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The table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) skills within the York region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkUser Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1633
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.754 %1.379 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£346
% change on same period last year+4.04 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.02£26.68
% change on same period last year+1.26 %
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
York
Matching contract IT job ads57145
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.158 %
Daily rates quoted2257
Average minimum daily rate£358£384
Average daily rate£381£396
% change on same period last year-3.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.24 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£20.80£20.50
Average hourly rate£24.40£21.25
% change on same period last year+14.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.30£29.57
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
User Acceptance Testing North YorkshireUser Acceptance Testing
North Yorkshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

User Acceptance Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the York region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

York User Acceptance Testing Demand Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the York region.

York User Acceptance Testing Daily Rate Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

12 (100.00 %)ISEB
21 (50.00 %)Migration
21 (50.00 %)ISEB Practitioner
21 (50.00 %)Stress Testing
21 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
21 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
21 (50.00 %)Data Migration
21 (50.00 %)V-Model
21 (50.00 %)C
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)ERP

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the York 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.

York IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Tester
11 (50.00 %)Applications Tester
11 (50.00 %)Technical Lead
York IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ERP
11 (50.00 %)Migration
11 (50.00 %)Stress Testing
11 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
11 (50.00 %)Test Scripting
11 (50.00 %)Data Migration
11 (50.00 %)V-Model
York IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)SQL
York IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (100.00 %)ISEB
21 (50.00 %)ISEB Practitioner
York IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle