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

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 351 316
Rank change year-on-year +71 -35 -6
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 465 285 671
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.67% 0.78% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.84% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 288 174 540
10th Percentile £37,500 £29,750 £37,475
25th Percentile £44,750 £43,119 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,780 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% +4.96% +1.82%
75th Percentile £71,313 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,250 £85,000 £82,500
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 53,421 34,107 67,015
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 77.17% 93.42% 86.49%
Number of salaries quoted 33,389 20,285 51,851
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,590 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,040 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.27% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 28 March 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 28 March 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 +86 217 £62,500 -16.67% 144
Midlands -5 74 £50,000 -2.91% 42
South East -2 58 £42,500 -21.61% 93
West Midlands +9 55 £50,000 -3.75% 30
North of England -66 48 £52,500 +5.00% 43
South West -29 28 £47,500 +16.56% 18
East of England -11 27 £55,000 - 16
North West -45 21 £55,000 -15.38% 25
East Midlands -39 19 £38,750 -13.89% 12
Yorkshire -56 16 £57,500 +77.00% 17
North East -16 11 £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 (5.38%) Apache
1 25 (5.38%) Apache Airflow
1 25 (5.38%) Apache Spark
2 24 (5.16%) Confluence
3 12 (2.58%) Appian
4 10 (2.15%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.29%) Tomcat
5 6 (1.29%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.29%) WebSphere Application Server
6 3 (0.65%) CMS
7 2 (0.43%) WordPress
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 46 (9.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (5.38%) MS Visio
3 20 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (7.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (2.15%) Dynamics AX
2 10 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (1.29%) Oracle Payables
4 5 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.86%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 4 (0.86%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.86%) SAP EWM
6 3 (0.65%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.65%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.65%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.65%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.65%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.43%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.43%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.43%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.43%) SAP WM
7 2 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 81 (17.42%) Azure
2 74 (15.91%) Power Platform
3 52 (11.18%) AWS
4 38 (8.17%) Azure DevOps
5 33 (7.10%) Dynamics 365
6 32 (6.88%) SaaS
7 30 (6.45%) Amazon S3
8 26 (5.59%) Power Automate
9 25 (5.38%) OpenShift
10 16 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (2.58%) Anthropic Claude
11 12 (2.58%) Azure AI
12 11 (2.37%) GCP
13 10 (2.15%) PowerApps
14 8 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (1.72%) OCI
15 7 (1.51%) Snowflake
16 6 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
16 6 (1.29%) Serverless
17 5 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.94%) VPN
2 6 (1.29%) SSL
3 3 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.43%) GSM
4 2 (0.43%) LAN
4 2 (0.43%) LTE
4 2 (0.43%) WAN
5 1 (0.22%) HTTP
5 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.22%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (12.04%) Power BI
2 29 (6.24%) Oracle Database
2 29 (6.24%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.81%) Tableau
4 25 (5.38%) Apache Hive
4 25 (5.38%) Impala
4 25 (5.38%) Parquet
4 25 (5.38%) Spark SQL
5 13 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.58%) Pinecone
7 11 (2.37%) DB2
8 9 (1.94%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.51%) MySQL
10 6 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.29%) Electronic Patient Records
10 6 (1.29%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.08%) Metadata
11 5 (1.08%) Power Query
12 4 (0.86%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 71 (15.27%) JIRA
2 28 (6.02%) Git
3 25 (5.38%) IBM UrbanCode
4 24 (5.16%) Selenium
5 18 (3.87%) Cypress.io
6 12 (2.58%) MLflow
7 10 (2.15%) Postman
8 5 (1.08%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.86%) JUnit
10 3 (0.65%) GitLab
10 3 (0.65%) Katalon Studio
10 3 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.65%) TestNG
10 3 (0.65%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.43%) Appium
11 2 (0.43%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.43%) Ranorex
11 2 (0.43%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.43%) TestRail
General
1 190 (40.86%) Finance
1 190 (40.86%) Social Skills
2 136 (29.25%) Analytical Skills
3 65 (13.98%) Banking
4 38 (8.17%) Investment Banking
4 38 (8.17%) Manufacturing
5 37 (7.96%) Law
6 30 (6.45%) Legal
7 26 (5.59%) Public Sector
8 22 (4.73%) Marketing
9 21 (4.52%) Retail
10 19 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.51%) Aerospace
14 7 (1.51%) Billing
14 7 (1.51%) Health Technology
15 6 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.08%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 211 (45.38%) Analyst
2 110 (23.66%) Business Analyst
3 60 (12.90%) Senior
4 54 (11.61%) Lead
5 38 (8.17%) Senior Analyst
6 32 (6.88%) Support Analyst
6 32 (6.88%) Technical Analyst
7 28 (6.02%) Consultant
8 27 (5.81%) Transformation Analyst
9 26 (5.59%) Test Leader
10 22 (4.73%) Banking Analyst
10 22 (4.73%) Project Manager
11 20 (4.30%) Applications Support
11 20 (4.30%) Developer
12 19 (4.09%) Senior Business Analyst
13 15 (3.23%) QA Leader
13 15 (3.23%) Systems Analyst
14 14 (3.01%) Applications Support Analyst
15 13 (2.80%) Automation Engineer
16 12 (2.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.38%) Pandas
1 25 (5.38%) PySpark
2 19 (4.09%) Playwright
3 18 (3.87%) REST
4 17 (3.66%) Oracle Fusion
5 16 (3.44%) Web Services
6 15 (3.23%) OpenAPI
6 15 (3.23%) RESTful
6 15 (3.23%) Swagger
7 12 (2.58%) Faiss
7 12 (2.58%) FastAPI
7 12 (2.58%) Flask
7 12 (2.58%) Hugging Face
7 12 (2.58%) JWT
7 12 (2.58%) NumPy
7 12 (2.58%) OAuth
7 12 (2.58%) pytest
7 12 (2.58%) PyTorch
7 12 (2.58%) scikit-learn
7 12 (2.58%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
1 31 (6.67%) Onboarding
1 31 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 22 (4.73%) Management Information System
3 16 (3.44%) Linux Command Line
3 16 (3.44%) Low-Code
4 15 (3.23%) NHS
5 13 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.94%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (1.51%) Cloud Native
9 7 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.29%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.29%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.08%) Derivative
11 5 (1.08%) Fixed Income
12 4 (0.86%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.73%) Windows
2 21 (4.52%) Linux
3 10 (2.15%) Unix
4 7 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.29%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.22%) Android
7 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (41.08%) Agile
2 117 (25.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (24.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 108 (23.23%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (21.72%) Requirements Gathering
6 96 (20.65%) Validation
7 85 (18.28%) Test Automation
8 79 (16.99%) Change Management
9 73 (15.70%) Migration
10 71 (15.27%) Roadmaps
11 70 (15.05%) Business Intelligence
11 70 (15.05%) CI/CD
12 67 (14.41%) AI
13 62 (13.33%) User Stories
14 61 (13.12%) Business Analysis
14 61 (13.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 58 (12.47%) ERP
16 57 (12.26%) Analytics
17 56 (12.04%) DevOps
17 56 (12.04%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 126 (27.10%) SQL
2 62 (13.33%) Python
3 20 (4.30%) C#
4 15 (3.23%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.80%) Java
6 9 (1.94%) C++
7 8 (1.72%) T-SQL
8 6 (1.29%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.08%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (1.08%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.86%) Rust
11 3 (0.65%) ABAP
12 2 (0.43%) Bash
12 2 (0.43%) Go
12 2 (0.43%) VBA
13 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.22%) C
13 1 (0.22%) Korn
13 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (14.62%) Degree
2 23 (4.95%) PMI Certification
3 21 (4.52%) ISTQB
4 20 (4.30%) PMP
4 20 (4.30%) Security Cleared
5 16 (3.44%) SC Cleared
6 10 (2.15%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.15%) IIBA
7 9 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.51%) ISEB
8 7 (1.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.29%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.86%) CBAP
10 4 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.65%) CAPM
12 2 (0.43%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.43%) PhD
12 2 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (18.28%) QA
2 49 (10.54%) Data Quality
3 25 (5.38%) Accessibility
4 23 (4.95%) GDPR
5 17 (3.66%) SLA
6 12 (2.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 12 (2.58%) HIPAA
7 8 (1.72%) PMO
8 6 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.29%) HL7
8 6 (1.29%) IFRS
9 5 (1.08%) ISO 20022
10 4 (0.86%) GAAP
11 3 (0.65%) IFRS 17
11 3 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.65%) WCAG
12 2 (0.43%) PSD2
13 1 (0.22%) GRC
13 1 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 19 (4.09%) Docker
2 7 (1.51%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.86%) Firmware
3 4 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.72%) Terraform
3 7 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.86%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.43%) Grafana
7 1 (0.22%) Ansible
7 1 (0.22%) Control-M
7 1 (0.22%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 74 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 66 (14.19%) Oracle
3 56 (12.04%) SAP
4 32 (6.88%) Red Hat
5 20 (4.30%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.01%) Blue Prism
7 13 (2.80%) Salesforce
8 12 (2.58%) Automation Anywhere
8 12 (2.58%) OpenAI
8 12 (2.58%) UiPath
9 8 (1.72%) IBM
10 7 (1.51%) Ariba
11 5 (1.08%) Alteryx
11 5 (1.08%) Databricks
11 5 (1.08%) Workday
12 4 (0.86%) Anaplan
12 4 (0.86%) CA Agile Central
12 4 (0.86%) IFS
12 4 (0.86%) Intapp
12 4 (0.86%) JD Edwards