Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the UAT Tester role in IT contracts within the Chester region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited UAT Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 UAT Tester
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-31
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.505 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£200
Average daily rate-£250
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£281£234
% change on same period last year+20.34 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads201198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.317 %0.212 %
Daily rates quoted2727
Average minimum daily rate£267£262
Average daily rate£271£271
% change on same period last year-0.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£274£280
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted6012
Average minimum hourly rate£22.75£24.06
Average hourly rate£24.12£24.22
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.50£24.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
UAT Tester CheshireUAT Tester
Cheshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

UAT Tester
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing UAT Tester across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Chester UAT Tester Demand Trend

UAT Tester
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing UAT Tester across the Chester region.

Chester UAT Tester Daily Rate Trend

UAT Tester
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region that cited UAT Tester in their job title 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 with UAT Tester in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (100.00 %)ISEB
11 (100.00 %)Regression Testing
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Banking
11 (100.00 %)Incident Management
11 (100.00 %)Online Banking
11 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (100.00 %)Web Testing
11 (100.00 %)Test Scripting

UAT Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region that cited UAT Tester in their job title 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 with UAT Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Finance
11 (100.00 %)Banking
11 (100.00 %)Online Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (100.00 %)Regression Testing
11 (100.00 %)Incident Management
11 (100.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (100.00 %)Web Testing
11 (100.00 %)Test Scripting
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)ISEB