The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 25 36 37
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +1
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 3 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 1.818% 3.911% 1.339%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.913% 6.195% 2.055%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 3
Average salary £28,000 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.33% -11.76%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
103 113 146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 62.42% 63.13% 65.18%
Number of salaries quoted 83 100 116
Average salary £32,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
Essex

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester 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 Colchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Colchester User Acceptance Testing Salary Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Finance

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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.

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) UAT Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Tester
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA