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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 353 385
Rank change year-on-year +95 +32 -141
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 679 334 506
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 0.77% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.86% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 474 210 382
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,717 £49,250 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +1.74% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 65,772 38,931 65,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.80% 89.97% 81.95%
Number of salaries quoted 46,496 22,437 45,318
10th Percentile £31,037 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £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 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 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 24 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 +88 297 £70,000 - 154
North of England +74 165 £55,000 +4.76% 67
North West +51 96 £55,000 +4.76% 39
Midlands -7 77 £50,000 -4.76% 49
South East +13 70 £45,000 -22.75% 83
West Midlands -1 61 £50,000 - 32
Yorkshire +9 52 £82,500 +50.00% 24
East of England -12 32 £45,050 -15.00% 12
South West -53 26 £55,000 -3.14% 24
North East - 17 £41,500 - 6
East Midlands -32 16 £70,000 - 17
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 (5.15%) Confluence
2 29 (4.27%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.98%) Apache Spark
4 25 (3.68%) Apache
4 25 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.74%) CMS
7 3 (0.44%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) WordPress
9 1 (0.15%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.15%) Appian
9 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 45 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (4.57%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 84 (12.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (2.50%) NetSuite
4 10 (1.47%) SAP SD
5 9 (1.33%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (1.18%) Elite 3E
6 8 (1.18%) Sage 50
7 7 (1.03%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (1.03%) SAP MDG
8 6 (0.88%) SAP CO
8 6 (0.88%) SAP FI
8 6 (0.88%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.88%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.74%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.74%) SAP MM
9 5 (0.74%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
10 4 (0.59%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 117 (17.23%) Azure
2 88 (12.96%) Power Platform
3 76 (11.19%) AWS
4 61 (8.98%) Dynamics 365
5 49 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (6.04%) SaaS
7 34 (5.01%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (4.71%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.83%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.68%) OpenShift
11 22 (3.24%) GCP
11 22 (3.24%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.62%) Boomi
12 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.62%) SuccessFactors
13 9 (1.33%) GitHub
14 8 (1.18%) Azure AKS
15 6 (0.88%) Figma
15 6 (0.88%) OCI
15 6 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.74%) HTTP
2 2 (0.29%) Intranet
2 2 (0.29%) VoIP
3 1 (0.15%) Broadband
3 1 (0.15%) FTP
3 1 (0.15%) Network Security
3 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (10.16%) Power BI
2 30 (4.42%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.27%) Tableau
4 25 (3.68%) Apache Hive
4 25 (3.68%) Impala
4 25 (3.68%) Parquet
4 25 (3.68%) Spark SQL
5 21 (3.09%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.62%) SAP BW
7 10 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.47%) SAP HANA
8 7 (1.03%) Metadata
8 7 (1.03%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 6 (0.88%) Power Query
10 5 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.74%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.59%) Db2
11 4 (0.59%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.59%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 86 (12.67%) JIRA
2 42 (6.19%) Git
3 36 (5.30%) Selenium
4 25 (3.68%) IBM UrbanCode
5 19 (2.80%) Cypress.io
5 19 (2.80%) Postman
6 14 (2.06%) GitLab
7 12 (1.77%) Jenkins
8 9 (1.33%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.18%) JUnit
10 7 (1.03%) Gatling
11 6 (0.88%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.88%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.74%) Hudson
12 5 (0.74%) JMeter
12 5 (0.74%) TestRail
13 4 (0.59%) Oracle APEX
13 4 (0.59%) SoapUI
14 3 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.44%) TestNG
General
1 323 (47.57%) Finance
2 286 (42.12%) Social Skills
3 211 (31.08%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (11.49%) Law
5 60 (8.84%) Legal
6 59 (8.69%) Banking
7 51 (7.51%) Manufacturing
8 41 (6.04%) Public Sector
9 39 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (5.74%) Retail
10 38 (5.60%) Investment Banking
11 28 (4.12%) Marketing
12 24 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.65%) Billing
16 13 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (1.77%) Aerospace
18 10 (1.47%) Advertising
19 9 (1.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 209 (30.78%) Analyst
2 117 (17.23%) Business Analyst
3 112 (16.49%) Consultant
4 64 (9.43%) Lead
5 60 (8.84%) Senior
6 37 (5.45%) SAP Consultant
7 35 (5.15%) Project Manager
8 33 (4.86%) Support Analyst
9 28 (4.12%) Technical Analyst
10 26 (3.83%) Systems Analyst
11 24 (3.53%) Transformation Analyst
12 23 (3.39%) Banking Analyst
12 23 (3.39%) Functional Consultant
12 23 (3.39%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (3.24%) Tester
14 21 (3.09%) Test Leader
15 20 (2.95%) Systems Support
16 19 (2.80%) Applications Support
16 19 (2.80%) Applications Support Analyst
16 19 (2.80%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.71%) Playwright
2 25 (3.68%) PySpark
3 22 (3.24%) REST
4 21 (3.09%) Middleware
5 15 (2.21%) XML
6 14 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (2.06%) Pandas
7 13 (1.91%) SAP Fiori
8 9 (1.33%) .NET
8 9 (1.33%) JSON
9 7 (1.03%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (1.03%) SOAP
10 6 (0.88%) EDI
10 6 (0.88%) Kafka
10 6 (0.88%) React
10 6 (0.88%) RESTful
10 6 (0.88%) Web Services
11 5 (0.74%) ADO
11 5 (0.74%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.74%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 58 (8.54%) Product Ownership
2 42 (6.19%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.01%) Legacy Systems
4 24 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.39%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (3.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.65%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (2.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 12 (1.77%) Cloud Native
11 11 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.47%) Driving Licence
13 9 (1.33%) Derivative
14 8 (1.18%) Blog
15 7 (1.03%) Fixed Income
16 6 (0.88%) e-Learning
17 5 (0.74%) Data Centre
17 5 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
17 5 (0.74%) NHS
17 5 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.36%) Windows
2 13 (1.91%) Linux
3 6 (0.88%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.74%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (36.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 225 (33.14%) Agile
3 217 (31.96%) Problem-Solving
4 208 (30.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 135 (19.88%) ERP
6 127 (18.70%) Validation
7 123 (18.11%) Migration
8 120 (17.67%) Requirements Gathering
9 116 (17.08%) System Integration Testing
10 108 (15.91%) Process Improvement
11 98 (14.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 92 (13.55%) Translating Business Requirements
13 89 (13.11%) User Stories
14 86 (12.67%) DevOps
15 84 (12.37%) CI/CD
16 82 (12.08%) Test Automation
17 81 (11.93%) Project Management
18 80 (11.78%) CRM
19 79 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
20 78 (11.49%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 128 (18.85%) SQL
2 57 (8.39%) Python
3 34 (5.01%) C#
4 24 (3.53%) Java
5 21 (3.09%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.65%) ABAP
7 12 (1.77%) C++
8 11 (1.62%) PowerShell
9 8 (1.18%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.74%) Apex Code
11 5 (0.74%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.59%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.59%) Rust
13 3 (0.44%) Perl
13 3 (0.44%) VBA
14 2 (0.29%) Scala
15 1 (0.15%) Bash
15 1 (0.15%) C
15 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 86 (12.67%) Degree
2 36 (5.30%) Security Cleared
3 28 (4.12%) SC Cleared
4 19 (2.80%) PMI Certification
5 18 (2.65%) ISTQB
6 15 (2.21%) PMP
7 11 (1.62%) ACCA
7 11 (1.62%) CIMA
7 11 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (1.62%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.62%) SAP Certification
8 9 (1.33%) ISEB
9 8 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 7 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.88%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.74%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.59%) CCA
13 4 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (16.49%) QA
2 68 (10.01%) Data Quality
3 59 (8.69%) GDPR
4 29 (4.27%) Accessibility
5 21 (3.09%) PMO
6 15 (2.21%) HIPAA
6 15 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 11 (1.62%) SLA
9 7 (1.03%) GAAP
9 7 (1.03%) WCAG
10 6 (0.88%) IFRS
11 5 (0.74%) TickIT
12 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.59%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (2.21%) Docker
2 8 (1.18%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.59%) Firmware
3 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.36%) Terraform
3 3 (0.44%) Ansible
4 2 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.15%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 129 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 116 (17.08%) SAP
3 77 (11.34%) Oracle
4 31 (4.57%) Salesforce
5 29 (4.27%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.68%) Red Hat
7 16 (2.36%) Sage
8 13 (1.91%) Intapp
9 11 (1.62%) Ariba
10 10 (1.47%) FIS
10 10 (1.47%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.33%) Databricks
11 9 (1.33%) OpenText
11 9 (1.33%) Workday
12 8 (1.18%) Xero
13 7 (1.03%) HubSpot
13 7 (1.03%) iManage
13 7 (1.03%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.74%) Concur
15 4 (0.59%) IFS