City of London Validation Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Validation skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Andover Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bootle Bracknell Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newport Norfolk North Wales North West Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Runcorn Sandwich Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West St Albans Staffordshire Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swindon Tadworth Thames Valley Trowbridge UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	151	166
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	57	25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.081 %	0.025 %
As % of the category below	1.307 %	0.703 %
Daily rates quoted	28	10
Average minimum daily rate	£394	£410
Average daily rate	£425	£486
% change on same period last year	-12.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£456	£562
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£295
% change on same period last year	+15.42 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.00	-
Average hourly rate	£47.50	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£50.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.07	£33.49
% change on same period last year	-4.25 %
Processes & Methodologies City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	4362	3557
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.168 %	3.601 %
Daily rates quoted	2536	1498
Average minimum daily rate	£419	£440
Average daily rate	£458	£471
% change on same period last year	-2.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£497	£501
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	84	92
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.22	£23.50
Average hourly rate	£25.86	£25.46
% change on same period last year	+1.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.49	£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.42	£29.97
% change on same period last year	-1.81 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Validation across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Validation across the City of London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Validation across the City of London region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Validation across the City of London region.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 31 (26.96 %) Banking 2 27 (23.48 %) Finance 2 27 (23.48 %) SQL 3 24 (20.87 %) Investment Banking 4 23 (20.00 %) SQL Server 5 20 (17.39 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 18 (15.65 %) Oracle 7 15 (13.04 %) Java 7 15 (13.04 %) Credit Risk 8 14 (12.17 %) Stress Testing 8 14 (12.17 %) Migration 9 13 (11.30 %) Market Risk 10 12 (10.43 %) XML 11 11 (9.565 %) VBA 11 11 (9.565 %) SQL Server 2005

12 10 (8.696 %) Statistical Analysis 12 10 (8.696 %) .NET 13 9 (7.826 %) Windows 13 9 (7.826 %) Change Management 13 9 (7.826 %) Insurance 13 9 (7.826 %) Data Validation 13 9 (7.826 %) Equities 14 8 (6.957 %) Data Conversion 14 8 (6.957 %) Data Migration 14 8 (6.957 %) QA 14 8 (6.957 %) SQL Server Integration Services 14 8 (6.957 %) JavaScript 14 8 (6.957 %) Microsoft 15 7 (6.087 %) MS Excel 15 7 (6.087 %) SAS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 12 (10.43 %) XML 2 10 (8.696 %) .NET 3 5 (4.348 %) HTML 4 3 (2.609 %) Swing 4 3 (2.609 %) Middleware 4 3 (2.609 %) J2EE 4 3 (2.609 %) CSS 4 3 (2.609 %) SOAP 4 3 (2.609 %) Struts 4 3 (2.609 %) WebServices 4 3 (2.609 %) Hibernate 4 3 (2.609 %) JRules 4 3 (2.609 %) Spring 4 3 (2.609 %) JFC 5 2 (1.739 %) AJAX 5 2 (1.739 %) JSP 5 2 (1.739 %) XML Messaging 6 1 (0.870 %) XHTML 6 1 (0.870 %) DOM 6 1 (0.870 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 7 (6.087 %) SAS 2 5 (4.348 %) JBoss 3 4 (3.478 %) Lotus Notes 4 2 (1.739 %) WebLogic 5 1 (0.870 %) IIS 5 1 (0.870 %) Apache
Applications 1 7 (6.087 %) MS Excel 2 3 (2.609 %) CA Clarity 3 2 (1.739 %) Photoshop 3 2 (1.739 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.870 %) MS Office 4 1 (0.870 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.870 %) RoboHelp 4 1 (0.870 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 1 (0.870 %) Oracle 11i 1 1 (0.870 %) Oracle Clinical
