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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 323 397
Rank change year-on-year +67 +74 -165
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 724 386 436
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 0.88% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.99% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 512 226 309
10th Percentile £33,050 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.60% -3.48%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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 70,697 38,871 59,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.46% 88.96% 81.02%
Number of salaries quoted 50,125 22,487 37,620
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 25 August 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 25 August 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 +58 299 £70,000 +3.70% 277
North of England +76 185 £55,000 +4.76% 85
North West +57 111 £55,000 +6.80% 54
Midlands +6 89 £49,000 -6.67% 54
South East -26 86 £45,000 -21.74% 56
West Midlands +5 71 £50,000 +5.26% 39
Yorkshire +3 58 £82,500 +46.67% 21
South West -61 27 £55,500 -3.48% 35
East of England -31 25 £45,050 -15.00% 14
East Midlands -29 18 £45,000 -35.71% 15
North East -40 16 £41,500 +1.22% 11
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 40 (5.52%) Confluence
2 26 (3.59%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.24%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.97%) Apache
6 6 (0.83%) CMS
7 3 (0.41%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 50 (6.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.18%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 87 (12.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (3.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (3.04%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.52%) SAP SD
5 8 (1.10%) Elite 3E
5 8 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.10%) Sage 50
5 8 (1.10%) SAP MDG
5 8 (1.10%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
6 7 (0.97%) SAP CO
6 7 (0.97%) SAP FI
6 7 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.83%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.69%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.55%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 137 (18.92%) Azure
2 102 (14.09%) Power Platform
3 79 (10.91%) Dynamics 365
4 72 (9.94%) AWS
5 59 (8.15%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (7.18%) SaaS
7 35 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (4.28%) PowerApps
9 22 (3.04%) GCP
10 21 (2.90%) Power Automate
11 13 (1.80%) GitHub
12 11 (1.52%) Boomi
12 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
14 9 (1.24%) Amazon S3
15 7 (0.97%) Azure AKS
15 7 (0.97%) OpenShift
16 6 (0.83%) Asana
16 6 (0.83%) Figma
16 6 (0.83%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.69%) HTTP
2 2 (0.28%) Intranet
2 2 (0.28%) VoIP
3 1 (0.14%) Broadband
3 1 (0.14%) FTP
3 1 (0.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (11.05%) Power BI
2 20 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 14 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.66%) Oracle Database
5 11 (1.52%) Metadata
5 11 (1.52%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.52%) SAP BW
6 10 (1.38%) SAP HANA
6 10 (1.38%) Tableau
7 7 (0.97%) Apache Hive
7 7 (0.97%) Impala
7 7 (0.97%) Parquet
7 7 (0.97%) Spark SQL
7 7 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.69%) Power Query
8 5 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.69%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.41%) Db2
Development Applications
1 93 (12.85%) JIRA
2 32 (4.42%) Selenium
3 29 (4.01%) Git
4 21 (2.90%) Postman
5 16 (2.21%) GitLab
6 14 (1.93%) Cypress.io
7 13 (1.80%) Jenkins
8 11 (1.52%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.10%) Gatling
10 7 (0.97%) Hudson
10 7 (0.97%) IBM UrbanCode
10 7 (0.97%) JUnit
11 6 (0.83%) JMeter
11 6 (0.83%) REST Assured
11 6 (0.83%) Zephyr
12 5 (0.69%) SoapUI
13 4 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
13 4 (0.55%) TestRail
14 3 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.41%) Ranorex
General
1 332 (45.86%) Finance
2 309 (42.68%) Social Skills
3 228 (31.49%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (11.74%) Law
5 57 (7.87%) Legal
5 57 (7.87%) Manufacturing
6 51 (7.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (5.94%) Retail
8 42 (5.80%) Banking
8 42 (5.80%) Public Sector
9 30 (4.14%) Marketing
10 29 (4.01%) Documentation Skills
11 28 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (2.49%) Billing
13 18 (2.49%) Investment Banking
14 14 (1.93%) Aerospace
15 13 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
16 12 (1.66%) General Ledger
17 11 (1.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 215 (29.70%) Analyst
