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

The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridgeshire 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 46 53 44
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -9
Contract jobs citing Validation 4 9 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.731% 1.312% 1.323%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.311% 2.284% 2.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 4
Average daily rate £110 £575 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-80.86% +91.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £51.50 £56.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.84% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-17.80% +12.30%
Search 4 Validation jobs in Cambridgeshire
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 305 394 335
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 55.76% 57.43% 63.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 196 170
Average daily rate £375 £395 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.06% +5.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 33 43
Average hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +54.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.50 £12.00 £12.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Validation
East of England

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cambridge +10 3 £110 +94.69%
Validation
East of England

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 15 (48.39%) Windows
2 11 (35.48%) VBScript
2 11 (35.48%) VB
2 11 (35.48%) SLA
2 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 11 (35.48%) MSI
2 11 (35.48%) VMware
2 11 (35.48%) Microsoft App-V
2 11 (35.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (32.26%) Finance
3 10 (32.26%) InstallShield
3 10 (32.26%) SQL Server
4 9 (29.03%) SAP
4 9 (29.03%) .NET
4 9 (29.03%) Java
4 9 (29.03%) VLDB
4 9 (29.03%) WSDL
4 9 (29.03%) XML Schema
4 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (29.03%) XML
4 9 (29.03%) N-Tier
4 9 (29.03%) SOA
4 9 (29.03%) Oracle
4 9 (29.03%) BizTalk Server
4 9 (29.03%) SAP PI
4 9 (29.03%) ESB
4 9 (29.03%) Contract for Difference
4 9 (29.03%) TDD
4 9 (29.03%) Systems Analysis
4 9 (29.03%) Multithreading

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 9 (29.03%) .NET
1 9 (29.03%) WSDL
1 9 (29.03%) XML Schema
1 9 (29.03%) XML
1 9 (29.03%) SAP PI
2 2 (6.452%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (6.452%) STL
3 1 (3.226%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 9 (29.03%) BizTalk Server
1 9 (29.03%) ESB
1 9 (29.03%) Windows Azure
2 1 (3.226%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) MS Office
1 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) VLAN
1 4 (12.90%) Internet
1 4 (12.90%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (32.26%) SQL Server
2 9 (29.03%) VLDB
3 1 (3.226%) MySQL
3 1 (3.226%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 11 (35.48%) MSI
2 10 (32.26%) InstallShield
3 4 (12.90%) LabVIEW
3 4 (12.90%) AdminStudio
4 2 (6.452%) GoogleTest
5 1 (3.226%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (32.26%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.226%) Electronics
2 1 (3.226%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (35.48%) Applications Packager
2 9 (29.03%) Architect
2 9 (29.03%) Solutions Architect
3 5 (16.13%) Test Engineer
4 4 (12.90%) Software Packager
4 4 (12.90%) Software Engineer
5 3 (9.677%) Software Test Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Automated Test Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Software Integration Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Test and Integration Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Test Engineer
6 2 (6.452%) Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Tester
7 1 (3.226%) Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) Programmer
7 1 (3.226%) Test Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) C++ Programmer
7 1 (3.226%) C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (3.226%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) N-Tier
1 9 (29.03%) Contract for Difference
2 4 (12.90%) Cryptography
3 1 (3.226%) NHS
3 1 (3.226%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.226%) Physics
3 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.226%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.226%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 15 (48.39%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (29.03%) SOA
1 9 (29.03%) TDD
1 9 (29.03%) Systems Analysis
1 9 (29.03%) Multithreading
2 5 (16.13%) E-business
3 4 (12.90%) Embedded Software Development
3 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
4 3 (9.677%) System Testing
5 2 (6.452%) Automated Testing
5 2 (6.452%) Software Testing
5 2 (6.452%) Configuration Management
5 2 (6.452%) UML
6 1 (3.226%) OOP
6 1 (3.226%) OO
6 1 (3.226%) Project Management
6 1 (3.226%) Risk Management
6 1 (3.226%) Performance Testing
6 1 (3.226%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.226%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) VBScript
1 11 (35.48%) VB
2 9 (29.03%) Java
3 4 (12.90%) Shell Script
3 4 (12.90%) Python
3 4 (12.90%) C#
4 2 (6.452%) C++
4 2 (6.452%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (19.35%) MCSE
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.226%) PhD
2 1 (3.226%) Degree
2 1 (3.226%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (35.48%) SLA
2 1 (3.226%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft App-V
1 11 (35.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (19.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft
1 11 (35.48%) VMware
2 9 (29.03%) SAP
2 9 (29.03%) Oracle
3 6 (19.35%) Remedy
3 6 (19.35%) Citrix
4 2 (6.452%) Google
5 1 (3.226%) SunGard
5 1 (3.226%) EMC
Data Quality Analyst
Cambridge, East Anglia
May also be required to visit a staff member for advice and support at short notice, including telephone support.3.Support staff in the preparation, cleansing, matching, validation,...
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Rate: £100 - £120 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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