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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 338 322
Rank change year-on-year +55 -16 -4
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 485 293 687
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 0.80% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.86% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 306 178 543
10th Percentile £38,125 £29,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,063 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,250 £58,780 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +4.96% +1.82%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 55,804 34,167 68,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 76.31% 93.17% 86.13%
Number of salaries quoted 35,190 20,509 52,490
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -10.57%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +100 231 £65,000 -10.34% 144
Midlands -17 77 £50,000 -2.91% 42
North of England -59 59 £58,000 +16.00% 43
West Midlands +8 58 £50,000 -3.75% 30
South East -13 50 £43,750 -19.31% 93
East of England -8 28 £55,000 - 16
South West -38 28 £55,000 +34.97% 18
North West -47 27 £60,000 -7.69% 25
Yorkshire -50 20 £85,000 +161.66% 17
East Midlands -45 19 £40,000 -13.51% 12
North East -16 12 £47,500 -5.00% 1
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 25 (5.15%) Apache
1 25 (5.15%) Apache Airflow
1 25 (5.15%) Apache Spark
2 23 (4.74%) Confluence
3 12 (2.47%) Appian
4 10 (2.06%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.82%) CMS
5 4 (0.82%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.82%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.82%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.41%) WordPress
8 1 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (9.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.15%) MS Visio
3 20 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (2.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 37 (7.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.27%) Dynamics AX
4 5 (1.03%) Elite 3E
4 5 (1.03%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.03%) SAP EWM
5 4 (0.82%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.82%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.82%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.62%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.62%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.62%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.62%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.41%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.41%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 89 (18.35%) Azure
2 75 (15.46%) Power Platform
3 54 (11.13%) AWS
4 41 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
4 41 (8.45%) Dynamics 365
5 32 (6.60%) Power Automate
5 32 (6.60%) SaaS
6 30 (6.19%) Amazon S3
7 25 (5.15%) OpenShift
8 16 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (3.09%) PowerApps
10 14 (2.89%) GCP
11 12 (2.47%) Anthropic Claude
11 12 (2.47%) Azure AI
12 9 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (1.65%) OCI
14 7 (1.44%) Asana
14 7 (1.44%) Boomi
14 7 (1.44%) Snowflake
15 5 (1.03%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.86%) VPN
2 4 (0.82%) SSL
3 3 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.41%) GSM
4 2 (0.41%) LAN
4 2 (0.41%) LTE
4 2 (0.41%) WAN
5 1 (0.21%) HTTP
5 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.21%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (12.78%) Power BI
2 30 (6.19%) Oracle Database
3 29 (5.98%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.57%) Tableau
5 25 (5.15%) Apache Hive
5 25 (5.15%) Impala
5 25 (5.15%) Parquet
5 25 (5.15%) Spark SQL
6 12 (2.47%) Pinecone
7 11 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.86%) DB2
8 9 (1.86%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.44%) MySQL
10 6 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.24%) Electronic Patient Records
10 6 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (1.24%) Power Query
11 5 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.03%) Metadata
11 5 (1.03%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 73 (15.05%) JIRA
2 30 (6.19%) Git
3 25 (5.15%) IBM UrbanCode
3 25 (5.15%) Selenium
4 18 (3.71%) Cypress.io
5 12 (2.47%) MLflow
6 11 (2.27%) Postman
7 5 (1.03%) REST Assured
7 5 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.82%) JUnit
9 3 (0.62%) GitLab
9 3 (0.62%) Katalon Studio
9 3 (0.62%) Ranorex
9 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.62%) TestNG
9 3 (0.62%) TestRail
9 3 (0.62%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.41%) Appium
10 2 (0.41%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.41%) SpecFlow
General
1 203 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 200 (41.24%) Finance
3 150 (30.93%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (13.81%) Banking
5 44 (9.07%) Law
6 38 (7.84%) Investment Banking
7 36 (7.42%) Manufacturing
8 35 (7.22%) Legal
9 28 (5.77%) Retail
10 25 (5.15%) Public Sector
11 21 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (3.51%) Marketing
13 15 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.65%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.65%) Billing
16 8 (1.65%) Games
17 7 (1.44%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 215 (44.33%) Analyst
2 117 (24.12%) Business Analyst
3 57 (11.75%) Senior
4 55 (11.34%) Lead
5 37 (7.63%) Senior Analyst
6 36 (7.42%) Consultant
7 32 (6.60%) Technical Analyst
8 31 (6.39%) Support Analyst
9 27 (5.57%) Transformation Analyst
10 24 (4.95%) Project Manager
11 22 (4.54%) Banking Analyst
11 22 (4.54%) Test Leader
12 19 (3.92%) Senior Business Analyst
13 17 (3.51%) Applications Support
13 17 (3.51%) Developer
14 16 (3.30%) QA Leader
14 16 (3.30%) Systems Analyst
15 14 (2.89%) Tester
16 13 (2.68%) Applications Support Analyst
16 13 (2.68%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.15%) Pandas
1 25 (5.15%) PySpark
2 24 (4.95%) REST
3 20 (4.12%) Playwright
4 17 (3.51%) Oracle Fusion
5 16 (3.30%) RESTful
5 16 (3.30%) Web Services
6 15 (3.09%) OpenAPI
6 15 (3.09%) Swagger
7 13 (2.68%) Middleware
8 12 (2.47%) Django
8 12 (2.47%) Flask
8 12 (2.47%) Hugging Face
8 12 (2.47%) JWT
8 12 (2.47%) NumPy
8 12 (2.47%) OAuth
8 12 (2.47%) pytest
8 12 (2.47%) PyTorch
8 12 (2.47%) scikit-learn
8 12 (2.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.01%) Product Ownership
2 33 (6.80%) Legacy Systems
2 33 (6.80%) Onboarding
3 23 (4.74%) Management Information System
4 16 (3.30%) Low-Code
5 15 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (3.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (3.09%) NHS
6 14 (2.89%) Linux Command Line
7 10 (2.06%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 9 (1.86%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
9 7 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.24%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.24%) Derivative
10 6 (1.24%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.12%) Windows
2 19 (3.92%) Linux
3 8 (1.65%) Unix
4 6 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.82%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.21%) Android
7 1 (0.21%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (37.94%) Agile
2 135 (27.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 131 (27.01%) Continuous Improvement
4 116 (23.92%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (22.27%) Requirements Gathering
6 98 (20.21%) Validation
7 84 (17.32%) Migration
7 84 (17.32%) Test Automation
8 78 (16.08%) Change Management
9 77 (15.88%) Business Intelligence
10 73 (15.05%) CI/CD
11 71 (14.64%) User Stories
12 67 (13.81%) ERP
13 65 (13.40%) AI
14 64 (13.20%) Business Analysis
15 63 (12.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 62 (12.78%) Analytics
17 61 (12.58%) DevOps
18 60 (12.37%) Workshop Facilitation
19 59 (12.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 122 (25.15%) SQL
2 62 (12.78%) Python
3 23 (4.74%) C#
4 17 (3.51%) JavaScript
5 14 (2.89%) Java
6 9 (1.86%) C++
7 8 (1.65%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.24%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.03%) ABAP
9 5 (1.03%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.82%) Rust
11 2 (0.41%) Bash
11 2 (0.41%) Go
11 2 (0.41%) VBA
12 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.21%) C
12 1 (0.21%) Korn
12 1 (0.21%) PHP
12 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (14.23%) Degree
2 25 (5.15%) PMI Certification
3 22 (4.54%) ISTQB
4 21 (4.33%) PMP
5 18 (3.71%) Security Cleared
6 14 (2.89%) SC Cleared
7 10 (2.06%) IIBA
8 9 (1.86%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.65%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.44%) ISEB
10 7 (1.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.62%) CAPM
13 3 (0.62%) CBAP
14 2 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
14 2 (0.41%) PhD
14 2 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (17.94%) QA
2 53 (10.93%) Data Quality
3 25 (5.15%) Accessibility
3 25 (5.15%) GDPR
4 15 (3.09%) SLA
5 13 (2.68%) PMO
6 12 (2.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 12 (2.47%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.44%) IFRS
8 6 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.24%) HL7
9 5 (1.03%) GAAP
9 5 (1.03%) ISO 20022
9 5 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.82%) TickIT
11 3 (0.62%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.62%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.62%) WCAG
12 2 (0.41%) PSD2
13 1 (0.21%) GRC
System Software
1 20 (4.12%) Docker
2 7 (1.44%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.82%) Firmware
3 4 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (4.54%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.65%) Terraform
3 7 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.41%) Grafana
7 1 (0.21%) Ansible
7 1 (0.21%) Control-M
7 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 77 (15.88%) Microsoft
2 66 (13.61%) Oracle
3 62 (12.78%) SAP
4 30 (6.19%) Red Hat
5 17 (3.51%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.68%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.47%) Automation Anywhere
7 12 (2.47%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.47%) UiPath
8 9 (1.86%) Blue Prism
9 8 (1.65%) Ariba
10 7 (1.44%) Intapp
11 6 (1.24%) IBM
11 6 (1.24%) Workday
12 5 (1.03%) Alteryx
12 5 (1.03%) Databricks
13 4 (0.82%) Anaplan
13 4 (0.82%) CA Agile Central
13 4 (0.82%) FIS
13 4 (0.82%) IFS