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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 326 400
Rank change year-on-year +78 +74 -155
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 740 395 431
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.78% 0.90% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.01% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 515 231 310
10th Percentile £33,200 £40,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +1.77% -1.74%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £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 70,019 38,976 58,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.51% 89.20% 81.10%
Number of salaries quoted 49,558 22,475 37,906
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 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%
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% - -8.71%

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 21 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 21 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 +59 307 £70,000 - 170
North of England +78 187 £55,000 +4.76% 62
North West +52 111 £55,000 +5.77% 40
Midlands -3 88 £49,000 -6.67% 49
South East -23 87 £46,500 -19.13% 92
West Midlands +8 71 £50,000 +5.26% 33
Yorkshire +7 59 £82,500 +50.00% 17
East of England -18 32 £45,050 -15.00% 14
South West -62 26 £55,250 -3.91% 21
East Midlands -26 17 £45,000 -35.71% 16
North East -39 17 £41,500 +1.22% 6
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 (5.41%) Confluence
2 26 (3.51%) Apache Spark
2 26 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.38%) Apache Airflow
4 24 (3.24%) Apache
5 8 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.68%) CMS
7 3 (0.41%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 49 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.46%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (4.19%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 88 (11.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (3.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (2.84%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.49%) SAP SD
5 9 (1.22%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (1.08%) Elite 3E
6 8 (1.08%) Sage 50
6 8 (1.08%) SAP MDG
6 8 (1.08%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.95%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.95%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.95%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.68%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.68%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
9 4 (0.54%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.54%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 135 (18.24%) Azure
2 100 (13.51%) Power Platform
3 90 (12.16%) AWS
4 74 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
5 57 (7.70%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (7.03%) SaaS
7 35 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (4.19%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.51%) Amazon S3
10 24 (3.24%) OpenShift
11 23 (3.11%) GCP
12 21 (2.84%) Power Automate
13 13 (1.76%) GitHub
14 11 (1.49%) Boomi
14 11 (1.49%) Microsoft Purview
15 10 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
16 7 (0.95%) Azure AKS
17 6 (0.81%) Asana
17 6 (0.81%) Figma
17 6 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.68%) HTTP
2 2 (0.27%) Intranet
2 2 (0.27%) 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 79 (10.68%) Power BI
2 29 (3.92%) Oracle Database
3 28 (3.78%) Tableau
4 24 (3.24%) Apache Hive
4 24 (3.24%) Impala
4 24 (3.24%) Parquet
4 24 (3.24%) Spark SQL
5 21 (2.84%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.49%) Metadata
7 11 (1.49%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.49%) SAP BW
8 10 (1.35%) SAP HANA
9 7 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.68%) Power Query
11 5 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.68%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.41%) DTS
Development Applications
1 93 (12.57%) JIRA
2 46 (6.22%) Git
3 32 (4.32%) Selenium
4 24 (3.24%) IBM UrbanCode
5 21 (2.84%) Postman
6 16 (2.16%) GitLab
7 14 (1.89%) Cypress.io
8 13 (1.76%) Jenkins
9 11 (1.49%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.08%) Gatling
11 7 (0.95%) Hudson
11 7 (0.95%) JUnit
12 6 (0.81%) JMeter
12 6 (0.81%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.81%) Zephyr
13 5 (0.68%) SoapUI
14 4 (0.54%) Oracle APEX
14 4 (0.54%) TestRail
15 3 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 349 (47.16%) Finance
2 312 (42.16%) Social Skills
3 238 (32.16%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (11.35%) Law
5 65 (8.78%) Legal
6 61 (8.24%) Banking
7 56 (7.57%) Manufacturing
8 49 (6.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 43 (5.81%) Public Sector
10 40 (5.41%) Retail
11 34 (4.59%) Investment Banking
12 29 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
12 29 (3.92%) Marketing
13 26 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.43%) Billing
16 14 (1.89%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (1.62%) General Ledger
