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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 271 403
Rank change year-on-year +37 +132 -184
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 822 459 386
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.79% 1.06% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.19% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 566 275 223
10th Percentile £31,750 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,213 £43,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -10.83% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £71,875
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £83,400
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -

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 76,510 38,541 55,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.60% 89.13% 82.33%
Number of salaries quoted 53,897 21,791 29,983
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 £78,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +30 302 £72,500 +11.54% 634
North of England +94 220 £55,000 +4.76% 152
North West +83 147 £55,000 +4.76% 84
South East -57 123 £45,000 +5.88% 204
Midlands -5 98 £49,000 -6.67% 103
West Midlands -1 71 £49,000 +3.16% 73
Yorkshire +12 57 £83,750 +52.27% 46
South West -56 33 £52,500 -8.70% 67
East of England -40 32 £45,050 -15.00% 62
East Midlands -35 27 £47,500 -13.64% 29
North East -48 16 £37,000 -9.76% 22
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 52 (6.33%) Confluence
2 28 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.09%) CMS
4 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.36%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.36%) IIS
6 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.24%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 59 (7.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.68%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.12%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 100 (12.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 34 (4.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 28 (3.41%) NetSuite
4 18 (2.19%) Dynamics AX
5 14 (1.70%) Workday HCM
6 11 (1.34%) SAP SD
7 9 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (1.09%) Oracle Payables
8 8 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
8 8 (0.97%) Sage 50
8 8 (0.97%) SAP MDG
9 7 (0.85%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.85%) Infor CloudSuite
9 7 (0.85%) SAP CO
9 7 (0.85%) SAP FI
9 7 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
9 7 (0.85%) SAP GRC
10 6 (0.73%) iTrent
10 6 (0.73%) Unit4 Business World
11 5 (0.61%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 151 (18.37%) Azure
2 108 (13.14%) Dynamics 365
2 108 (13.14%) Power Platform
3 65 (7.91%) SaaS
4 63 (7.66%) AWS
5 62 (7.54%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (3.16%) PowerApps
8 17 (2.07%) GCP
8 17 (2.07%) Power Automate
8 17 (2.07%) SuccessFactors
9 15 (1.82%) GitHub
10 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (1.09%) Boomi
12 7 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (0.85%) OCI
12 7 (0.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 7 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 6 (0.73%) Asana
13 6 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.61%) HTTP
2 2 (0.24%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (0.24%) Intranet
2 2 (0.24%) SAN
2 2 (0.24%) 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 83 (10.10%) Power BI
2 21 (2.55%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.46%) Metadata
4 12 (1.46%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.34%) SAP BW
6 10 (1.22%) Oracle Database
6 10 (1.22%) SAP HANA
7 8 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
8 7 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 7 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.49%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.36%) DTS
12 2 (0.24%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.24%) EDRMS
12 2 (0.24%) MySQL
12 2 (0.24%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 111 (13.50%) JIRA
2 31 (3.77%) Selenium
3 25 (3.04%) Git
4 18 (2.19%) GitLab
4 18 (2.19%) Postman
5 12 (1.46%) Cypress.io
5 12 (1.46%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.34%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.85%) Gatling
7 7 (0.85%) Hudson
7 7 (0.85%) Zephyr
8 6 (0.73%) JMeter
8 6 (0.73%) JUnit
9 5 (0.61%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.49%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.49%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.36%) LSMW
11 3 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.36%) Ranorex
General
1 380 (46.23%) Finance
2 373 (45.38%) Social Skills
3 237 (28.83%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (10.58%) Law
5 81 (9.85%) Manufacturing
6 61 (7.42%) Retail
7 54 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 52 (6.33%) Legal
8 52 (6.33%) Public Sector
9 43 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
10 41 (4.99%) Marketing
11 39 (4.74%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (4.38%) Banking
13 26 (3.16%) General Ledger
14 24 (2.92%) Billing
15 21 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (2.07%) Telecoms
