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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 77 108 98
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -10
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 68 30 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 2.578% 1.407% 0.831%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.265% 1.783% 1.137%
Number of salaries quoted 53 27 13
Average salary £35,000 £28,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.80% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,100 £22,700
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £39,900 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2083 1683 1319
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 78.96% 78.94% 73.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1646 1439 1118
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
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 Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

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

Leeds 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 Leeds 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 82 (42.71%) QA
2 60 (31.25%) .NET
3 46 (23.96%) SQL
4 44 (22.92%) E-Commerce
5 40 (20.83%) Java
6 32 (16.67%) Oracle
7 31 (16.15%) Automated Testing
8 30 (15.63%) ISEB
9 28 (14.58%) Microsoft
10 27 (14.06%) Scrum
11 25 (13.02%) Finance
12 24 (12.50%) Automation Testing
13 23 (11.98%) Project Management
13 23 (11.98%) UNIX
14 22 (11.46%) Test Scripting
15 21 (10.94%) C#
16 20 (10.42%) PL/SQL
16 20 (10.42%) System Testing
16 20 (10.42%) Oracle 11g
17 19 (9.896%) Agile Software Development
17 19 (9.896%) Unit Testing
17 19 (9.896%) Data Integration
17 19 (9.896%) Legal
17 19 (9.896%) Shell Script
17 19 (9.896%) XML
17 19 (9.896%) Oracle 10g
17 19 (9.896%) Oracle 9i
18 17 (8.854%) DSDM
19 16 (8.333%) MS Excel
19 16 (8.333%) HTML

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 60 (31.25%) .NET
2 19 (9.896%) XML
3 16 (8.333%) HTML
4 13 (6.771%) ASP.NET
5 10 (5.208%) ASP
6 8 (4.167%) Web Services
7 5 (2.604%) XSD
8 4 (2.083%) WSDL
8 4 (2.083%) XML Schema
8 4 (2.083%) CSS
8 4 (2.083%) SOAP
9 2 (1.042%) Ajax
9 2 (1.042%) jQuery
10 1 (0.521%) Flash
10 1 (0.521%) SVG
10 1 (0.521%) soapUI
10 1 (0.521%) HTML5
10 1 (0.521%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.521%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.042%) Magento
1 2 (1.042%) Apache
2 1 (0.521%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.521%) ColdFusion
2 1 (0.521%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 16 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 13 (6.771%) MS Office
3 1 (0.521%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (5.208%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.563%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.521%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.521%) SAP CS
3 1 (0.521%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.083%) FTP
2 1 (0.521%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.42%) Oracle 11g
2 19 (9.896%) Oracle 10g
2 19 (9.896%) Oracle 9i
3 14 (7.292%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (6.250%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.042%) MySQL
6 1 (0.521%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 14 (7.292%) Selenium
2 12 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (3.646%) WebDriver
4 5 (2.604%) LoadRunner
4 5 (2.604%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.604%) Subversion
5 2 (1.042%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (1.042%) TestDirector
6 1 (0.521%) QuickTest Pro
6 1 (0.521%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.521%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.521%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.521%) MSTest
6 1 (0.521%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (0.521%) WebLOAD
6 1 (0.521%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.521%) NUnit
General
1 25 (13.02%) Finance
2 19 (9.896%) Legal
3 13 (6.771%) Law
4 10 (5.208%) Billing
5 9 (4.688%) Marketing
6 2 (1.042%) Back Office
7 1 (0.521%) Electronics
7 1 (0.521%) Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (63.02%) Analyst
2 73 (38.02%) Test Analyst
3 37 (19.27%) Business Analyst
4 32 (16.67%) Tester
4 32 (16.67%) Developer
5 31 (16.15%) QA Analyst
6 27 (14.06%) QA Tester
7 25 (13.02%) Systems Analyst
8 20 (10.42%) Systems Tester
9 19 (9.896%) QA Test Analyst
10 18 (9.375%) Test Leader
11 17 (8.854%) Automation Tester
11 17 (8.854%) Technical Tester
12 16 (8.333%) QA Engineer
13 15 (7.813%) Agile Business Analyst
13 15 (7.813%) Test Engineer
14 14 (7.292%) Technical Analyst
15 13 (6.771%) Oracle Developer
16 12 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
17 11 (5.729%) Technical Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.896%) Data Integration
2 5 (2.604%) N-Tier
3 4 (2.083%) Replication
4 3 (1.563%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.042%) Derivative
5 2 (1.042%) Open Source
5 2 (1.042%) Equities
6 1 (0.521%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.98%) UNIX
2 6 (3.125%) Linux
3 1 (0.521%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.92%) E-Commerce
2 31 (16.15%) Automated Testing
3 27 (14.06%) Scrum
4 24 (12.50%) Automation Testing
5 23 (11.98%) Project Management
6 22 (11.46%) Test Scripting
7 20 (10.42%) System Testing
8 19 (9.896%) Agile Software Development
8 19 (9.896%) Unit Testing
9 17 (8.854%) DSDM
10 15 (7.813%) Use Case
10 15 (7.813%) Test Automation
10 15 (7.813%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (7.292%) CRM
12 13 (6.771%) Business Analysis
12 13 (6.771%) User Stories
12 13 (6.771%) Change Management
12 13 (6.771%) Practice Management
13 12 (6.250%) MVC
13 12 (6.250%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 46 (23.96%) SQL
2 40 (20.83%) Java
3 21 (10.94%) C#
4 20 (10.42%) PL/SQL
5 19 (9.896%) Shell Script
6 9 (4.688%) VB
6 9 (4.688%) C++
7 8 (4.167%) VB6
7 8 (4.167%) VB.NET
8 7 (3.646%) Perl
9 6 (3.125%) VBScript
10 5 (2.604%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.604%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.083%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.042%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (15.63%) ISEB
2 8 (4.167%) ISTQB
3 3 (1.563%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (1.563%) Degree
4 1 (0.521%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.521%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
4 1 (0.521%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (42.71%) QA
2 10 (5.208%) SLA
3 1 (0.521%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (0.521%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (2.604%) Tivoli
2 5 (2.604%) Control-M
Vendors
1 32 (16.67%) Oracle
2 28 (14.58%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.292%) ATG
3 14 (7.292%) IBM
3 14 (7.292%) hybris
4 4 (2.083%) HP
4 4 (2.083%) Citrix
5 2 (1.042%) Zend
5 2 (1.042%) VMware
6 1 (0.521%) EMC
6 1 (0.521%) SAP
6 1 (0.521%) Cisco
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Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + strong benefits
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