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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 284 389
Rank change year-on-year +30 +105 -159
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 748 430 406
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 0.99% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.12% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 535 247 251
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £44,455
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -6.30% +2.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,250
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% +2.09%

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 73,131 38,549 56,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.32% 88.64% 81.20%
Number of salaries quoted 52,091 22,224 32,866
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 10 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 10 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 +40 298 £70,000 +7.69% 229
North of England +86 197 £55,000 +4.76% 60
North West +79 125 £55,000 +6.80% 34
South East -30 102 £45,000 -5.26% 111
Midlands -9 88 £49,000 -6.67% 65
West Midlands +12 70 £49,500 +4.21% 50
Yorkshire -1 56 £83,750 +48.89% 15
South West -72 27 £55,500 -3.48% 27
East of England -38 23 £45,050 -15.00% 26
East Midlands -30 18 £45,000 -21.74% 15
North East -45 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 46 (6.15%) Confluence
2 27 (3.61%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.80%) CMS
5 3 (0.40%) IIS
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
Applications
1 52 (6.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (4.95%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.81%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.07%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 91 (12.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (4.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 26 (3.48%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.47%) SAP SD
5 9 (1.20%) Dynamics AX
5 9 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (1.20%) Oracle Payables
5 9 (1.20%) Workday HCM
6 8 (1.07%) Sage 50
6 8 (1.07%) SAP MDG
7 7 (0.94%) Elite 3E
7 7 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.94%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.94%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.94%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (0.67%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.53%) Dynamics NAV
9 4 (0.53%) SAP MM
9 4 (0.53%) SAP PP
9 4 (0.53%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 144 (19.25%) Azure
2 106 (14.17%) Power Platform
3 90 (12.03%) Dynamics 365
4 64 (8.56%) AWS
5 61 (8.16%) SaaS
6 60 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (3.74%) PowerApps
9 20 (2.67%) GCP
10 19 (2.54%) Power Automate
11 14 (1.87%) GitHub
12 11 (1.47%) Boomi
12 11 (1.47%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
13 7 (0.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 7 (0.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 6 (0.80%) Azure AKS
14 6 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.80%) Datadog
15 5 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.67%) HTTP
2 2 (0.27%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (0.27%) Intranet
2 2 (0.27%) SAN
2 2 (0.27%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) FTP
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (10.96%) Power BI
2 19 (2.54%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.47%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.47%) SAP BW
5 10 (1.34%) Metadata
5 10 (1.34%) SAP HANA
6 8 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.80%) Oracle Database
7 6 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.67%) Power Query
8 5 (0.67%) Star Schema
9 4 (0.53%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.40%) DTS
10 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.40%) Tableau
11 2 (0.27%) EDRMS
11 2 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 97 (12.97%) JIRA
2 31 (4.14%) Selenium
3 24 (3.21%) Git
4 21 (2.81%) Postman
5 18 (2.41%) GitLab
6 14 (1.87%) Jenkins
7 13 (1.74%) Cypress.io
8 12 (1.60%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.07%) Gatling
9 8 (1.07%) Zephyr
10 7 (0.94%) Hudson
10 7 (0.94%) JMeter
10 7 (0.94%) JUnit
11 6 (0.80%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.67%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.53%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.53%) Oracle APEX
13 4 (0.53%) TestRail
14 3 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 348 (46.52%) Finance
2 335 (44.79%) Social Skills
3 225 (30.08%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (12.03%) Law
5 62 (8.29%) Manufacturing
6 54 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (7.22%) Legal
7 45 (6.02%) Retail
8 42 (5.61%) Public Sector
9 36 (4.81%) Banking
10 35 (4.68%) Marketing
11 33 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
12 31 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
13 27 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (2.81%) Billing
15 15 (2.01%) General Ledger
16 12 (1.60%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
17 11 (1.47%) Advertising
