The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 55 47 34
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -13
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 209 258 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 3.276% 3.280% 4.829%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.456% 4.573% 6.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 195 370
Average daily rate £463 £450 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £325 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £21.50 £41.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.87% +117.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.28 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.15% +14.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4690 5642 7035
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.52% 71.74% 71.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3529 4083 5194
Average daily rate £450 £463 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 98 100
Average hourly rate £41.50 £24.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.91% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
User Acceptance Testing
London

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London 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.

1 136 (33.66%) Finance
1 136 (33.66%) Banking
2 98 (24.26%) SQL
3 66 (16.34%) Investment Banking
4 62 (15.35%) Business Analysis
5 59 (14.60%) Test Scripting
6 54 (13.37%) Migration
7 48 (11.88%) QA
8 37 (9.158%) Project Management
9 35 (8.663%) .NET
9 35 (8.663%) Oracle
9 35 (8.663%) Microsoft
10 34 (8.416%) Data Modelling
10 34 (8.416%) Stakeholder Management
10 34 (8.416%) Agile Software Development
11 33 (8.168%) MS Office
12 32 (7.921%) SQL Server
13 31 (7.673%) Degree
13 31 (7.673%) Test Management
14 30 (7.426%) System Testing
14 30 (7.426%) C#
14 30 (7.426%) ISEB
15 29 (7.178%) Java
15 29 (7.178%) Data Migration
15 29 (7.178%) Integration Testing
15 29 (7.178%) JIRA
16 28 (6.931%) Test Strategy
17 27 (6.683%) HP Quality Center
17 27 (6.683%) MS Excel
18 26 (6.436%) Windows

