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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 376 344
Rank change year-on-year +124 -32 -43
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 585 287 669
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 0.74% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 0.79% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 377 191 519
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,000 £35,850
25th Percentile £48,500 £46,500 £42,780
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
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 59,242 36,291 71,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.97% 93.41% 85.20%
Number of salaries quoted 38,835 20,234 53,682
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 +112 276 £67,500 -8.47% 158
North of England +38 120 £60,000 -2.09% 54
Midlands -22 63 £52,500 +1.45% 44
North West +13 54 £58,000 -14.07% 31
West Midlands -8 50 £50,000 +3.09% 24
Yorkshire -21 50 £85,000 +88.89% 19
South East +12 49 £52,500 -12.50% 67
East of England -6 31 £55,000 +3.77% 13
South West -36 29 £55,000 +4.76% 18
North East -24 16 £43,000 -14.00% 4
East Midlands -26 13 £55,000 -21.43% 20
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 29 (4.96%) Confluence
2 25 (4.27%) Apache
2 25 (4.27%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.27%) Apache Spark
3 18 (3.08%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.88%) Appian
5 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.68%) CMS
7 2 (0.34%) IIS
7 2 (0.34%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 44 (7.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.13%) MS Visio
3 21 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 74 (12.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.88%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.54%) SAP SD
5 8 (1.37%) Elite 3E
6 7 (1.20%) SAP MDG
7 6 (1.03%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
8 5 (0.85%) SAP EWM
9 4 (0.68%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
9 4 (0.68%) Sage 50
9 4 (0.68%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.68%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.68%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 4 (0.68%) SAP IBP
9 4 (0.68%) SAP MDG-BP
9 4 (0.68%) SAP Travel Management
9 4 (0.68%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (18.29%) Azure
2 79 (13.50%) Power Platform
3 60 (10.26%) AWS
4 50 (8.55%) Dynamics 365
5 49 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (6.32%) Power Automate
7 31 (5.30%) SaaS
8 29 (4.96%) Amazon S3
9 25 (4.27%) OpenShift
10 23 (3.93%) PowerApps
11 22 (3.76%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (3.08%) GCP
13 14 (2.39%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (1.88%) Anthropic Claude
14 11 (1.88%) Azure AI
15 10 (1.71%) Boomi
16 9 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
17 8 (1.37%) Snowflake
18 7 (1.20%) Asana
18 7 (1.20%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.37%) VPN
2 5 (0.85%) HTTP
3 2 (0.34%) GSM
3 2 (0.34%) LAN
3 2 (0.34%) LTE
3 2 (0.34%) WAN
3 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.17%) Broadband
4 1 (0.17%) Intranet
4 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (11.11%) Power BI
2 29 (4.96%) Oracle Database
2 29 (4.96%) SQL Server
3 28 (4.79%) Tableau
4 25 (4.27%) Apache Hive
4 25 (4.27%) Impala
4 25 (4.27%) Parquet
4 25 (4.27%) Spark SQL
5 11 (1.88%) Pinecone
5 11 (1.88%) SAP HANA
6 9 (1.54%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.54%) SAP BW
7 7 (1.20%) MySQL
8 6 (1.03%) Electronic Patient Records
8 6 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (1.03%) Power Query
8 6 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.85%) DB2
9 5 (0.85%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 83 (14.19%) JIRA
2 30 (5.13%) Git
2 30 (5.13%) Selenium
3 25 (4.27%) IBM UrbanCode
4 22 (3.76%) Cypress.io
5 12 (2.05%) Postman
6 11 (1.88%) MLflow
7 5 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.68%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.68%) SpecFlow
8 4 (0.68%) TestRail
9 3 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.51%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.51%) JUnit
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.51%) Ranorex
9 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.51%) TestNG
10 2 (0.34%) Eclipse
General
1 246 (42.05%) Finance
2 235 (40.17%) Social Skills
3 172 (29.40%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (10.94%) Banking
5 59 (10.09%) Law
6 49 (8.38%) Legal
7 47 (8.03%) Manufacturing
8 42 (7.18%) Retail
9 36 (6.15%) Investment Banking
10 33 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (4.79%) Public Sector
12 27 (4.62%) Marketing
13 18 (3.08%) Billing
14 17 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
15 15 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.54%) Games
18 8 (1.37%) Advertising
18 8 (1.37%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 209 (35.73%) Analyst
2 119 (20.34%) Business Analyst
3 93 (15.90%) Consultant
4 62 (10.60%) Lead
5 60 (10.26%) Senior
6 36 (6.15%) SAP Consultant
6 36 (6.15%) Technical Analyst
7 31 (5.30%) Senior Analyst
8 30 (5.13%) Project Manager
9 27 (4.62%) Transformation Analyst
10 23 (3.93%) Test Leader
11 22 (3.76%) Banking Analyst
11 22 (3.76%) Systems Analyst
12 21 (3.59%) Support Analyst
13 19 (3.25%) Transformation Manager
14 18 (3.08%) QA Leader
15 17 (2.91%) Developer
16 16 (2.74%) Senior Business Analyst
16 16 (2.74%) Technical Manager
17 15 (2.56%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.96%) REST
2 25 (4.27%) PySpark
3 24 (4.10%) Pandas
4 23 (3.93%) Playwright
5 22 (3.76%) Middleware
6 16 (2.74%) RESTful
6 16 (2.74%) Web Services
7 15 (2.56%) Swagger
8 14 (2.39%) OpenAPI
9 13 (2.22%) Flask
9 13 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
9 13 (2.22%) SAP Fiori
10 11 (1.88%) Django
10 11 (1.88%) FastAPI
10 11 (1.88%) JWT
10 11 (1.88%) NumPy
10 11 (1.88%) OAuth
10 11 (1.88%) pytest
10 11 (1.88%) scikit-learn
10 11 (1.88%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.52%) Onboarding
2 41 (7.01%) Legacy Systems
3 36 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 19 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
6 17 (2.91%) Low-Code
7 16 (2.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (2.74%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 15 (2.56%) NHS
9 12 (2.05%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.88%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.54%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.37%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (1.20%) Fixed Income
15 6 (1.03%) CMDB
15 6 (1.03%) Derivative
16 5 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.74%) Windows
2 14 (2.39%) Linux
3 7 (1.20%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.68%) Unix
5 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (34.36%) Agile
2 168 (28.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 164 (28.03%) Continuous Improvement
4 156 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
5 125 (21.37%) Requirements Gathering
6 109 (18.63%) Migration
7 108 (18.46%) Validation
8 99 (16.92%) ERP
9 91 (15.56%) Test Automation
10 90 (15.38%) System Integration Testing
11 83 (14.19%) Business Intelligence
11 83 (14.19%) User Stories
12 81 (13.85%) Translating Business Requirements
12 81 (13.85%) Workshop Facilitation
13 77 (13.16%) CI/CD
14 73 (12.48%) DevOps
14 73 (12.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 71 (12.14%) AI
16 70 (11.97%) Change Management
17 69 (11.79%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 120 (20.51%) SQL
2 64 (10.94%) Python
3 32 (5.47%) C#
4 20 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.08%) Java
6 17 (2.91%) ABAP
7 12 (2.05%) C++
8 6 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.03%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.85%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.68%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.68%) Rust
10 4 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.68%) VBA
11 3 (0.51%) Perl
12 2 (0.34%) Go
13 1 (0.17%) C
13 1 (0.17%) PHP
13 1 (0.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 75 (12.82%) Degree
2 25 (4.27%) PMI Certification
3 21 (3.59%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.42%) ISTQB
4 20 (3.42%) PMP
5 13 (2.22%) SC Cleared
6 11 (1.88%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.54%) IIBA
8 8 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.03%) CBAP
10 6 (1.03%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.03%) ISEB
10 6 (1.03%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.85%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.68%) CCA
12 4 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.51%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.51%) CAPM
13 3 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (17.95%) QA
2 69 (11.79%) Data Quality
3 41 (7.01%) GDPR
4 27 (4.62%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.42%) PMO
6 16 (2.74%) SLA
7 15 (2.56%) HIPAA
8 12 (2.05%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.20%) IFRS
11 6 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (1.03%) HL7
12 5 (0.85%) GAAP
12 5 (0.85%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.85%) TickIT
13 4 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.51%) WCAG
15 2 (0.34%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.34%) PSD2
16 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 19 (3.25%) Docker
2 9 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.68%) Firmware
3 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.88%) Terraform
3 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.34%) Grafana
4 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) Control-M
Vendors
1 105 (17.95%) SAP
2 93 (15.90%) Microsoft
3 74 (12.65%) Oracle
4 26 (4.44%) Red Hat
5 23 (3.93%) Salesforce
5 23 (3.93%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.05%) Intapp
7 11 (1.88%) Ariba
7 11 (1.88%) Automation Anywhere
7 11 (1.88%) OpenAI
7 11 (1.88%) UiPath
8 10 (1.71%) FIS
9 9 (1.54%) ION Trading
9 9 (1.54%) OpenText
10 7 (1.20%) IFS
10 7 (1.20%) Workday
11 6 (1.03%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.03%) iManage
12 5 (0.85%) Databricks
12 5 (0.85%) MuleSoft