East of England User Acceptance Testing Contracts

This section looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Location Amersham Andover Basildon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dundee Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Staines Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Ditton Thames Valley Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Wales Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Drayton West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	83	100
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	69	44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.091 %	0.047 %
As % of the category below	3.103 %	2.031 %
Daily rates quoted	41	17
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£365
Average daily rate	£355	£379
% change on same period last year	-6.28 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£392
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£347
% change on same period last year	+2.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.50	£14.80
Average hourly rate	£37.00	£15.70
% change on same period last year	+135.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£38.50	£16.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.20	£20.92
% change on same period last year	+30.04 %
Processes & Methodologies East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	2224	2166
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.933 %	2.298 %
Daily rates quoted	857	749
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£360
Average daily rate	£399	£381
% change on same period last year	+4.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£424	£403
UK excluding London average daily rate	£384	£374
% change on same period last year	+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted	189	213
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.65	£27.80
Average hourly rate	£31.80	£29.25
% change on same period last year	+8.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.95	£30.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.40	£30.19
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
User Acceptance Testing England

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.

User Acceptance Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the East of England region.

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the East of England region.

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

User Acceptance Testing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing User Acceptance Testing within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hertfordshire	+11	39	£380	-1.17 %
Essex	+15	22	£345	+2.28 %
Suffolk	+5	3	£325	-
Bedfordshire	+8	3	£230	-
Norfolk	+8	2	£225	-35.71 %

User Acceptance Testing England

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 23 (20.18 %) TestDirector 2 20 (17.54 %) Retail 2 20 (17.54 %) QA 3 19 (16.67 %) Performance Testing 3 19 (16.67 %) .NET 4 18 (15.79 %) Finance 5 16 (14.04 %) SQL Server 6 15 (13.16 %) SQL 6 15 (13.16 %) Insurance 7 14 (12.28 %) J2EE 8 12 (10.53 %) Test Scripting 9 11 (9.649 %) Microsoft 10 10 (8.772 %) Oracle 10 10 (8.772 %) UML 10 10 (8.772 %) Project Management

10 10 (8.772 %) Configuration Management 10 10 (8.772 %) Software Testing 11 9 (7.895 %) Automated Testing 11 9 (7.895 %) C 12 8 (7.018 %) C# 12 8 (7.018 %) ISEB 13 7 (6.140 %) SAP 13 7 (6.140 %) Workflow 13 7 (6.140 %) SQL Server 2005 13 7 (6.140 %) Test Management 13 7 (6.140 %) QALoad 14 6 (5.263 %) XML 14 6 (5.263 %) XSL 15 5 (4.386 %) Commerce Server 15 5 (4.386 %) E-Commerce

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 19 (16.67 %) .NET 2 14 (12.28 %) J2EE 3 6 (5.263 %) XML 3 6 (5.263 %) XSL 4 4 (3.509 %) ASP.NET 5 3 (2.632 %) WebServices 5 3 (2.632 %) XSD 5 3 (2.632 %) ADO.NET 5 3 (2.632 %) XHTML 6 2 (1.754 %) HTML 7 1 (0.877 %) .NET Framework 7 1 (0.877 %) ActiveX 7 1 (0.877 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 5 (4.386 %) Commerce Server 1 5 (4.386 %) Commerce Server 2007 2 3 (2.632 %) IBM HTTP Server 2 3 (2.632 %) SharePoint 3 2 (1.754 %) Oracle HTTP Server 3 2 (1.754 %) IIS 4 1 (0.877 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 4 (3.509 %) MS Project 1 4 (3.509 %) MS Excel 1 4 (3.509 %) CA Clarity 2 2 (1.754 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.877 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 2 (1.754 %) SAP HR 1 2 (1.754 %) SAP FI 1 2 (1.754 %) SAP FI/CO 1 2 (1.754 %) SAP CO 2 1 (0.877 %) SAP HCM 2 1 (0.877 %) Oracle 11i 2 1 (0.877 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 2 1 (0.877 %) SAP CRM 2 1 (0.877 %) SAP Payroll
Communications & Networking 1 3 (2.632 %) HTTP 1 3 (2.632 %) DSL 2 2 (1.754 %) Internet 3 1 (0.877 %) SAN 3 1 (0.877 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (14.04 %) SQL Server 2 7 (6.140 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (1.754 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 4 1 (0.877 %) OLAP 4 1 (0.877 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 1 (0.877 %) MS Access 4 1 (0.877 %) SQL Server 7 4 1 (0.877 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 23 (20.18 %) TestDirector 2 7 (6.140 %) QALoad 3 4 (3.509 %) PVCS 4 3 (2.632 %) Ant 4 3 (2.632 %) JUnit 4 3 (2.632 %) NUnit 5 2 (1.754 %) LoadRunner 5 2 (1.754 %) ClearQuest 5 2 (1.754 %) WinRunner	General 1 20 (17.54 %) Retail 2 18 (15.79 %) Finance 3 15 (13.16 %) Insurance 4 4 (3.509 %) Games 4 4 (3.509 %) Banking 5 3 (2.632 %) Government 5 3 (2.632 %) Financial Institution 5 3 (2.632 %) Pensions 6 2 (1.754 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.877 %) Telecoms 7 1 (0.877 %) Automotive 7 1 (0.877 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 42 (36.84 %) Analyst 2 26 (22.81 %) Business Analyst 3 22 (19.30 %) Test Manager 4 13 (11.40 %) Test Analyst 4 13 (11.40 %) Developer 5 10 (8.772 %) Systems Analyst 5 10 (8.772 %) Team Leader 6 9 (7.895 %) Test Team Leader 6 9 (7.895 %) Project Manager 6 9 (7.895 %) Business Systems Analyst 7 7 (6.140 %) Technical Manager 8 5 (4.386 %) Tester 8 5 (4.386 %) Consultant 9 4 (3.509 %) Technical Project Manager 9 4 (3.509 %) SAP Consultant 9 4 (3.509 %) Insurance Business Analyst 10 3 (2.632 %) UAT Test Manager 10 3 (2.632 %) C# Developer 10 3 (2.632 %) Release Manager 11 2 (1.754 %) Senior Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 4 (3.509 %) Client/Server 2 2 (1.754 %) Computer Science 2 2 (1.754 %) EPoS 2 2 (1.754 %) Mainframe 3 1 (0.877 %) Asset Management 3 1 (0.877 %) PDA 3 1 (0.877 %) Data Integration 3 1 (0.877 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 4 (3.509 %) Unix 2 3 (2.632 %) Windows 3 1 (0.877 %) HPUX 3 1 (0.877 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 19 (16.67 %) Performance Testing 2 12 (10.53 %) Test Scripting 3 10 (8.772 %) Software Testing 3 10 (8.772 %) UML 3 10 (8.772 %) Configuration Management 3 10 (8.772 %) Project Management 4 9 (7.895 %) Automated Testing 5 7 (6.140 %) Workflow 5 7 (6.140 %) Test Management 6 5 (4.386 %) Integration Testing 6 5 (4.386 %) Migration 6 5 (4.386 %) Regression Testing 6 5 (4.386 %) Six Sigma 6 5 (4.386 %) E-Commerce 6 5 (4.386 %) Penetration Testing 6 5 (4.386 %) Lean Six Sigma 7 4 (3.509 %) Matrix Management 7 4 (3.509 %) Business Analysis 7 4 (3.509 %) Requirements Analysis 7 4 (3.509 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 15 (13.16 %) SQL 2 9 (7.895 %) C 3 8 (7.018 %) C# 4 4 (3.509 %) VB 5 3 (2.632 %) Transact-SQL 5 3 (2.632 %) VB6 6 1 (0.877 %) VBScript 6 1 (0.877 %) ABAP 6 1 (0.877 %) DHTML 6 1 (0.877 %) Java 6 1 (0.877 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 8 (7.018 %) ISEB 2 5 (4.386 %) ISEB Practitioner 3 3 (2.632 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 20 (17.54 %) QA 2 1 (0.877 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 1 (0.877 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.877 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 1 (0.877 %) HP Data Protector	Vendors 1 11 (9.649 %) Microsoft 2 10 (8.772 %) Oracle 3 7 (6.140 %) SAP 4 3 (2.632 %) IBM 5 2 (1.754 %) Remedy 5 2 (1.754 %) HP 6 1 (0.877 %) Lawson 6 1 (0.877 %) Sun 6 1 (0.877 %) Progress 6 1 (0.877 %) PeopleSoft 6 1 (0.877 %) Anite 6 1 (0.877 %) Amdocs 6 1 (0.877 %) Northgate