The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 22 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 Chester 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 24 - 20
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 0.714% - 1.258%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.909% - 1.818%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £35.61 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-15.75% +9.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
110 81 110
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 78.57% 69.83% 69.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 33 36
Average daily rate £388 £363 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £300 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 4
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -15.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.00 £50.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Validation
Cheshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) PMO Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware