User Acceptance Testing Contracts in Buckinghamshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Buckinghamshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 48 60 57
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -3
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 25 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 3.086% 1.394% 1.804%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.425% 2.093% 2.955%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 8
Average daily rate £271 £285 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.82% -8.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £193 £175 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £330 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.14 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.76% +13.65%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 565 669 643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 69.75% 66.63% 61.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 316 269
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 £200 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 47
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.60 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
User Acceptance Testing
South East

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Buckinghamshire User Acceptance Testing Jobs Demand Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire User Acceptance Testing Daily Rate Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire User Acceptance Testing Daily Rate Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire User Acceptance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +19 16 £288 +25.00%
Beaconsfield - 2 £160 -
Marlow -2 1 - -
High Wycombe -4 1 £338 -3.57%
User Acceptance Testing
South East

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing User Acceptance Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited User Acceptance Testing.

1 14 (30.43%) Finance
2 12 (26.09%) ISEB
2 12 (26.09%) Test Scripting
2 12 (26.09%) System Testing
3 10 (21.74%) Performance Testing
4 9 (19.57%) Test Management
4 9 (19.57%) QA
5 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (15.22%) Software Testing
7 6 (13.04%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (10.87%) E-Procurement
8 5 (10.87%) Oracle
8 5 (10.87%) MS Visio
8 5 (10.87%) Business Analysis
8 5 (10.87%) Manual Testing
9 4 (8.696%) Test Strategy
9 4 (8.696%) Web Testing
9 4 (8.696%) OO
9 4 (8.696%) XML
9 4 (8.696%) Regression Testing
9 4 (8.696%) Automated Testing
10 3 (6.522%) Software Engineering
10 3 (6.522%) Retail
10 3 (6.522%) Management Information System
10 3 (6.522%) Validation
10 3 (6.522%) C#
10 3 (6.522%) Use Case
10 3 (6.522%) WPF
10 3 (6.522%) Logistics
10 3 (6.522%) Automation Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing User Acceptance Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited User Acceptance Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (8.696%) XML
2 3 (6.522%) WPF
3 2 (4.348%) SOAP
4 1 (2.174%) BPEL4WS
4 1 (2.174%) Web Services
4 1 (2.174%) WSDL
4 1 (2.174%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.348%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.174%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.174%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.174%) Oracle iRecruitment
1 1 (2.174%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (2.174%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (2.174%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (2.174%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.174%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (2.174%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.174%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.174%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (2.174%) BODI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.522%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.174%) Selenium
General
1 14 (30.43%) Finance
2 3 (6.522%) Retail
3 1 (2.174%) Banking
3 1 (2.174%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 23 (50.00%) Analyst
2 14 (30.43%) Test Analyst
3 12 (26.09%) Test Manager
4 6 (13.04%) Tester
5 5 (10.87%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.348%) Functional Tester
6 2 (4.348%) Payroll Manager
6 2 (4.348%) Software Engineer
6 2 (4.348%) Support Assistant
6 2 (4.348%) Systems Support
6 2 (4.348%) Software Tester
7 1 (2.174%) IT Business Analyst
7 1 (2.174%) Project Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) Software Development Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) Transition Manager
7 1 (2.174%) Business Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.174%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (2.174%) Release Manager
7 1 (2.174%) Service Manager
7 1 (2.174%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.522%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.348%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.174%) FMCG
3 1 (2.174%) Open Source
3 1 (2.174%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.174%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Test Scripting
1 12 (26.09%) System Testing
2 10 (21.74%) Performance Testing
3 9 (19.57%) Test Management
4 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (15.22%) Software Testing
6 6 (13.04%) Agile Software Development
7 5 (10.87%) E-Procurement
7 5 (10.87%) Business Analysis
7 5 (10.87%) Manual Testing
8 4 (8.696%) Test Strategy
8 4 (8.696%) Web Testing
8 4 (8.696%) OO
8 4 (8.696%) Regression Testing
8 4 (8.696%) Automated Testing
9 3 (6.522%) Software Engineering
9 3 (6.522%) Validation
9 3 (6.522%) Use Case
9 3 (6.522%) Logistics
9 3 (6.522%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.522%) C#
2 2 (4.348%) SQL
3 1 (2.174%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (26.09%) ISEB
2 2 (4.348%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.174%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (19.57%) QA
2 1 (2.174%) SLA
2 1 (2.174%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (2.174%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (10.87%) Oracle
2 2 (4.348%) HP
3 1 (2.174%) BancTec
3 1 (2.174%) Software AG
3 1 (2.174%) JDA
3 1 (2.174%) webMethods
3 1 (2.174%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.174%) Microsoft
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