The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 20 June 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.

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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 57 54 51
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -3
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 1540 1692 2095
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 3.150% 2.960% 3.369%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.431% 4.338% 5.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 981 1064 1298
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £275 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 24 32
Average hourly rate £22.85 £25.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.60% +6.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.95 £9.20 £14.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.30 £60.20 £44.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £22.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year
-8.88% -2.17%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
34756 39006 41867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 71.08% 68.24% 67.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20821 22293 23938
Average daily rate £413 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.12% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £275 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £579 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1005 1238 1439
Average hourly rate £29.92 £25.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.68% -13.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.98 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.84 £45.00 £46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

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 within the UK.

User Acceptance Testing Hourly Rate Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

User Acceptance Testing Hourly Rate Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -3 1402 £413 +3.12% 258
London -2 869 £463 +2.77% 138
City of London 0 277 £440 -2.76% 58
South East +5 203 £320 -14.66% 33
Scotland -13 77 £338 +2.27% 12
Yorkshire -13 75 £300 +8.59% 15
West Midlands +6 71 £333 +2.30% 23
Hampshire +30 57 £320 -14.66% 7
Berkshire +15 52 £313 -10.71% 6
West Yorkshire -12 52 £290 +3.57% 8
North West 0 46 £388 +10.71% 15
Edinburgh +2 43 £338 -5.59% 3
East of England -9 38 £338 +12.50% 18
South West -23 37 £375 - 7
East Midlands -13 35 £345 -8.00% 7
Surrey -10 33 £325 -13.33% 9
Birmingham +9 28 £350 +27.27% 9
Wales +24 27 £290 -27.50% 4
Buckinghamshire +9 24 £280 +1.81% 1
South Wales +20 23 £290 - 4
Cardiff +19 20 £288 - 3
Milton Keynes +10 19 £278 +0.90% 1
Canary Wharf +4 18 £525 -8.69%
Leeds -8 18 £325 +18.18% 5
Cheshire -4 16 £425 +25.92% 1
Reading +7 15 £440 +13.54%
Southampton +7 15 £308 -26.56% 1
Dorset -5 15 £368 +14.84% 1
Hertfordshire +13 14 £310 +3.33% 5
Manchester +3 14 £325 -7.14% 10

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 891 (31.05%) Finance
2 606 (21.11%) Banking
3 584 (20.35%) SQL
4 447 (15.57%) Test Scripting
5 368 (12.82%) Oracle
6 347 (12.09%) Migration
7 330 (11.50%) ISEB
7 330 (11.50%) Business Analysis
8 320 (11.15%) HP Quality Center
9 295 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
10 294 (10.24%) Microsoft
11 284 (9.895%) QA
12 267 (9.303%) Investment Banking
13 262 (9.129%) Project Management
14 238 (8.293%) Windows
15 237 (8.258%) MS Excel
16 221 (7.700%) Retail
17 220 (7.666%) SAP
18 210 (7.317%) Integration Testing
19 202 (7.038%) System Testing
20 200 (6.969%) .NET
21 199 (6.934%) Degree
22 187 (6.516%) SQL Server
22 187 (6.516%) Test Management
23 185 (6.446%) Change Management
24 179 (6.237%) Agile Software Development
25 174 (6.063%) Test Strategy
26 166 (5.784%) Software Testing
27 165 (5.749%) UML
28 163 (5.679%) Java

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
1 200 (6.969%) .NET
2 116 (4.042%) XML
3 84 (2.927%) ASP.NET
4 59 (2.056%) Web Services
5 57 (1.986%) Middleware
6 55 (1.916%) HTML
7 51 (1.777%) CSS
7 51 (1.777%) Application Packaging
8 39 (1.359%) WCF
