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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 281 399
Rank change year-on-year +25 +118 -173
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 764 451 405
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 1.05% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.18% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 542 260 242
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,219 £41,250 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £59,350
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -7.33% +3.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £82,450
UK median annual salary £55,500 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +0.91% -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 74,372 38,333 56,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.37% 88.82% 81.58%
Number of salaries quoted 52,671 22,038 32,065
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
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 17 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 17 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 +39 297 £70,000 +7.69% 667
North of England +91 208 £55,000 +4.76% 149
North West +77 134 £55,000 +10.00% 94
South East -66 105 £45,000 +5.88% 187
Midlands -4 90 £47,000 -10.48% 96
West Midlands +5 69 £49,000 +3.16% 64
Yorkshire +3 57 £83,750 +52.27% 35
South West -66 29 £55,500 -3.48% 50
East of England -42 22 £45,050 -15.00% 48
East Midlands -43 21 £45,000 -21.74% 32
North East -49 17 £41,500 +1.22% 20
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 47 (6.15%) Confluence
2 27 (3.53%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.79%) CMS
5 3 (0.39%) IIS
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 56 (7.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.88%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 93 (12.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (4.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (3.53%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.44%) SAP SD
5 10 (1.31%) Workday HCM
6 9 (1.18%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (1.05%) Sage 50
7 8 (1.05%) SAP MDG
8 7 (0.92%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.92%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.92%) SAP FI
8 7 (0.92%) SAP FI/CO
9 6 (0.79%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
10 5 (0.65%) SAP GRC
11 4 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
11 4 (0.52%) SAP GTS
11 4 (0.52%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 146 (19.11%) Azure
2 106 (13.87%) Power Platform
3 93 (12.17%) Dynamics 365
4 64 (8.38%) AWS
5 61 (7.98%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (7.98%) SaaS
6 37 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (3.66%) PowerApps
8 20 (2.62%) Power Automate
9 19 (2.49%) GCP
10 15 (1.96%) GitHub
11 12 (1.57%) SuccessFactors
12 11 (1.44%) Boomi
12 11 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 7 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 6 (0.79%) Azure AKS
14 6 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (0.65%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.65%) HTTP
2 2 (0.26%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (0.26%) Intranet
2 2 (0.26%) SAN
2 2 (0.26%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) FTP
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (10.73%) Power BI
2 18 (2.36%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.44%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.44%) SAP BW
5 10 (1.31%) Metadata
5 10 (1.31%) SAP HANA
6 8 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.79%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.52%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.39%) DTS
10 3 (0.39%) Power Query
10 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
11 2 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.26%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 101 (13.22%) JIRA
2 31 (4.06%) Selenium
3 25 (3.27%) Git
4 20 (2.62%) Postman
5 17 (2.23%) GitLab
6 13 (1.70%) Cypress.io
6 13 (1.70%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.57%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.05%) Gatling
8 8 (1.05%) Zephyr
9 7 (0.92%) Hudson
9 7 (0.92%) JMeter
9 7 (0.92%) JUnit
10 5 (0.65%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.65%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.52%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.52%) TestRail
12 3 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 358 (46.86%) Finance
2 345 (45.16%) Social Skills
3 225 (29.45%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (11.91%) Law
5 66 (8.64%) Manufacturing
6 53 (6.94%) Legal
7 52 (6.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (6.15%) Retail
9 46 (6.02%) Public Sector
10 37 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
11 36 (4.71%) Marketing
12 33 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
13 32 (4.19%) Banking
14 25 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (2.88%) Billing
16 21 (2.75%) General Ledger
17 16 (2.09%) Telecoms
18 15 (1.96%) Military
19 13 (1.70%) Automotive
20 12 (1.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 217 (28.40%) Analyst
2 133 (17.41%) Consultant
3 122 (15.97%) Business Analyst
4 69 (9.03%) Lead
5 63 (8.25%) Senior
6 41 (5.37%) SAP Consultant
6 41 (5.37%) Support Analyst
7 37 (4.84%) Project Manager
8 35 (4.58%) Systems Analyst
9 30 (3.93%) Functional Consultant
9 30 (3.93%) Tester
10 24 (3.14%) Developer
11 23 (3.01%) Architect
11 23 (3.01%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 22 (2.88%) Systems Support
13 21 (2.75%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
13 21 (2.75%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (2.62%) Applications Support
14 20 (2.62%) Applications Support Analyst
14 20 (2.62%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.32%) REST
2 29 (3.80%) Playwright
3 25 (3.27%) Middleware
4 24 (3.14%) SAP Fiori
5 18 (2.36%) JSON
5 18 (2.36%) XML
6 14 (1.83%) SOAP
6 14 (1.83%) Terraform
7 10 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.05%) .NET
8 8 (1.05%) HTML
8 8 (1.05%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (0.92%) ADO
9 7 (0.92%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (0.92%) React
10 6 (0.79%) CSS
11 5 (0.65%) EDI
11 5 (0.65%) OAuth
11 5 (0.65%) SAPUI5
11 5 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.90%) Product Ownership
2 40 (5.24%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.32%) Management Information System
4 28 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.75%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (1.96%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.44%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 8 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.05%) NHS
13 7 (0.92%) CMDB
13 7 (0.92%) Derivative
13 7 (0.92%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.92%) Replication
13 7 (0.92%) SystemC
14 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.36%) Windows
2 13 (1.70%) Linux
3 4 (0.52%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.39%) VMS
5 1 (0.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (37.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 284 (37.17%) Problem-Solving
3 281 (36.78%) Stakeholder Management
4 238 (31.15%) Agile
5 187 (24.48%) ERP
6 165 (21.60%) Validation
7 164 (21.47%) Requirements Gathering
8 154 (20.16%) Migration
9 137 (17.93%) System Integration Testing
10 136 (17.80%) Process Improvement
11 120 (15.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 115 (15.05%) Project Delivery
13 114 (14.92%) Data Migration
14 112 (14.66%) CRM
15 109 (14.27%) Business Analysis
16 107 (14.01%) Translating Business Requirements
16 107 (14.01%) User Stories
17 105 (13.74%) DevOps
18 100 (13.09%) Workshop Facilitation
19 94 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 128 (16.75%) SQL
2 30 (3.93%) Python
3 29 (3.80%) C#
4 25 (3.27%) JavaScript
5 24 (3.14%) ABAP
5 24 (3.14%) Java
6 16 (2.09%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.44%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.79%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.65%) C++
10 4 (0.52%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.52%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.39%) Perl
11 3 (0.39%) VBA
12 2 (0.26%) Bash
12 2 (0.26%) Scala
13 1 (0.13%) C
13 1 (0.13%) PHP
13 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (12.04%) Degree
2 51 (6.68%) Security Cleared
3 42 (5.50%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.88%) PMI Certification
5 19 (2.49%) ISTQB
6 18 (2.36%) ACCA
6 18 (2.36%) CIMA
7 17 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.23%) PMP
8 14 (1.83%) SAP Certification
9 10 (1.31%) ISEB
10 9 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.05%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.79%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.52%) CCA
15 4 (0.52%) CISA
15 4 (0.52%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (17.80%) QA
2 68 (8.90%) Data Quality
3 60 (7.85%) GDPR
4 17 (2.23%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.23%) PMO
4 17 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (1.70%) SLA
6 7 (0.92%) GAAP
6 7 (0.92%) WCAG
7 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.65%) GRC
8 5 (0.65%) TickIT
9 4 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.39%) IFRS
10 3 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
11 2 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.26%) SOC 3
System Software
1 13 (1.70%) Docker
2 5 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.52%) IAG
4 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (2.36%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.26%) Ansible
3 1 (0.13%) Argo
3 1 (0.13%) CloudHub
3 1 (0.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 165 (21.60%) Microsoft
2 126 (16.49%) SAP
3 54 (7.07%) Oracle
4 42 (5.50%) Sage
5 40 (5.24%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.40%) ServiceNow
7 20 (2.62%) Workday
8 15 (1.96%) Civica
9 11 (1.44%) Intapp
10 10 (1.31%) Ariba
10 10 (1.31%) FIS
11 9 (1.18%) Concur
11 9 (1.18%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.18%) OpenText
11 9 (1.18%) Xero
12 7 (0.92%) Google
12 7 (0.92%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.79%) Databricks
13 6 (0.79%) iManage
13 6 (0.79%) Pega