The first table below looks at the demand for Data Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Validation 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 Bristol region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Validation
Rank 49 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.187% 0.118% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.312% 0.175% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £225 £180 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £250 £269
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
321 572 421
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 60.11% 67.29% 65.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 386 241
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £236 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 20 21
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £18.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Data Validation
South West

Data Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Data Validation across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bristol Data Validation Jobs Demand Trend

Data Validation
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Validation across the Bristol region.

Bristol Data Validation Daily Rate Trend

Data Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Data Validation across the Bristol region.

Bristol Data Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Data Validation
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Data Validation 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Data Validation.

1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) VBA
2 2 (66.67%) .NET
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development

Data Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Data Validation also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Data Validation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) MI Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Information Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft