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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 356 332
Rank change year-on-year +90 -24 -25
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 544 295 688
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 0.78% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.84% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 346 189 542
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,286 £36,250
25th Percentile £49,757 £46,250 £45,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% +1.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

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 59,784 35,266 71,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 74.90% 93.00% 85.60%
Number of salaries quoted 37,838 20,560 53,783
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,792 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +9.09% -10.57%

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 April 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 April 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 +98 254 £67,500 -3.57% 106
North of England -19 103 £60,000 +4.35% 49
Midlands -26 64 £52,500 +5.00% 49
West Midlands -10 51 £51,250 -0.48% 31
South East -2 48 £55,000 +11.94% 74
Yorkshire -27 48 £85,000 +95.64% 16
North West -31 42 £60,000 -7.69% 27
East of England -11 31 £55,000 +3.77% 13
South West -37 29 £55,000 +10.00% 13
North East -21 13 £47,500 -5.00% 6
East Midlands -51 13 £55,000 +15.79% 18
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 26 (4.78%) Confluence
2 25 (4.60%) Apache
2 25 (4.60%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.60%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.21%) Appian
3 12 (2.21%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.74%) CMS
6 2 (0.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) SAS
Applications
1 47 (8.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (5.33%) MS Visio
3 19 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (2.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 69 (12.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (2.02%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.65%) SAP SD
5 7 (1.29%) SAP MDG
6 6 (1.10%) Elite 3E
6 6 (1.10%) SAP PP
7 5 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
7 5 (0.92%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.74%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 4 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
8 4 (0.74%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.74%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
8 4 (0.74%) SAP GTS
8 4 (0.74%) SAP IBP
8 4 (0.74%) SAP MDG-BP
8 4 (0.74%) SAP Travel Management
9 3 (0.55%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.55%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 103 (18.93%) Azure
2 73 (13.42%) Power Platform
3 57 (10.48%) AWS
4 48 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
5 46 (8.46%) Dynamics 365
6 35 (6.43%) Power Automate
7 29 (5.33%) Amazon S3
8 28 (5.15%) SaaS
9 25 (4.60%) OpenShift
10 18 (3.31%) GCP
11 17 (3.13%) PowerApps
12 16 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (2.21%) Anthropic Claude
14 12 (2.21%) Azure AI
15 8 (1.47%) Boomi
15 8 (1.47%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
16 7 (1.29%) Asana
16 7 (1.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.65%) VPN
2 6 (1.10%) HTTP
3 3 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.37%) GSM
4 2 (0.37%) LAN
4 2 (0.37%) LTE
4 2 (0.37%) WAN
5 1 (0.18%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (11.76%) Power BI
2 30 (5.51%) Oracle Database
3 28 (5.15%) SQL Server
4 27 (4.96%) Tableau
5 25 (4.60%) Apache Hive
5 25 (4.60%) Impala
5 25 (4.60%) Parquet
5 25 (4.60%) Spark SQL
6 12 (2.21%) Pinecone
7 11 (2.02%) Relational Database
8 10 (1.84%) SAP HANA
9 9 (1.65%) SAP BW
10 7 (1.29%) MySQL
10 7 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (1.10%) Electronic Patient Records
11 6 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (1.10%) Power Query
11 6 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.92%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 80 (14.71%) JIRA
2 30 (5.51%) Git
2 30 (5.51%) Selenium
3 25 (4.60%) IBM UrbanCode
4 21 (3.86%) Cypress.io
5 12 (2.21%) MLflow
5 12 (2.21%) Postman
6 5 (0.92%) REST Assured
6 5 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.74%) JUnit
7 4 (0.74%) SpecFlow
7 4 (0.74%) TestRail
8 3 (0.55%) GitLab
8 3 (0.55%) Katalon Studio
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.55%) Ranorex
8 3 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 3 (0.55%) TestNG
9 2 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
General
1 224 (41.18%) Finance
2 223 (40.99%) Social Skills
3 167 (30.70%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (11.95%) Banking
5 50 (9.19%) Law
6 47 (8.64%) Manufacturing
7 42 (7.72%) Legal
8 40 (7.35%) Retail
9 35 (6.43%) Investment Banking
10 27 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (4.96%) Public Sector
11 24 (4.41%) Marketing
12 15 (2.76%) Billing
12 15 (2.76%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.57%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.65%) Games
16 8 (1.47%) Advertising
16 8 (1.47%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 215 (39.52%) Analyst
