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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 71 110 114
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +4
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 93 44 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 2.971% 1.279% 1.222%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.010% 1.837% 1.602%
Number of salaries quoted 57 29 25
Average salary £56,250 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £29,795 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2319 2395 2622
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.09% 69.64% 76.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1378 1716 1897
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,650 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
UK

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

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

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Edinburgh +8 24 £38,500 -40.76%
Glasgow -6 22 £34,000 -6.20%
Aberdeen +7 11 £56,250 +32.35%
Moray - 4 £40,000 -
User Acceptance Testing
UK

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 73 (53.28%) Finance
2 46 (33.58%) SAP
3 45 (32.85%) Business Intelligence
4 41 (29.93%) Business Analysis
5 34 (24.82%) ISEB
5 34 (24.82%) SQL
6 32 (23.36%) Banking
7 31 (22.63%) ABAP
8 30 (21.90%) SAP CO
9 29 (21.17%) Business Objects
10 25 (18.25%) Project Management
11 24 (17.52%) Oracle
12 23 (16.79%) Change Control
13 21 (15.33%) BusinessObjects
13 21 (15.33%) SAP BW
13 21 (15.33%) SAP BI
14 20 (14.60%) Java
15 19 (13.87%) Investment Banking
16 18 (13.14%) Back Office
17 16 (11.68%) SQL Server
17 16 (11.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
18 15 (10.95%) LSMW
18 15 (10.95%) Agile Software Development
18 15 (10.95%) TDD
18 15 (10.95%) PL/SQL
18 15 (10.95%) UNIX
18 15 (10.95%) HP Quality Center
19 14 (10.22%) .NET
19 14 (10.22%) Hibernate
19 14 (10.22%) Spring

