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 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 373 360
Rank change year-on-year +111 -13 -99
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 640 318 621
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 0.76% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.83% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 430 205 477
10th Percentile £34,975 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% +9.09% -0.18%
75th Percentile £77,188 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.83% +9.09% -

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 63,394 38,334 75,698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.81% 91.09% 82.19%
Number of salaries quoted 44,779 21,614 54,535
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £29,629
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,890 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £73,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 +85 282 £70,000 - 183
North of England +63 155 £55,000 - 62
North West +33 89 £55,000 +4.76% 38
Midlands -8 66 £50,000 -4.76% 44
South East +2 61 £45,000 -21.74% 78
West Midlands -6 50 £50,000 -4.76% 23
Yorkshire +10 49 £82,500 +50.00% 23
East of England -17 30 £45,050 -15.00% 14
South West -57 30 £55,000 -3.14% 16
North East - 17 £42,250 - 1
East Midlands -20 16 £70,000 - 21
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 35 (5.47%) Confluence
2 26 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.91%) Apache
3 25 (3.91%) Apache Airflow
3 25 (3.91%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.63%) Appian
5 4 (0.63%) CMS
6 3 (0.47%) IIS
7 2 (0.31%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 42 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (5.00%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 86 (13.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.88%) NetSuite
4 10 (1.56%) SAP SD
5 9 (1.41%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (1.25%) Elite 3E
6 8 (1.25%) Sage 50
7 7 (1.09%) Dynamics AX
7 7 (1.09%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (1.09%) SAP MDG
8 6 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
9 5 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.78%) SAP CO
9 5 (0.78%) SAP FI
9 5 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
9 5 (0.78%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.63%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 108 (16.88%) Azure
2 77 (12.03%) Power Platform
3 65 (10.16%) AWS
4 53 (8.28%) Dynamics 365
5 50 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (5.63%) SaaS
7 30 (4.69%) PowerApps
8 28 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (4.22%) Amazon S3
9 27 (4.22%) Power Automate
10 25 (3.91%) OpenShift
11 21 (3.28%) GCP
12 12 (1.88%) Boomi
13 10 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
14 8 (1.25%) Azure AKS
14 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
14 8 (1.25%) Snowflake
15 7 (1.09%) GitHub
16 6 (0.94%) Figma
16 6 (0.94%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.78%) HTTP
2 2 (0.31%) Intranet
2 2 (0.31%) LAN
2 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.31%) VoIP
2 2 (0.31%) WAN
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) FTP
3 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (9.38%) Power BI
2 30 (4.69%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.53%) Tableau
4 25 (3.91%) Apache Hive
4 25 (3.91%) Impala
4 25 (3.91%) Parquet
4 25 (3.91%) Spark SQL
5 23 (3.59%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.72%) SAP HANA
7 10 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.56%) SAP BW
8 8 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 8 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.94%) Power Query
10 5 (0.78%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.63%) Db2
11 4 (0.63%) DB2 UDB
11 4 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.63%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 85 (13.28%) JIRA
2 35 (5.47%) Git
3 28 (4.38%) Selenium
4 25 (3.91%) IBM UrbanCode
5 18 (2.81%) Cypress.io
6 13 (2.03%) Postman
7 8 (1.25%) GitLab
7 8 (1.25%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.94%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.78%) JUnit
10 4 (0.63%) Gatling
10 4 (0.63%) MLflow
10 4 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.63%) TestRail
11 3 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.47%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.47%) Hudson
11 3 (0.47%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.47%) TestNG
General
1 302 (47.19%) Finance
2 264 (41.25%) Social Skills
3 196 (30.63%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (10.63%) Law
5 60 (9.38%) Banking
6 54 (8.44%) Legal
7 48 (7.50%) Manufacturing
8 39 (6.09%) Retail
9 38 (5.94%) Investment Banking
9 38 (5.94%) Public Sector
10 36 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 26 (4.06%) Marketing
12 21 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
13 19 (2.97%) Billing
13 19 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.72%) Advertising
16 10 (1.56%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 207 (32.34%) Analyst
2 119 (18.59%) Business Analyst