2 122 (22.43%) Business Analyst
3 72 (13.24%) Consultant
4 60 (11.03%) Lead
5 59 (10.85%) Senior
6 35 (6.43%) Technical Analyst
7 34 (6.25%) SAP Consultant
8 32 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
9 27 (4.96%) Transformation Analyst
10 26 (4.78%) Project Manager
11 24 (4.41%) Support Analyst
12 22 (4.04%) Banking Analyst
12 22 (4.04%) Test Leader
13 19 (3.49%) Systems Analyst
14 18 (3.31%) Senior Business Analyst
15 17 (3.13%) QA Leader
16 16 (2.94%) Automation Engineer
17 15 (2.76%) IT Analyst
17 15 (2.76%) Technical Manager
17 15 (2.76%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.96%) REST
2 25 (4.60%) Pandas
2 25 (4.60%) PySpark
3 22 (4.04%) Playwright
4 21 (3.86%) Middleware
5 17 (3.13%) RESTful
5 17 (3.13%) Web Services
6 15 (2.76%) OpenAPI
6 15 (2.76%) Oracle Fusion
6 15 (2.76%) Swagger
7 13 (2.39%) Flask
7 13 (2.39%) SAP Fiori
8 12 (2.21%) Django
8 12 (2.21%) FastAPI
8 12 (2.21%) JWT
8 12 (2.21%) NumPy
8 12 (2.21%) OAuth
8 12 (2.21%) pytest
8 12 (2.21%) scikit-learn
8 12 (2.21%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.35%) Onboarding
2 39 (7.17%) Legacy Systems
3 33 (6.07%) Product Ownership
4 21 (3.86%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 16 (2.94%) Low-Code
7 15 (2.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.76%) NHS
8 13 (2.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (2.02%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.84%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.84%) Linux Command Line
11 9 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
11 9 (1.65%) Mobile App
12 8 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.10%) Fixed Income
13 6 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.92%) Derivative
14 5 (0.92%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.76%) Linux
1 15 (2.76%) Windows
2 6 (1.10%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.74%) Unix
4 3 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (36.40%) Agile
2 154 (28.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 150 (27.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 139 (25.55%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (21.51%) Requirements Gathering
6 112 (20.59%) Validation
7 104 (19.12%) Migration
8 91 (16.73%) Test Automation
9 86 (15.81%) ERP
10 85 (15.63%) System Integration Testing
11 80 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
12 78 (14.34%) User Stories
13 77 (14.15%) CI/CD
14 75 (13.79%) Workshop Facilitation
15 74 (13.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 74 (13.60%) Translating Business Requirements
16 73 (13.42%) DevOps
17 72 (13.24%) Business Analysis
17 72 (13.24%) Change Management
18 68 (12.50%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 118 (21.69%) SQL
2 60 (11.03%) Python
3 29 (5.33%) C#
4 18 (3.31%) Java
5 17 (3.13%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.94%) ABAP
7 11 (2.02%) C++
8 6 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.92%) T-SQL
9 5 (0.92%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.74%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.74%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.74%) Rust
11 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.55%) Perl
12 2 (0.37%) Go
12 2 (0.37%) VBA
13 1 (0.18%) Bash
13 1 (0.18%) Korn
13 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 71 (13.05%) Degree
2 26 (4.78%) PMI Certification
3 22 (4.04%) ISTQB
4 21 (3.86%) PMP
5 19 (3.49%) Security Cleared
6 14 (2.57%) SC Cleared
7 10 (1.84%) IIBA
8 9 (1.65%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (1.10%) CBAP
10 6 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.10%) ISEB
11 5 (0.92%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.92%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.92%) SAP Certification
12 4 (0.74%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.55%) CAPM
14 2 (0.37%) CCAB
14 2 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (18.93%) QA
2 66 (12.13%) Data Quality
3 34 (6.25%) GDPR
4 27 (4.96%) Accessibility
5 17 (3.13%) PMO
6 15 (2.76%) HIPAA
7 13 (2.39%) SLA
8 12 (2.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.29%) IFRS
11 6 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (1.10%) HL7
12 5 (0.92%) GAAP
12 5 (0.92%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.92%) TickIT
13 4 (0.74%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.55%) WCAG
15 2 (0.37%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.37%) PSD2
16 1 (0.18%) GRC
System Software
1 20 (3.68%) Docker
2 8 (1.47%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.74%) Firmware
3 4 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.23%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.65%) Terraform
3 7 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.37%) Grafana
6 1 (0.18%) Ansible
6 1 (0.18%) Control-M
Vendors
1 97 (17.83%) SAP
2 84 (15.44%) Microsoft
3 72 (13.24%) Oracle
4 26 (4.78%) Red Hat
5 19 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.21%) Automation Anywhere
7 12 (2.21%) OpenAI
7 12 (2.21%) UiPath
8 11 (2.02%) Ariba
9 10 (1.84%) Intapp
10 9 (1.65%) OpenText
11 7 (1.29%) FIS
12 6 (1.10%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.10%) IFS
12 6 (1.10%) ION Trading
12 6 (1.10%) Workday
13 5 (0.92%) Alteryx
13 5 (0.92%) Databricks
14 4 (0.74%) Informatica