The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 48 46 59
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +13
Contract jobs citing Validation 7 12 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.847% 1.087% 0.927%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.248% 1.628% 1.404%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 5
Average daily rate £475 £390 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.79% +1.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £178 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £539 £430 £409
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £37.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £35.61 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-15.75% +9.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
561 737 855
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 67.92% 66.76% 66.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 367 468
Average daily rate £413 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £242 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 8
Average hourly rate £20.00 £27.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% +57.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.26 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.50 £38.00 £43.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Validation
Scotland

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 9 (81.82%) Banking
2 7 (63.64%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (63.64%) Data Mining
3 5 (45.45%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) Data Validation
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) MS Office
5 1 (9.091%) CRM
5 1 (9.091%) Siebel
5 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.091%) SQL
5 1 (9.091%) Oracle
5 1 (9.091%) Business Objects
5 1 (9.091%) MS Project
5 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
5 1 (9.091%) Workflow
5 1 (9.091%) SAS
5 1 (9.091%) RDBMS
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.091%) Project Management
5 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
5 1 (9.091%) Investment Banking
5 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
5 1 (9.091%) Degree
5 1 (9.091%) Fund Management
5 1 (9.091%) Data Migration

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Office
2 1 (9.091%) MS Project
2 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) Data Mining
2 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.091%) RDBMS
General
1 9 (81.82%) Banking
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
3 1 (9.091%) Investment Banking
3 1 (9.091%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Architect
1 7 (63.64%) Solutions Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) MI Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Enterprise Architecture
1 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Data Validation
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
3 1 (9.091%) CRM
3 1 (9.091%) Data Modelling
3 1 (9.091%) Workflow
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Project Planning
3 1 (9.091%) Fund Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Mapping
3 1 (9.091%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) FATCA
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Siebel
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle
1 1 (9.091%) Business Objects
1 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
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