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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 20 48 34
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -14
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 33 14 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 13.75% 3.415% 1.914%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.84% 4.334% 2.516%
Number of salaries quoted 32 14 1
Average salary £35,500 £34,000 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.41% +78.94%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
185 323 159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 77.08% 78.78% 76.08%
Number of salaries quoted 143 236 133
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £64,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
Gloucestershire

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester 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 30 (73.17%) ISEB
1 30 (73.17%) LoadRunner
1 30 (73.17%) Shell Script
1 30 (73.17%) UNIX
1 30 (73.17%) Linux
1 30 (73.17%) LAN
1 30 (73.17%) WAN
1 30 (73.17%) ITIL
1 30 (73.17%) Penetration Testing
1 30 (73.17%) Performance Testing
1 30 (73.17%) DV Cleared
1 30 (73.17%) Security Cleared
2 15 (36.59%) Degree
2 15 (36.59%) Mathematics
2 15 (36.59%) Identity Management
2 15 (36.59%) CGI
2 15 (36.59%) C#
2 15 (36.59%) C++
2 15 (36.59%) Java
3 10 (24.39%) SQL
4 7 (17.07%) Validation
5 6 (14.63%) SLA
5 6 (14.63%) VBA
6 4 (9.756%) Oracle
6 4 (9.756%) Visual Studio
6 4 (9.756%) XML
6 4 (9.756%) XSD
6 4 (9.756%) XSLT
6 4 (9.756%) Microsoft
6 4 (9.756%) TDD

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 15 (36.59%) CGI
2 4 (9.756%) XML
2 4 (9.756%) XSD
2 4 (9.756%) XSLT
Communications & Networking
1 30 (73.17%) LAN
1 30 (73.17%) WAN
Development Applications
1 30 (73.17%) LoadRunner
2 4 (9.756%) Visual Studio
2 4 (9.756%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (2.439%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Test Consultant
1 15 (36.59%) Consultant
1 15 (36.59%) Tester
2 6 (14.63%) VBA Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Developer
2 6 (14.63%) SQL Developer
3 5 (12.20%) Analyst
4 4 (9.756%) Test Analyst
4 4 (9.756%) Systems Analyst
4 4 (9.756%) Systems Test Analyst
5 2 (4.878%) Graduate
6 1 (2.439%) Report Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) MI Analyst
6 1 (2.439%) Telephony Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (36.59%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 30 (73.17%) UNIX
1 30 (73.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (73.17%) ITIL
1 30 (73.17%) Penetration Testing
1 30 (73.17%) Performance Testing
2 15 (36.59%) Identity Management
3 7 (17.07%) Validation
4 4 (9.756%) TDD
4 4 (9.756%) Automated Testing
4 4 (9.756%) V-Model
4 4 (9.756%) Unit Testing
4 4 (9.756%) Test Scripting
4 4 (9.756%) Continuous Integration
4 4 (9.756%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (73.17%) Shell Script
2 15 (36.59%) C#
2 15 (36.59%) C++
2 15 (36.59%) Java
3 10 (24.39%) SQL
4 6 (14.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (73.17%) ISEB
1 30 (73.17%) DV Cleared
1 30 (73.17%) Security Cleared
2 15 (36.59%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.63%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (9.756%) Oracle
1 4 (9.756%) Microsoft