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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 358 271
Rank change year-on-year +112 -87 +17
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 476 360 637
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.85% 0.77% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.84% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 282 189 525
10th Percentile £36,375 £29,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,335 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £56,250 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +4.35% +4.55%

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 44,820 43,103 54,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 80.28% 91.63% 88.65%
Number of salaries quoted 27,124 20,967 43,233
10th Percentile £28,821 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,424 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -9.60%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 +90 198 £62,500 -13.79% 89
South East +106 129 £42,500 -23.92% 95
Midlands +37 69 £42,500 -15.00% 43
West Midlands +26 46 £44,772 -13.06% 30
North of England -48 32 £56,250 +2.27% 53
South West +13 23 £47,500 +15.15% 10
East Midlands +3 23 £40,000 +23.08% 13
Yorkshire -17 16 £57,500 +77.00% 25
East of England +21 11 £55,000 +35.80% 15
North West -33 11 £45,000 -30.77% 26
North East -1 5 £41,000 -30.21% 2
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 26 (5.46%) Confluence
2 16 (3.36%) Tomcat
2 16 (3.36%) WebSphere
2 16 (3.36%) WebSphere Application Server
3 11 (2.31%) Appian
4 8 (1.68%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.63%) CMS
6 1 (0.21%) Drupal
6 1 (0.21%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
6 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 36 (7.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (2.94%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.42%) Trello
6 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 84 (17.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.89%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.84%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 4 (0.84%) SAP EWM
5 3 (0.63%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.63%) Endur
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
5 3 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.63%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.63%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.63%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.42%) Loan IQ
6 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.42%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.42%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.42%) SAP WM
6 2 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 100 (21.01%) Power Platform
2 65 (13.66%) Azure
3 35 (7.35%) Dynamics 365
4 33 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (5.67%) SaaS
6 25 (5.25%) Power Automate
7 24 (5.04%) AWS
8 17 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (2.52%) PowerApps
10 11 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
10 11 (2.31%) Azure AI
10 11 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (2.10%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (2.10%) Serverless
12 9 (1.89%) Amazon S3
13 7 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (1.26%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.26%) Route 53
14 6 (1.26%) Snowflake
14 6 (1.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.36%) SSL
2 11 (2.31%) VPN
3 3 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.42%) DMZ
4 2 (0.42%) GSM
4 2 (0.42%) LAN
4 2 (0.42%) LTE
4 2 (0.42%) STUN
4 2 (0.42%) VLAN
4 2 (0.42%) VoIP
4 2 (0.42%) WAN
5 1 (0.21%) HTTP
5 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.21%) RFID
5 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.45%) Power BI
2 33 (6.93%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (3.57%) DB2
5 11 (2.31%) Pinecone
5 11 (2.31%) Relational Database
6 10 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.68%) Metadata
9 7 (1.47%) MySQL
9 7 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (1.26%) Electronic Patient Records
11 4 (0.84%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.84%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.42%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.42%) SAP HANA
13 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 61 (12.82%) JIRA
2 15 (3.15%) Selenium
3 11 (2.31%) Cypress.io
3 11 (2.31%) MLflow
4 6 (1.26%) Postman
4 6 (1.26%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (0.84%) Git
6 3 (0.63%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.42%) GitLab
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.42%) Ranorex
7 2 (0.42%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.42%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.21%) JUnit
8 1 (0.21%) LSMW
8 1 (0.21%) MSI
8 1 (0.21%) NUnit
8 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 236 (49.58%) Finance
2 224 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 100 (21.01%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (18.07%) Manufacturing
5 70 (14.71%) Marketing
6 41 (8.61%) Banking
7 20 (4.20%) Retail
8 18 (3.78%) Law
8 18 (3.78%) Legal
9 14 (2.94%) Public Sector
10 13 (2.73%) Investment Banking
11 12 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (1.68%) Advertising
13 8 (1.68%) Back Office
13 8 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.68%) Health Technology
14 6 (1.26%) Billing
14 6 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 233 (48.95%) Analyst
2 100 (21.01%) Senior
3 85 (17.86%) Business Analyst
3 85 (17.86%) Senior Analyst
4 59 (12.39%) SAP Analyst
5 51 (10.71%) Lead
6 39 (8.19%) Developer
7 34 (7.14%) Applications Support
8 29 (6.09%) Automation Developer
9 27 (5.67%) Support Analyst
10 25 (5.25%) Consultant
11 21 (4.41%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
11 21 (4.41%) Test Leader
12 20 (4.20%) Power Platform Developer
13 17 (3.57%) Senior Business Analyst
14 16 (3.36%) Automation Analyst
14 16 (3.36%) Systems Analyst
15 15 (3.15%) Linux Support
15 15 (3.15%) Project Manager
16 14 (2.94%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.57%) REST
2 16 (3.36%) LAPP Stack
2 16 (3.36%) LDAP
2 16 (3.36%) WebSphere MQ
3 14 (2.94%) OpenAPI
3 14 (2.94%) Swagger
4 12 (2.52%) RESTful
5 11 (2.31%) Django
5 11 (2.31%) Faiss
5 11 (2.31%) FastAPI
5 11 (2.31%) Flask
5 11 (2.31%) Hugging Face
5 11 (2.31%) JWT
5 11 (2.31%) NumPy
5 11 (2.31%) OAuth
5 11 (2.31%) Oracle Fusion
5 11 (2.31%) PyTorch
5 11 (2.31%) scikit-learn
5 11 (2.31%) TensorFlow
5 11 (2.31%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.45%) Greenfield Project
2 30 (6.30%) Management Information System
3 28 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.83%) Linux Command Line
4 23 (4.83%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.78%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.94%) Low-Code
6 14 (2.94%) NHS
7 13 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.26%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.26%) CMDB
9 6 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.26%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.26%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.26%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.84%) Data Structures
10 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.84%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.72%) Windows
2 30 (6.30%) Linux
3 17 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (3.36%) Unix
5 5 (1.05%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.42%) Debian
8 1 (0.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (37.82%) Agile
2 135 (28.36%) Problem-Solving
3 103 (21.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 95 (19.96%) Roadmaps
5 76 (15.97%) Requirements Gathering
6 75 (15.76%) Translating Business Requirements
7 72 (15.13%) AI
7 72 (15.13%) Logistics
8 70 (14.71%) Change Management
9 68 (14.29%) Validation
10 64 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (13.45%) Data Management
11 63 (13.24%) Test Automation
12 61 (12.82%) Business Analysis
13 60 (12.61%) Incident Management
14 59 (12.39%) Business Intelligence
14 59 (12.39%) Workshop Facilitation
15 58 (12.18%) ERP
16 56 (11.76%) Intelligent Automation
17 55 (11.55%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 131 (27.52%) SQL
2 42 (8.82%) Python
3 20 (4.20%) JavaScript
4 10 (2.10%) C#
4 10 (2.10%) T-SQL
5 4 (0.84%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (0.63%) Java
6 3 (0.63%) VBA
7 2 (0.42%) Bash
7 2 (0.42%) Go
8 1 (0.21%) ABAP
8 1 (0.21%) Korn
8 1 (0.21%) PHP
8 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.21%) R
8 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 79 (16.60%) Degree
2 25 (5.25%) ISTQB
3 20 (4.20%) AWS Certification
4 16 (3.36%) ITIL Certification
5 14 (2.94%) PMI Certification
6 13 (2.73%) Security Cleared
7 11 (2.31%) PMP
8 9 (1.89%) SC Cleared
9 8 (1.68%) IIBA
10 7 (1.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.26%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.26%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.26%) ISEB
12 5 (1.05%) CBAP
13 3 (0.63%) CAPM
13 3 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.63%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (14.71%) QA
2 28 (5.88%) SLA
3 26 (5.46%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.15%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.47%) GDPR
6 6 (1.26%) HL7
7 5 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.63%) IFRS
8 3 (0.63%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.63%) PMO
9 2 (0.42%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.42%) PSD2
9 2 (0.42%) WCAG
10 1 (0.21%) FATCA
10 1 (0.21%) GAAP
10 1 (0.21%) MiFID
10 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.21%) Solvency II
System Software
1 14 (2.94%) Docker
2 4 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.42%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 16 (3.36%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.42%) Grafana
5 2 (0.42%) Terraform
6 1 (0.21%) Ansible
6 1 (0.21%) Control-M
6 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.21%) Puppet
6 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 106 (22.27%) Microsoft
1 106 (22.27%) SAP
2 45 (9.45%) Blue Prism
3 37 (7.77%) Oracle
4 19 (3.99%) ServiceNow
5 18 (3.78%) IBM
6 17 (3.57%) Red Hat
7 13 (2.73%) Salesforce
8 11 (2.31%) Automation Anywhere
8 11 (2.31%) OpenAI
8 11 (2.31%) UiPath
9 7 (1.47%) Workday
10 5 (1.05%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.05%) Ariba
11 4 (0.84%) Anaplan
12 3 (0.63%) Concur
12 3 (0.63%) Databricks
12 3 (0.63%) IFS
12 3 (0.63%) iManage
12 3 (0.63%) Okta