The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon 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 29 29 22
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 13 11 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 4.545% 3.047% 4.459%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.991% 4.545% 6.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 10 10
Average daily rate £400 £369 £437
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.47% -15.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £244 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £530 £449
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
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
217 242 225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 75.87% 67.04% 71.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 177 137
Average daily rate £425 £425 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £263
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 7 3 10
Average hourly rate £15.50 £22.50 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% +3.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.40 £15.70 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £30.50 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
User Acceptance Testing
Wiltshire

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon User Acceptance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 17 (60.71%) Finance
2 16 (57.14%) ISEB
2 16 (57.14%) HP Quality Center
3 15 (53.57%) Banking
3 15 (53.57%) Retail
3 15 (53.57%) HP
4 11 (39.29%) Retail Banking
5 9 (32.14%) Oracle EBS
5 9 (32.14%) Oracle
6 8 (28.57%) PRINCE2
7 7 (25.00%) Performance Testing
8 6 (21.43%) SQL
8 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
9 5 (17.86%) WinRunner
9 5 (17.86%) LoadRunner
9 5 (17.86%) CRM
9 5 (17.86%) Oracle EBS R12
10 4 (14.29%) ESB
10 4 (14.29%) BPEL
10 4 (14.29%) XSLT
10 4 (14.29%) SOA
10 4 (14.29%) PL/SQL
10 4 (14.29%) Linux
10 4 (14.29%) Shell Script
10 4 (14.29%) JDeveloper
10 4 (14.29%) XQuery
10 4 (14.29%) Oracle Workflow
10 4 (14.29%) Workflow
11 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (10.71%) ITIL

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 (14.29%) XSLT
2 2 (7.143%) WebCenter
3 1 (3.571%) Middleware
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) ESB
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (7.143%) WebLogic
3 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.571%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (32.14%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (17.86%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle CRM
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (3.571%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (3.571%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (3.571%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) WinRunner
1 5 (17.86%) LoadRunner
2 4 (14.29%) JDeveloper
General
1 17 (60.71%) Finance
2 15 (53.57%) Banking
2 15 (53.57%) Retail
3 11 (39.29%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.571%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Analyst
2 11 (39.29%) Test Analyst
3 10 (35.71%) UAT Analyst
3 10 (35.71%) UAT Test Analyst
3 10 (35.71%) Tester
4 9 (32.14%) UAT Tester
5 6 (21.43%) Test Manager
5 6 (21.43%) Consultant
6 5 (17.86%) Oracle Consultant
7 4 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
8 3 (10.71%) Oracle Functional Consultant
8 3 (10.71%) Lead Test Analyst
8 3 (10.71%) Lead Tester
9 2 (7.143%) Test Leader
9 2 (7.143%) Oracle CRM Functional Consultant
9 2 (7.143%) OBIEE Developer
9 2 (7.143%) Payroll Consultant
9 2 (7.143%) CRM Consultant
9 2 (7.143%) Oracle CRM Consultant
9 2 (7.143%) Senior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 7 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 5 (17.86%) CRM
4 4 (14.29%) BPEL
4 4 (14.29%) SOA
4 4 (14.29%) Workflow
5 3 (10.71%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.71%) ITIL
5 3 (10.71%) TDD
6 2 (7.143%) Data Migration
6 2 (7.143%) Test Scripting
6 2 (7.143%) ETL
6 2 (7.143%) Configuration Management
6 2 (7.143%) Migration
7 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.571%) E-business
7 1 (3.571%) Data Security
7 1 (3.571%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (3.571%) Project Management
7 1 (3.571%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 6 (21.43%) SQL
2 4 (14.29%) PL/SQL
2 4 (14.29%) Shell Script
2 4 (14.29%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 16 (57.14%) ISEB
2 2 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.571%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) ISO 9001
1 1 (3.571%) QA
Systems Management
1 16 (57.14%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) HP
2 9 (32.14%) Oracle
3 6 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.143%) Siebel
4 2 (7.143%) Kofax
4 2 (7.143%) Informatica
5 1 (3.571%) SAP
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