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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 350 371
Rank change year-on-year +94 +21 -113
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 637 302 645
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 0.76% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.82% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 428 198 496
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,913 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -0.36%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £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 61,307 36,819 78,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.20% 92.52% 81.80%
Number of salaries quoted 43,146 20,189 56,768
10th Percentile £30,750 £29,000 £29,497
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £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 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 +97 281 £67,500 -3.57% 97
North of England +66 153 £55,000 -2.22% 42
North West +41 85 £55,000 -4.45% 24
Midlands -10 64 £50,000 -0.99% 30
South East +6 57 £45,000 -21.74% 71
West Midlands +3 52 £50,000 +5.26% 18
Yorkshire 0 50 £82,500 +50.00% 19
East of England -7 32 £50,025 -5.61% 6
South West -49 32 £53,750 -2.27% 19
North East - 18 £41,500 - 5
East Midlands -37 12 £52,500 -25.00% 12
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 (5.49%) Confluence
2 25 (3.92%) Apache
2 25 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (3.92%) Apache Spark
2 25 (3.92%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.94%) Appian
5 4 (0.63%) CMS
6 3 (0.47%) IIS
7 2 (0.31%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 41 (6.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.71%) MS Visio
3 29 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 77 (12.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.57%) SAP SD
4 9 (1.41%) Dynamics AX
5 8 (1.26%) Elite 3E
5 8 (1.26%) NetSuite
5 8 (1.26%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.26%) Sage 50
6 7 (1.10%) SAP MDG
7 6 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.78%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.63%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.63%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.63%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.63%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 116 (18.21%) Azure
2 82 (12.87%) Power Platform
3 66 (10.36%) AWS
4 56 (8.79%) Azure DevOps
5 55 (8.63%) Dynamics 365
6 37 (5.81%) SaaS
7 31 (4.87%) Power Automate
8 28 (4.40%) Amazon S3
8 28 (4.40%) PowerApps
9 27 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (3.92%) OpenShift
11 21 (3.30%) GCP
12 12 (1.88%) Boomi
13 9 (1.41%) Snowflake
14 8 (1.26%) Azure AKS
14 8 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
15 7 (1.10%) GitHub
15 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
16 6 (0.94%) Figma
16 6 (0.94%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.78%) HTTP
2 4 (0.63%) VPN
3 2 (0.31%) Intranet
3 2 (0.31%) LAN
3 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.31%) VoIP
3 2 (0.31%) WAN
3 2 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.16%) Broadband
4 1 (0.16%) FTP
4 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (9.89%) Power BI
2 32 (5.02%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.55%) Tableau
4 27 (4.24%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.92%) Apache Hive
5 25 (3.92%) Impala
5 25 (3.92%) Parquet
5 25 (3.92%) Spark SQL
6 11 (1.73%) SAP HANA
7 9 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (1.41%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.41%) SAP BW
8 6 (0.94%) Pinecone
8 6 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.94%) Power Query
8 6 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.78%) Db2
9 5 (0.78%) Metadata
9 5 (0.78%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (13.97%) JIRA
2 37 (5.81%) Git
3 36 (5.65%) Selenium
4 25 (3.92%) Cypress.io
4 25 (3.92%) IBM UrbanCode
5 17 (2.67%) Postman
6 8 (1.26%) GitLab
6 8 (1.26%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.94%) MLflow
7 6 (0.94%) REST Assured
7 6 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.78%) JUnit
9 4 (0.63%) Gatling
9 4 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.63%) Ranorex
9 4 (0.63%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.63%) TestRail
10 3 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.47%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.47%) TestNG
General
1 289 (45.37%) Finance
2 259 (40.66%) Social Skills
3 189 (29.67%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (10.99%) Law
5 62 (9.73%) Banking
6 55 (8.63%) Legal
7 46 (7.22%) Manufacturing
8 38 (5.97%) Investment Banking
8 38 (5.97%) Retail
9 37 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (5.02%) Public Sector
11 26 (4.08%) Marketing
12 21 (3.30%) Billing
13 18 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (1.57%) Advertising
17 10 (1.57%) Aerospace
18 9 (1.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 207 (32.50%) Analyst
2 115 (18.05%) Business Analyst
3 101 (15.86%) Consultant
4 65 (10.20%) Lead
5 57 (8.95%) Senior
6 38 (5.97%) SAP Consultant
7 36 (5.65%) Project Manager
8 31 (4.87%) Support Analyst
8 31 (4.87%) Technical Analyst
