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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 347 391
Rank change year-on-year +92 +44 -141
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 698 341 464
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.77% 0.79% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.87% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 488 210 346
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £45,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +0.43% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -0.18%

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 66,599 38,984 61,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.82% 89.76% 81.55%
Number of salaries quoted 47,002 22,502 42,192
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £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 29 July 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 29 July 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 +87 303 £70,000 - 141
North of England +80 173 £55,000 +4.76% 64
North West +48 101 £55,000 +4.76% 40
South East -5 76 £45,000 -22.75% 68
Midlands -9 76 £50,000 -4.76% 34
West Midlands +4 60 £50,000 - 25
Yorkshire +15 54 £82,500 +50.00% 19
East of England -23 32 £45,050 -15.00% 13
South West -53 26 £55,000 -3.14% 22
North East -34 18 £41,500 - 7
East Midlands -33 16 £57,500 -17.86% 9
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 37 (5.30%) Confluence
2 29 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.87%) Apache Spark
4 25 (3.58%) Apache
4 25 (3.58%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.72%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) IIS
8 2 (0.29%) WordPress
9 1 (0.14%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.14%) Appian
9 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 48 (6.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (4.73%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.29%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 86 (12.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (2.72%) NetSuite
4 11 (1.58%) SAP SD
5 9 (1.29%) Oracle Payables
6 8 (1.15%) Elite 3E
6 8 (1.15%) Sage 50
7 7 (1.00%) Oracle Receivables
7 7 (1.00%) SAP CO
7 7 (1.00%) SAP FI
7 7 (1.00%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (1.00%) SAP MDG
8 6 (0.86%) Workday HCM
9 5 (0.72%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (0.72%) Oracle General Ledger
9 5 (0.72%) SAP MM
9 5 (0.72%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
10 4 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
10 4 (0.57%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 121 (17.34%) Azure
2 92 (13.18%) Power Platform
3 78 (11.17%) AWS
4 60 (8.60%) Dynamics 365
5 50 (7.16%) Azure DevOps
6 43 (6.16%) SaaS
7 34 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (4.58%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.72%) Amazon S3
10 25 (3.58%) OpenShift
11 22 (3.15%) GCP
11 22 (3.15%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.58%) Boomi
12 11 (1.58%) GitHub
12 11 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 11 (1.58%) SuccessFactors
13 8 (1.15%) Azure AKS
14 6 (0.86%) Asana
14 6 (0.86%) Figma
14 6 (0.86%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.72%) HTTP
2 2 (0.29%) Intranet
2 2 (0.29%) 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 73 (10.46%) Power BI
2 30 (4.30%) Oracle Database
3 29 (4.15%) Tableau
4 25 (3.58%) Apache Hive
4 25 (3.58%) Impala
4 25 (3.58%) Parquet
4 25 (3.58%) Spark SQL
5 21 (3.01%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.58%) SAP BW
7 10 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.43%) SAP HANA
8 9 (1.29%) Metadata
9 8 (1.15%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.86%) Power Query
11 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.72%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.57%) Db2
12 4 (0.57%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (12.75%) JIRA
2 42 (6.02%) Git
3 35 (5.01%) Selenium
4 25 (3.58%) IBM UrbanCode
5 19 (2.72%) Postman
6 18 (2.58%) Cypress.io
7 14 (2.01%) GitLab
8 12 (1.72%) Jenkins
9 9 (1.29%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.15%) JUnit
11 7 (1.00%) Gatling
12 6 (0.86%) Hudson
12 6 (0.86%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.86%) Zephyr
13 5 (0.72%) JMeter
13 5 (0.72%) TestRail
14 4 (0.57%) Oracle APEX
14 4 (0.57%) SoapUI
15 3 (0.43%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 3 (0.43%) TestNG
General
1 328 (46.99%) Finance
2 295 (42.26%) Social Skills
3 221 (31.66%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.60%) Law
5 62 (8.88%) Legal
6 61 (8.74%) Banking
7 52 (7.45%) Manufacturing
8 42 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 41 (5.87%) Public Sector
10 40 (5.73%) Retail
11 38 (5.44%) Investment Banking
12 30 (4.30%) Marketing
13 27 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
14 24 (3.44%) Organisational Skills
15 20 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
16 19 (2.72%) Billing
17 13 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
18 12 (1.72%) Aerospace
19 11 (1.58%) Advertising
