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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 25 18 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 3 13 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 2.564% 10.57% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.158% 14.44% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 0
Average salary £29,000 £28,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.75% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
95 90 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 81.20% 73.17% 52.17%
Number of salaries quoted 89 88 20
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -10.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £22,500 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £46,000 £37,200
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
Lancashire

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

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

Preston User Acceptance Testing Salary Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 6 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 6 (50.00%) System Testing
3 5 (41.67%) Project Planning
3 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
5 2 (16.67%) Data Validation
5 2 (16.67%) Oracle
5 2 (16.67%) C#
5 2 (16.67%) C++
5 2 (16.67%) Java
5 2 (16.67%) XML
5 2 (16.67%) Cognos
5 2 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (16.67%) Business Objects
5 2 (16.67%) ISEB
5 2 (16.67%) Logistics
5 2 (16.67%) Automotive
5 2 (16.67%) Validation
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
6 1 (8.333%) Finance
6 1 (8.333%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (8.333%) Objective-C
6 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
6 1 (8.333%) Ruby

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 2 (16.67%) XML
2 1 (8.333%) Flash
2 1 (8.333%) JSON
2 1 (8.333%) Qt
2 1 (8.333%) HTML5
2 1 (8.333%) soapUI
2 1 (8.333%) REST
2 1 (8.333%) .NET
2 1 (8.333%) SOAP
2 1 (8.333%) Web Services
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (16.67%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) WATIR
1 1 (8.333%) Selenium
1 1 (8.333%) FitNesse
General
1 2 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Project Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Change Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Business Change Manager
3 3 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (25.00%) Business Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Business Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Business Change Project Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Change Project Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Software Test Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Mobile Applications Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Mobile Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Test Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Test Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (8.333%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Android
1 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Project Management
2 6 (50.00%) System Testing
2 6 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 5 (41.67%) Project Planning
3 5 (41.67%) Risk Management
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Logistics
4 2 (16.67%) Data Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.333%) Software Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.333%) Change Control
5 1 (8.333%) Test Strategy
5 1 (8.333%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting
5 1 (8.333%) Manual Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
5 1 (8.333%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) C++
2 2 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (8.333%) PHP
3 1 (8.333%) ActionScript
3 1 (8.333%) Python
3 1 (8.333%) Objective-C
3 1 (8.333%) Ruby
3 1 (8.333%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ISEB
2 1 (8.333%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle
1 2 (16.67%) Business Objects
1 2 (16.67%) Cognos
2 1 (8.333%) Symbian
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Citrix
2 1 (8.333%) Nokia