Validation Contracts in Buckinghamshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 20 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 Buckinghamshire 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 64 69 68
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Contract jobs citing Validation 4 6 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.501% 0.595% 0.949%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.717% 0.890% 1.548%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 3
Average daily rate £238 £300 £170
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% +76.99%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £300 £124
10% offered a daily rate of more than £352 £300 £254
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £338 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.96% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £34.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £36.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +10.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 558 674 646
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 69.84% 66.80% 61.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 318 268
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £200 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 32 49
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £12.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Validation
South East

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Validation Jobs Demand Trend

Validation
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Validation across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Validation Daily Rate Histogram

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes - 3 £206 -
Validation
South East

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing 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 Validation.

1 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) Windows
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 4 (33.33%) LAN
3 4 (33.33%) WAN
3 4 (33.33%) DHCP
3 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 4 (33.33%) DNS
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (33.33%) HP
3 4 (33.33%) SAN
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (33.33%) Firewall
3 4 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 4 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Vista
3 4 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing 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 Validation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 4 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Staffware
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) LAN
1 4 (33.33%) WAN
1 4 (33.33%) DHCP
1 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 4 (33.33%) DNS
1 4 (33.33%) SAN
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MS Access
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (8.333%) Banking
1 1 (8.333%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Support Assistant
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Support
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Help Desk Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Service Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Transition Manager
4 1 (8.333%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Reference Data
3 1 (8.333%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Vista
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 4 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Data Validation
4 2 (16.67%) Information Management
5 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
5 1 (8.333%) Software Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Requirements Management
5 1 (8.333%) Project Management
5 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.333%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (8.333%) Data Entry
5 1 (8.333%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.333%) Change Control
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) VBA
3 1 (8.333%) MATLAB
3 1 (8.333%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (33.33%) HP
1 4 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle
3 1 (8.333%) Remedy
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