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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 353 393
Rank change year-on-year +100 +40 -144
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 710 341 461
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.78% 0.78% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.87% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 498 210 344
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +0.43% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -0.18%

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 67,388 39,043 61,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.82% 89.74% 81.57%
Number of salaries quoted 47,625 22,552 42,071
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,920 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% +1.67% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +85 305 £70,000 - 138
North of England +88 176 £55,000 +4.76% 63
North West +67 103 £55,000 +4.76% 40
Midlands -9 81 £50,000 -4.76% 34
South East -6 77 £45,000 -22.75% 70
West Midlands +15 64 £50,000 - 23
Yorkshire +12 55 £82,500 +50.00% 20
East of England -18 32 £45,050 -15.00% 16
South West -58 26 £55,000 -3.75% 24
North East -32 18 £41,500 - 6
East Midlands -28 17 £45,000 -35.71% 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 37 (5.21%) Confluence
2 29 (4.08%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.80%) Apache Spark
4 25 (3.52%) Apache
4 25 (3.52%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.70%) CMS
7 3 (0.42%) IIS
8 2 (0.28%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 47 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (4.65%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 87 (12.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (2.68%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.55%) SAP SD
5 9 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (1.13%) Elite 3E
6 8 (1.13%) Sage 50
7 7 (0.99%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.99%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.99%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.99%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.99%) SAP MDG
7 7 (0.99%) Workday HCM
8 5 (0.70%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.70%) Oracle General Ledger
8 5 (0.70%) SAP MM
8 5 (0.70%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.70%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.56%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.56%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.18%) Azure
2 92 (12.96%) Power Platform
3 79 (11.13%) AWS
4 64 (9.01%) Dynamics 365
5 51 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (6.06%) SaaS
7 34 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (4.51%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.66%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.52%) OpenShift
11 22 (3.10%) GCP
12 21 (2.96%) Power Automate
13 11 (1.55%) Boomi
13 11 (1.55%) GitHub
13 11 (1.55%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (1.41%) SuccessFactors
15 8 (1.13%) Azure AKS
16 6 (0.85%) Figma
16 6 (0.85%) OCI
16 6 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.70%) 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 73 (10.28%) Power BI
2 30 (4.23%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.08%) Tableau
4 25 (3.52%) Apache Hive
4 25 (3.52%) Impala
4 25 (3.52%) Parquet
4 25 (3.52%) Spark SQL
5 20 (2.82%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.55%) SAP BW
7 10 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.41%) SAP HANA
8 9 (1.27%) Metadata
9 8 (1.13%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.85%) Power Query
11 5 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.70%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.56%) Db2
12 4 (0.56%) DB2 UDB
12 4 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (12.54%) JIRA
2 44 (6.20%) Git
3 36 (5.07%) Selenium
4 25 (3.52%) IBM UrbanCode
5 20 (2.82%) Postman
6 18 (2.54%) Cypress.io
7 15 (2.11%) GitLab
8 12 (1.69%) Jenkins
9 10 (1.41%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.27%) JUnit
11 8 (1.13%) Gatling
12 6 (0.85%) Hudson
12 6 (0.85%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.85%) Zephyr
13 5 (0.70%) JMeter
13 5 (0.70%) TestRail
14 4 (0.56%) Oracle APEX
14 4 (0.56%) SoapUI
15 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
15 3 (0.42%) SpecFlow
General
1 334 (47.04%) Finance
2 298 (41.97%) Social Skills
3 221 (31.13%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (12.25%) Law
5 65 (9.15%) Legal
6 61 (8.59%) Banking
7 56 (7.89%) Manufacturing
8 42 (5.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 40 (5.63%) Public Sector
9 40 (5.63%) Retail
10 38 (5.35%) Investment Banking
11 30 (4.23%) Marketing
12 26 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
13 23 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
15 19 (2.68%) Billing
16 13 (1.83%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.55%) Advertising
18 9 (1.27%) Games
Job Titles
1 220 (30.99%) Analyst
2 123 (17.32%) Business Analyst
3 113 (15.92%) Consultant
4 65 (9.15%) Lead
5 61 (8.59%) Senior
6 37 (5.21%) Project Manager
7 36 (5.07%) SAP Consultant
8 35 (4.93%) Support Analyst
9 27 (3.80%) Systems Analyst
9 27 (3.80%) Technical Analyst
10 26 (3.66%) Functional Consultant
11 24 (3.38%) Banking Analyst
11 24 (3.38%) Tester
11 24 (3.38%) Transformation Analyst
12 23 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
13 22 (3.10%) Developer
14 21 (2.96%) Applications Support
14 21 (2.96%) Applications Support Analyst
15 20 (2.82%) Systems Support
15 20 (2.82%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.51%) Playwright
2 26 (3.66%) REST
3 25 (3.52%) PySpark
4 23 (3.24%) Middleware
5 16 (2.25%) XML
6 14 (1.97%) JSON
6 14 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (1.83%) Pandas
7 13 (1.83%) SAP Fiori
8 10 (1.41%) .NET
8 10 (1.41%) SOAP
9 7 (0.99%) EDI
9 7 (0.99%) SAP Core Interface
9 7 (0.99%) Web Services
10 6 (0.85%) HTML
10 6 (0.85%) Kafka
10 6 (0.85%) React
11 5 (0.70%) ADO
11 5 (0.70%) AngularJS
11 5 (0.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.59%) Product Ownership
2 44 (6.20%) Onboarding
3 35 (4.93%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.52%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (2.54%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (1.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.69%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.41%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.27%) Derivative
13 8 (1.13%) Blog
14 7 (0.99%) CMDB
14 7 (0.99%) Fixed Income
15 6 (0.85%) e-Learning
16 5 (0.70%) Data Centre
16 5 (0.70%) Learning Management System
16 5 (0.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.25%) Windows
2 13 (1.83%) Linux
3 6 (0.85%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.70%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (36.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 239 (33.66%) Agile
3 229 (32.25%) Problem-Solving
4 223 (31.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 144 (20.28%) ERP
6 142 (20.00%) Validation
7 134 (18.87%) Requirements Gathering
8 128 (18.03%) Migration
9 121 (17.04%) System Integration Testing
10 117 (16.48%) Process Improvement
11 106 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 101 (14.23%) Translating Business Requirements
13 100 (14.08%) User Stories
14 93 (13.10%) DevOps
15 88 (12.39%) CRM
16 86 (12.11%) CI/CD
17 85 (11.97%) Business Analysis
18 84 (11.83%) Business Intelligence
18 84 (11.83%) Workshop Facilitation
19 83 (11.69%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 136 (19.15%) SQL
2 57 (8.03%) Python
3 34 (4.79%) C#
4 24 (3.38%) Java
5 23 (3.24%) JavaScript
6 17 (2.39%) ABAP
7 12 (1.69%) C++
7 12 (1.69%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.13%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.85%) Apex Code
9 6 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.70%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.56%) Rust
12 3 (0.42%) Perl
12 3 (0.42%) VBA
13 2 (0.28%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) Bash
14 1 (0.14%) PHP
14 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 87 (12.25%) Degree
2 40 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 32 (4.51%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.82%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.39%) ISTQB
6 16 (2.25%) PMP
7 12 (1.69%) ACCA
7 12 (1.69%) CIMA
7 12 (1.69%) SAP Certification
8 11 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.41%) ISEB
10 8 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (0.85%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (0.70%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.56%) CCA
13 4 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (16.62%) QA
2 69 (9.72%) Data Quality
3 60 (8.45%) GDPR
4 28 (3.94%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.96%) PMO
6 15 (2.11%) HIPAA
6 15 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 11 (1.55%) SLA
9 8 (1.13%) GAAP
10 7 (0.99%) WCAG
11 6 (0.85%) IFRS
12 5 (0.70%) TickIT
13 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.56%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (2.11%) Docker
2 8 (1.13%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.56%) Firmware
3 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.68%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.25%) Terraform
3 3 (0.42%) Ansible
4 2 (0.28%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 133 (18.73%) Microsoft
2 118 (16.62%) SAP
3 79 (11.13%) Oracle
4 37 (5.21%) Salesforce
5 30 (4.23%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.52%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.39%) Sage
8 14 (1.97%) Intapp
9 11 (1.55%) Ariba
10 10 (1.41%) FIS
10 10 (1.41%) ION Trading
10 10 (1.41%) Workday
11 9 (1.27%) Databricks
11 9 (1.27%) OpenText
12 8 (1.13%) Xero
13 7 (0.99%) Concur
13 7 (0.99%) HubSpot
13 7 (0.99%) iManage
13 7 (0.99%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.56%) CA Agile Central