The first table below looks at the demand for User Acceptance Testing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Acceptance Testing over the 3 months to 21 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Rank 19 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -
Permanent jobs citing User Acceptance Testing 28 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 9.859% 0.867% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.73% 1.060% -
Number of salaries quoted 28 3 0
Average salary £43,750 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -3.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
220 283 353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.46% 81.79% 81.90%
Number of salaries quoted 176 188 253
Average salary £42,250 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.62% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Acceptance Testing
Hertfordshire

User Acceptance Testing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford 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 Watford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Watford User Acceptance Testing Salary Histogram

User Acceptance Testing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 27 (54.00%) ISEB
2 26 (52.00%) MS Visio
2 26 (52.00%) MS Project
2 26 (52.00%) MS Excel
2 26 (52.00%) HP Quality Center
3 23 (46.00%) Test Scripting
4 22 (44.00%) Integration Testing
5 19 (38.00%) Retail
5 19 (38.00%) SAP
6 17 (34.00%) Test Management
6 17 (34.00%) QA
6 17 (34.00%) Finance
7 13 (26.00%) Windows 7
7 13 (26.00%) SAP FI/CO
7 13 (26.00%) SAP CO
7 13 (26.00%) ISTQB
7 13 (26.00%) Windows
7 13 (26.00%) LAN
7 13 (26.00%) Windows XP
7 13 (26.00%) Active Directory
7 13 (26.00%) SAN
7 13 (26.00%) SAP FI
8 12 (24.00%) Oracle
8 12 (24.00%) E-Commerce
9 11 (22.00%) Change Management
9 11 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (22.00%) Test Strategy
10 10 (20.00%) PL/SQL
10 10 (20.00%) SQL
11 9 (18.00%) Oracle Reports

User Acceptance Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 (4.000%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 7 (14.00%) Magento
2 3 (6.000%) Apache
Applications
1 26 (52.00%) MS Visio
1 26 (52.00%) MS Project
1 26 (52.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (12.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 13 (26.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 13 (26.00%) SAP CO
1 13 (26.00%) SAP FI
2 9 (18.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.00%) LAN
1 13 (26.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.00%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (14.00%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 7 (14.00%) ProC
General
1 19 (38.00%) Retail
2 17 (34.00%) Finance
3 2 (4.000%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (46.00%) Analyst
2 14 (28.00%) Test Leader
3 12 (24.00%) Test Analyst
4 7 (14.00%) Support Analyst
4 7 (14.00%) Product Manager
4 7 (14.00%) Oracle Analyst
4 7 (14.00%) Oracle Support Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) SAP Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) Financial Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) SAP Test Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) Technical Test Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (8.000%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.000%) Developer
7 3 (6.000%) Oracle Developer
7 3 (6.000%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.000%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (4.000%) Perl Developer
9 1 (2.000%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.000%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 13 (26.00%) Windows 7
1 13 (26.00%) Windows
1 13 (26.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (6.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.00%) Test Scripting
2 22 (44.00%) Integration Testing
3 17 (34.00%) Test Management
4 12 (24.00%) E-Commerce
5 11 (22.00%) Change Management
5 11 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (22.00%) Test Strategy
6 9 (18.00%) Project Management
6 9 (18.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (14.00%) System Testing
8 6 (12.00%) SEO
8 6 (12.00%) Analytics
9 3 (6.000%) Risk Management
9 3 (6.000%) PRINCE2
10 2 (4.000%) Six Sigma
10 2 (4.000%) ITIL
10 2 (4.000%) Logistics
11 1 (2.000%) UML
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 10 (20.00%) SQL
2 3 (6.000%) Perl
3 1 (2.000%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (54.00%) ISEB
2 13 (26.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.000%) PMP
3 1 (2.000%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (34.00%) QA
System Software
1 13 (26.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (52.00%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (14.00%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 19 (38.00%) SAP
2 12 (24.00%) Oracle
3 7 (14.00%) HP
4 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.000%) Citrix