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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 357 374
Rank change year-on-year +105 +17 -109
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 640 305 641
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.76% 0.76% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.83% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 431 199 492
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,025 £33,875
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -0.36%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,148
% change year-on-year - +10.81% -1.55%

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 61,488 36,863 78,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.28% 92.45% 81.75%
Number of salaries quoted 43,312 20,255 56,794
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,939 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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% -9.54%

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 21 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 21 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 +97 281 £67,500 -3.57% 92
North of England +62 154 £55,000 -2.22% 39
North West +45 86 £55,000 -4.45% 21
Midlands -1 66 £50,000 -0.99% 29
South East +4 57 £45,000 -21.74% 66
West Midlands +1 54 £50,000 +5.26% 17
Yorkshire +1 50 £82,500 +50.00% 17
East of England -9 32 £50,025 -5.61% 6
South West -47 32 £53,750 -2.27% 17
North East - 18 £41,500 - 3
East Midlands -30 12 £52,500 -25.00% 12
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 35 (5.47%) Confluence
2 25 (3.91%) Apache
2 25 (3.91%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (3.91%) Apache Spark
2 25 (3.91%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.94%) Appian
5 4 (0.63%) CMS
6 3 (0.47%) IIS
7 2 (0.31%) WordPress
8 1 (0.16%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 41 (6.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (4.69%) MS Visio
3 29 (4.53%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.31%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.16%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 78 (12.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.56%) SAP SD
4 9 (1.41%) Dynamics AX
4 9 (1.41%) NetSuite
5 8 (1.25%) Elite 3E
5 8 (1.25%) Oracle Payables
5 8 (1.25%) Sage 50
6 7 (1.09%) SAP MDG
7 6 (0.94%) Oracle General Ledger
7 6 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.78%) Oracle Financials
8 5 (0.78%) SAP PP
8 5 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
9 4 (0.63%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.63%) SAP CO
9 4 (0.63%) SAP FI
9 4 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.63%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 116 (18.13%) Azure
2 83 (12.97%) Power Platform
3 66 (10.31%) AWS
4 56 (8.75%) Azure DevOps
5 55 (8.59%) Dynamics 365
6 37 (5.78%) SaaS
7 31 (4.84%) Power Automate
8 29 (4.53%) PowerApps
9 28 (4.38%) Amazon S3
10 27 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (3.91%) OpenShift
12 21 (3.28%) GCP
13 12 (1.88%) Boomi
14 9 (1.41%) Snowflake
15 8 (1.25%) Azure AKS
15 8 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
16 7 (1.09%) GitHub
16 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
17 6 (0.94%) Anthropic Claude
17 6 (0.94%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.78%) HTTP
2 4 (0.63%) VPN
3 2 (0.31%) Intranet
3 2 (0.31%) LAN
3 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.31%) VoIP
3 2 (0.31%) WAN
3 2 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.16%) Broadband
4 1 (0.16%) FTP
4 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (10.00%) Power BI
2 32 (5.00%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.53%) Tableau
4 28 (4.38%) SQL Server
5 25 (3.91%) Apache Hive
5 25 (3.91%) Impala
5 25 (3.91%) Parquet
5 25 (3.91%) Spark SQL
6 11 (1.72%) SAP HANA
7 10 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (1.41%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.41%) SAP BW
9 6 (0.94%) Pinecone
9 6 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.94%) Power Query
9 6 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (0.78%) Db2
10 5 (0.78%) Metadata
10 5 (0.78%) Star Schema
11 4 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (13.91%) JIRA
2 37 (5.78%) Git
3 36 (5.63%) Selenium
4 25 (3.91%) Cypress.io
4 25 (3.91%) IBM UrbanCode
5 17 (2.66%) Postman
6 8 (1.25%) GitLab
6 8 (1.25%) Jenkins
7 6 (0.94%) MLflow
7 6 (0.94%) REST Assured
7 6 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.78%) JUnit
9 4 (0.63%) Gatling
9 4 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.63%) Ranorex
9 4 (0.63%) SpecFlow
9 4 (0.63%) TestRail
10 3 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.47%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.47%) TestNG
General
1 290 (45.31%) Finance
2 260 (40.63%) Social Skills
3 191 (29.84%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (10.94%) Law
5 62 (9.69%) Banking
6 55 (8.59%) Legal
7 46 (7.19%) Manufacturing
8 38 (5.94%) Investment Banking
8 38 (5.94%) Retail
9 37 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (5.00%) Public Sector
11 26 (4.06%) Marketing
12 21 (3.28%) Billing
13 19 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
14 16 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
16 10 (1.56%) Advertising
16 10 (1.56%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 207 (32.34%) Analyst
2 115 (17.97%) Business Analyst
3 102 (15.94%) Consultant
