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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 391 218
Rank change year-on-year +148 -173 +67
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 473 363 722
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.03% 0.60% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.72% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 270 192 491
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £44,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +10.60%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,563 £74,375
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +1.69% +7.27%

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 39,563 50,539 43,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.75% 83.95% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 24,533 26,190 33,176
10th Percentile £28,250 £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% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,138
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 20 November 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 20 November 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 +78 187 £65,000 -9.09% 247
South East +124 138 £42,500 -15.44% 92
Midlands +82 68 £42,500 -15.00% 36
West Midlands +54 43 £42,500 -18.19% 21
North of England +2 34 £52,500 -5.41% 43
East Midlands +34 25 £40,000 +23.08% 15
East of England +29 18 £51,250 +31.41% 17
South West +21 17 £55,500 +34.55% 16
North West -4 17 £42,500 -29.75% 26
Yorkshire +10 15 £57,500 +64.29% 13
North East +5 2 £41,000 -34.40% 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 28 (5.92%) Confluence
2 16 (3.38%) Tomcat
2 16 (3.38%) WebSphere
2 16 (3.38%) WebSphere Application Server
3 9 (1.90%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.85%) CMS
5 2 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.42%) Appian
5 2 (0.42%) Drupal
5 2 (0.42%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.21%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 34 (7.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (5.07%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (2.11%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.42%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 86 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.48%) NetSuite
3 7 (1.48%) Oracle Cash Management
3 7 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
3 7 (1.48%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (1.27%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (1.06%) Elite 3E
5 5 (1.06%) Endur
5 5 (1.06%) Oracle Assets
5 5 (1.06%) Oracle General Ledger
5 5 (1.06%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.85%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.63%) iTrent
7 3 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.63%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.63%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.63%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.42%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 101 (21.35%) Power Platform
2 63 (13.32%) Azure
3 47 (9.94%) Dynamics 365
4 41 (8.67%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (5.50%) Power Automate
6 25 (5.29%) AWS
7 16 (3.38%) SaaS
8 12 (2.54%) OCI
8 12 (2.54%) PowerApps
9 9 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (1.69%) Serverless
11 7 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (1.48%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (1.27%) Amazon ECR
12 6 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.38%) SSL
2 6 (1.27%) VPN
3 5 (1.06%) DMZ
3 5 (1.06%) STUN
3 5 (1.06%) VLAN
3 5 (1.06%) VoIP
4 3 (0.63%) Firewall
4 3 (0.63%) Network Security
5 1 (0.21%) GSM
5 1 (0.21%) HTTP
5 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.21%) LTE
5 1 (0.21%) RFID
5 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.19%) Power BI
2 22 (4.65%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.38%) DB2
5 13 (2.75%) Relational Database
6 12 (2.54%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.11%) Metadata
8 9 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.06%) Tableau
11 4 (0.85%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.85%) KDB
11 4 (0.85%) Kdb+
11 4 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.42%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.42%) Electronic Patient Records
13 2 (0.42%) MySQL
13 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 65 (13.74%) JIRA
2 6 (1.27%) Selenium
3 5 (1.06%) Git
4 4 (0.85%) Postman
5 3 (0.63%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.63%) eCATT
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.42%) GitLab
6 2 (0.42%) Grunt
6 2 (0.42%) gulp
6 2 (0.42%) Katalon Studio
6 2 (0.42%) MLflow
6 2 (0.42%) webpack
6 2 (0.42%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.21%) Appium
7 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.21%) MSI
7 1 (0.21%) NUnit
7 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
General
1 266 (56.24%) Finance
2 237 (50.11%) Social Skills
3 108 (22.83%) Analytical Skills
4 98 (20.72%) Marketing
5 90 (19.03%) Manufacturing
6 37 (7.82%) Banking
7 34 (7.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (6.77%) Law
9 31 (6.55%) Legal
10 28 (5.92%) Retail
11 22 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (3.81%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (2.75%) Public Sector
14 11 (2.33%) Back Office
14 11 (2.33%) Investment Banking
