The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 22 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 West Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 35 25 25
Rank change year-on-year
-10 0
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 59 83 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 4.635% 5.130% 4.783%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.541% 7.082% 7.280%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 45 22
Average daily rate £318 £275 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.45% -14.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £170 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £431 £498
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.14 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.76% +13.65%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
902 1172 728
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 70.86% 72.44% 65.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 676 350
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £459 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 26 29
Average hourly rate £23.75 £18.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.94% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.78 £12.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £61.20 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
User Acceptance Testing
Yorkshire

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leeds +9 25 £325 +18.18%
Halifax +6 12 £313 +5.93%
Bradford -5 12 £235 +10.58%
User Acceptance Testing
Yorkshire

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 42 (33.87%) Finance
2 40 (32.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (22.58%) Retail
3 28 (22.58%) Oracle
4 26 (20.97%) SAP
4 26 (20.97%) SQL
5 24 (19.35%) Banking
6 19 (15.32%) Oracle Reports
7 18 (14.52%) ETL
8 17 (13.71%) Data Modelling
8 17 (13.71%) ISEB
8 17 (13.71%) PL/SQL
8 17 (13.71%) Retail Banking
8 17 (13.71%) Test Scripting
9 16 (12.90%) Microsoft
10 15 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (12.10%) Data Integration
10 15 (12.10%) HP Quality Center
11 14 (11.29%) Software Testing
11 14 (11.29%) Oracle OWB
12 13 (10.48%) ISTQB
13 12 (9.677%) Migration
13 12 (9.677%) SAP HR
13 12 (9.677%) UML
14 11 (8.871%) SAP Payroll
14 11 (8.871%) Data Transformation
14 11 (8.871%) Test Management
15 10 (8.065%) MS Project
16 9 (7.258%) .NET
16 9 (7.258%) HTML

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 9 (7.258%) .NET
1 9 (7.258%) HTML
2 4 (3.226%) XML
3 3 (2.419%) Web Services
3 3 (2.419%) ASP
3 3 (2.419%) Gherkin
3 3 (2.419%) NHibernate
4 1 (0.806%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.806%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.806%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (0.806%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.806%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (0.806%) ESB
1 1 (0.806%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 10 (8.065%) MS Project
2 9 (7.258%) MS Excel
3 7 (5.645%) MS Office
4 3 (2.419%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.806%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (9.677%) SAP HR
2 11 (8.871%) SAP Payroll
3 8 (6.452%) Maximo
4 6 (4.839%) Oracle 11i
5 3 (2.419%) ResourceLink
6 2 (1.613%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.806%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.806%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.806%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.806%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.806%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.806%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.419%) HTTP
2 1 (0.806%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.32%) Oracle Reports
2 14 (11.29%) Oracle OWB
3 8 (6.452%) Oracle BI EE
3 8 (6.452%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (6.452%) SQL Server
4 7 (5.645%) DTS
5 5 (4.032%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (2.419%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 2 (1.613%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (1.613%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.613%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.806%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.806%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.806%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.806%) MS Access
8 1 (0.806%) GIS
8 1 (0.806%) SQL Server 2008
8 1 (0.806%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.806%) BODI
8 1 (0.806%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.839%) Visual Studio
2 3 (2.419%) MSI
2 3 (2.419%) NUnit
2 3 (2.419%) WebDriver
2 3 (2.419%) MSTest
2 3 (2.419%) TeamCity
2 3 (2.419%) SpecFlow
2 3 (2.419%) Cucumber
2 3 (2.419%) Selenium
3 1 (0.806%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 42 (33.87%) Finance
2 28 (22.58%) Retail
3 24 (19.35%) Banking
4 17 (13.71%) Retail Banking
5 2 (1.613%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.613%) Legal
6 1 (0.806%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.806%) Advertising
6 1 (0.806%) Law
6 1 (0.806%) Games
6 1 (0.806%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 67 (54.03%) Analyst
2 40 (32.26%) Business Analyst
3 17 (13.71%) Test Analyst
4 12 (9.677%) Test Leader
4 12 (9.677%) Consultant
4 12 (9.677%) Developer
5 8 (6.452%) Test Manager
6 7 (5.645%) SAP Business Analyst
6 7 (5.645%) UAT Analyst
7 6 (4.839%) Tester
8 5 (4.032%) Business Consultant
8 5 (4.032%) SAP HR Business Analyst
9 4 (3.226%) SEO Executive
9 4 (3.226%) Credit Risk Analyst
9 4 (3.226%) OBIEE Developer
9 4 (3.226%) SAP Analyst
9 4 (3.226%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
10 3 (2.419%) Business Intelligence Consultant
10 3 (2.419%) Software Engineer
10 3 (2.419%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.10%) Data Integration
2 5 (4.032%) Credit Risk
2 5 (4.032%) Data Extraction
3 2 (1.613%) NHS
4 1 (0.806%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.806%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.806%) FMCG
4 1 (0.806%) Statistics
4 1 (0.806%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.226%) Windows
2 1 (0.806%) Windows XP
2 1 (0.806%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (32.26%) Stakeholder Management
2 18 (14.52%) ETL
3 17 (13.71%) Data Modelling
3 17 (13.71%) Test Scripting
4 15 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (11.29%) Software Testing
6 12 (9.677%) Migration
6 12 (9.677%) UML
7 11 (8.871%) Data Transformation
7 11 (8.871%) Test Management
8 9 (7.258%) Project Management
8 9 (7.258%) Asset Management
8 9 (7.258%) Root Cause Analysis
9 8 (6.452%) BPMN
9 8 (6.452%) Systems Analysis
9 8 (6.452%) Business Analysis
9 8 (6.452%) Logistics
10 7 (5.645%) CRM
10 7 (5.645%) ERP
10 7 (5.645%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 26 (20.97%) SQL
2 17 (13.71%) PL/SQL
3 5 (4.032%) C#
3 5 (4.032%) T-SQL
4 4 (3.226%) VB
4 4 (3.226%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.613%) VBA
6 1 (0.806%) PHP
6 1 (0.806%) Java
6 1 (0.806%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (13.71%) ISEB
2 13 (10.48%) ISTQB
3 3 (2.419%) Degree
4 1 (0.806%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.806%) BC Cleared
4 1 (0.806%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.258%) QA
2 4 (3.226%) FATCA
3 1 (0.806%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.806%) SLA
3 1 (0.806%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.806%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (2.419%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (12.10%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 28 (22.58%) Oracle
2 26 (20.97%) SAP
3 16 (12.90%) Microsoft
4 7 (5.645%) Informatica
5 6 (4.839%) PeopleSoft
6 4 (3.226%) Google
6 4 (3.226%) Business Objects
7 3 (2.419%) HP
7 3 (2.419%) VMware
8 1 (0.806%) Avaya
West Yorkshire
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