The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 29 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 11 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 7.483% 0.658% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.38% 0.990% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 0
Average salary £23,250 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-45.29% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -5.06%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
106 101 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 72.11% 66.45% 43.06%
Number of salaries quoted 94 100 31
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £37,500 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
Manchester

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton 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 Bolton region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Bolton User Acceptance Testing Salary Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 6 (50.00%) QA
1 6 (50.00%) Java
1 6 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
1 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 5 (41.67%) Waterfall
2 5 (41.67%) soapUI
2 5 (41.67%) REST
2 5 (41.67%) System Testing
2 5 (41.67%) PHP
2 5 (41.67%) C
2 5 (41.67%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) C++
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) SOAP
2 5 (41.67%) Web Services
2 5 (41.67%) XML
2 5 (41.67%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) RAD
2 5 (41.67%) HTTP
2 5 (41.67%) WATIR
2 5 (41.67%) Selenium
2 5 (41.67%) FitNesse
2 5 (41.67%) Unit Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Integration Testing
2 5 (41.67%) Ruby
2 5 (41.67%) Regression Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 2 (16.67%) Functional Testing
4 2 (16.67%) HP
4 2 (16.67%) ISEB

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 5 (41.67%) soapUI
1 5 (41.67%) REST
1 5 (41.67%) SOAP
1 5 (41.67%) Web Services
1 5 (41.67%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) WATIR
1 5 (41.67%) Selenium
1 5 (41.67%) FitNesse
General
1 1 (8.333%) Banking
1 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Analyst
1 7 (58.33%) Test Analyst
2 5 (41.67%) Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Test Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Software Test Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Functional Test Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Functional Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Waterfall
1 5 (41.67%) System Testing
1 5 (41.67%) RAD
1 5 (41.67%) Unit Testing
1 5 (41.67%) Integration Testing
1 5 (41.67%) Regression Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (16.67%) Functional Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Migration
4 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (8.333%) CRM
4 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
4 1 (8.333%) ERP
4 1 (8.333%) Automation Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
4 1 (8.333%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Java
2 5 (41.67%) PHP
2 5 (41.67%) C
2 5 (41.67%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) C++
2 5 (41.67%) SQL
2 5 (41.67%) Python
2 5 (41.67%) Ruby
3 1 (8.333%) RPG
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (8.333%) IBM
Bolton, Lancashire
Experience of writing and maintaining test scripts essential... Experience of e-commerce solutions... Advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft Products - Outlook, Word, Excel, etc... This will also include...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Experience of writing and maintaining test scripts essential... Experience of e-commerce solutions... Advanced knowledge and experience of Microsoft Products - Outlook, Word, Excel, etc... This will also include...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013