User Acceptance Testing Contracts in the South 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 South 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 South 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 73 45 41
Rank change year-on-year
-28 -4
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 42 120 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 2.051% 3.621% 3.356%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.102% 5.319% 5.234%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 87 58
Average daily rate £345 £388 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.96% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £260 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £444 £440 £481
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -13.79%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.28 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.15% +14.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South 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 South West region.

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

South 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 South West region.

South 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 South 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
Wiltshire -4 13 £400 +6.66%
Dorset -1 12 £350 +0.71%
Bristol -10 12 £306 -9.92%
Somerset -3 2 - -
Gloucestershire +6 1 £575 +35.29%
Devon - 1 - -
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 South 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 42 (39.25%) Finance
2 39 (36.45%) SQL
3 38 (35.51%) ISEB
4 28 (26.17%) Banking
5 24 (22.43%) Retail
5 24 (22.43%) Test Scripting
5 24 (22.43%) Microsoft
6 21 (19.63%) Oracle
6 21 (19.63%) HP Quality Center
7 20 (18.69%) QA
8 19 (17.76%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (16.82%) HP
10 15 (14.02%) Retail Banking
10 15 (14.02%) System Testing
11 14 (13.08%) MS Excel
12 12 (11.21%) Project Management
12 12 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (11.21%) Oracle EBS
12 12 (11.21%) PRINCE2
12 12 (11.21%) Business Analysis
13 11 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (10.28%) Test Strategy
14 10 (9.346%) CRM
14 10 (9.346%) SAP
14 10 (9.346%) Linux
14 10 (9.346%) SQL Server
14 10 (9.346%) Performance Testing
15 9 (8.411%) Test Management
15 9 (8.411%) Degree
15 9 (8.411%) Shell Script

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South 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 (6.542%) .NET
1 7 (6.542%) XSLT
2 5 (4.673%) ASP.NET
3 4 (3.738%) WebCenter
4 3 (2.804%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (1.869%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 2 (1.869%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.869%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.869%) COM
6 1 (0.935%) XML
6 1 (0.935%) XSD
6 1 (0.935%) Middleware
6 1 (0.935%) Spring
6 1 (0.935%) NHibernate
6 1 (0.935%) Spring MVC
6 1 (0.935%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.935%) Spring Integration
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.607%) ESB
1 6 (5.607%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (3.738%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.804%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.935%) SAS
4 1 (0.935%) CMS
4 1 (0.935%) IIS
4 1 (0.935%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.935%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.935%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.935%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.935%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 14 (13.08%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.738%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (2.804%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.935%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (11.21%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (5.607%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (2.804%) Oracle HRMS
4 2 (1.869%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (0.935%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (0.935%) Agresso
5 1 (0.935%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.935%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.935%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.935%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.935%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.935%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.935%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.935%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.804%) Internet
2 1 (0.935%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (17.76%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (9.346%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.673%) Oracle BI EE
4 4 (3.738%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.804%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (2.804%) RDBMS
5 3 (2.804%) Oracle 10g
5 3 (2.804%) MS Access
6 2 (1.869%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.869%) GIS
6 2 (1.869%) Essbase
6 2 (1.869%) DB2
6 2 (1.869%) OLAP
6 2 (1.869%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.869%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.869%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (1.869%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.869%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.935%) OLTP
7 1 (0.935%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (6.542%) WinRunner
2 6 (5.607%) JDeveloper
3 5 (4.673%) LoadRunner
4 4 (3.738%) JMeter
4 4 (3.738%) JIRA
5 2 (1.869%) Subversion
5 2 (1.869%) TestDirector
5 2 (1.869%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (1.869%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.935%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.935%) NUnit
6 1 (0.935%) Selenium
6 1 (0.935%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.935%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.935%) MSBuild
General
1 42 (39.25%) Finance
2 28 (26.17%) Banking
3 24 (22.43%) Retail
4 15 (14.02%) Retail Banking
5 4 (3.738%) Investment Banking
6 3 (2.804%) Legal
7 2 (1.869%) Marketing
8 1 (0.935%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.935%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.935%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.935%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (44.86%) Analyst
2 28 (26.17%) Test Analyst
3 18 (16.82%) Tester
4 16 (14.95%) Business Analyst
5 14 (13.08%) Test Manager
6 13 (12.15%) Developer
7 12 (11.21%) Consultant
8 11 (10.28%) UAT Analyst
8 11 (10.28%) UAT Test Analyst
9 9 (8.411%) UAT Tester
10 8 (7.477%) Test Leader
11 7 (6.542%) Oracle Consultant
12 6 (5.607%) Project Manager
13 4 (3.738%) Senior Analyst
13 4 (3.738%) Functional Consultant
13 4 (3.738%) Senior Test Analyst
13 4 (3.738%) Lead Test Analyst
14 3 (2.804%) SAP Test Analyst
14 3 (2.804%) SQL Developer
14 3 (2.804%) Oracle Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.542%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.738%) Mainframe
3 3 (2.804%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.935%) Clustering
4 1 (0.935%) Reference Data
4 1 (0.935%) SWIFT
4 1 (0.935%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.935%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (0.935%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.346%) Linux
2 4 (3.738%) UNIX
3 2 (1.869%) OS/390
3 2 (1.869%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.935%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.935%) Windows
4 1 (0.935%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (22.43%) Test Scripting
2 15 (14.02%) System Testing
3 12 (11.21%) Business Analysis
3 12 (11.21%) PRINCE2
3 12 (11.21%) Project Management
3 12 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (10.28%) Test Strategy
5 10 (9.346%) CRM
5 10 (9.346%) Performance Testing
6 9 (8.411%) Test Management
6 9 (8.411%) Change Control
7 8 (7.477%) Migration
7 8 (7.477%) Unit Testing
7 8 (7.477%) Software Testing
8 7 (6.542%) Workflow
9 6 (5.607%) BPEL
9 6 (5.607%) SOA
9 6 (5.607%) UML
9 6 (5.607%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 39 (36.45%) SQL
2 9 (8.411%) Shell Script
3 6 (5.607%) PL/SQL
3 6 (5.607%) VBA
3 6 (5.607%) XQuery
4 5 (4.673%) C#
5 4 (3.738%) Java
6 3 (2.804%) PHP
7 2 (1.869%) JCL
8 1 (0.935%) Korn
8 1 (0.935%) Bash shell
8 1 (0.935%) COBOL
8 1 (0.935%) VB
8 1 (0.935%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (35.51%) ISEB
2 9 (8.411%) Degree
3 8 (7.477%) ISTQB
4 4 (3.738%) ISEB Practitioner
5 3 (2.804%) ACCA
6 2 (1.869%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.869%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.935%) CIMA
7 1 (0.935%) HND
7 1 (0.935%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.935%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (18.69%) QA
2 4 (3.738%) ISO 9001
3 3 (2.804%) SLA
4 1 (0.935%) TickIT
Systems Management
1 21 (19.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 24 (22.43%) Microsoft
2 21 (19.63%) Oracle
3 18 (16.82%) HP
4 10 (9.346%) SAP
5 4 (3.738%) Kofax
6 3 (2.804%) Informatica
7 2 (1.869%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.869%) Hyperion
7 2 (1.869%) Siebel
7 2 (1.869%) Teradata
7 2 (1.869%) IBM
8 1 (0.935%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.935%) Ab Initio
8 1 (0.935%) Unisys
8 1 (0.935%) Business Objects
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