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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 277 404
Rank change year-on-year +43 +127 -182
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 814 453 386
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.78% 1.05% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.18% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 565 270 223
10th Percentile £31,750 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £41,250 £43,205
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £71,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £82,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year +4.55% -6.30% -2.17%

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 76,412 38,327 54,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.56% 89.12% 82.24%
Number of salaries quoted 53,811 21,662 29,728
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,233 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 +25 307 £72,500 +11.54% 480
North of England +96 221 £55,000 +4.76% 126
North West +86 148 £55,000 +10.00% 71
South East -62 112 £45,000 +5.88% 149
Midlands -11 97 £49,000 -6.67% 97
West Midlands -3 72 £49,000 +3.16% 67
Yorkshire +8 57 £83,750 +52.27% 39
South West -61 34 £53,750 -6.52% 50
East of England -37 29 £45,050 -15.00% 54
East Midlands -35 25 £47,500 -17.39% 30
North East -51 16 £37,000 -9.76% 16
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 50 (6.14%) Confluence
2 27 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.11%) CMS
3 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.37%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.37%) IIS
5 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.25%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) nginx
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 58 (7.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.83%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 100 (12.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (4.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 28 (3.44%) NetSuite
4 14 (1.72%) Workday HCM
5 11 (1.35%) Dynamics AX
5 11 (1.35%) SAP SD
6 9 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (1.11%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (0.98%) Oracle Receivables
7 8 (0.98%) Sage 50
7 8 (0.98%) SAP MDG
8 7 (0.86%) Infor CloudSuite
8 7 (0.86%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.86%) SAP FI
8 7 (0.86%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (0.86%) SAP GRC
9 6 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
9 6 (0.74%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.74%) iTrent
9 6 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 150 (18.43%) Azure
2 109 (13.39%) Power Platform
3 104 (12.78%) Dynamics 365
4 64 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
5 63 (7.74%) AWS
5 63 (7.74%) SaaS
6 37 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (3.44%) PowerApps
8 19 (2.33%) Power Automate
9 17 (2.09%) GCP
9 17 (2.09%) SuccessFactors
10 15 (1.84%) GitHub
11 11 (1.35%) Boomi
11 11 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
12 7 (0.86%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (0.86%) OCI
12 7 (0.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 7 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (0.74%) Asana
13 6 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.61%) HTTP
2 2 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (0.25%) Intranet
2 2 (0.25%) SAN
2 2 (0.25%) VoIP
3 1 (0.12%) Broadband
3 1 (0.12%) FTP
3 1 (0.12%) Network Security
3 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (10.32%) Power BI
2 19 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.47%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.35%) Metadata
5 11 (1.35%) SAP BW
6 10 (1.23%) SAP HANA
7 9 (1.11%) Oracle Database
8 8 (0.98%) Oracle Reports
8 8 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.49%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.37%) DTS
13 2 (0.25%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.25%) MySQL
13 2 (0.25%) Power Query
13 2 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
13 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 108 (13.27%) JIRA
2 31 (3.81%) Selenium
3 25 (3.07%) Git
4 18 (2.21%) GitLab
4 18 (2.21%) Postman
5 12 (1.47%) Cypress.io
5 12 (1.47%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.35%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.86%) Gatling
7 7 (0.86%) Hudson
7 7 (0.86%) Zephyr
8 6 (0.74%) JMeter
8 6 (0.74%) JUnit
9 5 (0.61%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.49%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.37%) LSMW
11 3 (0.37%) Ranorex
11 3 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 383 (47.05%) Finance
2 372 (45.70%) Social Skills
3 240 (29.48%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (10.93%) Law
5 74 (9.09%) Manufacturing
6 55 (6.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 55 (6.76%) Retail
7 53 (6.51%) Legal
8 52 (6.39%) Public Sector
9 41 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
11 38 (4.67%) Marketing
12 35 (4.30%) Banking
13 26 (3.19%) General Ledger
14 24 (2.95%) Billing
15 22 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.97%) Automotive
16 16 (1.97%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.84%) Military
