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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 309 391
Rank change year-on-year +57 +82 -158
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 724 389 436
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.75% 0.89% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 1.00% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 515 224 304
10th Percentile £33,200 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +1.77% -1.74%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £69,625
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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 71,000 38,870 59,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.37% 88.85% 80.99%
Number of salaries quoted 50,434 22,497 37,418
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,460
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.59% -8.94%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £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 28 August 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 28 August 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 +60 299 £70,000 +3.70% 265
North of England +79 185 £55,000 +4.76% 62
North West +55 112 £55,000 +6.80% 40
Midlands +10 90 £49,000 -6.67% 60
South East -31 90 £46,500 -19.13% 119
West Midlands +14 72 £50,000 +5.26% 44
Yorkshire +4 57 £82,500 +46.67% 18
South West -67 26 £55,500 -3.48% 32
East of England -35 22 £45,050 -15.00% 18
East Midlands -31 18 £45,000 -25.00% 16
North East -39 16 £41,500 +1.22% 4
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 43 (5.94%) Confluence
2 27 (3.73%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.83%) CMS
5 4 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.55%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.41%) IIS
7 2 (0.28%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
Applications
1 50 (6.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.56%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (2.76%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 86 (11.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 30 (4.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 22 (3.04%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.52%) SAP SD
5 9 (1.24%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (1.10%) Elite 3E
6 8 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
6 8 (1.10%) Sage 50
6 8 (1.10%) SAP MDG
6 8 (1.10%) Workday HCM
7 7 (0.97%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (0.97%) SAP CO
7 7 (0.97%) SAP FI
7 7 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
9 5 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.55%) SAP GTS
10 4 (0.55%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.55%) SAP PP
10 4 (0.55%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 145 (20.03%) Azure
2 102 (14.09%) Power Platform
3 83 (11.46%) Dynamics 365
4 73 (10.08%) AWS
5 60 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
6 54 (7.46%) SaaS
7 36 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (4.14%) PowerApps
9 24 (3.31%) GCP
10 21 (2.90%) Power Automate
11 14 (1.93%) GitHub
12 11 (1.52%) Boomi
12 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 10 (1.38%) SuccessFactors
14 7 (0.97%) Azure AKS
14 7 (0.97%) Datadog
15 6 (0.83%) Asana
15 6 (0.83%) Figma
15 6 (0.83%) Snowflake
16 5 (0.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.69%) 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 79 (10.91%) Power BI
2 21 (2.90%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.52%) Metadata
4 11 (1.52%) SAP BW
5 10 (1.38%) Relational Database
5 10 (1.38%) SAP HANA
6 8 (1.10%) Oracle Database
6 8 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.69%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.69%) Power Query
8 5 (0.69%) Star Schema
8 5 (0.69%) Tableau
9 3 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.41%) DTS
10 2 (0.28%) Db2
10 2 (0.28%) EDRMS
10 2 (0.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 97 (13.40%) JIRA
2 32 (4.42%) Selenium
3 26 (3.59%) Git
4 22 (3.04%) Postman
5 18 (2.49%) GitLab
6 14 (1.93%) Cypress.io
6 14 (1.93%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.66%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.10%) Gatling
9 7 (0.97%) Hudson
9 7 (0.97%) JMeter
9 7 (0.97%) JUnit
9 7 (0.97%) Zephyr
10 6 (0.83%) REST Assured
10 6 (0.83%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.55%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.55%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.55%) TestRail
12 3 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 328 (45.30%) Finance
2 313 (43.23%) Social Skills
3 225 (31.08%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (11.46%) Law
5 58 (8.01%) Manufacturing
6 55 (7.60%) Legal
7 54 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (6.08%) Retail
9 42 (5.80%) Public Sector
10 38 (5.25%) Banking
11 31 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
12 30 (4.14%) Marketing
13 28 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
15 18 (2.49%) Billing
16 14 (1.93%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (1.66%) General Ledger
18 12 (1.66%) Investment Banking
19 11 (1.52%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 208 (28.73%) Analyst
2 120 (16.57%) Consultant
3 118 (16.30%) Business Analyst
4 66 (9.12%) Lead
4 66 (9.12%) Senior
5 42 (5.80%) Project Manager
6 38 (5.25%) Support Analyst
7 36 (4.97%) SAP Consultant
8 31 (4.28%) Tester
9 28 (3.87%) Systems Analyst
10 26 (3.59%) Functional Consultant
11 22 (3.04%) Applications Support
11 22 (3.04%) Applications Support Analyst
11 22 (3.04%) Architect
11 22 (3.04%) Developer
11 22 (3.04%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (2.90%) Systems Support
13 20 (2.76%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
14 19 (2.62%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
14 19 (2.62%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.28%) Playwright
1 31 (4.28%) REST
2 24 (3.31%) Middleware
3 18 (2.49%) JSON
4 17 (2.35%) SAP Fiori
5 16 (2.21%) XML
6 15 (2.07%) Terraform
7 13 (1.80%) SOAP
8 12 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (1.10%) .NET
10 7 (0.97%) ADO
10 7 (0.97%) HTML
10 7 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
10 7 (0.97%) SAP Core Interface
11 6 (0.83%) EDI
11 6 (0.83%) React
12 5 (0.69%) AngularJS
12 5 (0.69%) CSS
13 4 (0.55%) Blazor
13 4 (0.55%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 65 (8.98%) Product Ownership
2 37 (5.11%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 24 (3.31%) Management Information System
6 19 (2.62%) Data Structures
7 18 (2.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 17 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (2.07%) Cloud Native
10 12 (1.66%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
11 11 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
12 9 (1.24%) Derivative
13 8 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (1.10%) NHS
14 7 (0.97%) CMDB
14 7 (0.97%) e-Learning
14 7 (0.97%) SystemC
15 6 (0.83%) Blog
15 6 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 20 (2.76%) Windows
2 11 (1.52%) Linux
3 5 (0.69%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.28%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (37.15%) Continuous Improvement
2 248 (34.25%) Problem-Solving
2 248 (34.25%) Stakeholder Management
3 237 (32.73%) Agile
4 157 (21.69%) ERP
5 149 (20.58%) Requirements Gathering
6 141 (19.48%) Validation
7 134 (18.51%) System Integration Testing
8 133 (18.37%) Migration
9 121 (16.71%) Process Improvement
10 106 (14.64%) CRM
10 106 (14.64%) DevOps
11 103 (14.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 101 (13.95%) User Stories
13 99 (13.67%) Business Analysis
14 98 (13.54%) Translating Business Requirements
15 94 (12.98%) Workshop Facilitation
16 90 (12.43%) Business Intelligence
16 90 (12.43%) Data Migration
16 90 (12.43%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 124 (17.13%) SQL
2 31 (4.28%) Python
3 30 (4.14%) C#
4 26 (3.59%) Java
5 25 (3.45%) JavaScript
6 19 (2.62%) ABAP
7 14 (1.93%) PowerShell
8 11 (1.52%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.97%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.83%) C++
11 5 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.55%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.41%) Perl
13 3 (0.41%) VBA
14 2 (0.28%) Scala
15 1 (0.14%) C
15 1 (0.14%) PHP
15 1 (0.14%) Ruby
15 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 89 (12.29%) Degree
2 50 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 41 (5.66%) SC Cleared
4 24 (3.31%) PMI Certification
5 19 (2.62%) PMP
6 18 (2.49%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.93%) ACCA
7 14 (1.93%) CIMA
8 13 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.66%) SAP Certification
10 10 (1.38%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.38%) ISEB
11 9 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 8 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.83%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.55%) CCA
16 3 (0.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (17.82%) QA
2 58 (8.01%) Data Quality
3 52 (7.18%) GDPR
4 22 (3.04%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.90%) PMO
6 16 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.66%) SLA
8 8 (1.10%) GAAP
9 7 (0.97%) WCAG
10 5 (0.69%) IFRS
10 5 (0.69%) TickIT
11 4 (0.55%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 1 (0.14%) GRC
14 1 (0.14%) GxP
14 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (1.93%) Docker
2 7 (0.97%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.14%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) IAG
Systems Management
1 19 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.41%) Ansible
3 2 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 149 (20.58%) Microsoft
2 121 (16.71%) SAP
3 57 (7.87%) Oracle
4 39 (5.39%) Salesforce
5 29 (4.01%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.76%) Sage
7 14 (1.93%) Workday
8 13 (1.80%) Intapp
9 11 (1.52%) Ariba
9 11 (1.52%) FIS
10 10 (1.38%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.24%) OpenText
11 9 (1.24%) Xero
12 8 (1.10%) Google
13 7 (0.97%) Concur
13 7 (0.97%) Databricks
13 7 (0.97%) iManage
13 7 (0.97%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.83%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.69%) Guidewire