The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 21 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 South Wales 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 23 37 42
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +5
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 12 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.692% 1.772% 1.250%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.505% 2.672% 2.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 1
Average daily rate £123 £280 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.25% +60.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.42% -
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
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
218 262 240
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 67.08% 66.33% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 144 123
Average daily rate £375 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £260 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
User Acceptance Testing
Wales

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff +11 10 £123 -56.25%
User Acceptance Testing
Wales

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 8 (36.36%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) ISEB
2 6 (27.27%) Migration
2 6 (27.27%) Windows 7
3 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 4 (18.18%) Banking
3 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) SAP
4 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
4 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
4 3 (13.64%) Novell
4 3 (13.64%) SAP SD
4 3 (13.64%) Project Management
4 3 (13.64%) Software Testing
4 3 (13.64%) Finance
4 3 (13.64%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (13.64%) Data Mapping
4 3 (13.64%) Altiris
4 3 (13.64%) Compatibility Testing
4 3 (13.64%) SCCM
4 3 (13.64%) Manual Testing
4 3 (13.64%) Test Strategy
5 2 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (9.091%) System Testing
5 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.091%) Integration Testing
5 2 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (9.091%) Retail
5 2 (9.091%) ISTQB

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (9.091%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (9.091%) MS Project
2 1 (4.545%) MS Office
2 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) SAP SD
2 1 (4.545%) SAP FI
2 1 (4.545%) SAP MM
2 1 (4.545%) SAP PP
2 1 (4.545%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (4.545%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (9.091%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.545%) MSI
General
1 4 (18.18%) Banking
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
3 2 (9.091%) Retail
3 2 (9.091%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Test Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Coordinator
3 3 (13.64%) Data Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Designer
4 2 (9.091%) SAP Consultant
4 2 (9.091%) Data Migration Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Tester
5 1 (4.545%) Applications Packager
5 1 (4.545%) UAT Tester
5 1 (4.545%) SAP SD Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) NHS
2 1 (4.545%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Windows 7
3 2 (9.091%) Linux
3 2 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Migration
2 4 (18.18%) Data Migration
2 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 3 (13.64%) Project Management
3 3 (13.64%) Software Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Data Cleansing
3 3 (13.64%) Data Mapping
3 3 (13.64%) Compatibility Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Manual Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Test Strategy
4 2 (9.091%) System Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (9.091%) Integration Testing
4 2 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (9.091%) Regression Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.091%) RUP
4 2 (9.091%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.545%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) ISEB
2 4 (18.18%) Degree
3 2 (9.091%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.545%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) SCCM
2 1 (4.545%) ZENworks
2 1 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) SAP
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Novell
2 3 (13.64%) Altiris
3 1 (4.545%) HP
3 1 (4.545%) JDA
3 1 (4.545%) TSYS
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The suitable test analyst must have covered one of the following areas: Credit Risk UAT. Digital web based UAT. Insurance UAT... Suitable candidates must be fully competent on...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £330.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Windows 7 Application Co-ordinator - 6 Months - Cardiff**** My Cardiff based client are urgently looking for a technical engineer who has experience with applications and interrogating application packages...
CPS Group UK
Rate: £100 - £140 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013