The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 20 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 134 150 132
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -18
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 2226 2046 2460
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 2.015% 1.728% 1.908%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.643% 2.308% 2.588%
Number of salaries quoted 1798 1723 2020
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -1.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £29,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,650 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33% -5.06%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
84211 88661 95036
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.24% 74.90% 73.69%
Number of salaries quoted 69122 75412 79844
Average salary £45,000 £46,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% -2.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

User Acceptance Testing Salary Trend

User Acceptance Testing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 within the UK.

User Acceptance Testing Salary Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 20 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
England +14 2094 £45,000 - 258
London +12 1019 £55,000 -8.33% 138
South East +26 385 £40,000 - 33
City of London -16 274 £55,000 -8.33% 58
East of England +46 163 £44,250 +18.00% 18
North West +8 140 £37,500 +5.63% 15
West Midlands +8 129 £36,000 -2.70% 23
South West +27 120 £35,000 +7.69% 7
Surrey +15 98 £45,000 +12.50% 9
Hertfordshire +60 97 £47,500 - 5
Berkshire -11 88 £50,000 +25.00% 6
Yorkshire -10 85 £33,000 +1.53% 15
Scotland +18 83 £55,000 +12.82% 12
Manchester +20 76 £37,500 -6.25% 10
West Yorkshire -16 62 £32,500 +8.33% 8
West Sussex +17 57 £31,000 -1.58% 2
Leeds +8 56 £31,000 +8.77% 5
Hampshire +16 52 £38,500 +14.92% 7
East Midlands +14 48 £35,000 -10.25% 7
Birmingham -12 47 £41,500 +18.57% 9
Crawley +20 40 £29,000 -7.20% 2
Cheshire +3 40 £36,250 -3.33% 1
Slough +30 38 £47,000 -1.05% 4
Buckinghamshire +9 37 £32,500 -25.71% 1
Gloucestershire +29 36 £28,000 -17.64%
Milton Keynes -5 34 £35,500 -32.38% 1
Wiltshire +25 32 £37,500 +26.05% 2
Bristol -3 31 £32,000 -1.53% 4
Welwyn Garden City +5 29 £50,000 +5.26% 2
Wales -6 27 £34,500 +6.15% 4

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 1359 (32.31%) Finance
2 1203 (28.60%) SQL
3 882 (20.97%) QA
4 720 (17.12%) Business Analysis
5 711 (16.90%) ISEB
6 631 (15.00%) Project Management
7 594 (14.12%) Oracle
8 555 (13.20%) SQL Server
9 553 (13.15%) Test Scripting
10 536 (12.74%) Degree
11 529 (12.58%) Microsoft
12 503 (11.96%) Agile Software Development
13 476 (11.32%) .NET
14 453 (10.77%) MS Excel
15 422 (10.03%) Banking
16 408 (9.700%) C#
16 408 (9.700%) Java
17 394 (9.368%) Windows
18 379 (9.011%) Change Management
19 371 (8.821%) Software Testing
20 350 (8.321%) Stakeholder Management
21 347 (8.250%) Business Intelligence
22 346 (8.226%) HP Quality Center
23 341 (8.107%) PRINCE2
24 339 (8.060%) XML
25 329 (7.822%) Scrum
26 315 (7.489%) System Testing
27 314 (7.466%) ITIL
28 311 (7.394%) ISTQB
29 305 (7.252%) E-Commerce

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 476 (11.32%) .NET
2 339 (8.060%) XML
3 205 (4.874%) HTML
4 185 (4.398%) Web Services
5 170 (4.042%) ASP.NET
6 115 (2.734%) CSS
7 101 (2.401%) Middleware
8 78 (1.854%) WCF
9 68 (1.617%) WebSphere
10 63 (1.498%) jQuery
11 62 (1.474%) .NET Framework
12 56 (1.331%) SOAP
12 56 (1.331%) WebSphere MQ
13 52 (1.236%) Spring
14 48 (1.141%) soapUI
15 47 (1.117%) Ajax
16 44 (1.046%) J2EE
17 39 (0.927%) XSLT
18 36 (0.856%) WPF
19 35 (0.832%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 158 (3.757%) SharePoint
2 110 (2.615%) Oracle Workflow
3 65 (1.545%) IIS
4 53 (1.260%) SharePoint 2010
5 51 (1.213%) CMS
6 40 (0.951%) Apache
7 31 (0.737%) MQSeries
8 29 (0.689%) ESB
9 27 (0.642%) SharePoint Server
10 24 (0.571%) Tomcat
10 24 (0.571%) TIBCO EMS
11 21 (0.499%) WebSphere Message Broker
12 20 (0.476%) Windows Azure
12 20 (0.476%) WebLogic
13 17 (0.404%) BizTalk Server
14 14 (0.333%) Sitecore CMS
14 14 (0.333%) NetWeaver
14 14 (0.333%) SAS
14 14 (0.333%) IBM Notes
15 11 (0.262%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 453 (10.77%) MS Excel
2 273 (6.491%) MS Office
3 173 (4.113%) MS Visio
4 126 (2.996%) MS PowerPoint
5 118 (2.806%) MS Project
6 40 (0.951%) Photoshop
7 22 (0.523%) Adobe Illustrator
8 11 (0.262%) Acrobat
8 11 (0.262%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.166%) S-PLUS
10 5 (0.119%) Fireworks
10 5 (0.119%) Office 365
11 4 (0.095%) EPLAN
11 4 (0.095%) InfoPath
12 3 (0.071%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (0.071%) Stata
13 1 (0.024%) FastStats
Business Applications
1 137 (3.257%) Oracle EBS
2 102 (2.425%) Oracle EBS R12
3 63 (1.498%) Oracle Applications
4 54 (1.284%) Oracle Financials
5 52 (1.236%) SAP CO
6 47 (1.117%) SAP PM
7 44 (1.046%) Dynamics CRM
8 43 (1.022%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 36 (0.856%) SAP BPC
10 32 (0.761%) SAP FI
11 31 (0.737%) LatentZero
11 31 (0.737%) SAP CS
11 31 (0.737%) SAP FI/CO
12 23 (0.547%) Dynamics AX
13 20 (0.476%) Oracle iProcurement
14 19 (0.452%) SAP HR
15 16 (0.380%) Oracle ERP
16 14 (0.333%) Temenos T24
17 13 (0.309%) Cognos Business Intelligence
17 13 (0.309%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 75 (1.783%) Internet
2 67 (1.593%) HTTP
3 43 (1.022%) LAN
4 42 (0.999%) WAN
5 36 (0.856%) TCP/IP
6 35 (0.832%) Broadband
6 35 (0.832%) Intranet
7 28 (0.666%) BSS
8 22 (0.523%) FTP
9 20 (0.476%) VPN
10 15 (0.357%) SAN
11 11 (0.262%) Firewall
12 10 (0.238%) Wireless
12 10 (0.238%) IGMP
13 9 (0.214%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.190%) SSL
14 8 (0.190%) ATM
15 7 (0.166%) SMS
16 6 (0.143%) VoIP
16 6 (0.143%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 555 (13.20%) SQL Server
2 155 (3.685%) Data Warehouse
3 136 (3.233%) SQL Server 2008
4 113 (2.687%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 106 (2.520%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 100 (2.378%) Oracle Reports
7 86 (2.045%) SQL Server 2005
8 75 (1.783%) MySQL
8 75 (1.783%) Oracle 8/8i
9 72 (1.712%) RDBMS
10 64 (1.522%) Oracle 11g
10 64 (1.522%) Oracle 10g
11 50 (1.189%) TOAD
11 50 (1.189%) Oracle BI EE
12 49 (1.165%) Oracle Discoverer
13 48 (1.141%) SAP BW
14 45 (1.070%) BusinessObjects
15 44 (1.046%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 38 (0.903%) SAP BI
17 35 (0.832%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 179 (4.256%) Selenium
2 145 (3.447%) Team Foundation Server
3 138 (3.281%) JIRA
4 115 (2.734%) Visual Studio
5 99 (2.354%) QuickTest Pro
6 67 (1.593%) Oracle Forms
7 65 (1.545%) Subversion
8 61 (1.450%) LoadRunner
9 47 (1.117%) Hudson
10 46 (1.094%) TestDirector
11 36 (0.856%) WebDriver
12 35 (0.832%) Eclipse
13 32 (0.761%) Maven
14 31 (0.737%) FitNesse
15 29 (0.689%) JDeveloper
15 29 (0.689%) JUnit
16 27 (0.642%) Git (software)
17 26 (0.618%) LSMW
18 25 (0.594%) Ant
19 22 (0.523%) ProC
General
1 1359 (32.31%) Finance
2 422 (10.03%) Banking
3 282 (6.705%) Retail
4 210 (4.993%) Marketing
5 203 (4.826%) Investment Banking
6 142 (3.376%) Front Office
7 106 (2.520%) Back Office
8 105 (2.496%) Legal
8 105 (2.496%) Telecoms
9 67 (1.593%) Advertising
10 66 (1.569%) Manufacturing
11 47 (1.117%) General Ledger
12 44 (1.046%) Publishing
13 41 (0.975%) Billing
13 41 (0.975%) Pharmaceutical
14 39 (0.927%) Law
15 32 (0.761%) Military
16 31 (0.737%) Financial Institution
17 29 (0.689%) Automotive
18 27 (0.642%) Games
Job Titles
1 1944 (46.22%) Analyst
2 1115 (26.51%) Business Analyst
3 483 (11.48%) Test Analyst
4 424 (10.08%) Developer
5 351 (8.345%) Test Manager
6 313 (7.442%) Consultant
7 261 (6.205%) Tester
8 258 (6.134%) Senior Analyst
9 198 (4.708%) Project Manager
10 138 (3.281%) Systems Analyst
11 135 (3.210%) Senior Business Analyst
12 134 (3.186%) Test Leader
13 133 (3.162%) Support Analyst
14 120 (2.853%) Team Leader
15 118 (2.806%) Applications Support
16 110 (2.615%) SAP Consultant
17 88 (2.092%) Senior Test Analyst
18 79 (1.878%) Business Systems Analyst
19 77 (1.831%) QA Analyst
20 71 (1.688%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 221 (5.254%) Management Information System
