User Acceptance Testing Contracts in Wales
 
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 Wales 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 Wales 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 29 40 56
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +16
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 15 14 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.521% 2.456% 0.758%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.034% 3.774% 1.208%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 1
Average daily rate £180 £325 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.61% +85.71%
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 £26.28 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.15% +14.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 298 371 414
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 69.95% 65.09% 62.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 181 184
Average daily rate £373 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 13 18
Average hourly rate £15.00 £16.16 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.17% -61.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.13 £12.50 £14.91
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.75 £30.50 £82.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
User Acceptance Testing
UK

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales 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
South Wales +8 13 £180 -35.71%
User Acceptance Testing
UK

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 8 (32.00%) Windows
1 8 (32.00%) Migration
2 6 (24.00%) ISEB
2 6 (24.00%) Data Migration
2 6 (24.00%) Windows 7
3 5 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (16.00%) Degree
4 4 (16.00%) Integration Testing
4 4 (16.00%) Banking
4 4 (16.00%) Finance
4 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) SAP
5 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (12.00%) C
5 3 (12.00%) SAP SD
5 3 (12.00%) Novell
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Altiris
5 3 (12.00%) Data Mapping
5 3 (12.00%) SCCM
5 3 (12.00%) Manual Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Compatibility Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Test Strategy
6 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.000%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (8.000%) System Testing
6 2 (8.000%) Test Scripting
6 2 (8.000%) Credit Risk

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 2 (8.000%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Project
2 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (12.00%) SAP SD
2 1 (4.000%) SAP FI
2 1 (4.000%) SAP MM
2 1 (4.000%) SAP PP
2 1 (4.000%) SAP CO
2 1 (4.000%) SAP FI/CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (8.000%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.000%) MSI
General
1 4 (16.00%) Banking
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
2 2 (8.000%) Retail Banking
2 2 (8.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Analyst
2 7 (28.00%) Test Analyst
3 6 (24.00%) Coordinator
4 3 (12.00%) Data Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Data Migration Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Designer
5 2 (8.000%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (8.000%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (8.000%) Data Manager
5 2 (8.000%) Data Migration Analyst
5 2 (8.000%) Consultant
5 2 (8.000%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.000%) Business Analyst
6 1 (4.000%) Tester
6 1 (4.000%) Applications Packager
6 1 (4.000%) UAT Tester
6 1 (4.000%) SAP SD Consultant
6 1 (4.000%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Credit Risk
1 2 (8.000%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (8.000%) Linux
3 2 (8.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Migration
2 6 (24.00%) Data Migration
3 5 (20.00%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (16.00%) Integration Testing
4 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Data Mapping
5 3 (12.00%) Manual Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Compatibility Testing
5 3 (12.00%) Test Strategy
6 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.000%) System Testing
6 2 (8.000%) Test Scripting
6 2 (8.000%) SAP Implementation
6 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.000%) Regression Testing
6 2 (8.000%) RUP
6 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2
6 2 (8.000%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) C
2 2 (8.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) ISEB
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.000%) ISTQB
4 1 (4.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) QA
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.000%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) SCCM
2 1 (4.000%) ZENworks
2 1 (4.000%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) SAP
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Novell
2 3 (12.00%) Altiris
3 1 (4.000%) HP
3 1 (4.000%) JDA
3 1 (4.000%) TSYS
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