19 11 (1.49%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 234 (31.62%) Analyst
2 131 (17.70%) Business Analyst
3 117 (15.81%) Consultant
4 67 (9.05%) Lead
5 61 (8.24%) Senior
6 41 (5.54%) Project Manager
7 38 (5.14%) Support Analyst
8 36 (4.86%) SAP Consultant
9 28 (3.78%) Systems Analyst
9 28 (3.78%) Tester
10 26 (3.51%) Functional Consultant
11 25 (3.38%) Banking Analyst
12 24 (3.24%) Applications Support
12 24 (3.24%) Applications Support Analyst
12 24 (3.24%) Technical Analyst
12 24 (3.24%) Transformation Analyst
13 23 (3.11%) Developer
14 22 (2.97%) Architect
14 22 (2.97%) Senior Analyst
15 21 (2.84%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.05%) Playwright
2 29 (3.92%) REST
3 24 (3.24%) Middleware
3 24 (3.24%) PySpark
4 17 (2.30%) JSON
4 17 (2.30%) XML
5 16 (2.16%) SAP Fiori
6 15 (2.03%) Terraform
7 13 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
8 12 (1.62%) Pandas
8 12 (1.62%) SOAP
9 8 (1.08%) .NET
10 7 (0.95%) HTML
10 7 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
10 7 (0.95%) SAP Core Interface
11 6 (0.81%) ADO
11 6 (0.81%) EDI
11 6 (0.81%) React
12 5 (0.68%) CSS
12 5 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 41 (5.54%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.46%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.38%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.57%) Data Structures
6 19 (2.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 17 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (1.76%) Cloud Native
8 13 (1.76%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.49%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.22%) Derivative
12 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.08%) NHS
13 7 (0.95%) CMDB
13 7 (0.95%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.95%) SystemC
14 6 (0.81%) Blog
14 6 (0.81%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.57%) Windows
2 12 (1.62%) Linux
3 6 (0.81%) 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
1 278 (37.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 252 (34.05%) Agile
3 243 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
4 239 (32.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 156 (21.08%) ERP
6 150 (20.27%) Validation
7 146 (19.73%) Requirements Gathering
8 135 (18.24%) Migration
9 130 (17.57%) System Integration Testing
10 119 (16.08%) Process Improvement
11 112 (15.14%) User Stories
12 109 (14.73%) Translating Business Requirements
13 104 (14.05%) CRM
13 104 (14.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 101 (13.65%) DevOps
15 99 (13.38%) Business Analysis
16 95 (12.84%) Workshop Facilitation
17 91 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
17 91 (12.30%) Project Delivery
18 90 (12.16%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 146 (19.73%) SQL
2 54 (7.30%) Python
3 31 (4.19%) C#
4 24 (3.24%) Java
4 24 (3.24%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.57%) ABAP
6 13 (1.76%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.35%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.08%) C++
9 7 (0.95%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.68%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.54%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.41%) Perl
12 3 (0.41%) VBA
13 2 (0.27%) Rust
13 2 (0.27%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) Bash
14 1 (0.14%) PHP
14 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 87 (11.76%) Degree
2 48 (6.49%) Security Cleared
3 39 (5.27%) SC Cleared
4 22 (2.97%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.30%) PMP
6 16 (2.16%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.89%) ACCA
7 14 (1.89%) CIMA
8 12 (1.62%) SAP Certification
9 11 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.22%) ISEB
11 8 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 8 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.54%) CCA
14 4 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (17.03%) QA
2 79 (10.68%) Data Quality
3 60 (8.11%) GDPR
4 23 (3.11%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.84%) PMO
6 15 (2.03%) HIPAA
6 15 (2.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 13 (1.76%) SLA
8 12 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (1.08%) GAAP
10 7 (0.95%) WCAG
11 5 (0.68%) IFRS
11 5 (0.68%) TickIT
12 4 (0.54%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.41%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (2.03%) Docker
2 8 (1.08%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (2.57%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.27%) Grafana
4 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 140 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 121 (16.35%) SAP
3 80 (10.81%) Oracle
4 38 (5.14%) Salesforce
5 30 (4.05%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.24%) Red Hat
7 19 (2.57%) Sage
8 14 (1.89%) Intapp
8 14 (1.89%) Workday
9 11 (1.49%) Ariba
9 11 (1.49%) FIS
10 10 (1.35%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.22%) OpenText
11 9 (1.22%) Xero
12 8 (1.08%) Databricks
13 7 (0.95%) Concur
13 7 (0.95%) iManage
13 7 (0.95%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.81%) Google
14 6 (0.81%) HubSpot