The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 22 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 85 82 75
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -7
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 36 35 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 2.057% 1.985% 1.988%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.645% 2.604% 2.824%
Number of salaries quoted 16 31 30
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,750 £41,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1361 1344 1275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 77.77% 76.23% 70.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1181 1176 999
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
South West

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bristol User Acceptance Testing Salary Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 40 (64.52%) SQL
2 32 (51.61%) QA
3 27 (43.55%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (43.55%) ETL
4 26 (41.94%) Legal
5 25 (40.32%) Marketing
6 23 (37.10%) Test Scripting
6 23 (37.10%) Manual Testing
7 22 (35.48%) Agile Software Development
8 21 (33.87%) Kimball Methodology
9 20 (32.26%) Project Management
10 19 (30.65%) SQL Server
10 19 (30.65%) Management Information System
11 16 (25.81%) Scrum
12 11 (17.74%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (16.13%) Cognos
13 10 (16.13%) C#
13 10 (16.13%) ProClarity
13 10 (16.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (16.13%) SQL Server 2005
13 10 (16.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (16.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 9 (14.52%) Degree
14 9 (14.52%) ISEB
14 9 (14.52%) HP Quality Center
15 8 (12.90%) .NET
16 7 (11.29%) ASP.NET
16 7 (11.29%) Microsoft
16 7 (11.29%) Banking
17 6 (9.677%) SharePoint

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 8 (12.90%) .NET
2 7 (11.29%) ASP.NET
3 5 (8.065%) Web Services
3 5 (8.065%) MDX
4 4 (6.452%) XML
5 3 (4.839%) soapUI
6 2 (3.226%) WCF
6 2 (3.226%) XML Messaging
7 1 (1.613%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 6 (9.677%) SharePoint
2 5 (8.065%) SAS
3 2 (3.226%) IIS
4 1 (1.613%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (4.839%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (3.226%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (8.065%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.613%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.613%) VPN
1 1 (1.613%) IGMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (43.55%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (30.65%) SQL Server
3 10 (16.13%) ProClarity
3 10 (16.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 10 (16.13%) SQL Server 2005
3 10 (16.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 10 (16.13%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (8.065%) Data Mining
4 5 (8.065%) Crystal Reports
4 5 (8.065%) QlikView
4 5 (8.065%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 5 (8.065%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (8.065%) Xcelsius
5 4 (6.452%) MySQL
6 1 (1.613%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.226%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (1.613%) JUnit
2 1 (1.613%) Bugzilla
2 1 (1.613%) Selenium
2 1 (1.613%) JIRA
General
1 26 (41.94%) Legal
2 25 (40.32%) Marketing
3 7 (11.29%) Banking
4 4 (6.452%) Finance
5 3 (4.839%) Retail
6 2 (3.226%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 21 (33.87%) QA Engineer
1 21 (33.87%) Senior QA Engineer
2 16 (25.81%) Analyst
3 12 (19.35%) Developer
4 5 (8.065%) Test Analyst
4 5 (8.065%) Tester
4 5 (8.065%) SQL Developer
4 5 (8.065%) MI Analyst
5 4 (6.452%) Team Leader
6 3 (4.839%) DBA
6 3 (4.839%) Administrator
6 3 (4.839%) Senior Tester
7 2 (3.226%) Test Leader
7 2 (3.226%) QA Leader
7 2 (3.226%) .NET Team Leader
7 2 (3.226%) Senior QA Analyst
7 2 (3.226%) Senior QA Tester
7 2 (3.226%) Lead Business Analyst
7 2 (3.226%) Business Manager
7 2 (3.226%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (30.65%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.226%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.613%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.226%) UNIX
2 1 (1.613%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (43.55%) ETL
2 23 (37.10%) Test Scripting
2 23 (37.10%) Manual Testing
3 22 (35.48%) Agile Software Development
4 21 (33.87%) Kimball Methodology
5 20 (32.26%) Project Management
6 16 (25.81%) Scrum
7 11 (17.74%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (8.065%) Data Modelling
9 4 (6.452%) Test Automation
9 4 (6.452%) Requirements Management
10 3 (4.839%) E-Commerce
10 3 (4.839%) Automated Testing
10 3 (4.839%) System Testing
10 3 (4.839%) Waterfall
10 3 (4.839%) Test Strategy
11 2 (3.226%) Agile Project Management
11 2 (3.226%) Functional Testing
11 2 (3.226%) User Stories
11 2 (3.226%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (64.52%) SQL
2 10 (16.13%) C#
3 5 (8.065%) PHP
3 5 (8.065%) VBA
3 5 (8.065%) Java
3 5 (8.065%) T-SQL
4 3 (4.839%) C
4 3 (4.839%) Perl
5 2 (3.226%) VB
6 1 (1.613%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.613%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.613%) C++
6 1 (1.613%) Tcl
6 1 (1.613%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (14.52%) Degree
1 9 (14.52%) ISEB
2 2 (3.226%) CBAP
2 2 (3.226%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.613%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (51.61%) QA
2 5 (8.065%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (14.52%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (16.13%) Cognos
2 7 (11.29%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.065%) HP
3 5 (8.065%) Hyperion
3 5 (8.065%) Business Objects
3 5 (8.065%) Tableau
4 3 (4.839%) Oracle
Bristol, Avon
Evolve the existing Test Strategy and Test elements of SDLC in collaboration with the team lead... - Use of test tools and test software as defined within the test...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Candidate Key words - SQL, Support, XML, Web Services, Applications, SLAs, ITIL, Release, Testing, Customer service, Communication skills, Databases A Leading Bristol based software house is currently looking to...
Acorn
Salary: £20000 - £24000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
A great opportunity for a SQL Server Database Administrator/ Developer to work for a successful and continuously growing company based in Bristol. The company are looking for a...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Positive outlook and attitude to deliver results Strong SQL experience (SQL Server and/or MySQL) Duties will include: Providing solution designs/estimates and documentation for proposed changes... Keywords:...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Experience of SIT, UAT, PAT, message based testing... Experience of Test Environment requirements, management and configuration control. Experience of testing XML messaging, SOA and webservices (including use of...
Boeing
Salary: Competitive salary
Posted: 8 May 2013