The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 86 61 77
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +16
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 32 39 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.882% 2.632% 1.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.524% 3.812% 1.617%
Number of salaries quoted 23 25 13
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,300 £27,200 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,500 £67,500 £34,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1268 1023 866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.59% 69.03% 64.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1072 893 744
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
West Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham User Acceptance Testing Jobs Demand Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham User Acceptance Testing Salary Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham User Acceptance Testing Salary Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited User Acceptance Testing.

1 25 (29.76%) Finance
2 24 (28.57%) SQL
3 22 (26.19%) GAP Analysis
3 22 (26.19%) Integration Testing
4 19 (22.62%) Windows
5 17 (20.24%) SAP
5 17 (20.24%) .NET
5 17 (20.24%) SAP PM
5 17 (20.24%) Degree
6 15 (17.86%) SQL Server
6 15 (17.86%) Requirements Analysis
7 14 (16.67%) SAP CS
7 14 (16.67%) Business Analysis
8 13 (15.48%) QA
9 11 (13.10%) Test Scripting
9 11 (13.10%) ISEB
10 10 (11.90%) C#
10 10 (11.90%) Web Services
10 10 (11.90%) Mobile App
11 9 (10.71%) WCF
11 9 (10.71%) Oracle
11 9 (10.71%) Windows Mobile
11 9 (10.71%) Scrum
12 8 (9.524%) ASP.NET
12 8 (9.524%) PRINCE2
13 7 (8.333%) JavaScript
13 7 (8.333%) System Testing
13 7 (8.333%) Waterfall
14 6 (7.143%) Test Management
14 6 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled that cited User Acceptance Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (20.24%) .NET
2 10 (11.90%) Web Services
3 9 (10.71%) WCF
4 8 (9.524%) ASP.NET
5 6 (7.143%) Middleware
6 5 (5.952%) Silverlight
7 4 (4.762%) HTML
8 2 (2.381%) .NET Framework
8 2 (2.381%) XML
9 1 (1.190%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.952%) SharePoint
1 5 (5.952%) Lync
2 2 (2.381%) MQSeries
Applications
1 5 (5.952%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.381%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.190%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 17 (20.24%) SAP PM
2 14 (16.67%) SAP CS
3 6 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (3.571%) Oracle Applications
4 3 (3.571%) SAP PLM
5 1 (1.190%) PeopleSoft HRMS
5 1 (1.190%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (1.190%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.571%) MPLS
2 2 (2.381%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.762%) Informix
3 1 (1.190%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (5.952%) Selenium
2 4 (4.762%) PVCS
2 4 (4.762%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (2.381%) TestDirector
3 2 (2.381%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.190%) Subversion
4 1 (1.190%) Oracle Forms
General
1 25 (29.76%) Finance
2 4 (4.762%) Retail
3 3 (3.571%) Banking
4 2 (2.381%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.381%) Front Office
4 2 (2.381%) Back Office
4 2 (2.381%) Billing
5 1 (1.190%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 32 (38.10%) Analyst
2 19 (22.62%) Business Analyst
3 16 (19.05%) Developer
4 14 (16.67%) Consultant
5 11 (13.10%) SAP CS Consultant
5 11 (13.10%) SAP Consultant
5 11 (13.10%) SAP PM Consultant
5 11 (13.10%) Test Analyst
6 9 (10.71%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 9 (10.71%) Mobile Developer
7 6 (7.143%) Agile Business Analyst
8 5 (5.952%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (5.952%) Architect
8 5 (5.952%) CRM Architect
8 5 (5.952%) CRM Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.762%) Progress Developer
10 3 (3.571%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (3.571%) Technical Business Analyst
10 3 (3.571%) Senior Test Analyst
10 3 (3.571%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.90%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.762%) Computer Science
2 4 (4.762%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.762%) AS400
3 2 (2.381%) Statistics
4 1 (1.190%) Derivative
4 1 (1.190%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.190%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (22.62%) Windows
2 9 (10.71%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.19%) GAP Analysis
1 22 (26.19%) Integration Testing
2 15 (17.86%) Requirements Analysis
3 14 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 11 (13.10%) Test Scripting
5 9 (10.71%) Scrum
6 8 (9.524%) PRINCE2
7 7 (8.333%) System Testing
7 7 (8.333%) Waterfall
8 6 (7.143%) Test Management
8 6 (7.143%) CRM
8 6 (7.143%) Migration
8 6 (7.143%) Automated Testing
9 5 (5.952%) Project Management
9 5 (5.952%) Technical Architecture
9 5 (5.952%) Manual Testing
10 4 (4.762%) Use Case
10 4 (4.762%) Performance Management
11 3 (3.571%) Software Testing
11 3 (3.571%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (28.57%) SQL
2 10 (11.90%) C#
3 7 (8.333%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.762%) Progress 4GL
5 1 (1.190%) Java
5 1 (1.190%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.190%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 17 (20.24%) Degree
2 11 (13.10%) ISEB
3 5 (5.952%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.381%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.190%) MCP
5 1 (1.190%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.48%) QA
2 4 (4.762%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.952%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.381%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (4.762%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (20.24%) SAP
2 9 (10.71%) Oracle
3 6 (7.143%) PeopleSoft
3 6 (7.143%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.952%) Citrix
5 4 (4.762%) Progress
6 2 (2.381%) NorthgateArinso
6 2 (2.381%) Cognos
7 1 (1.190%) BT
7 1 (1.190%) Software AG
7 1 (1.190%) HP
7 1 (1.190%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.190%) Lombardi