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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 276 403
Rank change year-on-year +40 +127 -179
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 771 447 409
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 1.03% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.17% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 545 258 247
10th Percentile £32,050 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,875
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £82,200
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £59,350
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.33% +3.22%

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 74,604 38,365 56,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.40% 88.79% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 52,829 22,080 32,110
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,233 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
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 18 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 18 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 +33 299 £72,500 +11.54% 532
North of England +78 207 £55,000 +4.76% 137
North West +87 134 £55,000 +10.00% 87
South East -54 107 £45,000 +5.88% 182
Midlands 0 94 £47,000 -10.48% 90
West Midlands +1 72 £49,000 +3.16% 62
Yorkshire -3 56 £83,750 +52.27% 32
South West -78 29 £55,500 -3.48% 43
East Midlands -43 22 £45,000 -21.74% 28
East of England -40 21 £45,050 -15.00% 43
North East -53 17 £41,500 +1.22% 18
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 46 (5.97%) Confluence
2 27 (3.50%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.78%) 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 54 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.85%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 95 (12.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 26 (3.37%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.43%) SAP SD
5 10 (1.30%) Workday HCM
6 9 (1.17%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (1.04%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (1.04%) Sage 50
7 8 (1.04%) SAP MDG
8 7 (0.91%) Oracle Receivables
8 7 (0.91%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.91%) SAP FI
8 7 (0.91%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (0.91%) SAP GRC
9 6 (0.78%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.52%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
10 4 (0.52%) SAP IBP
10 4 (0.52%) SAP MDG-BP
Cloud Services
1 148 (19.20%) Azure
2 105 (13.62%) Power Platform
3 96 (12.45%) Dynamics 365
4 63 (8.17%) AWS
5 61 (7.91%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (7.78%) SaaS
7 37 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (3.63%) PowerApps
9 19 (2.46%) Power Automate
10 18 (2.33%) GCP
11 15 (1.95%) GitHub
12 12 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
13 11 (1.43%) Boomi
13 11 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
14 7 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
14 7 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 7 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 6 (0.78%) Azure AKS
15 6 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
15 6 (0.78%) OCI
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 80 (10.38%) Power BI
2 18 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.43%) Metadata
4 11 (1.43%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.43%) SAP BW
5 10 (1.30%) SAP HANA
6 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.78%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.52%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.39%) DTS
11 3 (0.39%) Power Query
11 3 (0.39%) Star Schema
12 2 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.26%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 98 (12.71%) JIRA
2 31 (4.02%) Selenium
3 25 (3.24%) Git
4 20 (2.59%) Postman
5 17 (2.20%) GitLab
6 13 (1.69%) Cypress.io
6 13 (1.69%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.56%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.04%) Gatling
9 7 (0.91%) Hudson
9 7 (0.91%) JMeter
9 7 (0.91%) JUnit
9 7 (0.91%) Zephyr
10 5 (0.65%) REST Assured
10 5 (0.65%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.52%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.39%) LSMW
12 3 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 364 (47.21%) Finance
2 347 (45.01%) Social Skills
3 224 (29.05%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (11.67%) Law
5 67 (8.69%) Manufacturing
6 53 (6.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 53 (6.87%) Legal
7 48 (6.23%) Retail
8 47 (6.10%) Public Sector
9 37 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (4.67%) Marketing
11 34 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
12 32 (4.15%) Banking
13 24 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (2.98%) Billing
15 22 (2.85%) General Ledger
16 16 (2.08%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.95%) Military
18 13 (1.69%) Automotive
