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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 362 356
Rank change year-on-year +114 -6 -96
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 629 299 651
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 0.76% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.82% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 417 196 507
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,688 £34,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -0.27%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,125 £80,000
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 60,235 36,560 77,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 72.97% 92.70% 82.34%
Number of salaries quoted 42,304 19,913 56,146
10th Percentile £30,625 £29,000 £29,266
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 13 June 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 13 June 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 +117 288 £67,500 -6.90% 161
North of England +45 147 £56,250 -2.22% 47
North West +42 80 £55,000 -12.00% 23
Midlands -7 61 £50,000 +4.17% 39
South East +11 53 £46,750 -18.70% 74
West Midlands -4 51 £50,000 +5.26% 23
Yorkshire 0 50 £82,500 +50.00% 23
East of England -8 32 £50,025 -5.61% 12
South West -45 30 £55,000 - 21
North East - 17 £41,250 - 3
East Midlands -28 10 £30,000 -57.14% 16
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 33 (5.25%) Confluence
2 25 (3.97%) Apache
2 25 (3.97%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (3.97%) Apache Spark
3 24 (3.82%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (1.11%) Appian
6 4 (0.64%) CMS
7 3 (0.48%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) WordPress
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 38 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (4.93%) MS Visio
3 25 (3.97%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.32%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 77 (12.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.75%) Dynamics AX
4 10 (1.59%) SAP SD
5 8 (1.27%) Elite 3E
5 8 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.27%) Sage 50
6 7 (1.11%) SAP MDG
7 6 (0.95%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.95%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.79%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.79%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.79%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.79%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.64%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.64%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.64%) SAP GTS
9 4 (0.64%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 116 (18.44%) Azure
2 80 (12.72%) Power Platform
3 66 (10.49%) AWS
4 55 (8.74%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (8.59%) Dynamics 365
6 36 (5.72%) SaaS
7 32 (5.09%) Power Automate
8 29 (4.61%) Amazon S3
9 27 (4.29%) PowerApps
10 26 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (3.97%) OpenShift
12 21 (3.34%) GCP
13 12 (1.91%) Boomi
14 9 (1.43%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.27%) Azure AKS
16 7 (1.11%) Anthropic Claude
16 7 (1.11%) Azure AI
16 7 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
16 7 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (1.11%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.79%) HTTP
1 5 (0.79%) VPN
2 2 (0.32%) Intranet
2 2 (0.32%) LAN
2 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.32%) VoIP
2 2 (0.32%) WAN
2 2 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.16%) Broadband
3 1 (0.16%) FTP
3 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (9.70%) Power BI
2 32 (5.09%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.61%) Tableau
4 26 (4.13%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.97%) Apache Hive
5 25 (3.97%) Impala
5 25 (3.97%) Parquet
5 25 (3.97%) Spark SQL
6 11 (1.75%) SAP HANA
7 9 (1.43%) SAP BW
8 8 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.27%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.11%) Pinecone
10 6 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.95%) Power Query
10 6 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.79%) Db2
11 5 (0.79%) Metadata
11 5 (0.79%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.64%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 88 (13.99%) JIRA
2 35 (5.56%) Git
2 35 (5.56%) Selenium
3 25 (3.97%) IBM UrbanCode
4 24 (3.82%) Cypress.io
5 17 (2.70%) Postman
6 8 (1.27%) GitLab
7 7 (1.11%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.11%) MLflow
8 6 (0.95%) REST Assured
8 6 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.79%) JUnit
10 4 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (0.64%) Ranorex
10 4 (0.64%) SpecFlow
10 4 (0.64%) TestRail
11 3 (0.48%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.48%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.48%) Gatling
11 3 (0.48%) TestNG
General
1 284 (45.15%) Finance
2 255 (40.54%) Social Skills
3 185 (29.41%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (11.13%) Law
5 64 (10.17%) Banking
6 55 (8.74%) Legal
7 47 (7.47%) Manufacturing
8 38 (6.04%) Investment Banking
9 36 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (5.72%) Retail
10 31 (4.93%) Public Sector
11 26 (4.13%) Marketing
12 21 (3.34%) Billing
13 17 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
