The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 East of England 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 86 99 95
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -4
Contract jobs citing Validation 28 33 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 1.309% 1.117% 1.210%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.962% 1.734% 1.863%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 16
Average daily rate £325 £450 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.77% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £108 £198 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £575 £443
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 3
Average hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +92.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-17.80% +12.30%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1427 1903 1718
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 66.71% 64.40% 64.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 813 915 776
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 154 186
Average hourly rate £35.22 £31.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.61% -3.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.08 £12.28 £13.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Validation
England

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England Validation Daily Rate Histogram

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Validation across the East of England region.

East of England Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Validation across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Validation Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East of England 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
Hertfordshire +11 10 £298 +19.00%
Suffolk +18 9 £425 +13.33%
Cambridgeshire +7 4 £110 -80.86%
Bedfordshire -2 2 £325 -
Essex -9 2 £400 -12.08%
Norfolk -1 1 - -
Validation
England

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 16 (23.19%) Windows
2 15 (21.74%) .NET
3 14 (20.29%) SQL Server
4 13 (18.84%) XML
4 13 (18.84%) BizTalk Server
5 12 (17.39%) Microsoft
5 12 (17.39%) SAP
5 12 (17.39%) VBScript
5 12 (17.39%) MSI
5 12 (17.39%) Finance
5 12 (17.39%) VMware
6 11 (15.94%) Microsoft App-V
6 11 (15.94%) VB
6 11 (15.94%) Java
6 11 (15.94%) Business Intelligence
6 11 (15.94%) SLA
6 11 (15.94%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (14.49%) Data Analysis
7 10 (14.49%) SOA
7 10 (14.49%) C#
7 10 (14.49%) Oracle
7 10 (14.49%) InstallShield
8 9 (13.04%) TDD
8 9 (13.04%) SQL
8 9 (13.04%) WSDL
8 9 (13.04%) XML Schema
8 9 (13.04%) N-Tier
8 9 (13.04%) VLDB
8 9 (13.04%) Systems Analysis
8 9 (13.04%) Degree

