The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 21 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 Docklands, 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 28 25 51
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +26
Contract jobs citing Validation 2 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 1.149% 3.196% 1.874%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.527% 4.070% 2.570%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
Average daily rate £503 £475 £650
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -26.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £341 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.56% +0.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £36.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +10.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
131 172 428
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 75.29% 78.54% 72.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 112 191
Average daily rate £450 £500 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £360 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Validation
London

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Back Office
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, 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.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Back Office
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMP
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner