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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 388 236
Rank change year-on-year +150 -152 +50
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 465 371 628
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.99% 0.63% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 0.74% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 265 195 468
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,925 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,330 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,375
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process and 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 39,618 50,267 42,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.29% 85.72% 93.63%
Number of salaries quoted 24,725 26,234 32,881
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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 +99 186 £65,000 -7.14% 111
South East +126 137 £42,500 -18.64% 98
Midlands +63 66 £42,500 -15.00% 26
West Midlands +56 42 £42,500 -18.89% 14
North of England +4 34 £52,500 -4.55% 20
East Midlands +33 24 £53,750 +65.38% 12
East of England +39 18 £51,250 +26.54% 9
North West +8 18 £46,250 -23.55% 14
Yorkshire +12 14 £56,250 +35.54% 6
South West +22 13 £53,500 +25.88% 6
North East +5 2 £41,000 -25.45%
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 (5.59%) Confluence
2 16 (3.44%) Tomcat
2 16 (3.44%) WebSphere
2 16 (3.44%) WebSphere Application Server
3 9 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.86%) CMS
5 3 (0.65%) Appian
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.43%) Drupal
6 2 (0.43%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 36 (7.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.37%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.43%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 85 (18.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (3.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.51%) NetSuite
4 5 (1.08%) Elite 3E
4 5 (1.08%) Endur
4 5 (1.08%) Oracle Cash Management
4 5 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
5 3 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.65%) iTrent
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle Assets
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle General Ledger
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.65%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.43%) SAP Business One
6 2 (0.43%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.43%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.43%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 104 (22.37%) Power Platform
2 66 (14.19%) Azure
3 47 (10.11%) Dynamics 365
4 41 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (5.59%) Power Automate
6 23 (4.95%) AWS
7 18 (3.87%) SaaS
8 11 (2.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (2.37%) PowerApps
9 10 (2.15%) OCI
10 9 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.72%) Serverless
12 7 (1.51%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (1.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (1.29%) Amazon ECR
13 6 (1.29%) Amazon S3
13 6 (1.29%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.44%) SSL
2 7 (1.51%) VPN
3 5 (1.08%) DMZ
3 5 (1.08%) STUN
3 5 (1.08%) VLAN
3 5 (1.08%) VoIP
4 3 (0.65%) Firewall
4 3 (0.65%) Network Security
5 2 (0.43%) GSM
5 2 (0.43%) LTE
6 1 (0.22%) HTTP
6 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.22%) RFID
6 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.17%) Power BI
2 24 (5.16%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (3.44%) DB2
5 14 (3.01%) Relational Database
6 12 (2.58%) Oracle Reports
7 10 (2.15%) Metadata
8 9 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.08%) Tableau
11 4 (0.86%) Data Mining
11 4 (0.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 3 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.65%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
12 3 (0.65%) MySQL
12 3 (0.65%) Pinecone
12 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.43%) KDB
13 2 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (13.33%) JIRA
2 6 (1.29%) Selenium
3 5 (1.08%) Git
4 4 (0.86%) Postman
5 3 (0.65%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.65%) eCATT
5 3 (0.65%) Katalon Studio
5 3 (0.65%) MLflow
5 3 (0.65%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.43%) GitLab
6 2 (0.43%) Grunt
6 2 (0.43%) gulp
6 2 (0.43%) webpack
6 2 (0.43%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.22%) Appium
7 1 (0.22%) JUnit
7 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 261 (56.13%) Finance
2 234 (50.32%) Social Skills
3 107 (23.01%) Analytical Skills
4 95 (20.43%) Marketing
5 86 (18.49%) Manufacturing
6 37 (7.96%) Banking
7 31 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 28 (6.02%) Legal
9 27 (5.81%) Retail
10 25 (5.38%) Law
11 21 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (2.58%) Investment Banking
13 12 (2.58%) Public Sector
14 11 (2.37%) Back Office
15 10 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.29%) General Ledger
17 5 (1.08%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.08%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 214 (46.02%) Analyst