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 15 (21.74%) .NET
2 13 (18.84%) XML
3 9 (13.04%) WSDL
3 9 (13.04%) XML Schema
3 9 (13.04%) SAP PI
4 6 (8.696%) ASP.NET
5 5 (7.246%) Hibernate
6 4 (5.797%) WCF
6 4 (5.797%) LINQ
7 3 (4.348%) HTML
8 2 (2.899%) J2EE
8 2 (2.899%) STL
8 2 (2.899%) Middleware
8 2 (2.899%) Silverlight
8 2 (2.899%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 1 (1.449%) CSS3
9 1 (1.449%) KnockoutJS
9 1 (1.449%) HTML5
9 1 (1.449%) Sass
9 1 (1.449%) LESS
Application Platforms
1 13 (18.84%) BizTalk Server
2 9 (13.04%) ESB
2 9 (13.04%) Windows Azure
3 6 (8.696%) SharePoint
4 4 (5.797%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.449%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (4.348%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.899%) MS Office
3 1 (1.449%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.449%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.449%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.449%) Adaptiv
1 1 (1.449%) ResourceLink
1 1 (1.449%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.797%) SNMP
1 4 (5.797%) Internet
1 4 (5.797%) VLAN
2 1 (1.449%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.29%) SQL Server
2 9 (13.04%) VLDB
3 4 (5.797%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (5.797%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (5.797%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (5.797%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.449%) QlikView
4 1 (1.449%) MS Access
4 1 (1.449%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (17.39%) MSI
2 10 (14.49%) InstallShield
3 5 (7.246%) AdminStudio
4 4 (5.797%) LabVIEW
5 2 (2.899%) GoogleTest
6 1 (1.449%) Wise Package Studio
6 1 (1.449%) Rational Rose
6 1 (1.449%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.449%) JUnit
General
1 12 (17.39%) Finance
2 7 (10.14%) Avionics
2 7 (10.14%) Military
2 7 (10.14%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.348%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.899%) Electronics
5 1 (1.449%) Marketing
5 1 (1.449%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.449%) Banking
5 1 (1.449%) Billing
Job Titles
1 11 (15.94%) Applications Packager
2 10 (14.49%) Analyst
3 9 (13.04%) Architect
3 9 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (10.14%) Software Engineer
4 7 (10.14%) Developer
5 6 (8.696%) C# Developer
5 6 (8.696%) Validation Engineer
6 5 (7.246%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (7.246%) .NET Developer
6 5 (7.246%) Test Engineer
7 4 (5.797%) Software Packager
8 3 (4.348%) Data Analyst
8 3 (4.348%) Software Test Engineer
8 3 (4.348%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.348%) Tester
9 2 (2.899%) Administrator
9 2 (2.899%) Systems Analyst
9 2 (2.899%) Consultant
9 2 (2.899%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) N-Tier
1 9 (13.04%) Contract for Difference
2 5 (7.246%) Cryptography
3 2 (2.899%) ASIC
3 2 (2.899%) EPoS
3 2 (2.899%) NHS
3 2 (2.899%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 1 (1.449%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.449%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.449%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.449%) Physics
4 1 (1.449%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.449%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.449%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.449%) Firmware
4 1 (1.449%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 16 (23.19%) Windows
2 4 (5.797%) UNIX
3 1 (1.449%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.449%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.94%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (14.49%) Data Analysis
2 10 (14.49%) SOA
3 9 (13.04%) TDD
3 9 (13.04%) Systems Analysis
3 9 (13.04%) Multithreading
4 6 (8.696%) Test Scripting
5 5 (7.246%) Embedded Software Development
5 5 (7.246%) UML
5 5 (7.246%) E-business
6 4 (5.797%) Service Delivery
6 4 (5.797%) Data Validation
7 3 (4.348%) System Testing
7 3 (4.348%) Data Migration
7 3 (4.348%) Data Cleansing
7 3 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (4.348%) Data Modelling
7 3 (4.348%) OO
7 3 (4.348%) Migration
8 2 (2.899%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.39%) VBScript
2 11 (15.94%) VB
2 11 (15.94%) Java
3 10 (14.49%) C#
4 9 (13.04%) SQL
5 4 (5.797%) Python
5 4 (5.797%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.348%) C++
7 1 (1.449%) Embedded C++
7 1 (1.449%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.449%) PHP
7 1 (1.449%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (13.04%) Degree
2 6 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.696%) MCSE
3 4 (5.797%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.899%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.449%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.449%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.449%) ISEB
5 1 (1.449%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.94%) SLA
2 6 (8.696%) QA
3 1 (1.449%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.449%) HL7
3 1 (1.449%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 11 (15.94%) Microsoft App-V
1 11 (15.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.696%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.449%) XenApp
3 1 (1.449%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.14%) SCOM
2 6 (8.696%) SCCM
3 1 (1.449%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (17.39%) Microsoft
1 12 (17.39%) SAP
1 12 (17.39%) VMware
2 10 (14.49%) Oracle
3 7 (10.14%) Citrix
4 6 (8.696%) Remedy
5 4 (5.797%) Google
6 2 (2.899%) Twitter
7 1 (1.449%) Omniture
7 1 (1.449%) Adobe
7 1 (1.449%) SunGard
7 1 (1.449%) HP
7 1 (1.449%) EMC
7 1 (1.449%) JBoss
7 1 (1.449%) FatWire
East of England
Data Migration Lead-NHS -Clinical Information-Essential Skills- SQL Script-ETL+Extensive Data Migration project experience with a strong track record of delivery.+Considerable experience of extracting and...
Sand Resources
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
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Sand Resources
Rate: £100 - £120 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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s-com
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
SYS UML) - Software process oriented... Cygwin, UML, HOOD) - Embedded C, Java, pearl, bash (or scripting languages) - Proficient in the use of debuggers (gdb,….) - Desirable: - Previous experience developing satellite...
s-com
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
If you haven't got direct TLS experience, you should have done cryptography programming... You should be a team player, who can work with Embedded Firmware Engineers, Electronics...
Real Staffing
Rate: £45 - £50 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
C++, Embedded, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Cryptography, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
Embedded, C++, TLS, Transport Layer Security, Microcontrollers, Ipswich, Suffolk, £40 per hour, 6 months THE ROLE: A leading Electronics company in there market sector have an immediate requirement...
Real Staffing
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013