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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 383 256
Rank change year-on-year +145 -127 +30
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 470 361 558
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.95% 0.65% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.75% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 269 191 464
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,925 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,955 £46,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,922 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%

All Process and 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 41,486 48,456 42,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.29% 87.03% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 25,004 25,273 32,594
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,313 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +109 195 £62,500 -10.71% 149
South East +130 137 £42,500 -21.61% 235
Midlands +48 65 £42,500 -15.00% 136
West Midlands +39 41 £42,500 -18.89% 69
North of England -17 31 £52,500 -4.55% 164
East Midlands +22 24 £55,000 +69.23% 60
East of England +31 18 £51,250 +31.41% 93
North West 0 16 £45,000 -25.62% 91
South West +19 13 £53,500 +18.89% 60
Yorkshire -5 13 £63,750 +53.61% 69
North East +4 2 £41,000 -25.45% 4
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 24 (5.11%) Confluence
2 16 (3.40%) Tomcat
2 16 (3.40%) WebSphere
2 16 (3.40%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (1.70%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.85%) Appian
4 4 (0.85%) CMS
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.43%) Drupal
5 2 (0.43%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.21%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 36 (7.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.34%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.43%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 84 (17.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (3.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.49%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.28%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.28%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (1.06%) Elite 3E
5 5 (1.06%) Endur
5 5 (1.06%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.64%) iTrent
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.64%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.43%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.43%) Bloomberg AIM
7 2 (0.43%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.43%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 106 (22.55%) Power Platform
2 67 (14.26%) Azure
3 49 (10.43%) Dynamics 365
4 40 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (5.74%) Power Automate
6 22 (4.68%) AWS
7 19 (4.04%) SaaS
8 13 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
9 11 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (2.34%) PowerApps
10 10 (2.13%) OCI
11 8 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 8 (1.70%) Serverless
12 7 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.28%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.28%) Route 53
13 6 (1.28%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.40%) SSL
2 8 (1.70%) VPN
3 5 (1.06%) DMZ
3 5 (1.06%) STUN
3 5 (1.06%) VLAN
3 5 (1.06%) VoIP
4 2 (0.43%) GSM
4 2 (0.43%) LTE
5 1 (0.21%) Firewall
5 1 (0.21%) HTTP
5 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.21%) Network Security
5 1 (0.21%) RFID
5 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (8.51%) Power BI
2 25 (5.32%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.40%) DB2
5 15 (3.19%) Relational Database
6 12 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.13%) Metadata
8 9 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.06%) Tableau
11 4 (0.85%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.85%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.85%) MySQL
11 4 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 4 (0.85%) Pinecone
12 3 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.43%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (13.19%) JIRA
2 6 (1.28%) Selenium
3 5 (1.06%) Git
4 4 (0.85%) MLflow
4 4 (0.85%) Postman
5 3 (0.64%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.64%) eCATT
5 3 (0.64%) Katalon Studio
5 3 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.43%) GitLab
6 2 (0.43%) Grunt
6 2 (0.43%) gulp
6 2 (0.43%) webpack
6 2 (0.43%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.21%) Appium
7 1 (0.21%) JUnit
7 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.21%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 262 (55.74%) Finance
2 233 (49.57%) Social Skills
3 107 (22.77%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (20.00%) Marketing
5 87 (18.51%) Manufacturing
6 35 (7.45%) Banking
7 30 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (5.96%) Legal
9 27 (5.74%) Retail
10 23 (4.89%) Law
11 21 (4.47%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (2.55%) Investment Banking
13 12 (2.55%) Public Sector
14 11 (2.34%) Back Office
15 10 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.28%) General Ledger
17 5 (1.06%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.06%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 220 (46.81%) Analyst
2 102 (21.70%) Senior
3 81 (17.23%) Senior Analyst
4 74 (15.74%) Business Analyst
5 59 (12.55%) SAP Analyst
6 43 (9.15%) Developer
6 43 (9.15%) Lead
7 37 (7.87%) Applications Support
8 35 (7.45%) Consultant
9 29 (6.17%) Automation Developer
10 25 (5.32%) Support Analyst
11 21 (4.47%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
12 20 (4.26%) Functional Consultant
12 20 (4.26%) Power Platform Developer
13 19 (4.04%) Systems Analyst
13 19 (4.04%) Test Manager
14 18 (3.83%) Test Leader
15 17 (3.62%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
16 16 (3.40%) Automation Analyst
16 16 (3.40%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.40%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (3.40%) LDAP
1 16 (3.40%) WebSphere MQ
2 15 (3.19%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (2.13%) XML
4 9 (1.91%) .NET
4 9 (1.91%) REST
5 8 (1.70%) EDI
5 8 (1.70%) HTML
5 8 (1.70%) JSON
6 7 (1.49%) CSS
7 6 (1.28%) RESTful
7 6 (1.28%) Web Services
8 5 (1.06%) ADO
8 5 (1.06%) FreeSWITCH
8 5 (1.06%) Middleware
8 5 (1.06%) Playwright
9 4 (0.85%) FastAPI
9 4 (0.85%) JWT
9 4 (0.85%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 48 (10.21%) Greenfield Project
2 39 (8.30%) Management Information System
3 27 (5.74%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.04%) Linux Command Line
4 19 (4.04%) Onboarding
5 14 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.49%) Driving Licence
7 7 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.49%) Reinsurance
8 6 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.28%) NHS
9 5 (1.06%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.06%) CMDB
9 5 (1.06%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 5 (1.06%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.85%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.85%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.81%) Windows
2 30 (6.38%) Linux
3 16 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (3.40%) Unix
4 6 (1.28%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.06%) Debian
5 5 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (41.06%) Agile
2 146 (31.06%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (18.72%) Stakeholder Management
4 86 (18.30%) Roadmaps
5 79 (16.81%) Translating Business Requirements
6 73 (15.53%) Data Management
6 73 (15.53%) ERP
7 71 (15.11%) Logistics
7 71 (15.11%) Migration
8 66 (14.04%) Change Management
9 63 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 62 (13.19%) AI
10 62 (13.19%) Business Analysis
10 62 (13.19%) Data Collection
10 62 (13.19%) Incident Management
10 62 (13.19%) Requirements Gathering
10 62 (13.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 61 (12.98%) Impact Analysis
12 60 (12.77%) Quality Management
13 59 (12.55%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 128 (27.23%) SQL
2 40 (8.51%) Python
3 17 (3.62%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.55%) T-SQL
5 11 (2.34%) C#
6 5 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (0.64%) Java
7 3 (0.64%) PHP
7 3 (0.64%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.43%) VBA
9 1 (0.21%) Bash
9 1 (0.21%) C
9 1 (0.21%) C++
9 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 90 (19.15%) Degree
2 24 (5.11%) ISTQB
3 19 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.62%) AWS Certification
5 16 (3.40%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.13%) Security Cleared
7 8 (1.70%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.28%) ISEB
9 6 (1.28%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.06%) ACCA
10 5 (1.06%) CIMA
10 5 (1.06%) IIBA
10 5 (1.06%) PMP
11 4 (0.85%) CBAP
11 4 (0.85%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.43%) CFA
12 2 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.77%) QA
2 25 (5.32%) SLA
3 23 (4.89%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.49%) GDPR
5 6 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.06%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.64%) MiFID
7 3 (0.64%) PMO
8 2 (0.43%) EMIR
8 2 (0.43%) HL7
8 2 (0.43%) UCITS
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.06%) Docker
1 5 (1.06%) Kamailio
2 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.28%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.64%) Terraform
4 2 (0.43%) Grafana
4 2 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.21%) Ansible
5 1 (0.21%) Control-M
5 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.21%) Puppet
5 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 118 (25.11%) Microsoft
2 101 (21.49%) SAP
3 45 (9.57%) Blue Prism
4 40 (8.51%) Oracle
5 20 (4.26%) IBM
6 19 (4.04%) Salesforce
7 16 (3.40%) Red Hat
7 16 (3.40%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.49%) Workday
9 6 (1.28%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.06%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.06%) Databricks
10 5 (1.06%) iManage
11 4 (0.85%) Anaplan
11 4 (0.85%) Ariba
11 4 (0.85%) Automation Anywhere
11 4 (0.85%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.85%) UiPath
12 3 (0.64%) OpenLink
12 3 (0.64%) Sitecore