The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 24 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 Cardiff 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 18 30 31
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +1
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 11 5 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 5.978% 2.222% 1.653%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.871% 3.333% 2.721%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 0
Average daily rate £180 £280 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.28 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.15% +14.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
124 150 147
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 67.39% 66.67% 60.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 94 86
Average daily rate £370 £370 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +13.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £229 £275 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 3
Average hourly rate £11.60 £14.50 £100.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.03% -85.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.69 £12.10 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £16.90 £106.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
User Acceptance Testing
South Wales

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff User Acceptance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Migration
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 7
3 4 (23.53%) Banking
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
3 4 (23.53%) ISEB
3 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Data Mapping
4 3 (17.65%) SCCM
4 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Compatibility Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Test Strategy
4 3 (17.65%) Novell
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
4 3 (17.65%) Altiris
5 2 (11.76%) Retail
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.76%) Regression Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
5 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.76%) UNIX
5 2 (11.76%) NHS
5 2 (11.76%) Linux
5 2 (11.76%) RUP
5 2 (11.76%) SQL
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
5 2 (11.76%) MS Project
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 2 (11.76%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Project
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
2 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
1 2 (11.76%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.882%) MSI
General
1 4 (23.53%) Banking
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Retail
2 2 (11.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Coordinator
3 5 (29.41%) Test Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Data Migration Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Test Leader
6 1 (5.882%) Applications Packager
6 1 (5.882%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Tester
6 1 (5.882%) UAT Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
1 2 (11.76%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 8 (47.06%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 7
3 2 (11.76%) UNIX
3 2 (11.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Migration
2 4 (23.53%) Data Analysis
2 4 (23.53%) Data Migration
3 3 (17.65%) Data Mapping
3 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Compatibility Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Test Strategy
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.76%) Regression Testing
4 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
4 2 (11.76%) RUP
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.76%) Integration Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.882%) Manual Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) ISEB
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) SCCM
2 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (5.882%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Novell
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
1 3 (17.65%) Altiris
2 1 (5.882%) TSYS
2 1 (5.882%) HP
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Windows 7 Application Co-ordinator - 6 Months - Cardiff**** My Cardiff based client are urgently looking for a technical engineer who has experience with applications and application packages. The...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £130 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013