9 27 (4.24%) Systems Analyst
10 24 (3.77%) Transformation Analyst
11 23 (3.61%) Banking Analyst
11 23 (3.61%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (3.61%) Test Leader
12 21 (3.30%) QA Leader
13 20 (3.14%) Transformation Manager
14 19 (2.98%) Tester
15 18 (2.83%) Systems Support
16 17 (2.67%) Developer
16 17 (2.67%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.24%) Playwright
1 27 (4.24%) REST
2 25 (3.92%) Middleware
2 25 (3.92%) PySpark
3 19 (2.98%) Pandas
4 15 (2.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (2.04%) SAP Fiori
6 11 (1.73%) RESTful
6 11 (1.73%) Web Services
6 11 (1.73%) XML
7 10 (1.57%) Swagger
8 8 (1.26%) .NET
8 8 (1.26%) Flask
8 8 (1.26%) OpenAPI
9 7 (1.10%) JSON
9 7 (1.10%) React
9 7 (1.10%) SAP Core Interface
10 6 (0.94%) pytest
10 6 (0.94%) scikit-learn
10 6 (0.94%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.06%) Onboarding
2 43 (6.75%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (6.59%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.98%) Data Structures
5 19 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (2.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 15 (2.35%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 12 (1.88%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.73%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.57%) NHS
10 9 (1.41%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.10%) CMDB
12 7 (1.10%) Derivative
12 7 (1.10%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.10%) Fixed Income
13 5 (0.78%) Blog
13 5 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.67%) Windows
2 13 (2.04%) Linux
3 7 (1.10%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.78%) Unix
5 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) VMS
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (34.07%) Agile
2 204 (32.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 189 (29.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 182 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (19.15%) Requirements Gathering
6 119 (18.68%) ERP
7 116 (18.21%) Migration
8 113 (17.74%) Validation
9 101 (15.86%) System Integration Testing
10 93 (14.60%) Process Improvement
11 92 (14.44%) User Stories
12 89 (13.97%) Test Automation
13 82 (12.87%) DevOps
13 82 (12.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 81 (12.72%) Translating Business Requirements
15 80 (12.56%) CI/CD
16 77 (12.09%) Business Intelligence
17 74 (11.62%) Workshop Facilitation
18 71 (11.15%) Data Migration
19 68 (10.68%) AI
Programming Languages
1 123 (19.31%) SQL
2 62 (9.73%) Python
3 34 (5.34%) C#
4 21 (3.30%) Java
4 21 (3.30%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.98%) ABAP
6 12 (1.88%) C++
7 8 (1.26%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.26%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.78%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.63%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.63%) Rust
10 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.47%) Perl
11 3 (0.47%) VBA
12 2 (0.31%) Go
12 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.16%) C
13 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 77 (12.09%) Degree
2 26 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.98%) ISTQB
3 19 (2.98%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.83%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.51%) PMP
6 11 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.57%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.41%) ACCA
8 9 (1.41%) CIMA
9 8 (1.26%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.10%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.94%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.78%) IIBA
12 5 (0.78%) ISEB
13 4 (0.63%) CCA
13 4 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (19.00%) QA
2 72 (11.30%) Data Quality
3 51 (8.01%) GDPR
4 33 (5.18%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.14%) PMO
6 15 (2.35%) HIPAA
7 14 (2.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (2.20%) SLA
8 12 (1.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (1.10%) GAAP
9 7 (1.10%) IFRS
10 6 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.78%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.78%) TickIT
11 5 (0.78%) WCAG
12 4 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.31%) HL7
13 2 (0.31%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.31%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (2.83%) Docker
2 8 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Firmware
3 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.51%) Terraform
3 3 (0.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.31%) Grafana
4 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 110 (17.27%) Microsoft
2 108 (16.95%) SAP
3 80 (12.56%) Oracle
4 28 (4.40%) Salesforce
4 28 (4.40%) ServiceNow
5 26 (4.08%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.04%) Intapp
6 13 (2.04%) Sage
7 10 (1.57%) Ariba
7 10 (1.57%) FIS
7 10 (1.57%) ION Trading
8 9 (1.41%) OpenText
9 8 (1.26%) Databricks
9 8 (1.26%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.26%) Xero
10 7 (1.10%) IFS
10 7 (1.10%) iManage
11 6 (0.94%) Automation Anywhere
11 6 (0.94%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.94%) UiPath