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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 309 386
Rank change year-on-year +60 +77 -152
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 739 389 435
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.77% 0.89% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.00% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 515 229 309
10th Percentile £33,200 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.60% -3.48%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 70,489 39,024 59,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.45% 89.04% 81.03%
Number of salaries quoted 49,966 22,592 37,637
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £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 24 August 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 24 August 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 +67 303 £70,000 - 162
North of England +84 187 £55,000 +4.76% 65
North West +57 111 £55,000 +6.80% 45
Midlands -3 89 £49,000 -6.67% 49
South East -17 88 £46,500 -19.13% 90
West Midlands +24 71 £50,000 +5.26% 33
Yorkshire +20 59 £82,500 +46.67% 15
East of England -28 32 £45,050 -15.00% 13
South West -61 27 £55,500 -3.48% 26
East Midlands -28 18 £45,000 -35.71% 16
North East -40 17 £41,500 +1.22% 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 40 (5.41%) Confluence
2 26 (3.52%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.11%) Apache Spark
4 22 (2.98%) Apache Airflow
5 21 (2.84%) Apache
6 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.81%) CMS
8 3 (0.41%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 50 (6.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (3.92%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.08%) 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 88 (11.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (3.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (2.98%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.49%) SAP SD
5 9 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (1.08%) Elite 3E
6 8 (1.08%) Sage 50
6 8 (1.08%) SAP MDG
6 8 (1.08%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.95%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.95%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.68%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.68%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
9 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.54%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 135 (18.27%) Azure
2 102 (13.80%) Power Platform
3 86 (11.64%) AWS
4 76 (10.28%) Dynamics 365
5 57 (7.71%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (7.04%) SaaS
7 35 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (4.19%) PowerApps
9 23 (3.11%) Amazon S3
10 22 (2.98%) GCP
11 21 (2.84%) OpenShift
11 21 (2.84%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.76%) GitHub
13 11 (1.49%) Boomi
13 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (0.95%) Azure AKS
16 6 (0.81%) Asana
16 6 (0.81%) Figma
16 6 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.68%) HTTP
2 2 (0.27%) Intranet
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 (10.83%) Power BI
2 26 (3.52%) Oracle Database
3 25 (3.38%) Tableau
4 21 (2.84%) Apache Hive
4 21 (2.84%) Impala
4 21 (2.84%) Parquet
4 21 (2.84%) Spark SQL
5 20 (2.71%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.49%) Metadata
7 11 (1.49%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.49%) SAP BW
8 10 (1.35%) SAP HANA
9 7 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.68%) Power Query
10 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.68%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
12 3 (0.41%) Db2
Development Applications
1 92 (12.45%) JIRA
2 43 (5.82%) Git
3 32 (4.33%) Selenium
4 21 (2.84%) IBM UrbanCode
4 21 (2.84%) Postman
5 16 (2.17%) GitLab
6 14 (1.89%) Cypress.io
7 13 (1.76%) Jenkins
8 11 (1.49%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.08%) Gatling
10 7 (0.95%) Hudson
10 7 (0.95%) JUnit
11 6 (0.81%) JMeter
11 6 (0.81%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.81%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.68%) SoapUI
13 4 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
13 4 (0.54%) TestRail
14 3 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.41%) LSMW
General
1 347 (46.96%) Finance
2 312 (42.22%) Social Skills
3 236 (31.94%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (11.50%) Law
5 64 (8.66%) Legal
6 57 (7.71%) Banking
6 57 (7.71%) Manufacturing
7 51 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 43 (5.82%) Public Sector
9 42 (5.68%) Retail
10 32 (4.33%) Investment Banking
11 30 (4.06%) Marketing
12 29 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
13 27 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.44%) Billing
16 14 (1.89%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (1.62%) General Ledger
19 11 (1.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 230 (31.12%) Analyst
2 129 (17.46%) Business Analyst
3 118 (15.97%) Consultant
4 67 (9.07%) Lead
5 62 (8.39%) Senior
6 41 (5.55%) Project Manager
7 38 (5.14%) Support Analyst
8 36 (4.87%) SAP Consultant
9 29 (3.92%) Systems Analyst
10 28 (3.79%) Tester
11 26 (3.52%) Functional Consultant
12 24 (3.25%) Banking Analyst
13 23 (3.11%) Applications Support
13 23 (3.11%) Applications Support Analyst
13 23 (3.11%) Developer
13 23 (3.11%) Technical Analyst
14 22 (2.98%) Architect
14 22 (2.98%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (2.98%) Systems Support
14 22 (2.98%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.06%) Playwright
2 29 (3.92%) REST
3 24 (3.25%) Middleware
4 21 (2.84%) PySpark
5 17 (2.30%) JSON
6 16 (2.17%) SAP Fiori
6 16 (2.17%) XML
7 15 (2.03%) Terraform
8 13 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
9 12 (1.62%) SOAP
10 10 (1.35%) Pandas
11 8 (1.08%) .NET
12 7 (0.95%) HTML
12 7 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
12 7 (0.95%) SAP Core Interface
13 6 (0.81%) ADO
13 6 (0.81%) EDI
13 6 (0.81%) React
14 5 (0.68%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.68%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.53%) Product Ownership
2 39 (5.28%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.47%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.57%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 17 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.76%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.62%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
9 12 (1.62%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 9 (1.22%) Derivative
11 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (1.08%) NHS
12 7 (0.95%) CMDB
12 7 (0.95%) e-Learning
12 7 (0.95%) SystemC
13 6 (0.81%) Blog
13 6 (0.81%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.44%) Windows
2 12 (1.62%) Linux
3 5 (0.68%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (37.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 250 (33.83%) Agile
3 246 (33.29%) Problem-Solving
4 241 (32.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 158 (21.38%) ERP
6 148 (20.03%) Validation
7 147 (19.89%) Requirements Gathering
8 135 (18.27%) Migration
9 130 (17.59%) System Integration Testing
10 120 (16.24%) Process Improvement
11 111 (15.02%) User Stories
12 108 (14.61%) Translating Business Requirements
13 105 (14.21%) CRM
14 104 (14.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 101 (13.67%) DevOps
16 99 (13.40%) Business Analysis
17 95 (12.86%) Workshop Facilitation
18 92 (12.45%) Business Intelligence
19 91 (12.31%) Project Delivery
20 90 (12.18%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 143 (19.35%) SQL
2 50 (6.77%) Python
3 31 (4.19%) C#
4 24 (3.25%) Java
4 24 (3.25%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.57%) ABAP
6 14 (1.89%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.35%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.08%) C++
9 7 (0.95%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.68%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.41%) Perl
12 3 (0.41%) VBA
13 2 (0.27%) Rust
13 2 (0.27%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) Bash
14 1 (0.14%) Ruby
14 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 87 (11.77%) Degree
2 47 (6.36%) Security Cleared
3 38 (5.14%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.98%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.30%) PMP
6 16 (2.17%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.89%) ACCA
7 14 (1.89%) CIMA
8 12 (1.62%) SAP Certification
9 10 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.35%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.22%) ISEB
11 8 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.54%) CCA
14 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (17.05%) QA
2 77 (10.42%) Data Quality
3 60 (8.12%) GDPR
4 23 (3.11%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.84%) PMO
6 15 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (1.89%) HIPAA
8 13 (1.76%) SLA
9 11 (1.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (1.08%) GAAP
11 7 (0.95%) WCAG
12 5 (0.68%) IFRS
12 5 (0.68%) TickIT
13 4 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.27%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.14%) GxP
System Software
1 14 (1.89%) Docker
2 7 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (2.57%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 143 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 121 (16.37%) SAP
3 76 (10.28%) Oracle
4 38 (5.14%) Salesforce
5 29 (3.92%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.84%) Red Hat
7 20 (2.71%) Sage
8 14 (1.89%) Intapp
8 14 (1.89%) Workday
9 11 (1.49%) Ariba
9 11 (1.49%) FIS
10 10 (1.35%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.22%) OpenText
11 9 (1.22%) Xero
12 8 (1.08%) Databricks
13 7 (0.95%) Concur
13 7 (0.95%) iManage
13 7 (0.95%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.81%) Google
14 6 (0.81%) HubSpot