.82%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.41%) DTS
10 3 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.41%) Power Query
10 3 (0.41%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.27%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 94 (12.79%) JIRA
2 31 (4.22%) Selenium
3 24 (3.27%) Git
4 20 (2.72%) Postman
5 18 (2.45%) GitLab
6 14 (1.90%) Jenkins
7 13 (1.77%) Cypress.io
8 12 (1.63%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.09%) Gatling
9 8 (1.09%) Zephyr
10 7 (0.95%) Hudson
10 7 (0.95%) JMeter
10 7 (0.95%) JUnit
11 5 (0.68%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.68%) SoapUI
12 4 (0.54%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.54%) TestRail
13 3 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 3 (0.41%) LSMW
General
1 344 (46.80%) Finance
2 326 (44.35%) Social Skills
3 218 (29.66%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (11.70%) Law
5 62 (8.44%) Manufacturing
6 53 (7.21%) Legal
7 51 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (6.12%) Retail
9 41 (5.58%) Public Sector
10 34 (4.63%) Marketing
11 33 (4.49%) Banking
11 33 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (2.86%) Billing
15 15 (2.04%) General Ledger
16 12 (1.63%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.50%) Advertising
17 11 (1.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 207 (28.16%) Analyst
2 130 (17.69%) Consultant
3 117 (15.92%) Business Analyst
4 67 (9.12%) Lead
5 61 (8.30%) Senior
6 40 (5.44%) Support Analyst
7 39 (5.31%) SAP Consultant
8 38 (5.17%) Project Manager
9 33 (4.49%) Systems Analyst
10 30 (4.08%) Tester
11 29 (3.95%) Functional Consultant
12 23 (3.13%) Architect
12 23 (3.13%) Developer
12 23 (3.13%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 22 (2.99%) Systems Support
14 20 (2.72%) Applications Support
14 20 (2.72%) Applications Support Analyst
14 20 (2.72%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
14 20 (2.72%) Product Owner
14 20 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.22%) REST
2 29 (3.95%) Playwright
3 24 (3.27%) Middleware
4 21 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
5 18 (2.45%) JSON
6 17 (2.31%) XML
7 15 (2.04%) Terraform
8 13 (1.77%) SOAP
9 10 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.09%) .NET
11 7 (0.95%) ADO
11 7 (0.95%) HTML
11 7 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
11 7 (0.95%) SAP Core Interface
12 6 (0.82%) React
13 5 (0.68%) AngularJS
13 5 (0.68%) CSS
13 5 (0.68%) EDI
13 5 (0.68%) Web Services
14 4 (0.54%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.84%) Product Ownership
2 37 (5.03%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
3 29 (3.95%) Management Information System
4 20 (2.72%) Data Structures
5 19 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 12 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (1.50%) Cloud Native
9 11 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 8 (1.09%) Derivative
10 8 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.09%) NHS
11 7 (0.95%) CMDB
11 7 (0.95%) e-Learning
11 7 (0.95%) Replication
11 7 (0.95%) SystemC
12 6 (0.82%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.31%) Windows
2 13 (1.77%) Linux
3 3 (0.41%) VMS
3 3 (0.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.14%) Unix
4 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (37.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 270 (36.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 267 (36.33%) Problem-Solving
4 230 (31.29%) Agile
5 173 (23.54%) ERP
6 161 (21.90%) Requirements Gathering
7 149 (20.27%) Validation
8 144 (19.59%) Migration
9 133 (18.10%) System Integration Testing
10 131 (17.82%) Process Improvement
11 110 (14.97%) CRM
12 108 (14.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 107 (14.56%) Project Delivery
14 105 (14.29%) Data Migration
15 103 (14.01%) Business Analysis
15 103 (14.01%) DevOps
15 103 (14.01%) Translating Business Requirements
16 102 (13.88%) User Stories
17 98 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
18 92 (12.52%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 122 (16.60%) SQL
2 29 (3.95%) C#
3 27 (3.67%) Python
4 24 (3.27%) Java
4 24 (3.27%) JavaScript
5 22 (2.99%) ABAP
6 16 (2.18%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.50%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.82%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.68%) C++
10 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.54%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.41%) Perl
11 3 (0.41%) VBA
12 2 (0.27%) Scala
13 1 (0.14%) Bash
13 1 (0.14%) PHP
13 1 (0.14%) Ruby
13 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 91 (12.38%) Degree
2 50 (6.80%) Security Cleared
3 41 (5.58%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.99%) PMI Certification
5 19 (2.59%) ISTQB
6 17 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.31%) PMP
7 15 (2.04%) ACCA
7 15 (2.04%) CIMA
8 13 (1.77%) SAP Certification
9 10 (1.36%) ISEB
10 9 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.09%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.82%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.54%) CCA
15 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.41%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (17.82%) QA
2 64 (8.71%) Data Quality
3 58 (7.89%) GDPR
4 19 (2.59%) PMO
5 17 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 12 (1.63%) SLA
7 7 (0.95%) WCAG
8 6 (0.82%) GAAP
9 5 (0.68%) TickIT
10 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.54%) GRC
10 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.41%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.41%) IFRS
11 3 (0.41%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.27%) GxP
12 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.14%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 13 (1.77%) Docker
2 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.41%) IAG
4 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (2.45%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.41%) Ansible
3 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
3 1 (0.14%) Grafana
Vendors
1 157 (21.36%) Microsoft
2 124 (16.87%) SAP
3 54 (7.35%) Oracle
4 40 (5.44%) Salesforce
5 34 (4.63%) Sage
6 25 (3.40%) ServiceNow
7 19 (2.59%) Workday
8 11 (1.50%) FIS
8 11 (1.50%) Intapp
9 10 (1.36%) Ariba
9 10 (1.36%) Civica
9 10 (1.36%) ION Trading
10 9 (1.22%) Concur
10 9 (1.22%) OpenText
10 9 (1.22%) Xero
11 7 (0.95%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.82%) Databricks
12 6 (0.82%) Google
12 6 (0.82%) iManage
12 6 (0.82%) Pega