The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 24 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 Surrey 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 51 32 43
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +11
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 29 75 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 2.515% 4.655% 3.484%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.524% 6.739% 4.848%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 57 28
Average daily rate £338 £365 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.53% +6.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £294 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £440 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.42% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.28 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.15% +14.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
823 1113 1320
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 71.38% 69.09% 71.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 631 683
Average daily rate £415 £350 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -13.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £250 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 58 37
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -3.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £15.50 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.12 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
User Acceptance Testing
South East

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 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
Sunbury-on-Thames +7 3 £525 -4.54%
Guildford -12 3 £320 -6.90%
Redhill - 2 £350 -
Cranleigh - 2 £150 -
Epsom - 2 £325 -
Staines +1 1 - -
Farnham - 1 - -
User Acceptance Testing
South East

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 19 (31.67%) SAP
2 17 (28.33%) ISEB
3 16 (26.67%) Finance
4 11 (18.33%) Software Testing
5 9 (15.00%) Test Strategy
6 8 (13.33%) SAP BW
7 7 (11.67%) QuickTest Pro
7 7 (11.67%) ITIL
7 7 (11.67%) ISTQB
7 7 (11.67%) Taleo
7 7 (11.67%) Test Scripting
8 6 (10.00%) SAP BPC
8 6 (10.00%) Business Transformation
8 6 (10.00%) Service Delivery
8 6 (10.00%) Publishing
9 5 (8.333%) Configuration Management
9 5 (8.333%) Project Management
9 5 (8.333%) UML
9 5 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (8.333%) Workflow
9 5 (8.333%) PTC
9 5 (8.333%) Integration Testing
10 4 (6.667%) Test Management
10 4 (6.667%) Use Case
10 4 (6.667%) System Testing
10 4 (6.667%) Performance Management
10 4 (6.667%) Security Cleared
10 4 (6.667%) Windows 7
10 4 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
10 4 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (6.667%) .NET
2 3 (5.000%) XML
2 3 (5.000%) ASP.NET
2 3 (5.000%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (3.333%) .NET Framework
3 2 (3.333%) Ajax
3 2 (3.333%) CSS
3 2 (3.333%) HTML
4 1 (1.667%) SOAP
4 1 (1.667%) Web Services
4 1 (1.667%) WAP
4 1 (1.667%) JSON
4 1 (1.667%) Application Packaging
4 1 (1.667%) REST
4 1 (1.667%) ASP.NET MVC 3
4 1 (1.667%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.667%) NetWeaver
2 3 (5.000%) CMS
3 1 (1.667%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.667%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.667%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (5.000%) MS Excel
1 3 (5.000%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.333%) MS Office
3 1 (1.667%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (11.67%) Taleo
2 6 (10.00%) SAP BPC
3 3 (5.000%) SAP SD
3 3 (5.000%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (3.333%) Google Analytics
4 2 (3.333%) WebTrends
5 1 (1.667%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (1.667%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (1.667%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.667%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.667%) CDMA
1 1 (1.667%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.33%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.667%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 7 (11.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (6.667%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.667%) JUnit
3 1 (1.667%) JMeter
3 1 (1.667%) Selenium
3 1 (1.667%) WebDriver
3 1 (1.667%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.667%) Hudson
General
1 16 (26.67%) Finance
2 6 (10.00%) Publishing
3 2 (3.333%) Marketing
3 2 (3.333%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.667%) Automotive
4 1 (1.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (51.67%) Analyst
2 17 (28.33%) Business Analyst
3 9 (15.00%) Test Manager
4 7 (11.67%) Consultant
5 6 (10.00%) Change Manager
5 6 (10.00%) Coordinator
6 5 (8.333%) Project Manager
6 5 (8.333%) Test Analyst
6 5 (8.333%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (6.667%) Test Coordinator
8 3 (5.000%) Process Consultant
8 3 (5.000%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (5.000%) Process Analyst
8 3 (5.000%) SAP Test Analyst
8 3 (5.000%) SAP Analyst
8 3 (5.000%) Pricing Analyst
9 2 (3.333%) Project Support Coordinator
9 2 (3.333%) Strategic Project Manager
9 2 (3.333%) Implementation Consultant
9 2 (3.333%) Project Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.000%) FMCG
2 1 (1.667%) Replication
2 1 (1.667%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.667%) Windows 7
1 4 (6.667%) Windows
2 1 (1.667%) UNIX
2 1 (1.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.33%) Software Testing
2 9 (15.00%) Test Strategy
3 7 (11.67%) ITIL
3 7 (11.67%) Test Scripting
4 6 (10.00%) Business Transformation
4 6 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 5 (8.333%) Configuration Management
5 5 (8.333%) Project Management
5 5 (8.333%) UML
5 5 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (8.333%) Workflow
5 5 (8.333%) Integration Testing
6 4 (6.667%) Test Management
6 4 (6.667%) Use Case
6 4 (6.667%) System Testing
6 4 (6.667%) Performance Management
6 4 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (6.667%) Requirements Management
6 4 (6.667%) MVC
6 4 (6.667%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.667%) C#
1 4 (6.667%) SQL
2 2 (3.333%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.667%) PHP
3 1 (1.667%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (28.33%) ISEB
2 7 (11.67%) ISTQB
3 4 (6.667%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.000%) CCA
4 3 (5.000%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.333%) CBAP
6 1 (1.667%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.667%) MCP
6 1 (1.667%) MCSE
6 1 (1.667%) MCSA
6 1 (1.667%) MCDST
6 1 (1.667%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.333%) QA
1 2 (3.333%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (5.000%) Hyper-V
2 3 (5.000%) XenApp
2 3 (5.000%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 4 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (31.67%) SAP
2 5 (8.333%) PTC
3 4 (6.667%) AppSense
3 4 (6.667%) Citrix
4 3 (5.000%) Oracle
5 2 (3.333%) Tealeaf
5 2 (3.333%) Coremetrics
5 2 (3.333%) Omniture
5 2 (3.333%) Google
5 2 (3.333%) i-GRasp
5 2 (3.333%) PeopleSoft
5 2 (3.333%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.667%) IBM
6 1 (1.667%) HP
6 1 (1.667%) BT
6 1 (1.667%) Sitecore
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