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 35 (8.663%) .NET
2 21 (5.198%) ASP.NET
3 18 (4.455%) XML
4 14 (3.465%) Application Packaging
5 9 (2.228%) WCF
5 9 (2.228%) WebSphere
6 8 (1.980%) CSS
6 8 (1.980%) .NET Framework
7 7 (1.733%) Middleware
7 7 (1.733%) HTML
8 6 (1.485%) Web Services
8 6 (1.485%) Ajax
9 5 (1.238%) jQuery
9 5 (1.238%) WPF
9 5 (1.238%) FpML
9 5 (1.238%) J2EE
10 4 (0.990%) XSLT
10 4 (0.990%) XML Messaging
11 3 (0.743%) ASP.NET 2.0
12 2 (0.495%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 9 (2.228%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.485%) WebLogic
3 5 (1.238%) CMS
3 5 (1.238%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (0.990%) Tomcat
4 4 (0.990%) Apache
5 3 (0.743%) DotNetNuke
5 3 (0.743%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (0.743%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.743%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (0.495%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.495%) TIBCO EMS
7 1 (0.248%) ESB
7 1 (0.248%) WorkSite
7 1 (0.248%) Mule
7 1 (0.248%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.248%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (0.248%) TeamSite
7 1 (0.248%) Rendezvous
7 1 (0.248%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 33 (8.168%) MS Office
2 27 (6.683%) MS Excel
3 26 (6.436%) MS Visio
4 13 (3.218%) MS PowerPoint
5 10 (2.475%) MS Project
6 3 (0.743%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.743%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.248%) Quicktime
Business Applications
1 7 (1.733%) LatentZero
2 6 (1.485%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.238%) Temenos T24
4 4 (0.990%) Tesseract
4 4 (0.990%) Minerva
5 3 (0.743%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 3 (0.743%) SAP GTS
5 3 (0.743%) Hyperion Planning
5 3 (0.743%) Eagle PACE
5 3 (0.743%) Sentinel
6 2 (0.495%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.495%) SAP HR
6 2 (0.495%) Loan IQ
7 1 (0.248%) Cognos Planning
7 1 (0.248%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.248%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.248%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.248%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.248%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.248%) MultiFonds
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.475%) HTTP
2 4 (0.990%) Intranet
3 3 (0.743%) Internet
4 2 (0.495%) LDAP
4 2 (0.495%) Extranet
5 1 (0.248%) Firewall
5 1 (0.248%) SAN
5 1 (0.248%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.921%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.198%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (2.723%) Oracle BI EE
4 9 (2.228%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.733%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.238%) QlikView
7 4 (0.990%) DB2
7 4 (0.990%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (0.743%) SQL Server 2008
8 3 (0.743%) Essbase
8 3 (0.743%) EDMS
8 3 (0.743%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.743%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (0.743%) MS Access
8 3 (0.743%) MySQL
9 2 (0.495%) OLAP
9 2 (0.495%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.495%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.495%) Siebel EIM
9 2 (0.495%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 29 (7.178%) JIRA
2 14 (3.465%) MSI
3 10 (2.475%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (2.228%) Subversion
5 8 (1.980%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.238%) ClearCase
6 5 (1.238%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.990%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.990%) Ant
7 4 (0.990%) Maven
8 3 (0.743%) Mercurial
8 3 (0.743%) AnthillPro
8 3 (0.743%) Git (software)
8 3 (0.743%) FishEye
8 3 (0.743%) Gerrit
9 2 (0.495%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.495%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 2 (0.495%) QuickTest Pro
9 2 (0.495%) Selenium
10 1 (0.248%) WATIR
General
1 136 (33.66%) Finance
1 136 (33.66%) Banking
2 66 (16.34%) Investment Banking
3 23 (5.693%) Retail
4 17 (4.208%) Financial Institution
5 15 (3.713%) Front Office
5 15 (3.713%) Back Office
6 14 (3.465%) Legal
7 12 (2.970%) Retail Banking
8 8 (1.980%) Law
9 5 (1.238%) Marketing
9 5 (1.238%) Advertising
10 4 (0.990%) General Ledger
11 3 (0.743%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.743%) Billing
11 3 (0.743%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.495%) Publishing
12 2 (0.495%) French Language
12 2 (0.495%) German Language
13 1 (0.248%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 189 (46.78%) Analyst
2 112 (27.72%) Business Analyst
3 44 (10.89%) Test Analyst
3 44 (10.89%) Developer
4 34 (8.416%) Test Manager
5 24 (5.941%) Tester
6 22 (5.446%) Project Manager
7 18 (4.455%) Senior Analyst
8 15 (3.713%) Technical Analyst
8 15 (3.713%) Senior Business Analyst
9 14 (3.465%) Risk Analyst
10 12 (2.970%) Consultant
11 11 (2.723%) Credit Risk Analyst
11 11 (2.723%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
11 11 (2.723%) Test Leader
12 10 (2.475%) UAT Manager
12 10 (2.475%) C# Developer
13 9 (2.228%) Technical Business Analyst
13 9 (2.228%) Banking Business Analyst
14 8 (1.980%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.941%) Derivative
2 20 (4.950%) Credit Risk
3 19 (4.703%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 14 (3.465%) Market Risk
5 10 (2.475%) Equities
6 9 (2.228%) Fixed Income
7 6 (1.485%) SWIFT
7 6 (1.485%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.238%) Reference Data
8 5 (1.238%) FMCG
9 3 (0.743%) Computer Science
9 3 (0.743%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.743%) Equity Derivative
9 3 (0.743%) Replication
9 3 (0.743%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.495%) Open Source
10 2 (0.495%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.495%) PMI
10 2 (0.495%) APACS
10 2 (0.495%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 26 (6.436%) Windows
2 16 (3.960%) Windows 7
3 14 (3.465%) UNIX
4 11 (2.723%) Linux
5 4 (0.990%) Windows XP
5 4 (0.990%) Android
6 3 (0.743%) Debian
6 3 (0.743%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.495%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.495%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.248%) HPUX
8 1 (0.248%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (15.35%) Business Analysis
2 59 (14.60%) Test Scripting
3 54 (13.37%) Migration
4 37 (9.158%) Project Management
5 34 (8.416%) Data Modelling
5 34 (8.416%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (8.416%) Agile Software Development
6 31 (7.673%) Test Management
7 30 (7.426%) System Testing
8 29 (7.178%) Data Migration
8 29 (7.178%) Integration Testing
9 28 (6.931%) Test Strategy
10 23 (5.693%) Scrum
10 23 (5.693%) UML
11 22 (5.446%) Data Analysis
12 21 (5.198%) Asset Management
13 20 (4.950%) Use Case
14 19 (4.703%) Change Management
15 18 (4.455%) Investment Management
16 17 (4.208%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 98 (24.26%) SQL
2 30 (7.426%) C#
3 29 (7.178%) Java
4 20 (4.950%) VB
5 14 (3.465%) VBA
6 11 (2.723%) T-SQL
6 11 (2.723%) PL/SQL
7 10 (2.475%) C++
8 9 (2.228%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.733%) Perl
10 4 (0.990%) Bash shell
10 4 (0.990%) C
11 2 (0.495%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.495%) VB6
12 1 (0.248%) Scala
12 1 (0.248%) Groovy
12 1 (0.248%) Ruby
12 1 (0.248%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.248%) Python
12 1 (0.248%) RPG
Qualifications
1 31 (7.673%) Degree
2 30 (7.426%) ISEB
3 12 (2.970%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.980%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.743%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.495%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.495%) ISEB Practitioner
6 2 (0.495%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.248%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 1 (0.248%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.248%) MCTS
7 1 (0.248%) MCITP
7 1 (0.248%) MBA
7 1 (0.248%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.248%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.248%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.248%) MCDBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (11.88%) QA
2 9 (2.228%) Basel III
3 1 (0.248%) Basel II
3 1 (0.248%) FATCA
3 1 (0.248%) Data Quality
System Software
1 13 (3.218%) Microsoft App-V
2 10 (2.475%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.990%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.990%) XenApp
4 3 (0.743%) vCloud
5 1 (0.248%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.248%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.248%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (6.683%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (0.990%) SCCM
3 3 (0.743%) Puppet
4 1 (0.248%) BMC PATROL
4 1 (0.248%) Control-M
4 1 (0.248%) AppDNA
4 1 (0.248%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 35 (8.663%) Oracle
1 35 (8.663%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.218%) HP
3 12 (2.970%) Citrix
4 11 (2.723%) Siebel
4 11 (2.723%) SAP
5 10 (2.475%) Cognos
5 10 (2.475%) AppSense
6 8 (1.980%) VMware
6 8 (1.980%) thinkFolio
7 7 (1.733%) Mercator
8 6 (1.485%) Informatica
9 5 (1.238%) Avaya
9 5 (1.238%) Hyperion
9 5 (1.238%) IBM
10 4 (0.990%) Business Objects
10 4 (0.990%) Sun
10 4 (0.990%) Salesforce.com
10 4 (0.990%) OpenLink
11 3 (0.743%) TIBCO
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