The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 121 125 140
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +15
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 18 26 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.701% 0.904% 0.167%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.008% 1.363% 0.249%
Number of salaries quoted 16 24 4
Average salary £38,000 £31,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.58% -34.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,300 £26,650 £40,850
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £49,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1786 1907 2009
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 69.55% 66.31% 67.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1552 1623 1749
Average salary £42,500 £41,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.40% +10.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
East of England

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire User Acceptance Testing Salary Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge +1 11 £50,000 +53.84%
Peterborough -5 7 £27,500 +1.85%
Huntingdon - 1 £27,500 -
User Acceptance Testing
East of England

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 17 (47.22%) SQL
2 12 (33.33%) Finance
3 11 (30.56%) JIRA
3 11 (30.56%) QA
4 10 (27.78%) Degree
4 10 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
5 9 (25.00%) Scrum
5 9 (25.00%) XML
6 8 (22.22%) Use Case
7 7 (19.44%) Computer Science
7 7 (19.44%) Java
7 7 (19.44%) HP Quality Center
7 7 (19.44%) User Stories
8 5 (13.89%) Integration Testing
8 5 (13.89%) Test Management
8 5 (13.89%) Selenium
8 5 (13.89%) Migration
8 5 (13.89%) Internet
8 5 (13.89%) HP
8 5 (13.89%) QuickTest Pro
8 5 (13.89%) HTML
8 5 (13.89%) SAP
8 5 (13.89%) UNIX
8 5 (13.89%) Manual Testing
8 5 (13.89%) Data Migration
9 4 (11.11%) Time Management
9 4 (11.11%) Windows
9 4 (11.11%) MS Excel
9 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
9 4 (11.11%) T-SQL

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 9 (25.00%) XML
2 5 (13.89%) HTML
3 2 (5.556%) Web Services
3 2 (5.556%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 4 (11.11%) IIS
2 2 (5.556%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.89%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 4 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (30.56%) JIRA
2 5 (13.89%) Selenium
2 5 (13.89%) QuickTest Pro
3 2 (5.556%) Subversion
General
1 12 (33.33%) Finance
2 3 (8.333%) Back Office
3 2 (5.556%) Publishing
4 1 (2.778%) Retail
4 1 (2.778%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 23 (63.89%) Analyst
2 14 (38.89%) Business Analyst
3 7 (19.44%) Project Manager
4 6 (16.67%) IT Business Analyst
5 5 (13.89%) Test Analyst
6 4 (11.11%) Environment Manager
6 4 (11.11%) Release Manager
7 3 (8.333%) Implementation Analyst
8 2 (5.556%) Delivery Manager
8 2 (5.556%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (5.556%) Technical Manager
8 2 (5.556%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
8 2 (5.556%) Technical Delivery Manager
9 1 (2.778%) Payments Business Analyst
9 1 (2.778%) Agile Business Analyst
9 1 (2.778%) SAP Analyst
9 1 (2.778%) Online Business Analyst
9 1 (2.778%) Applications Manager
9 1 (2.778%) Applications Project Manager
9 1 (2.778%) SAP Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Computer Science
2 2 (5.556%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) UNIX
2 4 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (25.00%) Scrum
3 8 (22.22%) Use Case
4 7 (19.44%) User Stories
5 5 (13.89%) Integration Testing
5 5 (13.89%) Test Management
5 5 (13.89%) Migration
5 5 (13.89%) Manual Testing
5 5 (13.89%) Data Migration
6 4 (11.11%) Time Management
6 4 (11.11%) Release Management
6 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
7 3 (8.333%) Change Management
7 3 (8.333%) Regression Testing
7 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2
8 2 (5.556%) E-Commerce
8 2 (5.556%) CRM
8 2 (5.556%) Project Management
8 2 (5.556%) Systems Analysis
8 2 (5.556%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 17 (47.22%) SQL
2 7 (19.44%) Java
3 4 (11.11%) T-SQL
3 4 (11.11%) VBScript
3 4 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (27.78%) Degree
2 4 (11.11%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.556%) PMP
4 1 (2.778%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (19.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (13.89%) HP
1 5 (13.89%) SAP
2 4 (11.11%) Business Objects
2 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
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