2 101 (21.72%) Senior
3 79 (16.99%) Senior Analyst
4 71 (15.27%) Business Analyst
5 60 (12.90%) SAP Analyst
6 45 (9.68%) Lead
7 43 (9.25%) Developer
8 37 (7.96%) Applications Support
9 34 (7.31%) Consultant
10 29 (6.24%) Automation Developer
11 24 (5.16%) Support Analyst
12 21 (4.52%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
13 20 (4.30%) Functional Consultant
13 20 (4.30%) Power Platform Developer
14 19 (4.09%) Systems Analyst
14 19 (4.09%) Test Manager
15 18 (3.87%) Test Leader
16 17 (3.66%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
17 16 (3.44%) Automation Analyst
17 16 (3.44%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.44%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (3.44%) LDAP
1 16 (3.44%) WebSphere MQ
2 15 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 10 (2.15%) XML
4 9 (1.94%) .NET
5 8 (1.72%) EDI
5 8 (1.72%) HTML
5 8 (1.72%) REST
6 7 (1.51%) CSS
6 7 (1.51%) JSON
7 5 (1.08%) ADO
7 5 (1.08%) FreeSWITCH
7 5 (1.08%) Middleware
7 5 (1.08%) Playwright
7 5 (1.08%) RESTful
7 5 (1.08%) Web Services
8 3 (0.65%) FastAPI
8 3 (0.65%) JWT
8 3 (0.65%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 49 (10.54%) Greenfield Project
2 39 (8.39%) Management Information System
3 29 (6.24%) Product Ownership
4 19 (4.09%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.87%) Linux Command Line
6 13 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.15%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.51%) Driving Licence
8 7 (1.51%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 5 (1.08%) CMDB
10 5 (1.08%) NHS
10 5 (1.08%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.86%) AI Agents
11 4 (0.86%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 4 (0.86%) Low-Code
11 4 (0.86%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.53%) Windows
2 29 (6.24%) Linux
3 16 (3.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (3.44%) Unix
4 6 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.08%) Debian
5 5 (1.08%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.43%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (41.94%) Agile
2 147 (31.61%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 86 (18.49%) Roadmaps
5 78 (16.77%) Translating Business Requirements
6 74 (15.91%) Data Management
7 71 (15.27%) ERP
8 70 (15.05%) Logistics
9 68 (14.62%) Migration
10 65 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 64 (13.76%) Change Management
12 62 (13.33%) Data Collection
12 62 (13.33%) Incident Management
13 61 (13.12%) Impact Analysis
13 61 (13.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 60 (12.90%) AI
14 60 (12.90%) Quality Management
15 59 (12.69%) Architectural Design
16 58 (12.47%) Requirements Gathering
16 58 (12.47%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 125 (26.88%) SQL
2 40 (8.60%) Python
3 16 (3.44%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.58%) T-SQL
5 11 (2.37%) C#
6 5 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (0.86%) Java
8 3 (0.65%) PHP
8 3 (0.65%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.43%) C
9 2 (0.43%) C++
9 2 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.43%) VBA
10 1 (0.22%) Bash
10 1 (0.22%) R
Qualifications
1 87 (18.71%) Degree
2 24 (5.16%) ISTQB
3 20 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (3.66%) AWS Certification
5 16 (3.44%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.15%) Security Cleared
7 8 (1.72%) SC Cleared
8 7 (1.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (1.29%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.29%) ISEB
10 5 (1.08%) ACCA
10 5 (1.08%) CIMA
11 4 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.86%) IIBA
11 4 (0.86%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.86%) PMP
12 3 (0.65%) CBAP
13 2 (0.43%) CFA
13 2 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (12.69%) QA
2 26 (5.59%) SLA
3 22 (4.73%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.72%) GDPR
5 6 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.08%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.08%) ISO 9001
6 5 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.65%) MiFID
7 3 (0.65%) PMO
8 2 (0.43%) EMIR
8 2 (0.43%) UCITS
9 1 (0.22%) HL7
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS
9 1 (0.22%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.08%) Kamailio
2 4 (0.86%) Docker
3 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.29%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.86%) Terraform
3 2 (0.43%) Grafana
3 2 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.22%) Ansible
4 1 (0.22%) Control-M
4 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.22%) Puppet
4 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 118 (25.38%) Microsoft
2 101 (21.72%) SAP
3 45 (9.68%) Blue Prism
4 39 (8.39%) Oracle
5 20 (4.30%) IBM
5 20 (4.30%) Salesforce
6 16 (3.44%) Red Hat
6 16 (3.44%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.29%) Workday
8 5 (1.08%) Alteryx
8 5 (1.08%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.08%) Databricks
8 5 (1.08%) iManage
9 4 (0.86%) Ariba
10 3 (0.65%) Anaplan
10 3 (0.65%) Automation Anywhere
10 3 (0.65%) Concur
10 3 (0.65%) OpenLink
10 3 (0.65%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.65%) UiPath