17 11 (1.47%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 209 (27.94%) Analyst
2 132 (17.65%) Consultant
3 118 (15.78%) Business Analyst
4 67 (8.96%) Lead
5 65 (8.69%) Senior
6 41 (5.48%) Support Analyst
7 40 (5.35%) Project Manager
8 39 (5.21%) SAP Consultant
9 32 (4.28%) Systems Analyst
10 30 (4.01%) Tester
11 29 (3.88%) Functional Consultant
12 23 (3.07%) Architect
12 23 (3.07%) Developer
12 23 (3.07%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 23 (3.07%) Systems Support
13 22 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (2.81%) Applications Support
14 21 (2.81%) Applications Support Analyst
15 20 (2.67%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
15 20 (2.67%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.14%) REST
2 29 (3.88%) Playwright
3 24 (3.21%) Middleware
4 20 (2.67%) SAP Fiori
5 18 (2.41%) JSON
6 17 (2.27%) XML
7 15 (2.01%) Terraform
8 13 (1.74%) SOAP
9 12 (1.60%) Oracle Fusion
10 8 (1.07%) .NET
11 7 (0.94%) ADO
11 7 (0.94%) HTML
11 7 (0.94%) Lightning Web Components
11 7 (0.94%) SAP Core Interface
12 6 (0.80%) EDI
12 6 (0.80%) React
13 5 (0.67%) AngularJS
13 5 (0.67%) CSS
13 5 (0.67%) Web Services
14 4 (0.53%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.82%) Product Ownership
2 39 (5.21%) Onboarding
3 31 (4.14%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (2.67%) Data Structures
7 17 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
7 17 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 15 (2.01%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.47%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 9 (1.20%) Derivative
12 8 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.07%) NHS
13 7 (0.94%) CMDB
13 7 (0.94%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.94%) Replication
13 7 (0.94%) SystemC
14 6 (0.80%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.27%) Windows
2 13 (1.74%) Linux
3 3 (0.40%) VMS
3 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.13%) Unix
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (37.30%) Continuous Improvement
2 272 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 271 (36.23%) Stakeholder Management
4 236 (31.55%) Agile
5 177 (23.66%) ERP
6 165 (22.06%) Requirements Gathering
7 153 (20.45%) Validation
8 148 (19.79%) Migration
9 135 (18.05%) System Integration Testing
10 133 (17.78%) Process Improvement
11 110 (14.71%) CRM
11 110 (14.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 109 (14.57%) Data Migration
13 108 (14.44%) Project Delivery
14 104 (13.90%) DevOps
15 103 (13.77%) Business Analysis
16 102 (13.64%) User Stories
17 101 (13.50%) Translating Business Requirements
18 100 (13.37%) Workshop Facilitation
19 94 (12.57%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 122 (16.31%) SQL
2 29 (3.88%) C#
3 27 (3.61%) Python
4 24 (3.21%) Java
4 24 (3.21%) JavaScript
5 21 (2.81%) ABAP
6 16 (2.14%) PowerShell
7 11 (1.47%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.80%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.67%) C++
9 5 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.53%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.40%) Perl
11 3 (0.40%) VBA
12 2 (0.27%) Scala
13 1 (0.13%) Bash
13 1 (0.13%) C
13 1 (0.13%) PHP
13 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (12.30%) Degree
2 49 (6.55%) Security Cleared
3 40 (5.35%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.21%) PMI Certification
5 19 (2.54%) ISTQB
5 19 (2.54%) PMP
6 17 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (2.01%) ACCA
7 15 (2.01%) CIMA
8 12 (1.60%) SAP Certification
9 10 (1.34%) ISEB
10 9 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.07%) DV Cleared
11 8 (1.07%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 7 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.80%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.53%) CCA
15 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.40%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (17.91%) QA
2 63 (8.42%) Data Quality
3 56 (7.49%) GDPR
4 20 (2.67%) PMO
5 18 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 17 (2.27%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.60%) SLA
8 8 (1.07%) GAAP
9 7 (0.94%) WCAG
10 5 (0.67%) IFRS
10 5 (0.67%) TickIT
11 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.53%) GRC
11 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.40%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.40%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.27%) GxP
13 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 13 (1.74%) Docker
2 5 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.40%) IAG
4 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (2.41%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.40%) Ansible
3 1 (0.13%) CloudHub
3 1 (0.13%) Grafana
Vendors
1 161 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 125 (16.71%) SAP
3 55 (7.35%) Oracle
4 40 (5.35%) Salesforce
5 34 (4.55%) Sage
6 26 (3.48%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.41%) Workday
8 11 (1.47%) Ariba
8 11 (1.47%) FIS
8 11 (1.47%) Intapp
9 10 (1.34%) Civica
9 10 (1.34%) ION Trading
10 9 (1.20%) OpenText
10 9 (1.20%) Xero
11 8 (1.07%) Concur
12 7 (0.94%) iManage
12 7 (0.94%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.80%) Databricks
13 6 (0.80%) Google
13 6 (0.80%) HubSpot