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The table below looks at the demand for Validation skills within the Edinburgh 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkValidation
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5771
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.487 %1.169 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£170
Average daily rate-£170
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£170
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£297
% change on same period last year+13.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.57£33.84
% change on same period last year-3.74 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads411599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.586 %0.619 %
Daily rates quoted129119
Average minimum daily rate£309£334
Average daily rate£337£352
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted1023
Average minimum hourly rate£33.83£25.00
Average hourly rate£34.74£26.44
% change on same period last year+31.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.65£27.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Validation ScotlandValidation
Scotland

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.

Validation
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Validation Demand Trend

Validation
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

13 (60.00 %)Finance
22 (40.00 %)SharePoint
22 (40.00 %)MS Visio
22 (40.00 %)Business Analysis
22 (40.00 %)MS PowerPoint
22 (40.00 %)Requirements Analysis
22 (40.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (20.00 %)Nortel Meridian
31 (20.00 %)LAN
31 (20.00 %)WAN
31 (20.00 %)Cisco
31 (20.00 %)CCNP
31 (20.00 %)CCNA
31 (20.00 %)Nortel
31 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (20.00 %)Siemens
31 (20.00 %)CheckPoint
31 (20.00 %)MPLS
31 (20.00 %)Stakeholder Management
31 (20.00 %)Network Design
31 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis
31 (20.00 %)Telecoms

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, 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.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)SharePoint
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (40.00 %)MS Visio
12 (40.00 %)MS PowerPoint
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)LAN
11 (20.00 %)WAN
11 (20.00 %)MPLS
11 (20.00 %)Nortel Meridian
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Finance
21 (20.00 %)Telecoms
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Business Analyst
13 (60.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Systems Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Network Designer
21 (20.00 %)Computer Engineer
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Business Analysis
12 (40.00 %)Requirements Analysis
12 (40.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
21 (20.00 %)Stakeholder Management
21 (20.00 %)Network Design
21 (20.00 %)Systems Analysis
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)CCNP
11 (20.00 %)CCNA
11 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Cisco
11 (20.00 %)Nortel
11 (20.00 %)Siemens
11 (20.00 %)CheckPoint