19 12 (1.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 217 (28.15%) Analyst
2 134 (17.38%) Consultant
3 124 (16.08%) Business Analyst
4 71 (9.21%) Lead
5 63 (8.17%) Senior
6 41 (5.32%) SAP Consultant
6 41 (5.32%) Support Analyst
7 37 (4.80%) Project Manager
8 33 (4.28%) Systems Analyst
9 32 (4.15%) Functional Consultant
10 29 (3.76%) Tester
11 25 (3.24%) Developer
12 23 (2.98%) Architect
12 23 (2.98%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 21 (2.72%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
13 21 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
13 21 (2.72%) Systems Support
14 20 (2.59%) Applications Support
14 20 (2.59%) Applications Support Analyst
14 20 (2.59%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.41%) REST
2 29 (3.76%) Playwright
3 25 (3.24%) Middleware
3 25 (3.24%) SAP Fiori
4 18 (2.33%) JSON
4 18 (2.33%) XML
5 15 (1.95%) SOAP
6 14 (1.82%) Terraform
7 10 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (1.04%) .NET
8 8 (1.04%) HTML
8 8 (1.04%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (0.91%) ADO
9 7 (0.91%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (0.91%) React
10 6 (0.78%) CSS
10 6 (0.78%) EDI
10 6 (0.78%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.78%) SAPUI5
11 5 (0.65%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.95%) Product Ownership
2 40 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.28%) Management Information System
4 29 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
5 21 (2.72%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (1.95%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 12 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.43%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 8 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.04%) NHS
13 7 (0.91%) CMDB
13 7 (0.91%) Derivative
13 7 (0.91%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.91%) Replication
13 7 (0.91%) SystemC
14 6 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.33%) Windows
2 13 (1.69%) 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
1 288 (37.35%) Continuous Improvement
2 287 (37.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 284 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
4 243 (31.52%) Agile
5 192 (24.90%) ERP
6 166 (21.53%) Requirements Gathering
6 166 (21.53%) Validation
7 157 (20.36%) Migration
8 138 (17.90%) System Integration Testing
9 137 (17.77%) Process Improvement
10 119 (15.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 117 (15.18%) Data Migration
12 116 (15.05%) Project Delivery
13 112 (14.53%) CRM
14 108 (14.01%) Business Analysis
14 108 (14.01%) User Stories
15 106 (13.75%) DevOps
16 105 (13.62%) Translating Business Requirements
17 104 (13.49%) Workshop Facilitation
18 92 (11.93%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 128 (16.60%) SQL
2 31 (4.02%) Python
3 29 (3.76%) C#
4 25 (3.24%) ABAP
4 25 (3.24%) JavaScript
5 24 (3.11%) Java
6 16 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.43%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.78%) 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 (11.93%) Degree
2 52 (6.74%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.58%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.85%) PMI Certification
5 19 (2.46%) ACCA
5 19 (2.46%) CIMA
5 19 (2.46%) ISTQB
6 18 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (2.20%) PMP
8 14 (1.82%) SAP Certification
9 10 (1.30%) ISEB
10 9 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.04%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.91%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.65%) CISA
13 5 (0.65%) CISSP
13 5 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.52%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (17.77%) QA
2 71 (9.21%) Data Quality
3 61 (7.91%) GDPR
4 18 (2.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 17 (2.20%) Accessibility
6 16 (2.08%) PMO
7 13 (1.69%) SLA
8 7 (0.91%) GAAP
8 7 (0.91%) GRC
8 7 (0.91%) WCAG
9 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.65%) TickIT
11 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.39%) IFRS
12 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
12 2 (0.26%) GxP
12 2 (0.26%) ISO 13485
12 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (1.69%) Docker
2 5 (0.65%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.52%) IAG
4 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.26%) Ansible
3 1 (0.13%) Argo
3 1 (0.13%) CloudHub
3 1 (0.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 167 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 127 (16.47%) SAP
3 54 (7.00%) Oracle
4 42 (5.45%) Sage
5 39 (5.06%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.37%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.72%) Workday
8 15 (1.95%) Civica
9 10 (1.30%) FIS
9 10 (1.30%) Intapp
10 9 (1.17%) Ariba
10 9 (1.17%) Concur
10 9 (1.17%) ION Trading
10 9 (1.17%) OpenText
10 9 (1.17%) Xero
11 8 (1.04%) Databricks
12 7 (0.91%) Google
12 7 (0.91%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.78%) Infor
13 6 (0.78%) Pega