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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 274 413
Rank change year-on-year +30 +139 -200
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 790 454 400
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.77% 1.05% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.19% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 552 269 233
10th Percentile £31,825 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,094 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £72,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £82,500 £82,400
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +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 75,707 38,228 55,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.45% 88.79% 81.96%
Number of salaries quoted 53,452 21,986 30,884
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,233 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,298
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.66% -6.72%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 +37 304 £72,500 +11.54% 570
North of England +89 210 £55,000 +4.76% 142
North West +85 139 £55,000 +10.00% 87
South East -68 113 £45,000 +5.88% 187
Midlands -9 92 £45,000 -14.29% 99
West Midlands -6 68 £45,000 -5.26% 70
Yorkshire +4 56 £83,750 +52.27% 42
South West -68 31 £55,000 -4.35% 48
East of England -39 26 £45,050 -15.00% 58
East Midlands -26 24 £45,000 -21.74% 28
North East -52 15 £37,000 -9.76% 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 49 (6.20%) Confluence
2 27 (3.42%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.01%) CMS
5 3 (0.38%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.38%) IIS
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 57 (7.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (2.78%) MS Visio
4 9 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.13%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 97 (12.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (4.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 27 (3.42%) NetSuite
4 12 (1.52%) Dynamics AX
4 12 (1.52%) Workday HCM
5 11 (1.39%) SAP SD
6 9 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
6 9 (1.14%) Oracle Payables
7 8 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
7 8 (1.01%) Sage 50
7 8 (1.01%) SAP MDG
8 7 (0.89%) SAP CO
8 7 (0.89%) SAP FI
8 7 (0.89%) SAP FI/CO
8 7 (0.89%) SAP GRC
9 6 (0.76%) Elite 3E
9 6 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
10 5 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
10 5 (0.63%) iTrent
11 4 (0.51%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 146 (18.48%) Azure
2 107 (13.54%) Power Platform
3 101 (12.78%) Dynamics 365
4 62 (7.85%) AWS
4 62 (7.85%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (7.72%) SaaS
6 37 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
7 28 (3.54%) PowerApps
8 19 (2.41%) Power Automate
9 17 (2.15%) GCP
10 15 (1.90%) SuccessFactors
11 14 (1.77%) GitHub
12 11 (1.39%) Boomi
12 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
13 7 (0.89%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 7 (0.89%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 6 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (0.76%) OCI
15 5 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.63%) HTTP
2 2 (0.25%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (0.25%) Intranet
2 2 (0.25%) SAN
2 2 (0.25%) VoIP
3 1 (0.13%) Broadband
3 1 (0.13%) FTP
3 1 (0.13%) Network Security
3 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (10.38%) Power BI
2 19 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (1.39%) Metadata
4 11 (1.39%) Relational Database
4 11 (1.39%) SAP BW
5 10 (1.27%) SAP HANA
6 8 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.89%) Oracle Database
7 7 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.51%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.38%) DTS
11 3 (0.38%) Power Query
12 2 (0.25%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.25%) Big Data
12 2 (0.25%) SAP Data Services
12 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 104 (13.16%) JIRA
2 31 (3.92%) Selenium
3 25 (3.16%) Git
4 18 (2.28%) Postman
5 16 (2.03%) GitLab
6 12 (1.52%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.52%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.39%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.89%) Gatling
8 7 (0.89%) Hudson
8 7 (0.89%) Zephyr
9 6 (0.76%) JMeter
9 6 (0.76%) JUnit
10 5 (0.63%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.51%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.51%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.38%) LSMW
12 3 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 370 (46.84%) Finance
2 361 (45.70%) Social Skills
3 230 (29.11%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (11.39%) Law
5 70 (8.86%) Manufacturing
6 55 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (6.71%) Legal
7 53 (6.71%) Retail
8 47 (5.95%) Public Sector
9 40 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
10 39 (4.94%) Marketing
11 38 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
12 35 (4.43%) Banking
13 24 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (2.91%) Billing
14 23 (2.91%) General Ledger
15 16 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.90%) Military
17 14 (1.77%) Automotive
18 12 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 232 (29.37%) Analyst
2 139 (17.59%) Consultant
3 133 (16.84%) Business Analyst
4 71 (8.99%) Lead
5 65 (8.23%) Senior
6 42 (5.32%) Support Analyst
7 41 (5.19%) SAP Consultant
8 36 (4.56%) Project Manager
9 35 (4.43%) Systems Analyst
10 32 (4.05%) Functional Consultant
11 29 (3.67%) Tester
12 27 (3.42%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 26 (3.29%) Developer
14 24 (3.04%) Architect
15 21 (2.66%) Applications Support
15 21 (2.66%) Applications Support Analyst
15 21 (2.66%) Systems Support
16 20 (2.53%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
16 20 (2.53%) Product Owner
16 20 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.30%) REST
2 26 (3.29%) Playwright
2 26 (3.29%) SAP Fiori
3 25 (3.16%) Middleware
4 18 (2.28%) JSON
4 18 (2.28%) XML
5 15 (1.90%) SOAP
6 11 (1.39%) Terraform
7 10 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
8 9 (1.14%) .NET
9 8 (1.01%) HTML
9 8 (1.01%) SAP Core Interface
10 7 (0.89%) ADO
10 7 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
10 7 (0.89%) React
11 6 (0.76%) CSS
11 6 (0.76%) EDI
11 6 (0.76%) SailPoint
11 6 (0.76%) SAPUI5
11 6 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.99%) Product Ownership
2 41 (5.19%) Onboarding
3 39 (4.94%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.42%) Legacy Systems
5 22 (2.78%) Data Structures
6 20 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 15 (1.90%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 12 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 9 (1.14%) Cloud Native
11 9 (1.14%) NHS
12 8 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
13 7 (0.89%) CMDB
13 7 (0.89%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.89%) Replication
13 7 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.89%) SystemC
13 7 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.15%) Windows
2 13 (1.65%) Linux
3 4 (0.51%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.38%) VMS
5 2 (0.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.13%) Android
6 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) Unix
6 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (38.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 301 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 293 (37.09%) Problem-Solving
4 251 (31.77%) Agile
5 192 (24.30%) ERP
6 179 (22.66%) Requirements Gathering
7 173 (21.90%) Validation
8 157 (19.87%) Migration
9 146 (18.48%) Process Improvement
10 138 (17.47%) System Integration Testing
11 123 (15.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 119 (15.06%) Data Migration
13 117 (14.81%) User Stories
14 116 (14.68%) Project Delivery
15 114 (14.43%) CRM
16 113 (14.30%) Translating Business Requirements
17 110 (13.92%) Business Analysis
18 108 (13.67%) Workshop Facilitation
19 107 (13.54%) DevOps
20 94 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 131 (16.58%) SQL
2 29 (3.67%) C#
3 28 (3.54%) Python
4 26 (3.29%) ABAP
5 22 (2.78%) Java
5 22 (2.78%) JavaScript
6 15 (1.90%) PowerShell
7 10 (1.27%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.76%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.51%) C++
9 4 (0.51%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.38%) Perl
10 3 (0.38%) VBA
11 2 (0.25%) Bash
11 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.25%) Scala
12 1 (0.13%) PHP
12 1 (0.13%) Ruby
12 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 99 (12.53%) Degree
2 52 (6.58%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.44%) SC Cleared
4 21 (2.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (2.66%) PMI Certification
5 19 (2.41%) ACCA
5 19 (2.41%) CIMA
5 19 (2.41%) ISTQB
6 16 (2.03%) PMP
7 15 (1.90%) SAP Certification
8 10 (1.27%) ISEB
9 9 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.01%) DV Cleared
10 8 (1.01%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 7 (0.89%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.89%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.63%) CISA
12 5 (0.63%) CISSP
12 5 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.51%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (18.10%) QA
2 74 (9.37%) Data Quality
3 63 (7.97%) GDPR
4 18 (2.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 16 (2.03%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.90%) PMO
7 13 (1.65%) SLA
8 7 (0.89%) GAAP
8 7 (0.89%) GRC
9 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.76%) WCAG
10 5 (0.63%) TickIT
11 4 (0.51%) IFRS
12 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.38%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.25%) ISO 13485
13 2 (0.25%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 12 (1.52%) Docker
2 5 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.51%) IAG
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.25%) Ansible
2 2 (0.25%) SCCM
3 1 (0.13%) Argo
3 1 (0.13%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 172 (21.77%) Microsoft
2 130 (16.46%) SAP
3 58 (7.34%) Oracle
4 42 (5.32%) Sage
5 40 (5.06%) Salesforce
6 26 (3.29%) ServiceNow
7 24 (3.04%) Workday
8 15 (1.90%) Civica
9 11 (1.39%) Concur
10 10 (1.27%) Ariba
10 10 (1.27%) Intapp
11 9 (1.14%) FIS
11 9 (1.14%) Google
11 9 (1.14%) OpenText
11 9 (1.14%) Xero
12 8 (1.01%) Databricks
12 8 (1.01%) ION Trading
13 7 (0.89%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.76%) iManage
14 6 (0.76%) Infor