The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 17 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 49 47 52
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 12 17 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.479% 2.998% 1.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.458% 4.416% 1.619%
Number of salaries quoted 7 16 2
Average salary £27,500 £29,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.17% -31.76%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
347 385 247
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 71.69% 67.90% 65.87%
Number of salaries quoted 307 353 207
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Preston -7 3 £29,000 +1.75%
Lancaster - 1 £35,000 -
User Acceptance Testing
North West

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 15 (50.00%) SQL
1 15 (50.00%) System Testing
1 15 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 14 (46.67%) C#
2 14 (46.67%) C++
2 14 (46.67%) Java
2 14 (46.67%) XML
3 12 (40.00%) QA
4 11 (36.67%) PHP
4 11 (36.67%) Web Services
5 10 (33.33%) RAD
5 10 (33.33%) Python
5 10 (33.33%) HTTP
5 10 (33.33%) C
5 10 (33.33%) SOAP
5 10 (33.33%) WATIR
5 10 (33.33%) Selenium
5 10 (33.33%) FitNesse
5 10 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 10 (33.33%) Ruby
5 10 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 10 (33.33%) soapUI
5 10 (33.33%) REST
6 9 (30.00%) Business Analysis
7 8 (26.67%) Project Management
8 5 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 5 (16.67%) Windows
8 5 (16.67%) Project Planning
9 4 (13.33%) JSON
9 4 (13.33%) Android

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 14 (46.67%) XML
2 11 (36.67%) Web Services
3 10 (33.33%) SOAP
3 10 (33.33%) soapUI
3 10 (33.33%) REST
4 4 (13.33%) Flash
4 4 (13.33%) JSON
4 4 (13.33%) Qt
4 4 (13.33%) HTML5
5 1 (3.333%) .NET
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 10 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.667%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (33.33%) WATIR
1 10 (33.33%) Selenium
1 10 (33.33%) FitNesse
General
1 2 (6.667%) Automotive
2 1 (3.333%) Banking
2 1 (3.333%) Retail
2 1 (3.333%) French Language
2 1 (3.333%) German Language
2 1 (3.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Consultant
1 10 (33.33%) Test Consultant
2 9 (30.00%) Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 4 (13.33%) Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Business Project Manager
5 3 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Change Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Business Change Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Business Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Business Change Project Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Change Project Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (6.667%) Applications Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Software Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Tester
7 1 (3.333%) Applications Specialist
7 1 (3.333%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (13.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Android
2 4 (13.33%) Apple iOS
2 4 (13.33%) Windows Phone
3 1 (3.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) System Testing
2 10 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 10 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 10 (33.33%) RAD
3 9 (30.00%) Business Analysis
4 8 (26.67%) Project Management
5 5 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 5 (16.67%) Project Planning
6 4 (13.33%) Mobile Application Development
6 4 (13.33%) E-Commerce
7 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (10.00%) B2C
7 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
8 2 (6.667%) Functional Testing
8 2 (6.667%) Data Validation
8 2 (6.667%) Validation
8 2 (6.667%) Logistics
9 1 (3.333%) Automated Testing
9 1 (3.333%) Regression Testing
9 1 (3.333%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (50.00%) SQL
2 14 (46.67%) C#
2 14 (46.67%) C++
2 14 (46.67%) Java
3 11 (36.67%) PHP
4 10 (33.33%) Python
4 10 (33.33%) Ruby
4 10 (33.33%) C
5 4 (13.33%) ActionScript 3.0
5 4 (13.33%) Objective-C
5 4 (13.33%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (3.333%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (40.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.667%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Symbian
1 4 (13.33%) Nokia
2 3 (10.00%) Oracle
3 2 (6.667%) Business Objects
3 2 (6.667%) Cognos
3 2 (6.667%) HP
4 1 (3.333%) Citrix
4 1 (3.333%) Microsoft
Lancashire, North West
ERP functional experience to include manufacturing, supply chain, customer order, shipping, Projects, Finance and HR ~ Software testing, business mapping, user acceptance testing, training, data migration, Go live, post...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013