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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 32 14 22
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +8
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 3 26 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 1.807% 13.00% 1.786%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.439% 17.81% 2.667%
Number of salaries quoted 2 19 1
Average salary £48,500 £30,000 £18,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+61.66% +62.16%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
123 146 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 74.10% 73.00% 66.96%
Number of salaries quoted 86 118 53
Average salary £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.70% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,800 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
West Yorkshire

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax User Acceptance Testing Salary Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) ISEB
3 1 (25.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Banking

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 2 (50.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP HR
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Services Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) SAP