User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 70 69 67
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 48 66 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.090% 2.084% 2.338%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.957% 3.390% 3.580%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 39 42
Average daily rate £363 £345 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.07% +25.45%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £275 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £555 £375
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1623 1947 2011
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.66% 61.48% 65.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 794 1006 1047
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £490 £460
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 81 98
Average hourly rate £22.06 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.27% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.13 £13.26 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £37.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheshire -3 15 £425 +25.92%
Manchester -7 10 £271 -16.53%
Merseyside +12 7 £363 +11.53%
Lancashire +16 6 £375 +19.04%
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 20 (26.67%) Test Scripting
2 17 (22.67%) Oracle
3 13 (17.33%) Migration
4 12 (16.00%) Finance
4 12 (16.00%) SQL
4 12 (16.00%) QA
5 10 (13.33%) Windows
5 10 (13.33%) Banking
5 10 (13.33%) System Testing
5 10 (13.33%) Data Migration
5 10 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
6 8 (10.67%) ISEB
6 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (9.333%) Internet
7 7 (9.333%) HP
7 7 (9.333%) IBM
7 7 (9.333%) SAP
7 7 (9.333%) XML
7 7 (9.333%) Security Cleared
7 7 (9.333%) Retail
7 7 (9.333%) Oracle 11g
8 6 (8.000%) Billing
8 6 (8.000%) SC Cleared
8 6 (8.000%) Test Management
8 6 (8.000%) .NET
8 6 (8.000%) MS Excel
8 6 (8.000%) CSG Singleview
9 5 (6.667%) Quality Management
9 5 (6.667%) Oracle EBS
9 5 (6.667%) CICS

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 (9.333%) XML
2 6 (8.000%) .NET
3 5 (6.667%) WebCenter
4 4 (5.333%) ASP.NET
4 4 (5.333%) SOAP
4 4 (5.333%) Web Services
5 3 (4.000%) WebSphere
5 3 (4.000%) Middleware
6 2 (2.667%) HTML
6 2 (2.667%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.667%) soapUI
6 2 (2.667%) REST
6 2 (2.667%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 2 (2.667%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.667%) Application Packaging
6 2 (2.667%) Software Packaging
7 1 (1.333%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (1.333%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.667%) CICS
2 3 (4.000%) CMS
2 3 (4.000%) WebLogic
2 3 (4.000%) Magento
3 2 (2.667%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (2.667%) Oracle 10gAS
4 1 (1.333%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.333%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.333%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 6 (8.000%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.000%) MS Office
3 2 (2.667%) MS Project
3 2 (2.667%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (8.000%) CSG Singleview
2 5 (6.667%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (6.667%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (5.333%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (5.333%) HFM
4 2 (2.667%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.333%) Internet
2 4 (5.333%) HTTP
3 3 (4.000%) TCP/IP
3 3 (4.000%) Firewall
3 3 (4.000%) SNA
3 3 (4.000%) SAN
4 2 (2.667%) Intranet
5 1 (1.333%) VPN
5 1 (1.333%) SMTP
5 1 (1.333%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.333%) Oracle 11g
2 5 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.667%) DB2
3 4 (5.333%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.333%) Oracle BI EE
3 4 (5.333%) SAP BI
4 3 (4.000%) SAP BW
5 2 (2.667%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (2.667%) Siebel EIM
5 2 (2.667%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.333%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.333%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.333%) TOAD
6 1 (1.333%) OLTP
6 1 (1.333%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 3 (4.000%) Selenium
2 2 (2.667%) FitNesse
2 2 (2.667%) Wise Package Studio
2 2 (2.667%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.667%) MSI
2 2 (2.667%) InstallShield
2 2 (2.667%) AdminStudio
2 2 (2.667%) WATIR
General
1 12 (16.00%) Finance
2 10 (13.33%) Banking
3 7 (9.333%) Retail
4 6 (8.000%) Billing
5 2 (2.667%) Front Office
5 2 (2.667%) Back Office
5 2 (2.667%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.333%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (1.333%) Publishing
6 1 (1.333%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (36.00%) Analyst
2 15 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 11 (14.67%) Business Analyst
4 10 (13.33%) Tester
4 10 (13.33%) Developer
5 6 (8.000%) Consultant
6 5 (6.667%) SAP Tester
7 4 (5.333%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.333%) Systems Support
8 3 (4.000%) Test Manager
8 3 (4.000%) Applications Packager
8 3 (4.000%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 3 (4.000%) UAT Manager
9 2 (2.667%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (2.667%) Systems Programmer
9 2 (2.667%) CICS Systems Programmer
9 2 (2.667%) UAT Analyst
9 2 (2.667%) UAT Test Analyst
9 2 (2.667%) Designer
9 2 (2.667%) C# ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.667%) VSAM
2 3 (4.000%) PKI
2 3 (4.000%) Mainframe
2 3 (4.000%) Online Banking
2 3 (4.000%) IBM Mainframe
2 3 (4.000%) Mobile Banking
3 2 (2.667%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.667%) Smartcard
4 1 (1.333%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.333%) NHS
4 1 (1.333%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.333%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.333%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.333%) Statistics
4 1 (1.333%) iPad
4 1 (1.333%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.33%) Windows
2 4 (5.333%) Windows XP
2 4 (5.333%) UNIX
3 3 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (4.000%) AIX
4 2 (2.667%) VMS
4 2 (2.667%) OpenVMS
4 2 (2.667%) zOS
4 2 (2.667%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.333%) Solaris
5 1 (1.333%) Linux
5 1 (1.333%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (26.67%) Test Scripting
2 13 (17.33%) Migration
3 10 (13.33%) System Testing
3 10 (13.33%) Data Migration
4 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (8.000%) Test Management
6 5 (6.667%) Requirements Analysis
6 5 (6.667%) E-Commerce
6 5 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (6.667%) Project Management
6 5 (6.667%) Quality Management
7 4 (5.333%) ITIL
7 4 (5.333%) ETL
7 4 (5.333%) Systems Analysis
7 4 (5.333%) Business Analysis
7 4 (5.333%) Software Testing
7 4 (5.333%) Validation
7 4 (5.333%) Integration Testing
7 4 (5.333%) Revenue Management
7 4 (5.333%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.00%) SQL
2 5 (6.667%) C
2 5 (6.667%) C#
3 4 (5.333%) C++
3 4 (5.333%) Java
4 3 (4.000%) JCL
5 2 (2.667%) PowerHouse
5 2 (2.667%) DCL
5 2 (2.667%) Ruby
5 2 (2.667%) PHP
5 2 (2.667%) Python
5 2 (2.667%) Pascal
6 1 (1.333%) VBScript
6 1 (1.333%) VB
6 1 (1.333%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.67%) ISEB
2 7 (9.333%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.000%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.333%) Degree
5 2 (2.667%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.333%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.00%) QA
2 2 (2.667%) WCAG
3 1 (1.333%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.333%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.667%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.000%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 3 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.000%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.667%) RACF
3 2 (2.667%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 10 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (4.000%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 17 (22.67%) Oracle
2 7 (9.333%) SAP
2 7 (9.333%) IBM
2 7 (9.333%) HP
3 5 (6.667%) CA
4 4 (5.333%) Hyperion
4 4 (5.333%) Citrix
4 4 (5.333%) Microsoft
5 3 (4.000%) CheckPoint
5 3 (4.000%) Hummingbird
5 3 (4.000%) VMware
5 3 (4.000%) Brocade
5 3 (4.000%) Cisco
6 2 (2.667%) Primavera
6 2 (2.667%) Sitecore
6 2 (2.667%) Siebel
7 1 (1.333%) Business Objects
7 1 (1.333%) Compuware
7 1 (1.333%) Avaya
7 1 (1.333%) webMethods
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