The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Cambridge 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
Validation
Rank 39 44 25
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -19
Contract jobs citing Validation 2 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.585% 1.196% 2.800%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.053% 2.222% 4.895%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £57 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -81.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £338 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.96% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £51.50 £56.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.84% +79.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £37.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-18.91% +13.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
190 225 143
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 55.56% 53.83% 57.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 113 86
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £564 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 20
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £37.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £57.20 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Validation
Cambridgeshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridge Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 5 (50.00%) C#
1 5 (50.00%) UNIX
1 5 (50.00%) Internet
1 5 (50.00%) Shell Script
1 5 (50.00%) Python
1 5 (50.00%) Cryptography
1 5 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (40.00%) VLAN
2 4 (40.00%) SNMP
2 4 (40.00%) LabVIEW
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
3 3 (30.00%) System Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (20.00%) GoogleTest
4 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Google
4 2 (20.00%) UML
4 2 (20.00%) C++
4 2 (20.00%) STL
4 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) Electronics
5 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (10.00%) EMC
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 Development
1 2 (20.00%) STL
1 2 (20.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Internet
2 4 (40.00%) VLAN
2 4 (40.00%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) LabVIEW
2 2 (20.00%) GoogleTest
General
1 1 (10.00%) Electronics
1 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Software Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Software Test Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Test Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Integration Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Software Integration Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Automated Test Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Tester
5 1 (10.00%) Software Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Electronics Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (10.00%) Programmer
5 1 (10.00%) Systems Tester
5 1 (10.00%) C++ Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) UNIX
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 3 (30.00%) System Testing
3 2 (20.00%) UML
3 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C#
1 5 (50.00%) Python
1 5 (50.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) EMC
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