2 122 (16.85%) Business Analyst
3 118 (16.30%) Consultant
4 66 (9.12%) Lead
5 63 (8.70%) Senior
6 41 (5.66%) Project Manager
7 37 (5.11%) Support Analyst
8 35 (4.83%) SAP Consultant
9 29 (4.01%) Systems Analyst
10 28 (3.87%) Tester
11 26 (3.59%) Functional Consultant
12 23 (3.18%) Applications Support
12 23 (3.18%) Applications Support Analyst
12 23 (3.18%) Developer
13 22 (3.04%) Architect
13 22 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (3.04%) Systems Support
14 19 (2.62%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
14 19 (2.62%) Product Owner
15 18 (2.49%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.14%) Playwright
2 29 (4.01%) REST
3 24 (3.31%) Middleware
4 17 (2.35%) JSON
5 16 (2.21%) SAP Fiori
6 15 (2.07%) Terraform
6 15 (2.07%) XML
7 13 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
8 12 (1.66%) SOAP
9 8 (1.10%) .NET
10 7 (0.97%) HTML
10 7 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
10 7 (0.97%) PySpark
10 7 (0.97%) SAP Core Interface
11 6 (0.83%) ADO
11 6 (0.83%) EDI
11 6 (0.83%) React
12 5 (0.69%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.69%) CSS
12 5 (0.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 38 (5.25%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.62%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 17 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.80%) Cloud Native
9 12 (1.66%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 9 (1.24%) Derivative
12 8 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.10%) NHS
13 7 (0.97%) CMDB
13 7 (0.97%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.97%) SystemC
14 6 (0.83%) Blog
14 6 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.49%) Windows
2 12 (1.66%) Linux
3 5 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.41%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 271 (37.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 246 (33.98%) Problem-Solving
3 242 (33.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 238 (32.87%) Agile
5 158 (21.82%) ERP
6 147 (20.30%) Requirements Gathering
7 141 (19.48%) Validation
8 133 (18.37%) Migration
9 129 (17.82%) System Integration Testing
10 121 (16.71%) Process Improvement
11 105 (14.50%) CRM
12 104 (14.36%) User Stories
13 103 (14.23%) DevOps
13 103 (14.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 102 (14.09%) Translating Business Requirements
15 100 (13.81%) Business Analysis
16 94 (12.98%) Workshop Facilitation
17 92 (12.71%) Business Intelligence
18 90 (12.43%) Data Migration
18 90 (12.43%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 129 (17.82%) SQL
2 36 (4.97%) Python
3 31 (4.28%) C#
4 24 (3.31%) Java
4 24 (3.31%) JavaScript
5 18 (2.49%) ABAP
6 14 (1.93%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.38%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.10%) C++
9 7 (0.97%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.69%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.41%) Perl
12 3 (0.41%) VBA
13 2 (0.28%) Rust
13 2 (0.28%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) Bash
14 1 (0.14%) Ruby
14 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (12.15%) Degree
2 47 (6.49%) Security Cleared
3 38 (5.25%) SC Cleared
4 22 (3.04%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.35%) PMP
6 16 (2.21%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.93%) ACCA
7 14 (1.93%) CIMA
8 12 (1.66%) SAP Certification
9 11 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (1.38%) DV Cleared
11 9 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.24%) ISEB
12 8 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 8 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.83%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.55%) CCA
15 4 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (17.40%) QA
2 63 (8.70%) Data Quality
3 52 (7.18%) GDPR
4 23 (3.18%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.90%) PMO
6 15 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (1.80%) SLA
8 8 (1.10%) GAAP
9 7 (0.97%) WCAG
10 6 (0.83%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.69%) IFRS
11 5 (0.69%) TickIT
12 4 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 1 (0.14%) GxP
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 14 (1.93%) Docker
2 7 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 145 (20.03%) Microsoft
2 120 (16.57%) SAP
3 61 (8.43%) Oracle
4 38 (5.25%) Salesforce
5 29 (4.01%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.76%) Sage
7 14 (1.93%) Intapp
7 14 (1.93%) Workday
8 11 (1.52%) Ariba
8 11 (1.52%) FIS
9 10 (1.38%) ION Trading
10 9 (1.24%) OpenText
10 9 (1.24%) Xero
11 8 (1.10%) Databricks
12 7 (0.97%) Concur
12 7 (0.97%) iManage
12 7 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.97%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.83%) Google
13 6 (0.83%) HubSpot