20 9 (1.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 215 (30.80%) Analyst
2 119 (17.05%) Business Analyst
3 111 (15.90%) Consultant
4 65 (9.31%) Lead
5 60 (8.60%) Senior
6 37 (5.30%) Project Manager
6 37 (5.30%) SAP Consultant
7 35 (5.01%) Support Analyst
8 28 (4.01%) Technical Analyst
9 27 (3.87%) Systems Analyst
10 24 (3.44%) Banking Analyst
10 24 (3.44%) Tester
10 24 (3.44%) Transformation Analyst
11 23 (3.30%) Functional Consultant
11 23 (3.30%) Senior Analyst
12 21 (3.01%) Applications Support
12 21 (3.01%) Applications Support Analyst
13 20 (2.87%) Systems Support
13 20 (2.87%) Test Leader
14 19 (2.72%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.44%) Playwright
2 25 (3.58%) PySpark
3 24 (3.44%) REST
4 22 (3.15%) Middleware
5 16 (2.29%) XML
6 14 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (2.01%) Pandas
7 13 (1.86%) SAP Fiori
8 12 (1.72%) JSON
9 10 (1.43%) .NET
10 8 (1.15%) Web Services
11 7 (1.00%) EDI
11 7 (1.00%) SAP Core Interface
11 7 (1.00%) SOAP
12 6 (0.86%) Kafka
12 6 (0.86%) React
12 6 (0.86%) RESTful
13 5 (0.72%) ADO
13 5 (0.72%) AngularJS
13 5 (0.72%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.60%) Product Ownership
2 44 (6.30%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.16%) Legacy Systems
4 25 (3.58%) Management Information System
5 23 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 23 (3.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (2.58%) Data Structures
7 16 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
8 14 (2.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.72%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.43%) Driving Licence
12 9 (1.29%) Derivative
13 8 (1.15%) Blog
14 7 (1.00%) Fixed Income
15 6 (0.86%) e-Learning
15 6 (0.86%) Low-Code
16 5 (0.72%) Educational Technology
16 5 (0.72%) NHS
16 5 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.29%) Windows
2 13 (1.86%) Linux
3 6 (0.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.72%) Unix
5 1 (0.14%) VMS
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (36.68%) Continuous Improvement
2 234 (33.52%) Agile
3 225 (32.23%) Problem-Solving
4 220 (31.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 140 (20.06%) ERP
6 138 (19.77%) Validation
7 129 (18.48%) Migration
8 127 (18.19%) Requirements Gathering
9 121 (17.34%) System Integration Testing
10 113 (16.19%) Process Improvement
11 102 (14.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 99 (14.18%) Translating Business Requirements
13 97 (13.90%) User Stories
14 92 (13.18%) DevOps
15 86 (12.32%) CRM
16 85 (12.18%) CI/CD
17 83 (11.89%) Business Intelligence
17 83 (11.89%) Data Migration
17 83 (11.89%) Project Management
18 82 (11.75%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 137 (19.63%) SQL
2 58 (8.31%) Python
3 35 (5.01%) C#
4 24 (3.44%) Java
5 21 (3.01%) JavaScript
6 18 (2.58%) ABAP
7 12 (1.72%) C++
7 12 (1.72%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.15%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.72%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.72%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.57%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.57%) Rust
12 3 (0.43%) Perl
12 3 (0.43%) VBA
13 2 (0.29%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) Bash
14 1 (0.14%) C
14 1 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 87 (12.46%) Degree
2 39 (5.59%) Security Cleared
3 31 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 20 (2.87%) PMI Certification
5 17 (2.44%) ISTQB
6 16 (2.29%) PMP
7 12 (1.72%) ACCA
7 12 (1.72%) CIMA
7 12 (1.72%) SAP Certification
8 11 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.58%) DV Cleared
9 10 (1.43%) ISEB
10 8 (1.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 7 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.86%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.72%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 4 (0.57%) CCA
14 4 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (16.62%) QA
2 70 (10.03%) Data Quality
3 60 (8.60%) GDPR
4 27 (3.87%) Accessibility
5 21 (3.01%) PMO
6 15 (2.15%) HIPAA
6 15 (2.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 12 (1.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 11 (1.58%) SLA
9 8 (1.15%) GAAP
10 6 (0.86%) IFRS
10 6 (0.86%) WCAG
11 5 (0.72%) TickIT
12 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.57%) ISO 20022
12 4 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (2.15%) Docker
2 8 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.57%) Firmware
3 4 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.29%) Terraform
3 3 (0.43%) Ansible
4 2 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.14%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 129 (18.48%) Microsoft
2 118 (16.91%) SAP
3 78 (11.17%) Oracle
4 36 (5.16%) Salesforce
5 28 (4.01%) ServiceNow
6 25 (3.58%) Red Hat
7 17 (2.44%) Sage
8 14 (2.01%) Intapp
9 11 (1.58%) Ariba
10 10 (1.43%) FIS
10 10 (1.43%) ION Trading
11 9 (1.29%) Databricks
11 9 (1.29%) OpenText
11 9 (1.29%) Workday
12 8 (1.15%) Xero
13 7 (1.00%) Concur
13 7 (1.00%) HubSpot
13 7 (1.00%) iManage
13 7 (1.00%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.57%) CA Agile Central