18 11 (1.35%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 238 (29.24%) Analyst
2 142 (17.44%) Consultant
3 134 (16.46%) Business Analyst
4 75 (9.21%) Lead
5 69 (8.48%) Senior
6 44 (5.41%) Support Analyst
7 41 (5.04%) Project Manager
7 41 (5.04%) SAP Consultant
8 37 (4.55%) Systems Analyst
9 34 (4.18%) Functional Consultant
10 30 (3.69%) Tester
11 27 (3.32%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 26 (3.19%) Developer
13 24 (2.95%) Architect
14 22 (2.70%) Applications Support
14 22 (2.70%) Applications Support Analyst
15 21 (2.58%) Systems Support
16 20 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
17 19 (2.33%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
17 19 (2.33%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.30%) REST
2 28 (3.44%) SAP Fiori
3 26 (3.19%) Playwright
4 25 (3.07%) Middleware
5 18 (2.21%) JSON
5 18 (2.21%) XML
6 16 (1.97%) SOAP
7 11 (1.35%) .NET
7 11 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (1.35%) Terraform
8 8 (0.98%) HTML
8 8 (0.98%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (0.86%) ADO
9 7 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
9 7 (0.86%) React
10 6 (0.74%) CSS
10 6 (0.74%) EDI
10 6 (0.74%) SailPoint
10 6 (0.74%) SAPUI5
11 5 (0.61%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.85%) Product Ownership
2 43 (5.28%) Management Information System
3 38 (4.67%) Onboarding
4 29 (3.56%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (2.70%) Data Structures
5 22 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
6 15 (1.84%) Driving Licence
7 12 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.23%) NHS
8 10 (1.23%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 9 (1.11%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.11%) FMCG
10 8 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (0.86%) CMDB
11 7 (0.86%) Replication
11 7 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.86%) SystemC
11 7 (0.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.21%) Windows
2 13 (1.60%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.37%) VMS
5 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (39.56%) Stakeholder Management
2 310 (38.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 307 (37.71%) Problem-Solving
4 258 (31.70%) Agile
5 202 (24.82%) ERP
6 186 (22.85%) Requirements Gathering
7 181 (22.24%) Validation
8 168 (20.64%) Migration
9 148 (18.18%) Process Improvement
10 145 (17.81%) System Integration Testing
11 130 (15.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 127 (15.60%) Data Migration
13 123 (15.11%) Project Delivery
14 120 (14.74%) CRM
14 120 (14.74%) Translating Business Requirements
15 119 (14.62%) User Stories
16 112 (13.76%) Business Analysis
17 110 (13.51%) DevOps
17 110 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
18 96 (11.79%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 135 (16.58%) SQL
2 31 (3.81%) Python
3 29 (3.56%) C#
4 28 (3.44%) ABAP
5 23 (2.83%) Java
6 22 (2.70%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.97%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.23%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.74%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.49%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.37%) C++
11 3 (0.37%) Perl
11 3 (0.37%) VBA
12 2 (0.25%) Bash
12 2 (0.25%) Scala
13 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.12%) PHP
13 1 (0.12%) Ruby
13 1 (0.12%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 105 (12.90%) Degree
2 54 (6.63%) Security Cleared
3 45 (5.53%) SC Cleared
4 24 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.70%) ACCA
5 22 (2.70%) CIMA
5 22 (2.70%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.33%) ISTQB
7 17 (2.09%) PMP
7 17 (2.09%) SAP Certification
8 10 (1.23%) ISEB
9 9 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.98%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.98%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 8 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (0.61%) CISA
11 5 (0.61%) CISSP
11 5 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (0.49%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (17.57%) QA
2 79 (9.71%) Data Quality
3 65 (7.99%) GDPR
4 18 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 17 (2.09%) Accessibility
6 14 (1.72%) PMO
7 13 (1.60%) SLA
8 7 (0.86%) GAAP
8 7 (0.86%) GRC
9 6 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.74%) WCAG
10 5 (0.61%) IFRS
10 5 (0.61%) TickIT
11 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.25%) Good Clinical Practice
12 2 (0.25%) GxP
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (1.47%) Docker
2 5 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.49%) IAG
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 17 (2.09%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.25%) Ansible
2 2 (0.25%) SCCM
3 1 (0.12%) Argo
3 1 (0.12%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 176 (21.62%) Microsoft
2 133 (16.34%) SAP
3 63 (7.74%) Oracle
4 43 (5.28%) Sage
5 40 (4.91%) Salesforce
6 27 (3.32%) ServiceNow
6 27 (3.32%) Workday
7 15 (1.84%) Civica
8 12 (1.47%) Concur
9 11 (1.35%) Intapp
10 9 (1.11%) Ariba
10 9 (1.11%) Google
10 9 (1.11%) Infor
10 9 (1.11%) OpenText
10 9 (1.11%) Xero
11 8 (0.98%) Databricks
11 8 (0.98%) FIS
12 7 (0.86%) iManage
12 7 (0.86%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.86%) YouTube