17 16 (1.95%) Automotive
18 15 (1.82%) Military
19 11 (1.34%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 238 (28.95%) Analyst
2 151 (18.37%) Consultant
3 135 (16.42%) Business Analyst
4 76 (9.25%) Lead
4 76 (9.25%) Senior
5 45 (5.47%) Support Analyst
6 41 (4.99%) SAP Consultant
7 40 (4.87%) Project Manager
8 35 (4.26%) Systems Analyst
9 34 (4.14%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 33 (4.01%) Functional Consultant
11 30 (3.65%) Tester
12 27 (3.28%) Developer
13 24 (2.92%) Architect
14 23 (2.80%) Applications Support
14 23 (2.80%) Applications Support Analyst
15 21 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
15 21 (2.55%) Systems Support
16 19 (2.31%) Junior
16 19 (2.31%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.14%) REST
2 28 (3.41%) SAP Fiori
3 26 (3.16%) Playwright
4 23 (2.80%) Middleware
5 18 (2.19%) JSON
5 18 (2.19%) XML
6 16 (1.95%) SOAP
7 12 (1.46%) .NET
8 11 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
8 11 (1.34%) Terraform
9 8 (0.97%) HTML
9 8 (0.97%) SAP Core Interface
10 7 (0.85%) ADO
10 7 (0.85%) Lightning Web Components
10 7 (0.85%) React
11 6 (0.73%) CSS
11 6 (0.73%) EDI
11 6 (0.73%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.73%) SAPUI5
11 6 (0.73%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 73 (8.88%) Product Ownership
2 42 (5.11%) Management Information System
3 38 (4.62%) Onboarding
4 27 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.55%) Data Structures
7 15 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 15 (1.82%) Driving Licence
8 12 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.22%) NHS
10 9 (1.09%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.09%) FMCG
10 9 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 8 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.85%) CMDB
12 7 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
12 7 (0.85%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.85%) SystemC
12 7 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.19%) Windows
2 13 (1.58%) Linux
3 5 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.36%) VMS
5 2 (0.24%) 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
1 327 (39.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 318 (38.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 306 (37.23%) Problem-Solving
4 261 (31.75%) Agile
5 199 (24.21%) ERP
6 195 (23.72%) Requirements Gathering
7 181 (22.02%) Validation
8 163 (19.83%) Migration
9 154 (18.73%) Process Improvement
10 145 (17.64%) System Integration Testing
11 131 (15.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 126 (15.33%) Data Migration
13 122 (14.84%) Project Delivery
14 121 (14.72%) CRM
14 121 (14.72%) Translating Business Requirements
15 118 (14.36%) User Stories
16 111 (13.50%) Business Analysis
17 109 (13.26%) DevOps
17 109 (13.26%) Workshop Facilitation
18 94 (11.44%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 137 (16.67%) SQL
2 31 (3.77%) Python
3 30 (3.65%) C#
4 28 (3.41%) ABAP
5 23 (2.80%) Java
6 22 (2.68%) JavaScript
7 16 (1.95%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.22%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.73%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.49%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.36%) C++
11 3 (0.36%) Perl
11 3 (0.36%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.36%) VBA
12 2 (0.24%) Bash
12 2 (0.24%) 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
1 114 (13.87%) Degree
2 54 (6.57%) Security Cleared
3 45 (5.47%) SC Cleared
4 32 (3.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.68%) ACCA
5 22 (2.68%) CIMA
5 22 (2.68%) PMI Certification
6 19 (2.31%) ISTQB
7 17 (2.07%) PMP
7 17 (2.07%) SAP Certification
8 10 (1.22%) ISEB
9 9 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.97%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 8 (0.97%) 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
1 145 (17.64%) QA
2 81 (9.85%) Data Quality
3 65 (7.91%) GDPR
4 18 (2.19%) Accessibility
5 17 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 13 (1.58%) SLA
7 12 (1.46%) PMO
8 7 (0.85%) GRC
9 6 (0.73%) GAAP
9 6 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.73%) WCAG
10 4 (0.49%) IFRS
11 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.36%) TickIT
12 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.24%) Good Clinical Practice
12 2 (0.24%) GxP
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 20022
12 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (1.46%) Docker
2 5 (0.61%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.49%) IAG
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (2.07%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.24%) Ansible
2 2 (0.24%) SCCM
3 1 (0.12%) Argo
3 1 (0.12%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 182 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 132 (16.06%) SAP
3 64 (7.79%) Oracle
4 43 (5.23%) Sage
5 41 (4.99%) Salesforce
6 27 (3.28%) ServiceNow
7 26 (3.16%) Workday
8 15 (1.82%) Civica
9 12 (1.46%) Concur
10 10 (1.22%) Google
10 10 (1.22%) Intapp
11 9 (1.09%) Ariba
11 9 (1.09%) Infor
11 9 (1.09%) OpenText
11 9 (1.09%) Xero
12 8 (0.97%) Databricks
13 7 (0.85%) FIS
13 7 (0.85%) iManage
13 7 (0.85%) ION Trading
13 7 (0.85%) MuleSoft