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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 366 345
Rank change year-on-year +104 -21 -51
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 591 286 663
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.72% 0.73% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.78% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 385 190 520
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,900 £36,225
25th Percentile £47,750 £46,250 £44,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +0.91%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £70,438
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,125
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 60,429 36,751 71,864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.71% 93.37% 84.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39,858 20,257 53,833
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £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 £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -10.10%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 +102 280 £67,500 -6.90% 141
North of England +41 123 £57,500 -0.05% 53
Midlands -18 61 £51,250 +5.67% 33
North West +22 58 £55,000 -18.52% 31
South East +2 50 £52,500 -6.67% 75
West Midlands -4 48 £50,000 +5.26% 20
Yorkshire -12 48 £83,750 +86.11% 19
East of England -10 31 £55,000 +3.77% 11
South West -43 29 £55,000 +4.76% 18
North East -23 17 £42,250 -15.50% 3
East Midlands -29 13 £55,000 -21.43% 13
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 30 (5.08%) Confluence
2 25 (4.23%) Apache
2 25 (4.23%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (4.23%) Apache Spark
3 19 (3.21%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.69%) Appian
5 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.68%) CMS
7 2 (0.34%) IIS
7 2 (0.34%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 43 (7.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (5.08%) MS Visio
3 22 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 75 (12.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.86%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.52%) SAP SD
5 8 (1.35%) Elite 3E
6 7 (1.18%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (1.18%) SAP MDG
7 6 (1.02%) Sage 50
7 6 (1.02%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.85%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.85%) SAP EWM
9 4 (0.68%) Oracle General Ledger
9 4 (0.68%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.68%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.68%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
9 4 (0.68%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.68%) SAP IBP
9 4 (0.68%) SAP MDG-BP
9 4 (0.68%) SAP Travel Management
9 4 (0.68%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (18.10%) Azure
2 80 (13.54%) Power Platform
3 61 (10.32%) AWS
4 49 (8.29%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (8.29%) Dynamics 365
5 35 (5.92%) Power Automate
6 33 (5.58%) SaaS
7 29 (4.91%) Amazon S3
8 25 (4.23%) OpenShift
8 25 (4.23%) PowerApps
9 24 (4.06%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (3.05%) GCP
11 13 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (1.86%) Boomi
13 10 (1.69%) Anthropic Claude
13 10 (1.69%) Azure AI
14 9 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
15 8 (1.35%) Microsoft Purview
15 8 (1.35%) Snowflake
16 7 (1.18%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.35%) VPN
2 5 (0.85%) HTTP
3 2 (0.34%) LAN
3 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.34%) WAN
3 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.17%) Broadband
4 1 (0.17%) FTP
4 1 (0.17%) GSM
4 1 (0.17%) Intranet
4 1 (0.17%) LTE
4 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.83%) Power BI
2 30 (5.08%) Oracle Database
3 28 (4.74%) SQL Server
3 28 (4.74%) Tableau
4 25 (4.23%) Apache Hive
4 25 (4.23%) Impala
4 25 (4.23%) Parquet
4 25 (4.23%) Spark SQL
5 11 (1.86%) SAP HANA
6 10 (1.69%) Pinecone
7 9 (1.52%) SAP BW
8 8 (1.35%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.18%) MySQL
10 6 (1.02%) Electronic Patient Records
10 6 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.02%) Power Query
10 6 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.85%) DB2
11 5 (0.85%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 84 (14.21%) JIRA
2 30 (5.08%) Git
2 30 (5.08%) Selenium
3 25 (4.23%) IBM UrbanCode
4 22 (3.72%) Cypress.io
5 12 (2.03%) Postman
6 10 (1.69%) MLflow
7 5 (0.85%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.68%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.68%) SpecFlow
8 4 (0.68%) TestRail
9 3 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.51%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.51%) JUnit
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.51%) Ranorex
9 3 (0.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 3 (0.51%) TestNG
10 2 (0.34%) Eclipse
General
1 255 (43.15%) Finance
2 235 (39.76%) Social Skills
3 172 (29.10%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (10.83%) Banking
5 62 (10.49%) Law
6 52 (8.80%) Legal
7 46 (7.78%) Manufacturing
8 41 (6.94%) Retail
9 37 (6.26%) Investment Banking
10 34 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 26 (4.40%) Marketing
11 26 (4.40%) Public Sector
12 18 (3.05%) Billing
13 16 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
15 14 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.52%) Games
18 8 (1.35%) Advertising
18 8 (1.35%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 207 (35.03%) Analyst
2 117 (19.80%) Business Analyst
3 95 (16.07%) Consultant
4 64 (10.83%) Lead
5 57 (9.64%) Senior
6 37 (6.26%) SAP Consultant
7 36 (6.09%) Technical Analyst
8 31 (5.25%) Project Manager
9 30 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
10 27 (4.57%) Transformation Analyst
11 23 (3.89%) Banking Analyst
11 23 (3.89%) Systems Analyst
11 23 (3.89%) Test Leader
12 20 (3.38%) Support Analyst
12 20 (3.38%) Transformation Manager
13 19 (3.21%) QA Leader
14 17 (2.88%) Developer
15 16 (2.71%) SAP Manager
15 16 (2.71%) Technical Manager
16 15 (2.54%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.91%) REST
2 25 (4.23%) PySpark
3 23 (3.89%) Middleware
3 23 (3.89%) Pandas
3 23 (3.89%) Playwright
4 15 (2.54%) RESTful
4 15 (2.54%) Web Services
5 14 (2.37%) Swagger
6 13 (2.20%) OpenAPI
6 13 (2.20%) SAP Fiori
7 12 (2.03%) Flask
8 11 (1.86%) Oracle Fusion
9 10 (1.69%) Django
9 10 (1.69%) FastAPI
9 10 (1.69%) JSON
9 10 (1.69%) NumPy
9 10 (1.69%) OAuth
9 10 (1.69%) pytest
9 10 (1.69%) scikit-learn
9 10 (1.69%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.61%) Onboarding
2 42 (7.11%) Legacy Systems
3 36 (6.09%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (3.05%) Management Information System
5 17 (2.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 16 (2.71%) Low-Code
7 15 (2.54%) NHS
7 15 (2.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 14 (2.37%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.86%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.52%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (1.35%) Fixed Income
11 8 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.18%) Derivative
13 6 (1.02%) CMDB
14 5 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.71%) Windows
2 14 (2.37%) Linux
3 7 (1.18%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.85%) Unix
5 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (33.84%) Agile
2 174 (29.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 167 (28.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 162 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
5 124 (20.98%) Requirements Gathering
6 111 (18.78%) Migration
7 105 (17.77%) Validation
8 100 (16.92%) ERP
9 91 (15.40%) Test Automation
10 89 (15.06%) System Integration Testing
11 83 (14.04%) User Stories
12 82 (13.87%) Translating Business Requirements
13 80 (13.54%) Business Intelligence
14 79 (13.37%) Workshop Facilitation
15 77 (13.03%) CI/CD
16 73 (12.35%) DevOps
16 73 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 72 (12.18%) AI
18 70 (11.84%) Process Improvement
19 69 (11.68%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 118 (19.97%) SQL
2 63 (10.66%) Python
3 33 (5.58%) C#
4 21 (3.55%) JavaScript
5 18 (3.05%) ABAP
5 18 (3.05%) Java
6 12 (2.03%) C++
7 7 (1.18%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.85%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.68%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.68%) Rust
10 4 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 4 (0.68%) VBA
11 3 (0.51%) Perl
12 2 (0.34%) Go
12 2 (0.34%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.17%) C
13 1 (0.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 77 (13.03%) Degree
2 25 (4.23%) PMI Certification
3 20 (3.38%) ISTQB
3 20 (3.38%) PMP
3 20 (3.38%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.03%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.69%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.52%) IIBA
7 8 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (1.02%) CBAP
9 6 (1.02%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.02%) ISEB
9 6 (1.02%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.85%) SAP Certification
11 4 (0.68%) CCA
11 4 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.51%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.51%) CAPM
12 3 (0.51%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (18.10%) QA
2 71 (12.01%) Data Quality
3 44 (7.45%) GDPR
4 27 (4.57%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.38%) PMO
6 15 (2.54%) HIPAA
7 14 (2.37%) SLA
8 12 (2.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 11 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (1.18%) IFRS
11 6 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (1.02%) HL7
12 5 (0.85%) GAAP
12 5 (0.85%) ISO 20022
12 5 (0.85%) TickIT
13 4 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.51%) WCAG
15 2 (0.34%) IFRS 17
15 2 (0.34%) PSD2
16 1 (0.17%) GRC
System Software
1 18 (3.05%) Docker
2 10 (1.69%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.68%) Firmware
3 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (3.89%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.03%) Terraform
3 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.34%) Grafana
4 2 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) Control-M
Vendors
1 107 (18.10%) SAP
2 94 (15.91%) Microsoft
3 74 (12.52%) Oracle
4 26 (4.40%) Red Hat
5 24 (4.06%) Salesforce
6 23 (3.89%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.03%) Ariba
7 12 (2.03%) Intapp
8 10 (1.69%) Automation Anywhere
8 10 (1.69%) FIS
8 10 (1.69%) OpenAI
8 10 (1.69%) UiPath
9 9 (1.52%) ION Trading
9 9 (1.52%) OpenText
10 7 (1.18%) IFS
10 7 (1.18%) Sage
10 7 (1.18%) Workday
11 6 (1.02%) HubSpot
11 6 (1.02%) iManage
11 6 (1.02%) MuleSoft