14 11 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.27%) General Ledger
17 5 (1.06%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.06%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 220 (46.51%) Analyst
2 103 (21.78%) Senior
3 79 (16.70%) Senior Analyst
4 70 (14.80%) Business Analyst
5 62 (13.11%) SAP Analyst
6 48 (10.15%) Lead
7 44 (9.30%) Developer
8 37 (7.82%) Applications Support
9 34 (7.19%) Consultant
10 29 (6.13%) Automation Developer
11 23 (4.86%) Support Analyst
11 23 (4.86%) Systems Analyst
12 21 (4.44%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
13 20 (4.23%) Functional Consultant
13 20 (4.23%) Power Platform Developer
14 18 (3.81%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 18 (3.81%) Test Leader
15 17 (3.59%) Test Manager
16 16 (3.38%) Infrastructure Support
16 16 (3.38%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.38%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (3.38%) LDAP
1 16 (3.38%) WebSphere MQ
2 15 (3.17%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (2.11%) .NET
3 10 (2.11%) XML
4 9 (1.90%) HTML
5 8 (1.69%) CSS
5 8 (1.69%) EDI
6 7 (1.48%) REST
7 6 (1.27%) JSON
8 5 (1.06%) ADO
8 5 (1.06%) FreeSWITCH
8 5 (1.06%) Middleware
8 5 (1.06%) Playwright
9 4 (0.85%) RESTful
9 4 (0.85%) Web Services
10 2 (0.42%) CSS3
10 2 (0.42%) HTML5
10 2 (0.42%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.78%) Greenfield Project
2 38 (8.03%) Management Information System
3 30 (6.34%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.02%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.59%) Linux Command Line
6 14 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.48%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.48%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.06%) CMDB
10 5 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.85%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.85%) NHS
11 4 (0.85%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.85%) Reference Data
12 3 (0.63%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.19%) Windows
2 28 (5.92%) Linux
3 16 (3.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (3.38%) Unix
4 5 (1.06%) Debian
4 5 (1.06%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.06%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (42.49%) Agile
2 148 (31.29%) Problem-Solving
3 86 (18.18%) Roadmaps
3 86 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 79 (16.70%) Translating Business Requirements
5 74 (15.64%) Data Management
5 74 (15.64%) ERP
6 69 (14.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (14.38%) Logistics
7 68 (14.38%) Migration
8 63 (13.32%) Change Management
9 62 (13.11%) Data Collection
9 62 (13.11%) Impact Analysis
9 62 (13.11%) Incident Management
10 60 (12.68%) Quality Management
11 59 (12.47%) Architectural Design
12 58 (12.26%) AI
12 58 (12.26%) Business Analysis
12 58 (12.26%) Requirements Gathering
12 58 (12.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 125 (26.43%) SQL
2 40 (8.46%) Python
3 16 (3.38%) JavaScript
4 14 (2.96%) T-SQL
5 13 (2.75%) C#
6 6 (1.27%) Java
7 5 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 4 (0.85%) C
8 4 (0.85%) C++
9 3 (0.63%) PHP
9 3 (0.63%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.42%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.42%) X++
11 1 (0.21%) Bash
11 1 (0.21%) R
11 1 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (17.55%) Degree
2 23 (4.86%) ISTQB
3 20 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.59%) AWS Certification
5 16 (3.38%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (1.69%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.69%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.48%) ACCA
7 7 (1.48%) CIMA
8 6 (1.27%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.27%) ISEB
9 5 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.63%) CBAP
10 3 (0.63%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.63%) GISP
10 3 (0.63%) IIBA
11 2 (0.42%) CFA
11 2 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (12.68%) QA
2 29 (6.13%) SLA
3 20 (4.23%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.11%) GDPR
5 6 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.06%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.06%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.63%) MiFID
7 3 (0.63%) PMO
7 3 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.42%) EMIR
8 2 (0.42%) UCITS
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.21%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.06%) Kamailio
2 4 (0.85%) Docker
3 1 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.27%) Terraform
3 3 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.42%) Grafana
4 2 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.42%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.21%) Ansible
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
1 120 (25.37%) Microsoft
2 105 (22.20%) SAP
3 45 (9.51%) Blue Prism
4 39 (8.25%) Oracle
5 22 (4.65%) Salesforce
6 20 (4.23%) IBM
6 20 (4.23%) ServiceNow
7 16 (3.38%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.06%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.06%) Databricks
8 5 (1.06%) iManage
9 4 (0.85%) Alteryx
9 4 (0.85%) Workday
10 3 (0.63%) DocuSign
10 3 (0.63%) OpenLink
10 3 (0.63%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.42%) Aderant
11 2 (0.42%) Automation Anywhere
11 2 (0.42%) Intapp
11 2 (0.42%) Qualtrics