4 65 (10.16%) Lead
5 57 (8.91%) Senior
6 38 (5.94%) SAP Consultant
7 36 (5.63%) Project Manager
8 31 (4.84%) Support Analyst
8 31 (4.84%) Technical Analyst
9 27 (4.22%) Systems Analyst
10 24 (3.75%) Transformation Analyst
11 23 (3.59%) Banking Analyst
11 23 (3.59%) Senior Analyst
11 23 (3.59%) Test Leader
12 21 (3.28%) QA Leader
13 20 (3.13%) Transformation Manager
14 19 (2.97%) Tester
15 18 (2.81%) Systems Support
16 17 (2.66%) Developer
16 17 (2.66%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.22%) Playwright
1 27 (4.22%) REST
2 25 (3.91%) Middleware
2 25 (3.91%) PySpark
3 19 (2.97%) Pandas
4 15 (2.34%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (2.03%) SAP Fiori
6 11 (1.72%) RESTful
6 11 (1.72%) Web Services
6 11 (1.72%) XML
7 10 (1.56%) Swagger
8 8 (1.25%) .NET
8 8 (1.25%) Flask
8 8 (1.25%) OpenAPI
9 7 (1.09%) JSON
9 7 (1.09%) React
9 7 (1.09%) SAP Core Interface
10 6 (0.94%) Django
10 6 (0.94%) NumPy
10 6 (0.94%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.03%) Onboarding
2 43 (6.72%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (6.56%) Product Ownership
4 23 (3.59%) Management Information System
5 19 (2.97%) Data Structures
5 19 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
5 19 (2.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 15 (2.34%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 12 (1.88%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.72%) Low-Code
9 10 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.56%) NHS
10 9 (1.41%) Mobile App
11 8 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (1.09%) CMDB
12 7 (1.09%) Derivative
12 7 (1.09%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.09%) Fixed Income
13 5 (0.78%) Blog
13 5 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.66%) Windows
2 13 (2.03%) Linux
3 7 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.78%) Unix
5 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.16%) VMS
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (33.91%) Agile
2 204 (31.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 190 (29.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 183 (28.59%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (19.22%) Requirements Gathering
6 120 (18.75%) ERP
7 117 (18.28%) Migration
8 114 (17.81%) Validation
9 102 (15.94%) System Integration Testing
10 93 (14.53%) Process Improvement
10 93 (14.53%) User Stories
11 89 (13.91%) Test Automation
12 82 (12.81%) DevOps
12 82 (12.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 81 (12.66%) Translating Business Requirements
14 80 (12.50%) CI/CD
15 78 (12.19%) Business Intelligence
16 75 (11.72%) Workshop Facilitation
17 72 (11.25%) Data Migration
18 68 (10.63%) AI
Programming Languages
1 123 (19.22%) SQL
2 62 (9.69%) Python
3 34 (5.31%) C#
4 21 (3.28%) Java
4 21 (3.28%) JavaScript
5 19 (2.97%) ABAP
6 12 (1.88%) C++
7 8 (1.25%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.25%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.78%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.63%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.63%) Rust
10 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.47%) Perl
11 3 (0.47%) VBA
12 2 (0.31%) Go
12 2 (0.31%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.16%) Bash
13 1 (0.16%) Korn
Qualifications
1 77 (12.03%) Degree
2 26 (4.06%) Security Cleared
3 19 (2.97%) ISTQB
3 19 (2.97%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.81%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.50%) PMP
6 11 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (1.56%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.41%) ACCA
8 9 (1.41%) CIMA
9 8 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.09%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 6 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.94%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.78%) IIBA
12 5 (0.78%) ISEB
13 4 (0.63%) CCA
13 4 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (18.91%) QA
2 72 (11.25%) Data Quality
3 51 (7.97%) GDPR
4 33 (5.16%) Accessibility
5 20 (3.13%) PMO
6 15 (2.34%) HIPAA
7 14 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 14 (2.19%) SLA
8 12 (1.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 7 (1.09%) GAAP
9 7 (1.09%) IFRS
10 6 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.78%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.78%) TickIT
11 5 (0.78%) WCAG
12 4 (0.63%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.31%) HL7
13 2 (0.31%) IFRS 17
13 2 (0.31%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.31%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (2.81%) Docker
2 8 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.63%) Firmware
3 4 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.50%) Terraform
3 3 (0.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.31%) Grafana
4 2 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.16%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 111 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 109 (17.03%) SAP
3 80 (12.50%) Oracle
4 28 (4.38%) Salesforce
4 28 (4.38%) ServiceNow
5 26 (4.06%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.03%) Intapp
6 13 (2.03%) Sage
7 10 (1.56%) Ariba
7 10 (1.56%) FIS
7 10 (1.56%) ION Trading
8 9 (1.41%) OpenText
9 8 (1.25%) Databricks
9 8 (1.25%) MuleSoft
9 8 (1.25%) Xero
10 7 (1.09%) IFS
10 7 (1.09%) iManage
11 6 (0.94%) Automation Anywhere
11 6 (0.94%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.94%) UiPath