2 152 (3.614%) Derivative
3 129 (3.067%) Equities
4 99 (2.354%) Credit Risk
5 93 (2.211%) Fixed Income
6 83 (1.973%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 81 (1.926%) Computer Science
8 71 (1.688%) Enterprise Software
9 66 (1.569%) Statistics
10 59 (1.403%) Client/Server
11 55 (1.308%) Mathematics
12 49 (1.165%) SaaS
13 48 (1.141%) Mobile App
14 45 (1.070%) Open Source
14 45 (1.070%) Data Integration
15 43 (1.022%) Mainframe
16 37 (0.880%) AS400
17 31 (0.737%) SWIFT
18 29 (0.689%) Market Risk
19 27 (0.642%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 394 (9.368%) Windows
2 284 (6.752%) UNIX
3 270 (6.419%) Linux
4 84 (1.997%) Windows Server 2008
5 65 (1.545%) Windows 7
6 61 (1.450%) Windows Server 2003
7 43 (1.022%) Windows XP
8 39 (0.927%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 25 (0.594%) HPUX
10 24 (0.571%) Android
10 24 (0.571%) Solaris
11 22 (0.523%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.262%) Windows Mobile
12 11 (0.262%) AIX
13 9 (0.214%) Windows Vista
13 9 (0.214%) Windows 8
14 8 (0.190%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.190%) Windows 2000
15 7 (0.166%) Windows Phone
15 7 (0.166%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 720 (17.12%) Business Analysis
2 631 (15.00%) Project Management
3 553 (13.15%) Test Scripting
4 503 (11.96%) Agile Software Development
5 379 (9.011%) Change Management
6 371 (8.821%) Software Testing
7 350 (8.321%) Stakeholder Management
8 347 (8.250%) Business Intelligence
9 341 (8.107%) PRINCE2
10 329 (7.822%) Scrum
11 315 (7.489%) System Testing
12 314 (7.466%) ITIL
13 305 (7.252%) E-Commerce
14 302 (7.180%) Use Case
15 299 (7.109%) Integration Testing
16 290 (6.895%) Workflow
17 285 (6.776%) Waterfall
18 281 (6.681%) Test Management
19 279 (6.633%) Test Strategy
20 250 (5.944%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 1203 (28.60%) SQL
2 408 (9.700%) C#
2 408 (9.700%) Java
3 186 (4.422%) Shell Script
4 176 (4.184%) JavaScript
5 173 (4.113%) PL/SQL
6 150 (3.566%) T-SQL
7 110 (2.615%) C
8 107 (2.544%) C++
9 106 (2.520%) VBA
10 96 (2.282%) VB
11 77 (1.831%) PHP
12 72 (1.712%) PowerShell
13 54 (1.284%) Perl
14 51 (1.213%) Bash shell
14 51 (1.213%) Python
15 47 (1.117%) ABAP
16 38 (0.903%) VB.NET
17 33 (0.785%) Ruby
18 27 (0.642%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 711 (16.90%) ISEB
2 536 (12.74%) Degree
3 311 (7.394%) ISTQB
4 128 (3.043%) Security Cleared
5 64 (1.522%) SC Cleared
6 56 (1.331%) ISEB Practitioner
7 50 (1.189%) Microsoft Certification
8 48 (1.141%) DV Cleared
9 46 (1.094%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 46 (1.094%) PMI Certification
10 37 (0.880%) PMP
11 27 (0.642%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 16 (0.380%) MCTS
13 15 (0.357%) CFA
14 14 (0.333%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.262%) MCDBA
16 10 (0.238%) MCSE
17 9 (0.214%) CBAP
18 8 (0.190%) MCPD
19 7 (0.166%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 882 (20.97%) QA
2 101 (2.401%) SLA
3 13 (0.309%) ISO 9001
3 13 (0.309%) Basel III
4 11 (0.262%) COBIT
5 7 (0.166%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 7 (0.166%) Basel II
5 7 (0.166%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.143%) Solvency II
6 6 (0.143%) GAAP
6 6 (0.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.095%) WAI
8 3 (0.071%) MiFID
8 3 (0.071%) FATCA
9 2 (0.048%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.048%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.048%) WCAG
10 1 (0.024%) TickIT
10 1 (0.024%) GMP
System Software
1 52 (1.236%) Active Directory
2 23 (0.547%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (0.404%) Microsoft App-V
4 10 (0.238%) Terminal Server
5 8 (0.190%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.143%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 4 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
7 4 (0.095%) XenApp
8 3 (0.071%) Cronacle
9 2 (0.048%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.048%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.048%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.024%) LiteSpeed