9 32 (1.115%) jQuery
10 30 (1.045%) .NET Framework
10 30 (1.045%) Ajax
11 29 (1.010%) WebSphere
12 22 (0.767%) XSLT
13 20 (0.697%) J2EE
14 17 (0.592%) JMS
15 16 (0.557%) XML Messaging
15 16 (0.557%) EDI
16 15 (0.523%) ASP.NET MVC
16 15 (0.523%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 105 (3.659%) SharePoint
2 36 (1.254%) SAS
3 34 (1.185%) SharePoint 2010
4 29 (1.010%) Apache
5 24 (0.836%) CMS
6 23 (0.801%) WebLogic
7 20 (0.697%) IIS
7 20 (0.697%) BizTalk Server
8 14 (0.488%) ESB
8 14 (0.488%) MS Exchange
9 13 (0.453%) NetWeaver
10 12 (0.418%) Tomcat
11 10 (0.348%) SharePoint Server
12 9 (0.314%) TIBCO EMS
12 9 (0.314%) WorkSite
13 8 (0.279%) Oracle Workflow
13 8 (0.279%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 7 (0.244%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (0.244%) Exchange Server 2010
14 7 (0.244%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 237 (8.258%) MS Excel
2 162 (5.645%) MS Office
3 112 (3.902%) MS Visio
4 84 (2.927%) MS PowerPoint
5 71 (2.474%) MS Project
6 19 (0.662%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.348%) InfoPath
8 4 (0.139%) PowerPivot
9 3 (0.105%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.070%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.070%) Quicktime
11 1 (0.035%) RoboHelp
11 1 (0.035%) Fireworks
11 1 (0.035%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.035%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.035%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 60 (2.091%) Oracle EBS
2 50 (1.742%) Oracle EBS R12
3 37 (1.289%) Dynamics CRM
4 20 (0.697%) SAP FI
4 20 (0.697%) SAP HR
5 19 (0.662%) Oracle Financials
5 19 (0.662%) Maximo
6 18 (0.627%) SAP BPC
7 16 (0.557%) SAP CO
7 16 (0.557%) Oracle Payroll
8 14 (0.488%) Taleo
9 13 (0.453%) SAP FI/CO
10 12 (0.418%) Agresso
11 11 (0.383%) Oracle HRMS
11 11 (0.383%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 10 (0.348%) SAP PM
12 10 (0.348%) SAP Payroll
12 10 (0.348%) SAP MM
12 10 (0.348%) SAP SD
12 10 (0.348%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 36 (1.254%) Internet
2 33 (1.150%) HTTP
3 23 (0.801%) FTP
4 19 (0.662%) Intranet
5 16 (0.557%) Firewall
6 15 (0.523%) SSL
7 10 (0.348%) WAN
8 8 (0.279%) Extranet
9 7 (0.244%) SAN
10 6 (0.209%) BSS
10 6 (0.209%) 3G
10 6 (0.209%) LAN
11 5 (0.174%) TCP/IP
12 4 (0.139%) Cisco IPT
12 4 (0.139%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.139%) MPLS
12 4 (0.139%) SMS
12 4 (0.139%) GSM
12 4 (0.139%) VoIP
13 3 (0.105%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 187 (6.516%) SQL Server
2 138 (4.808%) Data Warehouse
3 71 (2.474%) Oracle Reports
4 50 (1.742%) Oracle BI EE
5 43 (1.498%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 39 (1.359%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 38 (1.324%) SQL Server 2008
8 37 (1.289%) Oracle 11g
9 35 (1.220%) Oracle 8/8i
10 32 (1.115%) SAP BW
11 30 (1.045%) MySQL
12 28 (0.976%) MS Access
12 28 (0.976%) Oracle 10g
13 24 (0.836%) Data Mining
13 24 (0.836%) RDBMS
13 24 (0.836%) TOAD
14 19 (0.662%) Oracle ODI
14 19 (0.662%) DB2
14 19 (0.662%) SQL Server 2005
15 18 (0.627%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 101 (3.519%) JIRA
2 48 (1.672%) Visual Studio
3 43 (1.498%) Selenium
4 41 (1.429%) MSI
5 38 (1.324%) Team Foundation Server
6 30 (1.045%) QuickTest Pro
7 28 (0.976%) LoadRunner
8 27 (0.941%) Subversion
9 22 (0.767%) Cucumber
10 18 (0.627%) TeamCity
11 16 (0.557%) TestDirector
12 14 (0.488%) Maven
12 14 (0.488%) JUnit
13 13 (0.453%) Jenkins
14 12 (0.418%) VSS/SourceSafe
15 11 (0.383%) WinRunner
16 10 (0.348%) InstallShield
16 10 (0.348%) Oracle Forms
17 9 (0.314%) WebDriver
17 9 (0.314%) SpecFlow
General
1 891 (31.05%) Finance
2 606 (21.11%) Banking
3 267 (9.303%) Investment Banking
4 221 (7.700%) Retail
5 100 (3.484%) Retail Banking
6 96 (3.345%) Front Office
7 76 (2.648%) Back Office
8 73 (2.544%) Telecoms
8 73 (2.544%) Legal
9 45 (1.568%) Manufacturing
10 40 (1.394%) Financial Institution
11 39 (1.359%) Publishing
12 34 (1.185%) Billing
13 31 (1.080%) Marketing
14 27 (0.941%) General Ledger
15 18 (0.627%) Automotive
16 16 (0.557%) Law
17 15 (0.523%) Games
17 15 (0.523%) Corporate Banking
18 14 (0.488%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1317 (45.89%) Analyst
2 722 (25.16%) Business Analyst
3 385 (13.41%) Test Analyst
4 266 (9.268%) Developer
5 247 (8.606%) Test Manager
6 193 (6.725%) Project Manager
7 155 (5.401%) Tester
7 155 (5.401%) Consultant
8 108 (3.763%) Test Leader
9 92 (3.206%) Senior Analyst
10 89 (3.101%) Technical Analyst
11 68 (2.369%) Technical Business Analyst
12 64 (2.230%) Coordinator
13 62 (2.160%) UAT Analyst
14 59 (2.056%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
15 58 (2.021%) Support Analyst
16 55 (1.916%) Senior Business Analyst
16 55 (1.916%) Credit Risk Analyst
17 54 (1.882%) UAT Manager
18 53 (1.847%) UAT Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 111 (3.868%) Credit Risk
2 105 (3.659%) Derivative
3 78 (2.718%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 64 (2.230%) Management Information System
5 46 (1.603%) Market Risk
6 44 (1.533%) Fixed Income
6 44 (1.533%) Computer Science
7 37 (1.289%) Equities
8 33 (1.150%) Reference Data
9 30 (1.045%) Data Integration
10 29 (1.010%) FMCG
11 28 (0.976%) Mobile App
12 24 (0.836%) NHS
13 19 (0.662%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (0.627%) Visualisation
15 17 (0.592%) Client/Server
15 17 (0.592%) Replication
15 17 (0.592%) E-Learning
16 15 (0.523%) Mainframe
17 14 (0.488%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 238 (8.293%) Windows
2 160 (5.575%) UNIX
3 99 (3.449%) Linux
4 86 (2.997%) Windows 7
5 41 (1.429%) Windows XP
6 29 (1.010%) Windows Server 2008
7 26 (0.906%) Windows Server 2003
8 18 (0.627%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 17 (0.592%) Android
10 15 (0.523%) Apple iOS
11 13 (0.453%) Solaris
11 13 (0.453%) AIX
12 12 (0.418%) VMS
13 11 (0.383%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.209%) Debian
14 6 (0.209%) OpenVMS
15 5 (0.174%) Windows Mobile
16 3 (0.105%) Windows Server 2012
16 3 (0.105%) OS/390
16 3 (0.105%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 447 (15.57%) Test Scripting
2 347 (12.09%) Migration
3 330 (11.50%) Business Analysis
4 295 (10.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 262 (9.129%) Project Management
6 210 (7.317%) Integration Testing
7 202 (7.038%) System Testing
8 187 (6.516%) Test Management
9 185 (6.446%) Change Management
10 179 (6.237%) Agile Software Development
11 174 (6.063%) Test Strategy
12 166 (5.784%) Software Testing
13 165 (5.749%) UML
14 159 (5.540%) CRM
15 154 (5.366%) Data Modelling
16 136 (4.739%) Business Intelligence
16 136 (4.739%) Data Analysis
17 126 (4.390%) Data Migration
18 125 (4.355%) Scrum
19 122 (4.251%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 584 (20.35%) SQL
2 163 (5.679%) Java
3 126 (4.390%) C#
4 82 (2.857%) PL/SQL
5 70 (2.439%) VBA
6 57 (1.986%) VB
7 47 (1.638%) Perl
8 46 (1.603%) T-SQL
9 40 (1.394%) C++
9 40 (1.394%) JavaScript
10 39 (1.359%) Shell Script
11 36 (1.254%) C
12 32 (1.115%) PowerShell
13 28 (0.976%) Python
14 25 (0.871%) PHP
15 22 (0.767%) Ruby
16 19 (0.662%) Bash shell
16 19 (0.662%) VBScript
17 14 (0.488%) VB.NET
18 9 (0.314%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 330 (11.50%) ISEB
2 199 (6.934%) Degree
3 139 (4.843%) ISTQB
4 111 (3.868%) Security Cleared
5 89 (3.101%) SC Cleared
6 20 (0.697%) ISEB Practitioner
7 16 (0.557%) ACCA
7 16 (0.557%) PMI Certification
8 11 (0.383%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (0.314%) PMP
10 8 (0.279%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 5 (0.174%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (0.174%) BC Cleared
11 5 (0.174%) CFA
12 4 (0.139%) CCA
12 4 (0.139%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.139%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.105%) CBAP
13 3 (0.105%) CCNA
13 3 (0.105%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 284 (9.895%) QA
2 29 (1.010%) Basel III
3 26 (0.906%) SLA
4 17 (0.592%) Data Quality
5 14 (0.488%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.279%) TickIT
7 7 (0.244%) FATCA
7 7 (0.244%) MiFID
8 6 (0.209%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.139%) WCAG
10 3 (0.105%) RosettaNet
11 2 (0.070%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.070%) Basel II
11 2 (0.070%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.035%) HL7
12 1 (0.035%) Solvency II
12 1 (0.035%) ISO 9000
12 1 (0.035%) GxP
System Software
1 64 (2.230%) Active Directory
2 40 (1.394%) Microsoft App-V
3 20 (0.697%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.627%) XenApp
5 10 (0.348%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.209%) vCloud
7 4 (0.139%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.105%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 2 (0.070%) VMware ESX
9 2 (0.070%) RACF
9 2 (0.070%) XenServer
10 1 (0.035%) vSphere
10 1 (0.035%) UAG
10 1 (0.035%) Varnish
10 1 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.035%) Cronacle
10 1 (0.035%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 320 (11.15%) HP Quality Center
2 26 (0.906%) SCCM
3 16 (0.557%) Puppet
4 11 (0.383%) Netcool
5 9 (0.314%) Zenoss
5 9 (0.314%) Nagios
6 6 (0.209%) Control-M
7 5 (0.174%) Cisco IPCC
8 4 (0.139%) Foglight
8 4 (0.139%) Tivoli
8 4 (0.139%) MOM
9 3 (0.105%) Splunk
9 3 (0.105%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 3 (0.105%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.070%) AppDNA
11 1 (0.035%) Sysprep
11 1 (0.035%) BMC PATROL
11 1 (0.035%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.035%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 368 (12.82%) Oracle
2 294 (10.24%) Microsoft
3 220 (7.666%) SAP
4 163 (5.679%) HP
5 58 (2.021%) IBM
6 56 (1.951%) Siebel
7 52 (1.812%) Citrix
8 40 (1.394%) Business Objects
9 33 (1.150%) Informatica
10 32 (1.115%) Cognos
11 29 (1.010%) VMware
12 27 (0.941%) PeopleSoft
13 24 (0.836%) Sybase
13 24 (0.836%) Red Hat
14 23 (0.801%) Hyperion
15 22 (0.767%) AppSense
16 21 (0.732%) Remedy
17 18 (0.627%) Salesforce.com
18 17 (0.592%) webMethods
19 15 (0.523%) Teradata
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Rate: £200.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
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Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
City, London
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Hydrogen Group
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
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Glasgow, Lanarkshire
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Posted: 14 June 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £250.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 28 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
North Yorkshire
Real Staffing
Rate: £220 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 - £450.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Worcester, West Midlands
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Essex
Venn Group
Rate: £350 - 450 Per Day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Rate: £350 - £500 per day
Posted: 10 June 2013
Warwickshire
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £330 per day + negotiable
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Southend-On-Sea, Essex
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East London
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Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
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Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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City of London
Orgtel
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City of London
Orgtel
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
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Central London / West End
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £200 per day
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London
Rate: £450 - £495 per day
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City, London
Austin Fraser
Rate: £0.00 per day + NEG
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City of London
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City of London
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