14 15 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.59%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.43%) Advertising
17 9 (1.43%) Games
Job Titles
1 206 (32.75%) Analyst
2 118 (18.76%) Business Analyst
3 102 (16.22%) Consultant
4 65 (10.33%) Lead
5 60 (9.54%) Senior
6 38 (6.04%) SAP Consultant
7 34 (5.41%) Project Manager
8 33 (5.25%) Technical Analyst
9 27 (4.29%) Senior Analyst
10 26 (4.13%) Support Analyst
11 25 (3.97%) Systems Analyst
11 25 (3.97%) Transformation Analyst
12 23 (3.66%) Banking Analyst
13 22 (3.50%) Test Leader
14 21 (3.34%) QA Leader
15 20 (3.18%) Transformation Manager
16 18 (2.86%) Tester
17 17 (2.70%) Functional Consultant
18 16 (2.54%) Developer
18 16 (2.54%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.29%) REST
2 26 (4.13%) Playwright
3 25 (3.97%) PySpark
4 24 (3.82%) Middleware
5 20 (3.18%) Pandas
6 14 (2.23%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (2.07%) SAP Fiori
8 12 (1.91%) RESTful
8 12 (1.91%) Swagger
8 12 (1.91%) Web Services
9 10 (1.59%) OpenAPI
9 10 (1.59%) XML
10 9 (1.43%) Flask
11 8 (1.27%) .NET
12 7 (1.11%) Django
12 7 (1.11%) JSON
12 7 (1.11%) NumPy
12 7 (1.11%) OAuth
12 7 (1.11%) pytest
12 7 (1.11%) React
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.15%) Onboarding
2 43 (6.84%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (6.68%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.18%) Data Structures
6 19 (3.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (2.38%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 13 (2.07%) NHS
10 12 (1.91%) Low-Code
11 11 (1.75%) Cloud Native
12 10 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
13 9 (1.43%) Mobile App
14 8 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.11%) CMDB
15 7 (1.11%) Derivative
15 7 (1.11%) Fixed Income
16 6 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
17 5 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
17 5 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.54%) Windows
2 11 (1.75%) Linux
3 7 (1.11%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.79%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (34.34%) Agile
2 196 (31.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 190 (30.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 175 (27.82%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (20.03%) Requirements Gathering
6 117 (18.60%) Migration
7 116 (18.44%) ERP
8 112 (17.81%) Validation
9 99 (15.74%) System Integration Testing
10 94 (14.94%) User Stories
11 89 (14.15%) Test Automation
12 88 (13.99%) Process Improvement
13 81 (12.88%) DevOps
13 81 (12.88%) Translating Business Requirements
14 80 (12.72%) CI/CD
14 80 (12.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 78 (12.40%) Workshop Facilitation
16 75 (11.92%) Business Intelligence
17 71 (11.29%) Data Migration
18 68 (10.81%) AI
Programming Languages
1 121 (19.24%) SQL
2 62 (9.86%) Python
3 34 (5.41%) C#
4 21 (3.34%) JavaScript
5 20 (3.18%) Java
6 19 (3.02%) ABAP
7 12 (1.91%) C++
8 8 (1.27%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.79%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.79%) PowerShell
11 4 (0.64%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.64%) Rust
11 4 (0.64%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.48%) Perl
12 3 (0.48%) VBA
13 2 (0.32%) Go
13 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.16%) C
14 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 79 (12.56%) Degree
2 24 (3.82%) Security Cleared
3 19 (3.02%) ISTQB
3 19 (3.02%) PMI Certification
4 18 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.54%) PMP
6 10 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.27%) ACCA
8 8 (1.27%) CIMA
9 7 (1.11%) DBS Check
9 7 (1.11%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.95%) IIBA
10 6 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 6 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (0.95%) SAP Certification
11 5 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.79%) ISEB
12 4 (0.64%) CCA
12 4 (0.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (18.92%) QA
2 73 (11.61%) Data Quality
3 51 (8.11%) GDPR
4 33 (5.25%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.18%) PMO
6 15 (2.38%) HIPAA
6 15 (2.38%) SLA
7 14 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 12 (1.91%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (1.11%) GAAP
9 7 (1.11%) IFRS
10 6 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.79%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.79%) TickIT
11 5 (0.79%) WCAG
12 4 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.48%) HL7
14 2 (0.32%) IFRS 17
14 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.32%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (3.02%) Docker
2 8 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.64%) Firmware
3 4 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (3.97%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.54%) Terraform
3 3 (0.48%) Ansible
4 2 (0.32%) Grafana
4 2 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 107 (17.01%) SAP
2 102 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 79 (12.56%) Oracle
4 29 (4.61%) ServiceNow
5 26 (4.13%) Red Hat
5 26 (4.13%) Salesforce
6 13 (2.07%) Intapp
7 10 (1.59%) Ariba
7 10 (1.59%) FIS
7 10 (1.59%) Sage
8 9 (1.43%) ION Trading
8 9 (1.43%) OpenText
9 8 (1.27%) Databricks
9 8 (1.27%) Xero
10 7 (1.11%) Automation Anywhere
10 7 (1.11%) IFS
10 7 (1.11%) iManage
10 7 (1.11%) MuleSoft
10 7 (1.11%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.11%) UiPath