Communications & Networking 1 7 (6.087 %) Firewall 2 4 (3.478 %) TCP/IP 3 3 (2.609 %) SAN 3 3 (2.609 %) FTP 3 3 (2.609 %) VLAN 3 3 (2.609 %) iSCSI 4 2 (1.739 %) HTTP 4 2 (1.739 %) DMZ 4 2 (1.739 %) SSL 5 1 (0.870 %) MPLS 5 1 (0.870 %) ADSL 5 1 (0.870 %) Ethernet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 23 (20.00 %) SQL Server 2 11 (9.565 %) SQL Server 2005 3 8 (6.957 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 6 (5.217 %) MS Access 5 4 (3.478 %) RDBMS 5 4 (3.478 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 3 (2.609 %) Oracle 10g 6 3 (2.609 %) Datawarehouse 6 3 (2.609 %) ETL 6 3 (2.609 %) OLAP 6 3 (2.609 %) Base SAS 7 2 (1.739 %) Data Mart 8 1 (0.870 %) PowerCenter 8 1 (0.870 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 1 (0.870 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 3 (2.609 %) TestDirector 1 3 (2.609 %) Ant 2 2 (1.739 %) QuickTest Pro 2 2 (1.739 %) LoadRunner 3 1 (0.870 %) Bugzilla 3 1 (0.870 %) Subversion 3 1 (0.870 %) JIRA 3 1 (0.870 %) Aptana Studio 3 1 (0.870 %) Flash 3 1 (0.870 %) Eclipse	General 1 31 (26.96 %) Banking 2 27 (23.48 %) Finance 3 24 (20.87 %) Investment Banking 4 9 (7.826 %) Insurance 5 6 (5.217 %) Front Office 6 4 (3.478 %) Pharmaceutical 6 4 (3.478 %) Government 7 3 (2.609 %) Telecoms 8 2 (1.739 %) Marketing 8 2 (1.739 %) Education 9 1 (0.870 %) Publishing 9 1 (0.870 %) Financial Institution 9 1 (0.870 %) Back Office 9 1 (0.870 %) Auditing 9 1 (0.870 %) General Ledger
Job Titles 1 58 (50.43 %) Analyst 2 22 (19.13 %) Business Analyst 3 19 (16.52 %) Developer 4 13 (11.30 %) Risk Analyst 5 12 (10.43 %) Market Risk Analyst 5 12 (10.43 %) Market Analyst 6 8 (6.957 %) SQL Developer 6 8 (6.957 %) SQL Server Developer 7 7 (6.087 %) Technical Analyst 7 7 (6.087 %) Test Analyst 8 6 (5.217 %) Consultant 8 6 (5.217 %) Administrator 8 6 (5.217 %) Support Analyst 9 4 (3.478 %) Programmer 9 4 (3.478 %) Senior Analyst 9 4 (3.478 %) SAS Programmer 9 4 (3.478 %) Security Administrator 10 3 (2.609 %) IT Administrator 10 3 (2.609 %) Java Consultant 10 3 (2.609 %) J2EE Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 15 (13.04 %) Credit Risk 2 13 (11.30 %) Market Risk 3 9 (7.826 %) Equities 4 8 (6.957 %) Data Conversion 5 7 (6.087 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 6 4 (3.478 %) Fixed Income 6 4 (3.478 %) Derivative 7 3 (2.609 %) Data Extraction 7 3 (2.609 %) SecurID 8 2 (1.739 %) PKI 8 2 (1.739 %) Data Integration 8 2 (1.739 %) PMI 8 2 (1.739 %) Grid Computing 8 2 (1.739 %) W3C 9 1 (0.870 %) Thin Client 9 1 (0.870 %) Clustering 9 1 (0.870 %) NHS 9 1 (0.870 %) Client/Server 9 1 (0.870 %) N-Tier 9 1 (0.870 %) Interest Rate Derivative
Operating Systems 1 9 (7.826 %) Windows 2 4 (3.478 %) UNIX 2 4 (3.478 %) Linux 3 3 (2.609 %) AIX 3 3 (2.609 %) Solaris 4 2 (1.739 %) Red Hat Linux 4 2 (1.739 %) Windows XP 4 2 (1.739 %) Windows Server 2003 5 1 (0.870 %) Windows Vista 5 1 (0.870 %) Windows 2000 Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (17.39 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 14 (12.17 %) Stress Testing 2 14 (12.17 %) Migration 3 10 (8.696 %) Statistical Analysis 4 9 (7.826 %) Change Management 4 9 (7.826 %) Data Validation 5 8 (6.957 %) Data Migration 6 7 (6.087 %) Business Analysis 6 7 (6.087 %) Asset Management 7 6 (5.217 %) Data Analysis 7 6 (5.217 %) Data Modelling 7 6 (5.217 %) Security Cleared 8 5 (4.348 %) Test Scripting 8 5 (4.348 %) UML 8 5 (4.348 %) Project Management 8 5 (4.348 %) Scrum 9 4 (3.478 %) Penetration Testing 9 4 (3.478 %) Disaster Recovery 9 4 (3.478 %) CRM 9 4 (3.478 %) SC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 27 (23.48 %) SQL 2 15 (13.04 %) Java 3 11 (9.565 %) VBA 4 8 (6.957 %) JavaScript 5 3 (2.609 %) C# 5 3 (2.609 %) VBScript 6 2 (1.739 %) Ada 7 1 (0.870 %) C 7 1 (0.870 %) Perl	Qualifications 1 2 (1.739 %) CISSP 1 2 (1.739 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 2 1 (0.870 %) Degree 2 1 (0.870 %) ISEB 2 1 (0.870 %) Oracle Certification 2 1 (0.870 %) ACCA 2 1 (0.870 %) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (6.957 %) QA 2 4 (3.478 %) Basel II 3 1 (0.870 %) WAI 3 1 (0.870 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 4 (3.478 %) Active Directory 2 3 (2.609 %) VMware ESX 2 3 (2.609 %) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors 1 18 (15.65 %) Oracle 2 8 (6.957 %) Microsoft 3 5 (4.348 %) Red Hat 4 4 (3.478 %) Lotus 4 4 (3.478 %) Remedy 4 4 (3.478 %) BT 4 4 (3.478 %) VMware 4 4 (3.478 %) CheckPoint 4 4 (3.478 %) salesforce.com 5 3 (2.609 %) Reuters 5 3 (2.609 %) Bloomberg 5 3 (2.609 %) Sybase 5 3 (2.609 %) Altiris 6 1 (0.870 %) PlateSpin 6 1 (0.870 %) Sage 6 1 (0.870 %) SAP 6 1 (0.870 %) Cisco 6 1 (0.870 %) Murex 6 1 (0.870 %) Fidessa 6 1 (0.870 %) HP