User Acceptance Testing Contracts in Cheshire
 
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 Cheshire 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 Cheshire 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 46 38 51
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +13
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 17 25 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.348% 3.129% 2.167%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.085% 5.081% 3.163%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 10
Average daily rate £363 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.49% +12.08%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £275 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £575 £376
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
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 551 492 664
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.10% 61.58% 68.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 249 364
Average daily rate £375 £351 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.84% +7.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £250 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 25
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% +12.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
User Acceptance Testing
North West

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Chester -3 2 - -
Runcorn - 2 - -
Warrington -3 1 - -
Crewe - 1 - -
User Acceptance Testing
North West

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 13 (52.00%) Test Scripting
2 8 (32.00%) HP Quality Center
3 7 (28.00%) QA
3 7 (28.00%) SAP
4 6 (24.00%) Migration
5 5 (20.00%) HP
5 5 (20.00%) ISEB
5 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
5 5 (20.00%) Windows
6 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
6 4 (16.00%) Windows XP
6 4 (16.00%) SAP BI
6 4 (16.00%) Finance
6 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
7 3 (12.00%) Magento
7 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
7 3 (12.00%) Degree
7 3 (12.00%) Banking
7 3 (12.00%) SAP BW
7 3 (12.00%) Internet
7 3 (12.00%) XML
7 3 (12.00%) UNIX
7 3 (12.00%) SQL
8 2 (8.000%) HTML
8 2 (8.000%) .NET
8 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
8 2 (8.000%) MS Office
8 2 (8.000%) Visual Studio
8 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 3 (12.00%) XML
2 2 (8.000%) HTML
2 2 (8.000%) .NET
2 2 (8.000%) ASP.NET
2 2 (8.000%) Application Packaging
2 2 (8.000%) Software Packaging
3 1 (4.000%) SAP XI
3 1 (4.000%) SOAP
3 1 (4.000%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Magento
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.000%) MS Office
3 1 (4.000%) MS Visio
3 1 (4.000%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (8.000%) CSG Singleview
2 1 (4.000%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) Internet
2 2 (8.000%) Intranet
2 2 (8.000%) HTTP
3 1 (4.000%) SMTP
3 1 (4.000%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SAP BI
2 3 (12.00%) SAP BW
3 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.000%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Visual Studio
1 2 (8.000%) MSI
1 2 (8.000%) InstallShield
1 2 (8.000%) AdminStudio
1 2 (8.000%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 3 (12.00%) Banking
3 2 (8.000%) Front Office
3 2 (8.000%) Back Office
3 2 (8.000%) Retail
3 2 (8.000%) Billing
4 1 (4.000%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Test Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Tester
4 4 (16.00%) SAP Tester
5 2 (8.000%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Business Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Applications Packager
5 2 (8.000%) Software Tester
5 2 (8.000%) UAT Manager
6 1 (4.000%) SAP Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) SAP Test Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Systems Tester
6 1 (4.000%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Project Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) webMethods Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) Test Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) Senior Manager
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.00%) Windows
2 4 (16.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (12.00%) UNIX
4 2 (8.000%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.000%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (52.00%) Test Scripting
2 6 (24.00%) Migration
3 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (16.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (8.000%) Project Management
4 2 (8.000%) Validation
4 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (8.000%) Service Management
4 2 (8.000%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (8.000%) Content Management
4 2 (8.000%) Information Management
4 2 (8.000%) Software Testing
4 2 (8.000%) Requirements Management
4 2 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (8.000%) Web Development
4 2 (8.000%) Test Management
4 2 (8.000%) Manual Testing
4 2 (8.000%) Data Migration
4 2 (8.000%) Waterfall
4 2 (8.000%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) Java
2 1 (4.000%) VBScript
2 1 (4.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) ISEB
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Degree
4 2 (8.000%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (28.00%) QA
2 2 (8.000%) WCAG
3 1 (4.000%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (8.000%) Active Directory
1 2 (8.000%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (32.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) SAP
2 5 (20.00%) HP
3 2 (8.000%) IBM
3 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.000%) Compuware
3 2 (8.000%) Micro Focus
4 1 (4.000%) Primavera
4 1 (4.000%) webMethods
4 1 (4.000%) Ariba
4 1 (4.000%) Business Objects
4 1 (4.000%) Oracle
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