The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 18 June 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 East Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 48 40 26
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -14
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 34 37 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 2.630% 2.745% 5.114%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.890% 4.282% 7.700%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 22 48
Average daily rate £345 £375 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £436 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -29.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £25.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-18.00% +8.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
874 864 987
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 67.59% 64.09% 66.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 435 483
Average daily rate £383 £375 £383
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% -1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 29 46
Average hourly rate £29.50 £39.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.35% +50.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £9.25 £16.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.40 £57.50 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leicestershire 0 7 £350 - 1
Nottinghamshire +6 6 £300 - 1
Derbyshire +4 6 £225 +3.44%
Northamptonshire 0 6 £345 -12.38% 2
Lincolnshire - 2 - -
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 17 (26.98%) HP Quality Center
2 15 (23.81%) Retail
3 14 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 13 (20.63%) Finance
4 13 (20.63%) SQL
4 13 (20.63%) Windows
5 10 (15.87%) ISEB
5 10 (15.87%) Banking
6 9 (14.29%) Linux
6 9 (14.29%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 9 (14.29%) UNIX
7 8 (12.70%) ISO 9001
7 8 (12.70%) SAP
7 8 (12.70%) HP
7 8 (12.70%) Software Testing
7 8 (12.70%) Test Management
8 7 (11.11%) Integration Testing
8 7 (11.11%) Retail Banking
8 7 (11.11%) Migration
8 7 (11.11%) Logistics
8 7 (11.11%) TickIT
9 6 (9.524%) SharePoint
9 6 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (9.524%) System Testing
10 5 (7.937%) Business Analysis
10 5 (7.937%) Microsoft
11 4 (6.349%) Change Management
11 4 (6.349%) Configuration Management
11 4 (6.349%) Project Management
11 4 (6.349%) MS Excel

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (4.762%) .NET
2 2 (3.175%) SAP XI
3 1 (1.587%) HTML
3 1 (1.587%) XML
3 1 (1.587%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (9.524%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.175%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.587%) IIS
3 1 (1.587%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (6.349%) MS Office
1 4 (6.349%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.762%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.762%) SAP ECC
2 1 (1.587%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.587%) SAP SD
2 1 (1.587%) SAP FI
2 1 (1.587%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.587%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (1.587%) SAP CO
2 1 (1.587%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (1.587%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.762%) HTTP
2 2 (3.175%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.587%) Firewall
3 1 (1.587%) Kerberos
3 1 (1.587%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.175%) SAP BW
1 2 (3.175%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.587%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.587%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.587%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.587%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.587%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.587%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (14.29%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (1.587%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 15 (23.81%) Retail
2 13 (20.63%) Finance
3 10 (15.87%) Banking
4 7 (11.11%) Retail Banking
5 2 (3.175%) Publishing
6 1 (1.587%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.587%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.587%) Billing
Job Titles
1 27 (42.86%) Analyst
2 18 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 12 (19.05%) Test Manager
4 9 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 9 (14.29%) Test Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) UAT Analyst
5 7 (11.11%) UAT Test Analyst
6 6 (9.524%) Test Leader
7 5 (7.937%) SAP Analyst
7 5 (7.937%) SAP Test Analyst
7 5 (7.937%) Software Engineer
8 4 (6.349%) Tester
8 4 (6.349%) Software Test Engineer
9 3 (4.762%) UAT Tester
10 2 (3.175%) Lead Test Analyst
10 2 (3.175%) Technical Analyst
10 2 (3.175%) Technical Business Analyst
10 2 (3.175%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (3.175%) Programme Manager
10 2 (3.175%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.175%) NHS
1 2 (3.175%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.587%) Smart Meter
2 1 (1.587%) SaaS
2 1 (1.587%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.587%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.587%) Clustering
2 1 (1.587%) E-Learning
2 1 (1.587%) Statistics
2 1 (1.587%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (20.63%) Windows
2 9 (14.29%) Linux
2 9 (14.29%) UNIX
3 3 (4.762%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.175%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.587%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 8 (12.70%) Software Testing
2 8 (12.70%) Test Management
3 7 (11.11%) Logistics
3 7 (11.11%) Integration Testing
3 7 (11.11%) Migration
4 6 (9.524%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (9.524%) System Testing
5 5 (7.937%) Business Analysis
6 4 (6.349%) Configuration Management
6 4 (6.349%) Project Management
6 4 (6.349%) Change Management
6 4 (6.349%) PRINCE2
7 3 (4.762%) CRM
7 3 (4.762%) ERP
7 3 (4.762%) Data Migration
7 3 (4.762%) Waterfall
8 2 (3.175%) Test Strategy
8 2 (3.175%) Test Automation
8 2 (3.175%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.63%) SQL
2 3 (4.762%) C++
2 3 (4.762%) Java
3 1 (1.587%) C
3 1 (1.587%) C#
3 1 (1.587%) VBA
3 1 (1.587%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) ISEB
2 3 (4.762%) ISTQB
2 3 (4.762%) Degree
3 1 (1.587%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) ISO 9001
2 7 (11.11%) TickIT
3 3 (4.762%) QA
Systems Management
1 17 (26.98%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) HP
1 8 (12.70%) SAP
2 5 (7.937%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.349%) Oracle
4 3 (4.762%) LANDesk
5 1 (1.587%) Citrix
5 1 (1.587%) JDA
5 1 (1.587%) Sage
5 1 (1.587%) Capita
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