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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 370 252
Rank change year-on-year +144 -118 +34
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 482 339 539
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.93% 0.70% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.77% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 285 170 446
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,975 £38,125
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,938 £76,438
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year - -1.71% +6.36%

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 42,581 44,028 42,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.75% 90.38% 90.78%
Number of salaries quoted 25,429 21,729 32,838
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 5 January 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 5 January 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 +110 203 £62,500 -10.71% 142
South East +108 142 £42,500 -22.17% 137
Midlands +41 67 £45,000 -6.25% 101
West Midlands +34 44 £42,500 -15.00% 55
North of England -22 30 £52,500 -4.55% 104
East Midlands +4 23 £53,750 +65.38% 41
South West +5 17 £47,500 +11.76% 49
Yorkshire -3 15 £63,750 +96.24% 53
East of England +24 12 £55,000 +35.80% 73
North West -28 11 £37,000 -39.62% 43
North East +6 4 £41,000 -30.21% 8
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 21 (4.36%) Confluence
2 16 (3.32%) Tomcat
2 16 (3.32%) WebSphere
2 16 (3.32%) WebSphere Application Server
3 8 (1.66%) Appian
3 8 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.83%) CMS
5 2 (0.41%) Drupal
5 2 (0.41%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 34 (7.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (2.49%) MS Visio
4 11 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.41%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 82 (17.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (1.45%) Dynamics AX
4 6 (1.24%) NetSuite
4 6 (1.24%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.24%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (1.04%) Oracle Cash Management
6 4 (0.83%) Endur
7 3 (0.62%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.62%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.62%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.41%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.41%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.41%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.41%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.41%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.41%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.41%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 106 (21.99%) Power Platform
2 75 (15.56%) Azure
3 45 (9.34%) Dynamics 365
4 43 (8.92%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (5.81%) Power Automate
6 22 (4.56%) AWS
6 22 (4.56%) SaaS
7 16 (3.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (2.28%) PowerApps
9 9 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (1.87%) OCI
9 9 (1.87%) Serverless
10 8 (1.66%) Amazon S3
10 8 (1.66%) Anthropic Claude
10 8 (1.66%) Azure AI
10 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 7 (1.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 6 (1.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.32%) SSL
2 14 (2.90%) VPN
3 5 (1.04%) DMZ
3 5 (1.04%) STUN
3 5 (1.04%) VLAN
3 5 (1.04%) VoIP
4 3 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.41%) GSM
5 2 (0.41%) LTE
6 1 (0.21%) HTTP
6 1 (0.21%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.21%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (8.71%) Power BI
2 30 (6.22%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.53%) DB2
3 17 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (2.90%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.49%) Metadata
6 9 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (1.87%) Oracle Reports
7 8 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.66%) Pinecone
8 6 (1.24%) Electronic Patient Records
8 6 (1.24%) MySQL
9 4 (0.83%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.83%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.83%) Tableau
10 3 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.62%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.21%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 59 (12.24%) JIRA
2 14 (2.90%) Selenium
3 10 (2.07%) Cypress.io
4 8 (1.66%) MLflow
4 8 (1.66%) Postman
5 5 (1.04%) Git
5 5 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.62%) Katalon Studio
6 3 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.41%) GitLab
7 2 (0.41%) Grunt
7 2 (0.41%) gulp
7 2 (0.41%) Ranorex
7 2 (0.41%) SpecFlow
7 2 (0.41%) webpack
8 1 (0.21%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.21%) JUnit
8 1 (0.21%) MSI
8 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 260 (53.94%) Finance
2 233 (48.34%) Social Skills
3 104 (21.58%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (17.84%) Manufacturing
5 83 (17.22%) Marketing
6 40 (8.30%) Banking
7 23 (4.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (4.77%) Law
7 23 (4.77%) Legal
7 23 (4.77%) Retail
8 14 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (2.70%) Investment Banking
9 13 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.28%) Public Sector
