The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 38 36 33
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 14 17 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 3.063% 2.773% 3.267%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.142% 4.187% 4.615%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 13
Average daily rate £400 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £285 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £497 £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 £26.28 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.15% +14.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
338 406 390
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 73.96% 66.23% 70.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 260 214
Average daily rate £425 £386 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.24% -3.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £238 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 19 25
Average hourly rate £15.50 £28.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.64% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
User Acceptance Testing
South West

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon +4 13 £400 +8.47%
User Acceptance Testing
South West

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 15 (57.69%) ISEB
2 15 (57.69%) HP Quality Center
3 14 (53.85%) HP
3 14 (53.85%) Banking
3 14 (53.85%) Retail
4 10 (38.46%) Retail Banking
5 8 (30.77%) Oracle
6 7 (26.92%) PRINCE2
6 7 (26.92%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (23.08%) Performance Testing
8 5 (19.23%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (19.23%) CRM
8 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
9 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (15.38%) WinRunner
9 4 (15.38%) LoadRunner
9 4 (15.38%) SQL
9 4 (15.38%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (11.54%) Informatica
10 3 (11.54%) TDD
10 3 (11.54%) ITIL
10 3 (11.54%) ETL
11 2 (7.692%) SOA
11 2 (7.692%) Siebel
11 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (7.692%) PL/SQL
11 2 (7.692%) XSLT
11 2 (7.692%) Linux

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 (7.692%) XSLT
2 1 (3.846%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.846%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.692%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (7.692%) ESB
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (19.23%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (7.692%) Oracle CRM
3 2 (7.692%) Oracle HRMS
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (3.846%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) WinRunner
1 4 (15.38%) LoadRunner
2 2 (7.692%) JDeveloper
General
1 16 (61.54%) Finance
2 14 (53.85%) Banking
2 14 (53.85%) Retail
3 10 (38.46%) Retail Banking
4 1 (3.846%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) Analyst
2 11 (42.31%) Test Analyst
3 10 (38.46%) Tester
3 10 (38.46%) UAT Test Analyst
3 10 (38.46%) UAT Analyst
4 9 (34.62%) UAT Tester
5 5 (19.23%) Test Manager
5 5 (19.23%) Consultant
6 4 (15.38%) Functional Consultant
7 3 (11.54%) Lead Test Analyst
7 3 (11.54%) OBIEE Developer
7 3 (11.54%) Lead Tester
7 3 (11.54%) Oracle Consultant
7 3 (11.54%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 3 (11.54%) Developer
8 2 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (7.692%) CRM Consultant
8 2 (7.692%) Oracle CRM Consultant
8 2 (7.692%) Senior Test Analyst
8 2 (7.692%) Payroll Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) PRINCE2
2 6 (23.08%) Performance Testing
3 5 (19.23%) CRM
4 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (11.54%) TDD
5 3 (11.54%) ITIL
5 3 (11.54%) ETL
6 2 (7.692%) SOA
6 2 (7.692%) Configuration Management
6 2 (7.692%) Workflow
6 2 (7.692%) BPEL
6 2 (7.692%) Test Scripting
7 1 (3.846%) Integration Testing
7 1 (3.846%) System Testing
7 1 (3.846%) BPMN
7 1 (3.846%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (3.846%) Requirements Management
7 1 (3.846%) Requirements Engineering
7 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.846%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) SQL
2 2 (7.692%) PL/SQL
2 2 (7.692%) Shell Script
2 2 (7.692%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 15 (57.69%) ISEB
2 2 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) QA
1 1 (3.846%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 15 (57.69%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (53.85%) HP
2 8 (30.77%) Oracle
3 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
4 3 (11.54%) Informatica
5 2 (7.692%) Siebel
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