The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 53 67 56
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -11
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 18 4 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 2.553% 0.602% 3.140%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.482% 0.784% 4.460%
Number of salaries quoted 16 4 26
Average salary £33,750 £31,750 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.29% +22.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,425 £27,375 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £36,300 £38,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -5.06%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
517 510 583
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 73.33% 76.81% 70.41%
Number of salaries quoted 449 473 541
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,350 £23,050 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £59,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
East Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Northampton +8 14 £32,500 +8.33% 1
User Acceptance Testing
East Midlands

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (68.18%) Windows
2 13 (59.09%) Finance
3 12 (54.55%) Mainframe
4 10 (45.45%) Test Scripting
5 9 (40.91%) Project Management
6 7 (31.82%) CICS
6 7 (31.82%) WebSphere MQ
6 7 (31.82%) Tivoli
6 7 (31.82%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 7 (31.82%) Shell Script
6 7 (31.82%) Middleware
6 7 (31.82%) AIX
6 7 (31.82%) HPUX
6 7 (31.82%) Solaris
6 7 (31.82%) Oracle
6 7 (31.82%) DB2
6 7 (31.82%) UNIX
6 7 (31.82%) SSL
6 7 (31.82%) IBM
6 7 (31.82%) Business Continuity
6 7 (31.82%) Tandem
6 7 (31.82%) WebSphere
6 7 (31.82%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 7 (31.82%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
7 6 (27.27%) ISEB
8 5 (22.73%) SOA
8 5 (22.73%) QA
8 5 (22.73%) Validation
8 5 (22.73%) Service Management
9 4 (18.18%) ISTQB

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 7 (31.82%) WebSphere MQ
1 7 (31.82%) Middleware
1 7 (31.82%) WebSphere
2 1 (4.545%) .NET
2 1 (4.545%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) CICS
1 7 (31.82%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 7 (31.82%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (31.82%) DB2
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (59.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.091%) Retail
3 1 (4.545%) Retail Banking
3 1 (4.545%) Marketing
3 1 (4.545%) Banking
3 1 (4.545%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Analyst
1 8 (36.36%) Test Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Systems Manager
3 2 (9.091%) Test Manager
3 2 (9.091%) Architect
3 2 (9.091%) Middleware Architect
3 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Specialist
3 2 (9.091%) Lead Test Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Architect
4 1 (4.545%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Middleware Specialist
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Programme Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Test Team Leader
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Mainframe
2 7 (31.82%) Tandem
3 3 (13.64%) SaaS
4 1 (4.545%) Statistics
4 1 (4.545%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 15 (68.18%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) AIX
2 7 (31.82%) HPUX
2 7 (31.82%) Solaris
2 7 (31.82%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Test Scripting
2 9 (40.91%) Project Management
3 7 (31.82%) Business Continuity
4 5 (22.73%) Validation
4 5 (22.73%) Service Management
4 5 (22.73%) SOA
5 4 (18.18%) ITIL
5 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
6 2 (9.091%) EAI
6 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.091%) Fault Management
6 2 (9.091%) Programme Management
6 2 (9.091%) System Testing
6 2 (9.091%) Test Strategy
7 1 (4.545%) Analytics
7 1 (4.545%) Waterfall
7 1 (4.545%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (4.545%) Data Management
7 1 (4.545%) Data Analysis
7 1 (4.545%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) ISEB
2 4 (18.18%) ISTQB
3 3 (13.64%) CIPD
4 1 (4.545%) Degree
4 1 (4.545%) PMP
4 1 (4.545%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) QA
2 3 (13.64%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) Tivoli
1 7 (31.82%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Oracle
1 7 (31.82%) IBM
2 2 (9.091%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.545%) Cognizant