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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 92 90 77
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -13
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 28 41 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.555% 2.042% 2.410%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.045% 2.669% 3.520%
Number of salaries quoted 27 38 36
Average salary £32,500 £39,250 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.19% -4.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,500 £29,250
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £45,750 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1369 1536 1108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.01% 76.49% 68.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1055 1344 944
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £61,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
North 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 Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Warrington +19 13 £31,000 +4.20%
Northwich - 5 £22,500 -
Knutsford - 2 £50,000 -
Macclesfield - 1 £37,500 -
User Acceptance Testing
North West

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 18 (36.00%) Oracle
2 13 (26.00%) Java
2 13 (26.00%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (24.00%) QA
3 12 (24.00%) ISEB
4 11 (22.00%) Project Management
4 11 (22.00%) Waterfall
5 10 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 10 (20.00%) PRINCE
5 10 (20.00%) PRINCE2
6 9 (18.00%) SQL
7 7 (14.00%) Automated Testing
7 7 (14.00%) ISTQB
7 7 (14.00%) JIRA
8 6 (12.00%) Web Testing
8 6 (12.00%) Web Services
9 5 (10.00%) SSADM
9 5 (10.00%) E-Commerce
9 5 (10.00%) B2B
9 5 (10.00%) B2C
9 5 (10.00%) WebLogic
9 5 (10.00%) SOAP
9 5 (10.00%) LIMS
9 5 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
9 5 (10.00%) Workflow
9 5 (10.00%) Spring
9 5 (10.00%) JSF
9 5 (10.00%) Java EE
9 5 (10.00%) Test Scripting
9 5 (10.00%) Performance Testing

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 6 (12.00%) Web Services
2 5 (10.00%) SOAP
2 5 (10.00%) Spring
2 5 (10.00%) JSF
2 5 (10.00%) Java EE
2 5 (10.00%) ICEfaces
3 4 (8.000%) JPA
3 4 (8.000%) REST
4 2 (4.000%) WebSphere
4 2 (4.000%) Middleware
4 2 (4.000%) XML
5 1 (2.000%) ASP
5 1 (2.000%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.000%) EJB
5 1 (2.000%) CSS
5 1 (2.000%) .NET
5 1 (2.000%) HTML
5 1 (2.000%) XHTML
5 1 (2.000%) LAMP
5 1 (2.000%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (4.000%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (4.000%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 1 (2.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.000%) FTP
2 1 (2.000%) Intranet
2 1 (2.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (2.000%) MySQL
2 1 (2.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (14.00%) JIRA
2 4 (8.000%) Mockito
2 4 (8.000%) Git (software)
2 4 (8.000%) Concordion
2 4 (8.000%) Selenium
2 4 (8.000%) Maven
2 4 (8.000%) JUnit
2 4 (8.000%) Eclipse
3 2 (4.000%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (2.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (8.000%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (2.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) Analyst
2 8 (16.00%) Project Manager
3 7 (14.00%) Systems Analyst
3 7 (14.00%) Consultant
4 6 (12.00%) Software Tester
4 6 (12.00%) Test Analyst
4 6 (12.00%) Tester
4 6 (12.00%) Developer
5 5 (10.00%) Java Developer
5 5 (10.00%) Test Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Web Analyst
6 4 (8.000%) Implementation Consultant
7 3 (6.000%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.000%) Test Manager
7 3 (6.000%) QA Analyst
8 2 (4.000%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
8 2 (4.000%) Business Systems Analyst
9 1 (2.000%) Graduate
9 1 (2.000%) Junior
9 1 (2.000%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) LIMS
1 5 (10.00%) Life Science
2 2 (4.000%) PACS
2 2 (4.000%) NHS
3 1 (2.000%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (22.00%) Project Management
2 11 (22.00%) Waterfall
3 10 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 10 (20.00%) PRINCE
3 10 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 7 (14.00%) Automated Testing
5 6 (12.00%) Web Testing
6 5 (10.00%) SSADM
6 5 (10.00%) E-Commerce
6 5 (10.00%) B2B
6 5 (10.00%) B2C
6 5 (10.00%) Workflow
6 5 (10.00%) Test Scripting
6 5 (10.00%) Performance Testing
7 4 (8.000%) Test Strategy
8 3 (6.000%) Quality Management
8 3 (6.000%) Regression Testing
8 3 (6.000%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.000%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.00%) Java
2 9 (18.00%) SQL
3 1 (2.000%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.000%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.000%) C
3 1 (2.000%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) ISEB
2 7 (14.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (24.00%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (36.00%) Oracle
2 2 (4.000%) Compuware
2 2 (4.000%) HP
2 2 (4.000%) IBM
2 2 (4.000%) SAP
3 1 (2.000%) Microsoft
Warrington, Cheshire
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