The first table below looks at the demand for Data Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data 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 City of London 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
Data Validation
Rank 187 210 218
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 16 8 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.251% 0.102% 0.276%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.341% 0.142% 0.384%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 18
Average daily rate £425 £500 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £442 £343
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £281 £269
% change year-on-year
+8.88% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4690 5642 7035
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 73.52% 71.74% 71.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 3529 4083 5194
Average daily rate £450 £463 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 98 100
Average hourly rate £41.50 £24.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.91% -4.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.20 £15.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £47.50 £50.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Data Validation
London

Data Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Data Validation Daily Rate Trend

Data Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Validation across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Data Validation Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Data Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Data Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 24 (100.00%) Validation
2 11 (45.83%) Migration
3 10 (41.67%) Data Migration
4 9 (37.50%) FMCG
4 9 (37.50%) SAP Implementation
4 9 (37.50%) SAP
5 7 (29.17%) SQL
5 7 (29.17%) Data Analysis
6 6 (25.00%) Data Mapping
7 5 (20.83%) Data Transformation
7 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
8 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
8 4 (16.67%) Data Management
9 3 (12.50%) Finance
9 3 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
9 3 (12.50%) NHS
9 3 (12.50%) SAP PP
9 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
9 3 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
9 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
9 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (8.333%) Credit Risk
10 2 (8.333%) Market Risk
10 2 (8.333%) Informatics
10 2 (8.333%) Banking
10 2 (8.333%) Predictive Modelling
10 2 (8.333%) Data Extraction
10 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared

Data Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) SAP PP
2 2 (8.333%) SAP FI
2 2 (8.333%) SAP MM
2 2 (8.333%) SAP SD
2 2 (8.333%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (8.333%) SAP CO
3 1 (4.167%) HFM
3 1 (4.167%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (4.167%) Cognos Planning
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
2 4 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (8.333%) MS Access
4 2 (8.333%) Siebel EIM
4 2 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (4.167%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (4.167%) DB2
5 1 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (4.167%) DTS
5 1 (4.167%) QlikView
General
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Investment Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Wholesale Banking
3 1 (4.167%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (45.83%) Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Data Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
3 6 (25.00%) SAP Data Analyst
4 5 (20.83%) Developer
5 3 (12.50%) Functional Analyst
5 3 (12.50%) SAP PP Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) SAP PM Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) SAP MM Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) Consultant
5 3 (12.50%) SAP Functional Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
6 2 (8.333%) SAP SD Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Business Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Tester
6 2 (8.333%) Functional Consultant
6 2 (8.333%) Data Migration Analyst
6 2 (8.333%) Excel Developer
6 2 (8.333%) SAP Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (37.50%) FMCG
2 3 (12.50%) NHS
3 2 (8.333%) Credit Risk
3 2 (8.333%) Market Risk
3 2 (8.333%) Informatics
3 2 (8.333%) Data Extraction
3 2 (8.333%) Visualisation
3 2 (8.333%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.167%) Reference Data
4 1 (4.167%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Validation
2 11 (45.83%) Migration
3 10 (41.67%) Data Migration
4 9 (37.50%) SAP Implementation
5 7 (29.17%) Data Analysis
6 6 (25.00%) Data Mapping
7 5 (20.83%) Data Transformation
8 4 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
8 4 (16.67%) Data Management
9 3 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
9 3 (12.50%) Test Scripting
9 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (8.333%) Predictive Modelling
10 2 (8.333%) Analytics
10 2 (8.333%) Project Management
10 2 (8.333%) ETL
10 2 (8.333%) Risk Management
10 2 (8.333%) Information Management
10 2 (8.333%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) SQL
2 2 (8.333%) VBA
2 2 (8.333%) C#
2 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.167%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.167%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.167%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.167%) BC Cleared
2 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.333%) Basel II
System Software
1 1 (4.167%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) SAP
2 2 (8.333%) Siebel
2 2 (8.333%) Oracle
3 1 (4.167%) Cognos
3 1 (4.167%) IBM
3 1 (4.167%) Hyperion
3 1 (4.167%) Informatica
3 1 (4.167%) Unica
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