3 105 (16.41%) Consultant
4 61 (9.53%) Lead
5 55 (8.59%) Senior
6 38 (5.94%) SAP Consultant
7 34 (5.31%) Support Analyst
8 33 (5.16%) Project Manager
9 28 (4.38%) Technical Analyst
10 25 (3.91%) Systems Analyst
11 24 (3.75%) Transformation Analyst
12 23 (3.59%) Banking Analyst
13 21 (3.28%) Senior Analyst
14 20 (3.13%) Systems Support
14 20 (3.13%) Test Leader
14 20 (3.13%) Transformation Manager
15 19 (2.97%) QA Leader
16 17 (2.66%) Developer
16 17 (2.66%) Functional Consultant
16 17 (2.66%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.91%) Middleware
1 25 (3.91%) PySpark
1 25 (3.91%) REST
2 24 (3.75%) Playwright
3 17 (2.66%) Pandas
4 14 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (2.03%) SAP Fiori
6 11 (1.72%) XML
7 9 (1.41%) RESTful
7 9 (1.41%) Web Services
8 8 (1.25%) .NET
9 7 (1.09%) React
9 7 (1.09%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (1.09%) Swagger
10 6 (0.94%) Flask
11 5 (0.78%) Blazor
11 5 (0.78%) JSON
11 5 (0.78%) OpenAPI
12 4 (0.63%) OAuth
12 4 (0.63%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.19%) Product Ownership
2 41 (6.41%) Onboarding
3 40 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
4 23 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
5 22 (3.44%) Management Information System
6 21 (3.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.81%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.88%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.41%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.25%) Blog
13 8 (1.25%) Derivative
13 8 (1.25%) Driving Licence
14 7 (1.09%) CMDB
14 7 (1.09%) Fixed Income
15 6 (0.94%) Mobile App
15 6 (0.94%) NHS
16 5 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.34%) Windows
2 12 (1.88%) Linux
3 7 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.78%) Unix
5 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.16%) VMS
5 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (33.13%) Agile
2 211 (32.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 191 (29.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 189 (29.53%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (20.00%) ERP
6 122 (19.06%) Migration
7 121 (18.91%) Requirements Gathering
8 116 (18.13%) Validation
9 108 (16.88%) System Integration Testing
10 100 (15.63%) Process Improvement
11 89 (13.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 87 (13.59%) User Stories
13 85 (13.28%) Translating Business Requirements
14 78 (12.19%) Test Automation
15 77 (12.03%) DevOps
16 76 (11.88%) Data Migration
17 75 (11.72%) Workshop Facilitation
18 72 (11.25%) Business Analysis
18 72 (11.25%) Business Intelligence
19 71 (11.09%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 120 (18.75%) SQL
2 59 (9.22%) Python
3 31 (4.84%) C#
4 20 (3.13%) Java
5 19 (2.97%) ABAP
5 19 (2.97%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.88%) C++
7 9 (1.41%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.25%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.78%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.63%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.63%) Rust
11 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.47%) Perl
12 3 (0.47%) VBA
13 2 (0.31%) Go
13 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 82 (12.81%) Degree
2 28 (4.38%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.28%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.97%) PMI Certification
5 15 (2.34%) PMP
6 12 (1.88%) ISTQB
7 11 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.56%) ACCA
8 10 (1.56%) CIMA
8 10 (1.56%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.41%) SAP Certification
10 8 (1.25%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.78%) CCA
12 5 (0.78%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (0.78%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.63%) ISEB
13 4 (0.63%) PhD
13 4 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (16.41%) QA
2 71 (11.09%) Data Quality
3 51 (7.97%) GDPR
4 28 (4.38%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.13%) PMO
6 15 (2.34%) HIPAA
7 14 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (2.19%) SLA
8 12 (1.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (1.25%) GAAP
9 8 (1.25%) IFRS
10 5 (0.78%) TickIT
10 5 (0.78%) WCAG
11 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.47%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.31%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.16%) FATCA
14 1 (0.16%) SEPA
System Software
1 16 (2.50%) Docker
2 8 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Firmware
3 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.50%) Terraform
3 3 (0.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.31%) Grafana
5 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 116 (18.13%) SAP
2 115 (17.97%) Microsoft
3 79 (12.34%) Oracle
4 30 (4.69%) ServiceNow
5 27 (4.22%) Salesforce
6 26 (4.06%) Red Hat
7 14 (2.19%) Sage
8 13 (2.03%) Intapp
9 12 (1.88%) Ariba
10 10 (1.56%) FIS
10 10 (1.56%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.41%) OpenText
12 8 (1.25%) MuleSoft
12 8 (1.25%) Xero
13 7 (1.09%) Databricks
13 7 (1.09%) IFS
13 7 (1.09%) iManage
13 7 (1.09%) Workday
14 6 (0.94%) HubSpot
15 4 (0.63%) CA Agile Central