The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 17 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 Milton Keynes 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 36 59 46
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -13
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 16 4 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 3.119% 0.550% 2.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.324% 0.832% 3.429%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 3
Average daily rate £288 £230 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +31.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.28 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.15% +14.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
370 481 350
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.12% 66.16% 58.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 217 156
Average daily rate £348 £325 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.92% -4.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £413 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 30 36
Average hourly rate £18.45 £14.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.05% -41.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £10.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £17.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
User Acceptance Testing
Buckinghamshire

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes User Acceptance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (20.83%) ISEB
2 5 (20.83%) E-Procurement
2 5 (20.83%) MS Visio
3 4 (16.67%) HP
3 4 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 3 (12.50%) System Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Test Strategy
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (12.50%) Finance
4 3 (12.50%) Validation
4 3 (12.50%) Oracle
4 3 (12.50%) ITIL
5 2 (8.333%) Compaq
5 2 (8.333%) SQL
5 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
5 2 (8.333%) Service Management
5 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (8.333%) Reference Data
5 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
5 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
5 2 (8.333%) ISTQB
5 2 (8.333%) Retail
5 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (8.333%) Information Management
6 1 (4.167%) Logistics
6 1 (4.167%) Banking
6 1 (4.167%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (4.167%) BPEL4WS

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 1 (4.167%) SOAP
1 1 (4.167%) XML
1 1 (4.167%) WSDL
1 1 (4.167%) BPEL4WS
1 1 (4.167%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (4.167%) ESB
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (4.167%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.167%) BODI
1 1 (4.167%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio
1 1 (4.167%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Retail
3 1 (4.167%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Analyst
2 10 (41.67%) Test Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Test Manager
4 2 (8.333%) Support Assistant
4 2 (8.333%) Systems Support
4 2 (8.333%) Payroll Manager
5 1 (4.167%) UAT Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) Manual Test Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) UAT Test Analyst
5 1 (4.167%) UAT Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Systems Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Transition Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Applications Manager
5 1 (4.167%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.333%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) Test Scripting
2 5 (20.83%) E-Procurement
3 4 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 3 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Validation
4 3 (12.50%) ITIL
4 3 (12.50%) System Testing
4 3 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
5 2 (8.333%) Service Management
5 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (8.333%) Information Management
6 1 (4.167%) Logistics
6 1 (4.167%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (4.167%) Use Case
6 1 (4.167%) Fault Management
6 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.167%) Workflow
6 1 (4.167%) CRM
6 1 (4.167%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.333%) SQL
2 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) ISEB
2 2 (8.333%) ISTQB
2 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) SLA
1 1 (4.167%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (4.167%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) HP
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.333%) Compaq
4 1 (4.167%) BancTec
4 1 (4.167%) Business Objects