User Acceptance Testing Contracts in Somerset
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend 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 Somerset 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 20 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 Somerset 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 32 26 28
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +2
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 2 10 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 1.087% 5.882% 3.165%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.980% 10.10% 5.435%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 1
Average daily rate - £420 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +29.23%
UK excluding London average daily rate £326 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.78% -
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
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 101 99 92
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 54.89% 58.24% 58.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 52 42
Average daily rate £335 £398 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.72% +11.97%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £25.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +63.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.75 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £25.00 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
User Acceptance Testing
South West

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset User Acceptance Testing Daily Rate Trend

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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 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
Taunton -6 2 - -
User Acceptance Testing
South West

User Acceptance Testing
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 3 (50.00%) ISEB
1 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) UML
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) GIS
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Use Case
2 2 (33.33%) Web Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) CIMA
3 1 (16.67%) ACCA

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) GIS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Manual Test Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) UML
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Use Case
2 2 (33.33%) Web Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (16.67%) ACCA
3 1 (16.67%) CIMA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
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