The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 20 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 49 68 69
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +1
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 43 34 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 4.926% 2.794% 1.644%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.107% 3.877% 2.410%
Number of salaries quoted 42 23 10
Average salary £35,500 £34,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.41% -24.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £32,500 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £40,000 £47,550
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
605 877 747
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 69.30% 72.06% 68.22%
Number of salaries quoted 521 720 663
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Gloucester +25 32 £35,500 +4.41%
Cheltenham +13 8 £35,250 +3.67%
Stroud +22 4 £26,000 -23.52%
Cirencester +11 4 £26,000 -23.52%
Tewkesbury +8 4 £26,000 -23.52%
User Acceptance Testing
South West

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 46 (74.19%) ISEB
2 39 (62.90%) Linux
2 39 (62.90%) UNIX
2 39 (62.90%) Shell Script
2 39 (62.90%) DV Cleared
2 39 (62.90%) Security Cleared
3 29 (46.77%) Performance Testing
3 29 (46.77%) Penetration Testing
3 29 (46.77%) LoadRunner
3 29 (46.77%) ITIL
3 29 (46.77%) LAN
3 29 (46.77%) WAN
4 24 (38.71%) C#
4 24 (38.71%) C++
4 24 (38.71%) Java
5 15 (24.19%) Identity Management
5 15 (24.19%) CGI
5 15 (24.19%) Degree
5 15 (24.19%) Mathematics
6 13 (20.97%) Microsoft
7 10 (16.13%) Military
7 10 (16.13%) Citrix
7 10 (16.13%) HPUX
7 10 (16.13%) Solaris
7 10 (16.13%) JavaScript
7 10 (16.13%) SQL
7 10 (16.13%) VB
7 10 (16.13%) Software Engineering
8 9 (14.52%) MS Excel
8 9 (14.52%) CRM

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 (24.19%) CGI
2 4 (6.452%) XML
2 4 (6.452%) XSD
2 4 (6.452%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.065%) SharePoint
1 5 (8.065%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 9 (14.52%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 29 (46.77%) LAN
1 29 (46.77%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.065%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.452%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (6.452%) SQL Server 2008
2 4 (6.452%) SQL Server 2012
2 4 (6.452%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (6.452%) SAP BW
2 4 (6.452%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.613%) QlikView
3 1 (1.613%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.613%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 29 (46.77%) LoadRunner
2 4 (6.452%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (6.452%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.226%) TestDirector
3 2 (3.226%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 10 (16.13%) Military
2 7 (11.29%) Finance
3 5 (8.065%) Billing
4 2 (3.226%) Retail
5 1 (1.613%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.613%) Marketing
5 1 (1.613%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (38.71%) Consultant
2 15 (24.19%) Tester
3 14 (22.58%) Test Consultant
4 11 (17.74%) Analyst
5 9 (14.52%) Technical Consultant
6 7 (11.29%) Developer
7 6 (9.677%) Test Analyst
7 6 (9.677%) SQL Developer
7 6 (9.677%) VBA Developer
8 5 (8.065%) Test Leader
9 4 (6.452%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 4 (6.452%) Systems Test Analyst
9 4 (6.452%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (6.452%) Business Analyst
10 2 (3.226%) Graduate
10 2 (3.226%) Senior Business Analyst
10 2 (3.226%) Senior Analyst
10 2 (3.226%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
11 1 (1.613%) Telephony Analyst
11 1 (1.613%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.19%) Mathematics
2 2 (3.226%) EPoS
3 1 (1.613%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 39 (62.90%) UNIX
1 39 (62.90%) Linux
2 10 (16.13%) HPUX
2 10 (16.13%) Solaris
3 5 (8.065%) Windows
3 5 (8.065%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.77%) ITIL
1 29 (46.77%) Penetration Testing
1 29 (46.77%) Performance Testing
2 15 (24.19%) Identity Management
3 10 (16.13%) Software Engineering
4 9 (14.52%) CRM
5 7 (11.29%) Validation
6 6 (9.677%) Test Scripting
7 5 (8.065%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (8.065%) Waterfall
8 4 (6.452%) TDD
8 4 (6.452%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (6.452%) Manual Testing
8 4 (6.452%) Time Management
8 4 (6.452%) V-Model
8 4 (6.452%) Unit Testing
8 4 (6.452%) Data Modelling
8 4 (6.452%) Automated Testing
9 2 (3.226%) Project Management
9 2 (3.226%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 39 (62.90%) Shell Script
2 24 (38.71%) C#
2 24 (38.71%) C++
2 24 (38.71%) Java
3 10 (16.13%) JavaScript
3 10 (16.13%) SQL
3 10 (16.13%) VB
4 6 (9.677%) VBA
Qualifications
1 46 (74.19%) ISEB
2 39 (62.90%) DV Cleared
2 39 (62.90%) Security Cleared
3 15 (24.19%) Degree
4 7 (11.29%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.677%) SLA
1 6 (9.677%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.226%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.13%) Citrix
3 4 (6.452%) Oracle
3 4 (6.452%) Business Objects
3 4 (6.452%) SAP
4 3 (4.839%) HP
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Key Responsibilities: - Execution of test cases and clear and accurate reporting of test results - Set up and configuration of test environments and data for test execution - Design/ Execution...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £28000.00 - £32000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
You will also have exposure in at least one of the following areas - - Testing Lifecycle (unit, integration, system and user acceptance testing) - Linux/UNIX administration, Shell Scripting, Exposure...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: up to 46k + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013