10 1 (0.024%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.024%) UAG
10 1 (0.024%) Varnish
10 1 (0.024%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 346 (8.226%) HP Quality Center
2 25 (0.594%) Puppet
3 21 (0.499%) SCCM
4 19 (0.452%) Tivoli
5 11 (0.262%) Nagios
5 11 (0.262%) Zenoss
6 8 (0.190%) Control-M
6 8 (0.190%) Tivoli Monitoring
7 7 (0.166%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (0.071%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.048%) Sysprep
10 1 (0.024%) WSUS
10 1 (0.024%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.024%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 1 (0.024%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.024%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 1 (0.024%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.024%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.024%) SCOM
Vendors
1 594 (14.12%) Oracle
2 529 (12.58%) Microsoft
3 275 (6.538%) SAP
4 226 (5.373%) HP
5 99 (2.354%) IBM
6 88 (2.092%) Business Objects
7 75 (1.783%) Cognos
8 61 (1.450%) Citrix
9 57 (1.355%) Informatica
10 49 (1.165%) Sybase
11 37 (0.880%) Siebel
12 34 (0.808%) Lotus
12 34 (0.808%) TIBCO
13 33 (0.785%) thinkFolio
14 32 (0.761%) Bloomberg
15 30 (0.713%) Tableau
15 30 (0.713%) Red Hat
15 30 (0.713%) ATG
16 29 (0.689%) VMware
17 27 (0.642%) Adobe
Solihull, West Midlands
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Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Berkshire
Spargonet Consulting is looking to expand our Business Analyst core competency team with a strong UML orientated Business Analyst with knowledge and experience of working within a fast...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £45000 to £55000 per annum - Exceptional Company Benefits
Posted: 19 June 2013
London
I'm representing a leading ticketing company in their search for a strong business analyst with Ecommerce experience... Working with development teams and business units to carry out...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
Newport, Gwent, Wales
I have as great new role in for a Test Analyst to join a leading company based in Newport, South Wales- Currently undergoing rapid expansion you will be...
OPUS
Salary: GBP21000 to GBP28000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Business Analyst - London Insurance Market - up to £55,000 - LondonMy client is a London Market Insurer based in the heart of the city with strong financial backing from...
High Finance Group
Salary: GBP50000 to GBP55000 per annum + Benefits: Great Benefits package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Experian Ltd
Salary: Excellent salary plus benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
ISL
Salary: £40000 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Complete Tech Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £42,000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Harrogate, Yorkshire
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + flexible benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + BENS AND BONUS
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
High Finance Group
Salary: GBP45000 to GBP55000 per annum + Benefits: Great Benefits package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Twickenham, Middlesex
Per4orm Consulting
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Warwick, Warwickshire
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Car, pension, healthcare
Posted: 7 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Search Consultancy
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Citi
Salary: Competitive salary offered.
Posted: 29 May 2013
Osterley, West London
Sky
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
TEKsystems
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + package
Posted: 14 June 2013
Woking, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £40000.00 - £42000.00 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Leatherhead, Surrey
Search Consultancy
Posted: 19 June 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 7 June 2013