The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex 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 22 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 East Sussex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 24 33 29
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -4
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 8 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 3.448% 2.128% 1.579%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.762% 3.097% 2.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 2
Average daily rate £300 £400 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% -23.80%
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.14 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.76% +13.65%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
168 226 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 72.41% 68.69% 67.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 120 76
Average daily rate £375 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £225 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £510 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 10 3
Average hourly rate £20.75 £21.75 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.59% -51.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
User Acceptance Testing
South East

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 Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Brighton +8 7 £300 -25.00%
Eastbourne - 1 £500 -
User Acceptance Testing
South East

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 7 (63.64%) .NET
2 5 (45.45%) Scrum
2 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (45.45%) TDD
2 5 (45.45%) QA
2 5 (45.45%) Selenium
2 5 (45.45%) Performance Testing
2 5 (45.45%) Gherkin
3 2 (18.18%) Agile Testing
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (18.18%) jQuery
3 2 (18.18%) System Testing
3 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (18.18%) SpecFlow
3 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Back Office
3 2 (18.18%) MVC
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
3 2 (18.18%) ASP
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
3 2 (18.18%) CSS
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
3 2 (18.18%) VB.NET
3 2 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) Ajax
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (18.18%) Automated Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 7 (63.64%) .NET
2 5 (45.45%) Gherkin
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET MVC 4
3 2 (18.18%) jQuery
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (18.18%) ASP
3 2 (18.18%) ASP.NET
3 2 (18.18%) CSS
3 2 (18.18%) Ajax
3 2 (18.18%) WinForms
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Selenium
2 2 (18.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (18.18%) Back Office
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Analyst
1 7 (63.64%) Test Analyst
2 5 (45.45%) Tester
2 5 (45.45%) Automated Tester
3 2 (18.18%) Test Manager
3 2 (18.18%) QA Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Developer
4 1 (9.091%) Applications Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Scrum
1 5 (45.45%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (45.45%) TDD
1 5 (45.45%) Performance Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Agile Testing
2 2 (18.18%) System Testing
2 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
2 2 (18.18%) MVC
2 2 (18.18%) Automated Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Unit Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Test Management
3 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISTQB
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
1 1 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) HP