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 (10.22%) .NET
1 14 (10.22%) Hibernate
1 14 (10.22%) Spring
2 9 (6.569%) JMS
3 8 (5.839%) XML
4 7 (5.109%) J2EE
4 7 (5.109%) Java EE
4 7 (5.109%) Apache Flex
4 7 (5.109%) FpML
5 6 (4.380%) EJB
6 5 (3.650%) CSS
6 5 (3.650%) HTML
7 4 (2.920%) Web Services
8 3 (2.190%) JPA
8 3 (2.190%) WebSphere
8 3 (2.190%) JSF
9 2 (1.460%) XMLBeans
9 2 (1.460%) Sphinx
9 2 (1.460%) TopLink
9 2 (1.460%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.730%) MQSeries
1 1 (0.730%) SAS
1 1 (0.730%) WebSphere MQ
1 1 (0.730%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (0.730%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (2.920%) MS Excel
1 4 (2.920%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 30 (21.90%) SAP CO
2 16 (11.68%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 12 (8.759%) SAP FSCM
3 12 (8.759%) SAP FI/CO
3 12 (8.759%) SAP FI
4 11 (8.029%) SAP BPC
5 9 (6.569%) SAP FI-GL
6 8 (5.839%) SAP HR
7 5 (3.650%) SAP PM
8 2 (1.460%) BusinessWorks
9 1 (0.730%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.730%) Oracle 11i
9 1 (0.730%) SAP SCM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.460%) HTTP
2 1 (0.730%) VPN
2 1 (0.730%) Firewall
2 1 (0.730%) Wireless
2 1 (0.730%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (0.730%) LAN
2 1 (0.730%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (15.33%) BusinessObjects
1 21 (15.33%) SAP BW
1 21 (15.33%) SAP BI
2 16 (11.68%) SQL Server
3 9 (6.569%) RDBMS
3 9 (6.569%) Oracle 11g
4 8 (5.839%) Oracle 10g
4 8 (5.839%) DB2
4 8 (5.839%) Oracle 8/8i
5 7 (5.109%) Sybase ASE
5 7 (5.109%) QlikView
5 7 (5.109%) MarkLogic
6 3 (2.190%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (2.190%) Data Mart
7 2 (1.460%) DTS
8 1 (0.730%) TOAD
8 1 (0.730%) Oracle 9i
8 1 (0.730%) MS Access
8 1 (0.730%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.730%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (10.95%) LSMW
2 11 (8.029%) Maven
3 9 (6.569%) Subversion
4 8 (5.839%) ClearCase
4 8 (5.839%) Hudson
5 7 (5.109%) Eclipse
5 7 (5.109%) MagicDraw
6 5 (3.650%) Ant
6 5 (3.650%) JUnit
7 3 (2.190%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (2.190%) Selenium
8 2 (1.460%) CruiseControl
9 1 (0.730%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.730%) WatiN
9 1 (0.730%) JIRA
9 1 (0.730%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.730%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.730%) ProC
9 1 (0.730%) NUnit
9 1 (0.730%) PVCS
General
1 73 (53.28%) Finance
2 32 (23.36%) Banking
3 19 (13.87%) Investment Banking
4 18 (13.14%) Back Office
5 6 (4.380%) Front Office
5 6 (4.380%) Legal
6 4 (2.920%) German Language
7 2 (1.460%) Retail Banking
7 2 (1.460%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (1.460%) Retail
7 2 (1.460%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.730%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.730%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.730%) Private Banking
8 1 (0.730%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.730%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (36.50%) Analyst
2 37 (27.01%) Consultant
3 36 (26.28%) SAP Consultant
4 33 (24.09%) Business Analyst
5 17 (12.41%) Developer
5 17 (12.41%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 17 (12.41%) SAP BI Consultant
6 14 (10.22%) Java Developer
7 12 (8.759%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 12 (8.759%) Business Objects Consultant
8 11 (8.029%) Test Analyst
9 8 (5.839%) Oracle Developer
10 7 (5.109%) Senior Developer
10 7 (5.109%) Team Leader
10 7 (5.109%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 7 (5.109%) Senior Java Developer
11 6 (4.380%) SAP Support
11 6 (4.380%) SAP Team Leader
11 6 (4.380%) Support Team Leader
12 5 (3.650%) SAP PM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.759%) Mainframe
1 12 (8.759%) Management Information System
2 10 (7.299%) Equities
2 10 (7.299%) Derivative
3 7 (5.109%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 7 (5.109%) Open Source
4 3 (2.190%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.460%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.460%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.730%) SaaS
6 1 (0.730%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.730%) W3C
6 1 (0.730%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.95%) UNIX
2 2 (1.460%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (32.85%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (29.93%) Business Analysis
3 25 (18.25%) Project Management
4 23 (16.79%) Change Control
5 15 (10.95%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (10.95%) TDD
6 13 (9.489%) Data Analysis
7 12 (8.759%) Logistics
7 12 (8.759%) Use Case
7 12 (8.759%) ITIL
8 11 (8.029%) Change Management
8 11 (8.029%) Test Scripting
9 10 (7.299%) Software Testing
9 10 (7.299%) Scrum
10 9 (6.569%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (5.839%) Test Strategy
11 8 (5.839%) Investment Management
11 8 (5.839%) OO
12 7 (5.109%) RAD
12 7 (5.109%) UML
Programming Languages
1 34 (24.82%) SQL
2 31 (22.63%) ABAP
3 20 (14.60%) Java
4 15 (10.95%) PL/SQL
5 13 (9.489%) C#
6 11 (8.029%) Shell Script
7 8 (5.839%) Python
8 7 (5.109%) XQuery
9 4 (2.920%) T-SQL
10 3 (2.190%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.730%) Perl
11 1 (0.730%) PHP
11 1 (0.730%) VB
11 1 (0.730%) C
11 1 (0.730%) Korn
11 1 (0.730%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (24.82%) ISEB
2 12 (8.759%) ISEB Practitioner
3 10 (7.299%) Degree
4 6 (4.380%) ISTQB
5 5 (3.650%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.650%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.920%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.460%) PMP
7 2 (1.460%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.730%) ACCA
8 1 (0.730%) CIMA
8 1 (0.730%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.730%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.730%) CCNP
8 1 (0.730%) CCNA
8 1 (0.730%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.730%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.380%) QA
2 3 (2.190%) SLA
3 1 (0.730%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (0.730%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (10.95%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.730%) Control-M
Vendors
1 46 (33.58%) SAP
2 29 (21.17%) Business Objects
3 24 (17.52%) Oracle
4 7 (5.109%) Sybase
4 7 (5.109%) Cognos
5 5 (3.650%) HP
6 4 (2.920%) Microsoft
6 4 (2.920%) JBoss
7 2 (1.460%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.460%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.730%) Reuters
8 1 (0.730%) Perforce
8 1 (0.730%) VMware
8 1 (0.730%) Avaloq
8 1 (0.730%) Riverbed
8 1 (0.730%) F5
8 1 (0.730%) Cadis
8 1 (0.730%) Twitter
8 1 (0.730%) Cisco
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