The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex 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 Middlesex 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 26 29 30
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 2 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.952% 1.258% 2.679%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.299% 1.860% 3.297%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
Average daily rate £405 - £365
90% offered a daily rate of more than £341 - £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £469 - £429
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £50.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.14 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.76% +13.65%
All Processes & Methodologies
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
154 215 273
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 73.33% 67.61% 81.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 110 116
Average daily rate £383 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 11
Average hourly rate £16.00 £39.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-58.97% +4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £27.00 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.60 £50.50 £38.52
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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex User Acceptance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 2 (40.00%) SAP
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix
1 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
1 2 (40.00%) SAP BPC
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (20.00%) XenApp
2 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (20.00%) 3G
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle 10g

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP BPC
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (20.00%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle 10g
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Change Manager
2 1 (20.00%) UAT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Project Officer
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Change Manager
2 1 (20.00%) UAT Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Report Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) XenApp
1 1 (20.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle