The first table below looks at the demand for the UAT Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UAT Analyst in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
UAT Analyst
Rank 497 524 545
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +21
Contract jobs requiring a UAT Analyst 33 54 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.071% 0.093% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.100% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 43 27
Average daily rate £315 £320 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.56% +16.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £425 £372
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £323 £275
% change year-on-year
-6.20% +17.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

UAT Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing UAT Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

UAT Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

UAT Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing UAT Analyst within the UK.

UAT Analyst Daily Rate Trend

UAT Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing UAT Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

UAT Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

UAT Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing UAT Analyst within the UK.

UAT Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

UAT Analyst
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing UAT Analyst within the UK 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
England +23 28 £315 -0.39%
London +14 11 £321 +6.83%
South West +20 4 £324 -7.50%
Edinburgh +12 4 £365 +2.09%
Wiltshire +7 4 £324 -7.50%
City of London +7 4 £315 +17.20%
Swindon +4 4 £324 -7.50%
Scotland -12 4 £365 +2.09%
East Midlands - 4 £298 -
West Yorkshire +1 3 £225 -30.76%
Yorkshire -3 3 £225 -30.76%
Northamptonshire - 3 £345 -
North West +15 2 £256 -7.09%
South East +14 2 £315 +5.00%
Leeds -8 2 £225 -21.05%
Northampton - 2 £345 -
Manchester - 2 £256 -
Halifax +12 1 £280 -13.84%
East of England +12 1 - -
West Midlands +5 1 - -
Essex - 1 - -
Derbyshire - 1 £140 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 £315 -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
Reading - 1 £315 -
Milton Keynes - 1 - -

UAT Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited UAT Analyst in their job title 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 with UAT Analyst in their job title.

1 64 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 31 (48.44%) Finance
2 31 (48.44%) Banking
3 22 (34.38%) HP Quality Center
4 20 (31.25%) Retail
5 19 (29.69%) ISEB
6 14 (21.88%) HP
7 13 (20.31%) Retail Banking
8 12 (18.75%) Test Scripting
9 6 (9.375%) QA
9 6 (9.375%) E-Commerce
10 5 (7.813%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (7.813%) TDD
11 4 (6.250%) Test Management
11 4 (6.250%) Migration
12 3 (4.688%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (4.688%) Microsoft
12 3 (4.688%) MS Excel
12 3 (4.688%) MS Office
12 3 (4.688%) Use Case
12 3 (4.688%) Time Management
12 3 (4.688%) SC Cleared
12 3 (4.688%) Security Cleared
12 3 (4.688%) Mobile App
13 2 (3.125%) Data Protection
13 2 (3.125%) Test Automation
13 2 (3.125%) Cucumber
13 2 (3.125%) ISTQB
13 2 (3.125%) Music
13 2 (3.125%) Usability Testing

UAT Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited UAT Analyst in their job title 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 with UAT Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.125%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (4.688%) MS Office
1 3 (4.688%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.563%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Temenos T24
1 1 (1.563%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.125%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.563%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (1.563%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 2 (3.125%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.563%) Hudson
2 1 (1.563%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.563%) JUnit
2 1 (1.563%) JIRA
2 1 (1.563%) Selenium
General
1 31 (48.44%) Finance
1 31 (48.44%) Banking
2 20 (31.25%) Retail
3 13 (20.31%) Retail Banking
4 2 (3.125%) Music
5 1 (1.563%) Military
5 1 (1.563%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.563%) Front Office
5 1 (1.563%) Back Office
5 1 (1.563%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.563%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.688%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.125%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.563%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.563%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.563%) iPad
3 1 (1.563%) SWIFT
3 1 (1.563%) New Media
3 1 (1.563%) Derivative
3 1 (1.563%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.125%) UNIX
2 1 (1.563%) Windows
2 1 (1.563%) Linux
2 1 (1.563%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 12 (18.75%) Test Scripting
3 6 (9.375%) E-Commerce
4 5 (7.813%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (7.813%) TDD
5 4 (6.250%) Migration
5 4 (6.250%) Test Management
6 3 (4.688%) Use Case
6 3 (4.688%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (4.688%) Time Management
7 2 (3.125%) Data Protection
7 2 (3.125%) Business Analysis
7 2 (3.125%) Usability Testing
7 2 (3.125%) Integration Testing
7 2 (3.125%) Test Automation
8 1 (1.563%) Waterfall
8 1 (1.563%) BDD
8 1 (1.563%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.563%) Test Strategy
8 1 (1.563%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.563%) Java
1 1 (1.563%) SQL
1 1 (1.563%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (29.69%) ISEB
2 3 (4.688%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.688%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.125%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.563%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.375%) QA
2 1 (1.563%) FATCA
Systems Management
1 22 (34.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (21.88%) HP
2 3 (4.688%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.125%) SAP
4 1 (1.563%) IBM
4 1 (1.563%) Mercator
4 1 (1.563%) OpenLink
4 1 (1.563%) BancTec
4 1 (1.563%) LANDesk
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