11 10 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.87%) Back Office
13 7 (1.45%) Health Technology
13 7 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (1.24%) Advertising
14 6 (1.24%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 226 (46.89%) Analyst
2 101 (20.95%) Senior
3 90 (18.67%) Senior Analyst
4 75 (15.56%) Business Analyst
5 61 (12.66%) SAP Analyst
6 49 (10.17%) Lead
7 41 (8.51%) Developer
8 36 (7.47%) Applications Support
9 35 (7.26%) Consultant
10 29 (6.02%) Automation Developer
11 25 (5.19%) Support Analyst
12 21 (4.36%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
13 20 (4.15%) Power Platform Developer
13 20 (4.15%) Test Leader
14 18 (3.73%) Systems Analyst
15 16 (3.32%) Automation Analyst
15 16 (3.32%) Infrastructure Support
16 15 (3.11%) Functional Consultant
16 15 (3.11%) Senior Business Analyst
16 15 (3.11%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.32%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (3.32%) LDAP
1 16 (3.32%) WebSphere MQ
2 14 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
3 13 (2.70%) REST
4 11 (2.28%) XML
5 10 (2.07%) JSON
5 10 (2.07%) OpenAPI
5 10 (2.07%) RESTful
5 10 (2.07%) Swagger
5 10 (2.07%) Web Services
6 9 (1.87%) .NET
7 8 (1.66%) Django
7 8 (1.66%) Faiss
7 8 (1.66%) FastAPI
7 8 (1.66%) Hugging Face
7 8 (1.66%) JWT
7 8 (1.66%) NumPy
7 8 (1.66%) OAuth
7 8 (1.66%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.54%) Greenfield Project
2 36 (7.47%) Management Information System
3 24 (4.98%) Onboarding
4 23 (4.77%) Linux Command Line
4 23 (4.77%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (2.49%) NHS
7 9 (1.87%) Low-Code
8 8 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.24%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.24%) Reinsurance
11 5 (1.04%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.04%) CMDB
11 5 (1.04%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.04%) Mobile App
11 5 (1.04%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.05%) Windows
2 32 (6.64%) Linux
3 16 (3.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 16 (3.32%) Unix
4 7 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.04%) Debian
5 5 (1.04%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.83%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (38.59%) Agile
2 147 (30.50%) Problem-Solving
3 98 (20.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 90 (18.67%) Roadmaps
5 77 (15.98%) Translating Business Requirements
6 74 (15.35%) Change Management
7 73 (15.15%) Logistics
8 71 (14.73%) Data Management
9 68 (14.11%) AI
10 66 (13.69%) ERP
11 65 (13.49%) Requirements Gathering
12 64 (13.28%) Incident Management
12 64 (13.28%) Migration
13 63 (13.07%) Validation
14 62 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 62 (12.86%) Test Automation
15 60 (12.45%) Business Analysis
15 60 (12.45%) Data Collection
15 60 (12.45%) Impact Analysis
15 60 (12.45%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 134 (27.80%) SQL
2 41 (8.51%) Python
3 20 (4.15%) JavaScript
4 15 (3.11%) C#
5 11 (2.28%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (0.83%) Java
7 3 (0.62%) VBA
8 2 (0.41%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.21%) Bash
9 1 (0.21%) PHP
9 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.21%) R
Qualifications
1 84 (17.43%) Degree
2 29 (6.02%) ISTQB
3 19 (3.94%) AWS Certification
4 16 (3.32%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.28%) PMI Certification
5 11 (2.28%) Security Cleared
6 8 (1.66%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 8 (1.66%) PMP
6 8 (1.66%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.45%) IIBA
8 6 (1.24%) ISEB
9 5 (1.04%) CBAP
9 5 (1.04%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.83%) ACCA
10 4 (0.83%) CIMA
10 4 (0.83%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.62%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (14.73%) QA
2 29 (6.02%) Data Quality
3 27 (5.60%) SLA
4 10 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.24%) HL7
7 5 (1.04%) GDPR
7 5 (1.04%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.41%) PMO
8 2 (0.41%) PSD2
9 1 (0.21%) EMIR
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS
9 1 (0.21%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.21%) MiFID
9 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.87%) Docker
2 5 (1.04%) Kamailio
3 4 (0.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (2.07%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.41%) Grafana
5 2 (0.41%) Terraform
6 1 (0.21%) Ansible
6 1 (0.21%) Control-M
6 1 (0.21%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.21%) Puppet
6 1 (0.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 111 (23.03%) Microsoft
2 100 (20.75%) SAP
3 45 (9.34%) Blue Prism
4 40 (8.30%) Oracle
5 18 (3.73%) IBM
6 17 (3.53%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.53%) ServiceNow
7 16 (3.32%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.66%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (1.66%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.66%) UiPath
9 7 (1.45%) Workday
10 5 (1.04%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.83%) Anaplan
11 4 (0.83%) Ariba
11 4 (0.83%) Databricks
12 3 (0.62%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.62%) Concur
12 3 (0.62%) iManage
12 3 (0.62%) Okta