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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 104 127 106
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -21
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 121 91 132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 2.271% 1.621% 2.112%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.994% 2.152% 3.077%
Number of salaries quoted 84 72 98
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £41,000 £55,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -5.06%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4042 4228 4290
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.86% 75.30% 68.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3555 3616 3632
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South West 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 South West 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Gloucestershire +31 37 £28,000 -17.64%
Wiltshire +27 32 £37,500 +47.05% 2
Bristol -6 31 £37,500 +17.10% 6
Somerset -2 13 £35,000 +33.33%
Dorset -8 4 £34,500 +42.26%
User Acceptance Testing
England

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 107 (46.12%) SQL
2 72 (31.03%) Finance
3 69 (29.74%) QA
4 65 (28.02%) Linux
5 62 (26.72%) ISEB
6 56 (24.14%) Oracle
7 53 (22.84%) Shell Script
8 49 (21.12%) Java
8 49 (21.12%) C#
9 47 (20.26%) Oracle EBS
10 46 (19.83%) ITIL
10 46 (19.83%) Business Intelligence
11 43 (18.53%) UNIX
11 43 (18.53%) Oracle EBS R12
12 42 (18.10%) Data Warehouse
13 41 (17.67%) Test Scripting
13 41 (17.67%) DV Cleared
13 41 (17.67%) Security Cleared
14 40 (17.24%) Performance Testing
14 40 (17.24%) ETL
15 39 (16.81%) C++
16 38 (16.38%) Data Security
17 37 (15.95%) CRM
18 34 (14.66%) Microsoft
19 33 (14.22%) Manual Testing
19 33 (14.22%) Oracle BI EE
20 32 (13.79%) Project Management
20 32 (13.79%) MS Excel
21 29 (12.50%) .NET
21 29 (12.50%) Legal

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 29 (12.50%) .NET
2 20 (8.621%) Middleware
2 20 (8.621%) Oracle Fusion
3 16 (6.897%) XSLT
4 13 (5.603%) CGI
5 9 (3.879%) XML
5 9 (3.879%) ASP.NET
6 7 (3.017%) J2EE
7 5 (2.155%) Web Services
8 4 (1.724%) XSD
9 3 (1.293%) soapUI
10 2 (0.862%) WCF
10 2 (0.862%) XML Messaging
11 1 (0.431%) Ajax
11 1 (0.431%) MDX
11 1 (0.431%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 26 (11.21%) Oracle Workflow
2 19 (8.190%) ESB
3 11 (4.741%) IIS
4 7 (3.017%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.155%) SAS
5 5 (2.155%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.862%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.431%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.431%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 32 (13.79%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.293%) MS Office
3 2 (0.862%) MS Project
3 2 (0.862%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.862%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 47 (20.26%) Oracle EBS
2 43 (18.53%) Oracle EBS R12
3 12 (5.172%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (3.879%) Oracle Applications
5 8 (3.448%) Oracle HRMS
6 7 (3.017%) Oracle iProcurement
7 5 (2.155%) Cognos Business Intelligence
8 3 (1.293%) Oracle 11i
8 3 (1.293%) Oracle Payroll
9 2 (0.862%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.862%) SAP MM
9 2 (0.862%) Oracle Financials
10 1 (0.431%) Siebel Analytics
10 1 (0.431%) Summit
10 1 (0.431%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.431%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 28 (12.07%) LAN
1 28 (12.07%) WAN
2 11 (4.741%) TCP/IP
2 11 (4.741%) VPN
2 11 (4.741%) IGMP
3 2 (0.862%) HTTP
4 1 (0.431%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (18.10%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (14.22%) Oracle BI EE
3 26 (11.21%) SQL Server
4 20 (8.621%) Oracle Reports
5 14 (6.034%) MySQL
6 12 (5.172%) Oracle Discoverer
6 12 (5.172%) RDBMS
6 12 (5.172%) Oracle 10g
7 11 (4.741%) SQL Server 2008
7 11 (4.741%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 10 (4.310%) Oracle 11g
9 7 (3.017%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 7 (3.017%) SQL Server 2005
9 7 (3.017%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (3.017%) TOAD
10 6 (2.586%) Data Mining
10 6 (2.586%) Crystal Reports
10 6 (2.586%) QlikView
10 6 (2.586%) ProClarity
11 5 (2.155%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 28 (12.07%) LoadRunner
2 19 (8.190%) JDeveloper
3 14 (6.034%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (3.879%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (2.586%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.293%) QuickTest Pro
7 2 (0.862%) TestDirector
7 2 (0.862%) JIRA
7 2 (0.862%) Selenium
7 2 (0.862%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 1 (0.431%) JUnit
8 1 (0.431%) JMeter
8 1 (0.431%) Bugzilla
8 1 (0.431%) NUnit
8 1 (0.431%) MSBuild
General
1 72 (31.03%) Finance
2 29 (12.50%) Legal
3 26 (11.21%) Marketing
4 13 (5.603%) Military
5 7 (3.017%) Retail
6 6 (2.586%) Billing
7 3 (1.293%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.862%) Banking
8 2 (0.862%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.862%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.431%) Back Office
9 1 (0.431%) Law
9 1 (0.431%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 86 (37.07%) Analyst
2 45 (19.40%) Tester
3 30 (12.93%) Consultant
4 28 (12.07%) Developer
4 28 (12.07%) Test Analyst
5 24 (10.34%) QA Engineer
6 23 (9.914%) Senior QA Engineer
7 20 (8.621%) Support Analyst
8 16 (6.897%) Functional Analyst
9 15 (6.466%) Test Consultant
9 15 (6.466%) Test Engineer
10 13 (5.603%) Software Tester
10 13 (5.603%) Team Leader
11 12 (5.172%) Technical Consultant
11 12 (5.172%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (4.310%) Software Engineer
12 10 (4.310%) Senior Tester
12 10 (4.310%) Software Test Engineer
12 10 (4.310%) QA Tester
12 10 (4.310%) QA Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.052%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.603%) Mathematics
3 4 (1.724%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (1.724%) EPoS
4 3 (1.293%) AS400
4 3 (1.293%) iSeries
5 2 (0.862%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.431%) Clustering
6 1 (0.431%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 65 (28.02%) Linux
2 43 (18.53%) UNIX
3 15 (6.466%) Windows
4 14 (6.034%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (5.603%) HPUX
5 13 (5.603%) Solaris
6 9 (3.879%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (19.83%) ITIL
1 46 (19.83%) Business Intelligence
2 41 (17.67%) Test Scripting
3 40 (17.24%) Performance Testing
3 40 (17.24%) ETL
4 38 (16.38%) Data Security
5 37 (15.95%) CRM
6 33 (14.22%) Manual Testing
7 32 (13.79%) Project Management
8 29 (12.50%) Workflow
9 28 (12.07%) Penetration Testing
9 28 (12.07%) Automated Testing
10 27 (11.64%) Agile Software Development
11 24 (10.34%) Kimball Methodology
12 21 (9.052%) BPEL
12 21 (9.052%) SOA
13 19 (8.190%) Waterfall
14 18 (7.759%) Scrum
15 16 (6.897%) Test Automation
16 15 (6.466%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 107 (46.12%) SQL
2 53 (22.84%) Shell Script
3 49 (21.12%) Java
3 49 (21.12%) C#
4 39 (16.81%) C++
5 20 (8.621%) PL/SQL
6 15 (6.466%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.466%) VB
7 13 (5.603%) VBA
8 12 (5.172%) XQuery
8 12 (5.172%) Perl
8 12 (5.172%) C
9 11 (4.741%) Bash shell
9 11 (4.741%) Tcl
10 10 (4.310%) VB.NET
11 6 (2.586%) PHP
12 5 (2.155%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.293%) RPG
13 3 (1.293%) RPG/400
14 2 (0.862%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 62 (26.72%) ISEB
2 41 (17.67%) DV Cleared
2 41 (17.67%) Security Cleared
3 26 (11.21%) Degree
4 10 (4.310%) ISTQB
5 2 (0.862%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.431%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (29.74%) QA
2 21 (9.052%) SLA
3 5 (2.155%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.431%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (5.172%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 56 (24.14%) Oracle
2 34 (14.66%) Microsoft
3 21 (9.052%) Siebel
4 18 (7.759%) Informatica
5 13 (5.603%) Citrix
6 11 (4.741%) HP
7 10 (4.310%) Business Objects
8 8 (3.448%) SAP
9 6 (2.586%) Cognos
10 5 (2.155%) Tableau
11 3 (1.293%) CODA
12 1 (0.431%) Intergraph
12 1 (0.431%) VMware
12 1 (0.431%) T-Plan
12 1 (0.431%) Hyperion
Bristol, South West
Candidates with a strong business improvement background would be of particular interest, ideally with experience using Lean and Six Sigma... You will be the liaison point between the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + attractive benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
You must have an appreciation of the IT systems life cycle from design to implementation - have an appreciation of process and data modeling techniques and be able to...
Berry Recruitment
Salary: £26000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
You will be tasked with managing the testing function (Systems and UAT) within a wider remit of the EMEA region... The environment utilises both manual and automated testing...
Candid8 Solutions
Salary: From £41,000 to £48,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits inc. Pension, H
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
You will need to be able to gain SC level security clearance for this role... UML, BPMN, IDEF etc.)... Candiates will need to be eligible for SC level...
Connectus
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + pension, negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Database Administrator, DBA, SQL, SQL Server, MySQL A leading organisation in the Bristol/Bath area requires a Database Administrator/DBA to joining its growing team... Positive outlook...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £40000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Wiltshire
Experis IT
Posted: 17 June 2013
Wiltshire, South West
Sand Resources
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013