User Acceptance Testing Contracts

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for User Acceptance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 142 139
Rank change year-on-year +30 -3 +21
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 847 1,034 1,742
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.97% 1.83% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.04% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 714 1,220
10th Percentile £325 £363 £338
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £600
90th Percentile £738 £750 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 10
10th Percentile £12.92 £29.51 £24.13
25th Percentile £13.87 £47.75 £27.88
Median hourly rate £32.43 £62.50 £48.25
Median % change year-on-year -48.11% +29.53% +89.22%
75th Percentile £55.75 £64.38 £69.00
90th Percentile £63.25 £67.00 £72.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £48.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.34% +38.57% +37.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Acceptance Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

User Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing User Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing.

Daily rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User Acceptance Testing.

Hourly rate trend for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User Acceptance Testing in the UK

User Acceptance Testing
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +29 721 £525 -0.94% 234
London +18 403 £540 -2.96% 85
UK excluding London +29 351 £475 - 149
Work from Home +51 335 £500 -2.44% 113
South East -2 98 £575 +16.75% 33
Midlands +34 64 £440 -6.33% 36
North of England -15 62 £450 -5.26% 40
Scotland +57 60 £475 +2.70% 11
North West -10 44 £475 -5.00% 24
East of England +23 34 £375 -25.00% 11
East Midlands +34 33 £425 -2.86% 15
South West +20 33 £394 -25.00% 19
West Midlands -2 30 £444 -6.58% 21
Yorkshire +1 15 £450 -10.00% 13
North East +8 3 £330 -17.50% 3
Northern Ireland +3 3 - - 1

User Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (2.95%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.13%) Confluence
3 12 (1.42%) SAS
4 10 (1.18%) CMS
5 6 (0.71%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.12%) MTS
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 31 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.77%) MS Visio
5 9 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.12%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 35 (4.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (2.13%) SAP EWM
4 13 (1.53%) SAP QM
5 12 (1.42%) ION MarketView
6 9 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
6 9 (1.06%) SAP CO
6 9 (1.06%) SAP ERP
6 9 (1.06%) SAP FI
6 9 (1.06%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.83%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (0.71%) Magento
8 6 (0.71%) SAP PP
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle Assets
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle Financials
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle Receivables
10 4 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
10 4 (0.47%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 107 (12.63%) Azure
2 51 (6.02%) Dynamics 365
3 36 (4.25%) Power Platform
4 33 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (2.83%) AWS
6 22 (2.60%) OCI
7 18 (2.13%) SaaS
8 9 (1.06%) SuccessFactors
9 8 (0.94%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (0.83%) Google Analytics
10 7 (0.83%) Miro
10 7 (0.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 7 (0.83%) Serverless
11 6 (0.71%) Azure Functions
11 6 (0.71%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (0.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 5 (0.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (0.59%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.42%) NetScaler
2 9 (1.06%) SSH
3 6 (0.71%) Fibre Channel
3 6 (0.71%) Firewall
3 6 (0.71%) SAN
4 4 (0.47%) Internet
4 4 (0.47%) VLAN
4 4 (0.47%) Wireless
5 3 (0.35%) 5G
5 3 (0.35%) CTI
5 3 (0.35%) H.323
5 3 (0.35%) VPN
5 3 (0.35%) WAN
6 2 (0.24%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.12%) DNS
7 1 (0.12%) DVB
7 1 (0.12%) Network Security
7 1 (0.12%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.12%) SMS
7 1 (0.12%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.66%) Power BI
3 22 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (2.60%) KDB
4 17 (2.01%) Oracle Reports
4 17 (2.01%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.06%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 9 (1.06%) NoSQL
7 7 (0.83%) Data Mining
8 6 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
8 6 (0.71%) Tableau
9 5 (0.59%) Oracle Database
9 5 (0.59%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.47%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.47%) Tableau Server
11 2 (0.24%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.12%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 96 (11.33%) JIRA
2 20 (2.36%) Cucumber
3 18 (2.13%) Selenium
4 16 (1.89%) JMeter
5 15 (1.77%) Git
6 14 (1.65%) LoadRunner
7 12 (1.42%) JUnit
8 11 (1.30%) Postman
9 10 (1.18%) Jenkins
10 8 (0.94%) Zephyr
11 7 (0.83%) Oracle APEX
12 6 (0.71%) SpecFlow
12 6 (0.71%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 6 (0.71%) TestRail
13 5 (0.59%) Maven
13 5 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
14 4 (0.47%) Eclipse
14 4 (0.47%) MSI
14 4 (0.47%) NUnit
14 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 253 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 244 (28.81%) Finance
3 90 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 70 (8.26%) Banking
6 35 (4.13%) Marketing
7 30 (3.54%) Manufacturing
8 28 (3.31%) Front Office
8 28 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
9 26 (3.07%) Retail
10 25 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.89%) Back Office
13 13 (1.53%) Investment Banking
14 11 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.06%) Law
15 9 (1.06%) Legal
16 8 (0.94%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 277 (32.70%) Analyst
2 159 (18.77%) Business Analyst
3 95 (11.22%) Developer
4 90 (10.63%) Consultant
5 79 (9.33%) Lead
6 66 (7.79%) Senior
7 60 (7.08%) Test Analyst
8 47 (5.55%) Test Manager
9 38 (4.49%) Java Developer
10 34 (4.01%) Project Manager
11 32 (3.78%) SAP Consultant
11 32 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (3.66%) Tester
13 29 (3.42%) Test Leader
14 24 (2.83%) Architect
15 19 (2.24%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
15 19 (2.24%) Test Engineer
15 19 (2.24%) Windows Engineer
16 17 (2.01%) Build Engineer
16 17 (2.01%) Windows Build Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.95%) XML
2 21 (2.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 21 (2.48%) REST
3 19 (2.24%) Spring
4 18 (2.13%) .NET
5 17 (2.01%) Web Services
6 15 (1.77%) SAML
7 14 (1.65%) JSON
8 13 (1.53%) SOAP
9 9 (1.06%) ADO
9 9 (1.06%) Hibernate
9 9 (1.06%) J2EE
9 9 (1.06%) JPA
10 6 (0.71%) Kafka
10 6 (0.71%) SailPoint
11 4 (0.47%) HTML
11 4 (0.47%) OpenID
11 4 (0.47%) RESTful
11 4 (0.47%) SAP Fiori
11 4 (0.47%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.85%) Product Ownership
2 26 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
3 22 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 19 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (2.13%) Management Information System
6 17 (2.01%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 16 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (1.77%) Data Structures
8 15 (1.77%) Derivative
9 13 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.42%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.42%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.30%) Fixed Income
11 11 (1.30%) Reinsurance
12 9 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.94%) Equities
13 8 (0.94%) Onboarding
13 8 (0.94%) Wiki
14 7 (0.83%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.73%) Windows
2 32 (3.78%) Linux
3 27 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.36%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.01%) Windows NT
5 17 (2.01%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
5 17 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (1.89%) Unix
7 6 (0.71%) AIX
7 6 (0.71%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.71%) Solaris
7 6 (0.71%) VMS
8 5 (0.59%) Android
9 1 (0.12%) Rocky
9 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 216 (25.50%) Agile
2 127 (14.99%) Migration
3 111 (13.11%) Test Automation
4 110 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (11.81%) User Stories
6 99 (11.69%) System Integration Testing
7 98 (11.57%) Requirements Gathering
8 97 (11.45%) Integration Testing
9 95 (11.22%) Test Scripting
10 89 (10.51%) Scenario Testing
11 77 (9.09%) Business Analysis
12 74 (8.74%) DevOps
13 73 (8.62%) GAP Analysis
14 72 (8.50%) Data Migration
14 72 (8.50%) Test Strategy
15 69 (8.15%) Project Management
16 68 (8.03%) ERP
16 68 (8.03%) Validation
16 68 (8.03%) Workshop Facilitation
17 66 (7.79%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 136 (16.06%) SQL
2 57 (6.73%) Java
3 53 (6.26%) Python
4 31 (3.66%) C#
5 25 (2.95%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.89%) PL/SQL
6 16 (1.89%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.06%) F#
7 9 (1.06%) Perl
8 7 (0.83%) ABAP
8 7 (0.83%) VBScript
9 6 (0.71%) C
9 6 (0.71%) C++
10 5 (0.59%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.47%) Bash
11 4 (0.47%) VB
11 4 (0.47%) XPath
11 4 (0.47%) XQuery
12 3 (0.35%) Scala
12 3 (0.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (9.92%) Security Cleared
2 82 (9.68%) Degree
3 50 (5.90%) SC Cleared
4 30 (3.54%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.48%) ISTQB
6 16 (1.89%) ISEB
7 11 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.59%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.59%) PMP
11 4 (0.47%) CCNA
11 4 (0.47%) CIPD
11 4 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.47%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.35%) CBAP
12 3 (0.35%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (16.88%) QA
2 36 (4.25%) Data Quality
3 13 (1.53%) SLA
4 11 (1.30%) PMO
5 10 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (1.06%) GDPR
7 8 (0.94%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
8 7 (0.83%) EMIR
9 6 (0.71%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.59%) MiFID
10 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.47%) GxP
11 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 3 (0.35%) HL7
13 2 (0.24%) Basel III
13 2 (0.24%) COREP
13 2 (0.24%) FINREP
14 1 (0.12%) Dodd-Frank
14 1 (0.12%) PMBOK
System Software
1 23 (2.72%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.01%) Firmware
3 5 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.24%) Docker
6 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (2.83%) SCCM
2 17 (2.01%) Sysprep
2 17 (2.01%) WSUS
3 7 (0.83%) HP Quality Center
4 6 (0.71%) EMC NetWorker
4 6 (0.71%) HP Data Protector
4 6 (0.71%) NetBackup
5 5 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.47%) Control-M
6 4 (0.47%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.47%) Iperf
6 4 (0.47%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.35%) SysTrack
8 2 (0.24%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.24%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.12%) Grafana
9 1 (0.12%) Kibana
9 1 (0.12%) logstash
9 1 (0.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 143 (16.88%) SAP
2 123 (14.52%) Microsoft
3 85 (10.04%) Oracle
4 29 (3.42%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.72%) ION Trading
6 19 (2.24%) Citrix
7 14 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.42%) HP
9 11 (1.30%) Cisco
9 11 (1.30%) Google
10 8 (0.94%) Ariba
11 7 (0.83%) Databricks
11 7 (0.83%) Workday
12 6 (0.71%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.71%) Brocade
12 6 (0.71%) Calypso
12 6 (0.71%) EMC
12 6 (0.71%) Sitecore
12 6 (0.71%) Symantec
13 5 (0.59%) Bloomberg