User Acceptance Testing Contracts in Yorkshire
 
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 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 20 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 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 41 30 33
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +3
Contract jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 81 107 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 4.295% 4.656% 4.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.221% 6.548% 6.429%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 51 32
Average daily rate £325 £275 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -12.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £173 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £436 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £326 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-6.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £26.28 £23.00
% change year-on-year
+14.15% +14.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1302 1634 1120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 69.03% 71.11% 63.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 904 530
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 37 55
Average hourly rate £25.00 £16.72 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+49.52% -25.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.04 £12.15 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £109.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

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 Yorkshire region.

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
West Yorkshire -14 59 £315 +14.54%
South Yorkshire +3 7 £615 +60.78%
North Yorkshire +5 5 £346 +38.50%
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 50 (29.41%) Finance
2 41 (24.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 35 (20.59%) Oracle
4 31 (18.24%) Retail
5 28 (16.47%) SQL
6 26 (15.29%) SAP
7 25 (14.71%) Banking
8 24 (14.12%) Test Scripting
8 24 (14.12%) Microsoft
9 23 (13.53%) ISEB
10 22 (12.94%) Oracle Reports
11 20 (11.76%) ETL
12 19 (11.18%) Data Modelling
12 19 (11.18%) PL/SQL
13 18 (10.59%) Migration
14 17 (10.00%) Software Testing
14 17 (10.00%) Retail Banking
15 16 (9.412%) ISTQB
15 16 (9.412%) Data Integration
15 16 (9.412%) HP Quality Center
15 16 (9.412%) Oracle OWB
16 15 (8.824%) UML
16 15 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
16 15 (8.824%) Test Management
17 13 (7.647%) Project Management
17 13 (7.647%) Data Transformation
18 12 (7.059%) SAP HR
19 11 (6.471%) QA
19 11 (6.471%) SAP Payroll
19 11 (6.471%) CRM

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 11 (6.471%) HTML
2 10 (5.882%) .NET
3 4 (2.353%) XML
4 3 (1.765%) NHibernate
4 3 (1.765%) Gherkin
4 3 (1.765%) ASP
4 3 (1.765%) Web Services
5 1 (0.588%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.588%) COM
5 1 (0.588%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.588%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.588%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (0.588%) Oracle Spatial
1 1 (0.588%) ESB
1 1 (0.588%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (5.882%) MS Project
2 9 (5.294%) MS Excel
3 7 (4.118%) MS Office
4 3 (1.765%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.588%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.588%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (7.059%) SAP HR
2 11 (6.471%) SAP Payroll
3 8 (4.706%) Maximo
4 7 (4.118%) ResourceLink
5 6 (3.529%) Oracle 11i
6 4 (2.353%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (1.176%) Oracle ASCP
7 2 (1.176%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.588%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.588%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.588%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.588%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.588%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.588%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.588%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.941%) HTTP
2 3 (1.765%) WAN
3 1 (0.588%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.94%) Oracle Reports
2 16 (9.412%) Oracle OWB
3 11 (6.471%) SQL Server
4 9 (5.294%) DTS
4 9 (5.294%) Oracle BI EE
5 7 (4.118%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.941%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (1.765%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 3 (1.765%) SQL Server 2005
7 3 (1.765%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (1.765%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (1.176%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.176%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (0.588%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.588%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.588%) GIS
9 1 (0.588%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (3.529%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.941%) MSI
3 4 (2.353%) Selenium
4 3 (1.765%) NUnit
4 3 (1.765%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.765%) WebDriver
4 3 (1.765%) MSTest
4 3 (1.765%) Cucumber
4 3 (1.765%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.176%) AdminStudio
5 2 (1.176%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.588%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 50 (29.41%) Finance
2 31 (18.24%) Retail
3 25 (14.71%) Banking
4 17 (10.00%) Retail Banking
5 3 (1.765%) Legal
5 3 (1.765%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.176%) Games
7 1 (0.588%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.588%) Advertising
7 1 (0.588%) Law
7 1 (0.588%) Private Banking
7 1 (0.588%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 84 (49.41%) Analyst
2 49 (28.82%) Business Analyst
3 25 (14.71%) Test Analyst
4 18 (10.59%) Consultant
5 15 (8.824%) Developer
6 12 (7.059%) Test Leader
7 10 (5.882%) Test Manager
8 9 (5.294%) Tester
9 8 (4.706%) UAT Analyst
10 7 (4.118%) SAP Business Analyst
11 5 (2.941%) SAP HR Business Analyst
11 5 (2.941%) Business Consultant
12 4 (2.353%) SQL Developer
12 4 (2.353%) Oracle Developer
12 4 (2.353%) Credit Risk Analyst
12 4 (2.353%) SAP Analyst
12 4 (2.353%) UAT Test Analyst
12 4 (2.353%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
12 4 (2.353%) SEO Executive
12 4 (2.353%) OBIEE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.412%) Data Integration
2 5 (2.941%) Credit Risk
2 5 (2.941%) Data Extraction
3 3 (1.765%) FMCG
4 2 (1.176%) NHS
4 2 (1.176%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.588%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.588%) Statistics
5 1 (0.588%) Chemistry
5 1 (0.588%) Social Media
5 1 (0.588%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.471%) Windows
2 7 (4.118%) Windows 7
3 1 (0.588%) UNIX
3 1 (0.588%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (24.12%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (14.12%) Test Scripting
3 20 (11.76%) ETL
4 19 (11.18%) Data Modelling
5 18 (10.59%) Migration
6 17 (10.00%) Software Testing
7 15 (8.824%) Test Management
7 15 (8.824%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (8.824%) UML
8 13 (7.647%) Project Management
8 13 (7.647%) Data Transformation
9 11 (6.471%) CRM
10 9 (5.294%) PRINCE2
10 9 (5.294%) Business Analysis
10 9 (5.294%) Asset Management
10 9 (5.294%) Logistics
10 9 (5.294%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (4.706%) BPMN
11 8 (4.706%) Test Strategy
11 8 (4.706%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.47%) SQL
2 19 (11.18%) PL/SQL
3 7 (4.118%) T-SQL
4 5 (2.941%) C#
5 4 (2.353%) JavaScript
5 4 (2.353%) VB
6 2 (1.176%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.176%) VBA
6 2 (1.176%) Java
6 2 (1.176%) VBScript
6 2 (1.176%) C
7 1 (0.588%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (13.53%) ISEB
2 16 (9.412%) ISTQB
3 9 (5.294%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.941%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.353%) Degree
6 1 (0.588%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.588%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.471%) QA
2 4 (2.353%) FATCA
3 1 (0.588%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.588%) SLA
3 1 (0.588%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.588%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.176%) vSphere
2 2 (1.176%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.588%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (9.412%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.765%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (20.59%) Oracle
2 26 (15.29%) SAP
3 24 (14.12%) Microsoft
4 7 (4.118%) Informatica
5 6 (3.529%) PeopleSoft
6 5 (2.941%) VMware
6 5 (2.941%) HP
7 4 (2.353%) Google
8 3 (1.765%) Business Objects
9 1 (0.588%) Avaya
System Test Analyst
West Yorkshire
NET -Oracle Application Express -Web-based applications -Server/Client frameworks A System Test Analyst possessing ISEB/ISTQB or equivalent qualifications and a solid experience of using SQL at...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £28,000 Pro Rata
Posted: 15 May 2013
Test Analyst
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Test Analyst - Financial Services - Halifax Requirement for a Test Analyst to join a Financial Services client on a complex project. The Test Analyst must have a strong track...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £330.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
SAP Tester
Yorkshire
Role: SAP ISU Test Analyst... You should have ISEB/ISTQB certification at practitioner level and a minimum of 5 years experience within a Testing and QA background specifically...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £300.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Business Objects Project Manager
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Essential skills include Strong functional knowledge of SAP Business Objects suite Business Objects Reporting Business Objects Data Integrator (BODS/BODI) Sound knowledge of BI/DWH Expert/Senior Project...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
UAT Test Engineer
Wakefield, Yorkshire
UAT TEST ENGINEERSUCCESSFUL RETAIL GROUPWakefield, Head OfficeCirca £250 per day Production, review and execution of test plans... Working directly with the business to support, guide and mentor the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £200.00 - £250.00 per day
Posted: 4 May 2013
Test Lead
Halifax, West Yorkshire
The Test Lead must have a strong track record on large business transformation projects... - Running a test team of over 10 people - Ability to hit the ground running -...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £390.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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