The first table below looks at the demand for Data Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Validation
Rank 452 512 484
Rank change year-on-year
+60 -28
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 60 45 71
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.142% 0.084% 0.128%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.199% 0.123% 0.188%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 27 38
Average daily rate £425 £447 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.81% -0.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £207 £226
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £275 £269
% change year-on-year
+36.36% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
Average hourly rate £16.75 £14.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.51% -42.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.15 £14.50 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.35 £14.50 £43.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
30182 36546 37754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.34% 68.30% 68.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 18435 21484 21848
Average daily rate £425 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.90% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £595 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 936 1202 1371
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.12 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £46.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Data Validation
UK

Data Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Data Validation Jobs Demand Trend

Data Validation
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Data Validation across the England region.

England Data Validation Daily Rate Trend

Data Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Validation across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Data Validation Daily Rate Histogram

Data Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Data Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Data Validation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Validation within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
London +20 35 £425 -9.18%
South East +35 12 £221 -36.78%
North West +15 3 - -
South West +24 2 £373 +109.85%
West Midlands +13 2 £438 +55.55%
Yorkshire - 2 - -
North East +10 1 - -
East of England - 1 £100 -
Data Validation
UK

Data Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Data 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 Data Validation.

1 118 (100.00%) Validation
2 57 (48.31%) Migration
3 45 (38.14%) SQL
4 44 (37.29%) Data Migration
5 34 (28.81%) Finance
6 33 (27.97%) Oracle
7 30 (25.42%) Data Cleansing
8 25 (21.19%) PL/SQL
9 24 (20.34%) User Acceptance Testing
9 24 (20.34%) Data Analysis
10 21 (17.80%) ETL
11 20 (16.95%) MS Access
12 19 (16.10%) MS Excel
12 19 (16.10%) SQL Server
12 19 (16.10%) QA
13 18 (15.25%) Data Management
13 18 (15.25%) SAP
13 18 (15.25%) Data Modelling
14 16 (13.56%) Oracle Reports
15 14 (11.86%) Data Mapping
16 13 (11.02%) SAP Implementation
16 13 (11.02%) Data Transformation
17 12 (10.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 11 (9.322%) Oracle 11g
18 11 (9.322%) Project Management
19 10 (8.475%) Risk Management
19 10 (8.475%) Retail
20 9 (7.627%) Oracle APEX
20 9 (7.627%) FMCG
20 9 (7.627%) Management Information System

Data Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Data 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 Data Validation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (5.085%) XML
2 3 (2.542%) .NET
3 2 (1.695%) ASP
3 2 (1.695%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.695%) BAPI
4 1 (0.847%) PostGIS
4 1 (0.847%) Web Services
4 1 (0.847%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.695%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (0.847%) PowerExchange
2 1 (0.847%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.847%) SAS
2 1 (0.847%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (16.10%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.695%) MS Office
2 2 (1.695%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.695%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.542%) SAP PP
1 3 (2.542%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.695%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.695%) Oracle 11i
2 2 (1.695%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (1.695%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.695%) SAP FI
2 2 (1.695%) SAP MM
2 2 (1.695%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.695%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.847%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.847%) Hyperion Planning
3 1 (0.847%) Cognos Planning
3 1 (0.847%) HFM
3 1 (0.847%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.695%) HTTP
2 1 (0.847%) SAN
2 1 (0.847%) Firewall
2 1 (0.847%) LAN
2 1 (0.847%) WAN
2 1 (0.847%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (16.95%) MS Access
2 19 (16.10%) SQL Server
3 16 (13.56%) Oracle Reports
4 12 (10.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (9.322%) Oracle 11g
6 8 (6.780%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (5.932%) SAP Data Services
7 7 (5.932%) DB2
8 6 (5.085%) RDBMS
8 6 (5.085%) Oracle 10g
9 5 (4.237%) DTS
9 5 (4.237%) Oracle 8/8i
10 4 (3.390%) BusinessObjects
10 4 (3.390%) SQL Server 2008
10 4 (3.390%) Oracle BI EE
11 3 (2.542%) SQL Server 2005
11 3 (2.542%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (2.542%) PowerCenter
12 2 (1.695%) TOAD
12 2 (1.695%) Siebel EIM
Development Applications
1 9 (7.627%) Oracle APEX
1 9 (7.627%) Oracle Forms
2 3 (2.542%) LSMW
2 3 (2.542%) Subversion
General
1 34 (28.81%) Finance
2 10 (8.475%) Retail
3 7 (5.932%) Banking
4 4 (3.390%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.390%) Marketing
5 3 (2.542%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.695%) Automotive
6 2 (1.695%) Legal
7 1 (0.847%) French Language
7 1 (0.847%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.847%) Wholesale Banking
7 1 (0.847%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (44.92%) Analyst
2 31 (26.27%) Data Analyst
3 26 (22.03%) Developer
4 16 (13.56%) Business Analyst
5 14 (11.86%) Consultant
6 9 (7.627%) Data Migration Analyst
7 8 (6.780%) SQL Developer
8 7 (5.932%) Oracle Developer
8 7 (5.932%) Migration Consultant
9 6 (5.085%) SAP Analyst
9 6 (5.085%) SAP Data Analyst
10 5 (4.237%) Database Developer
10 5 (4.237%) SAP Consultant
11 4 (3.390%) Administrator
11 4 (3.390%) Test Analyst
11 4 (3.390%) Business Consultant
11 4 (3.390%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
11 4 (3.390%) Transition Manager
11 4 (3.390%) Credit Risk Analyst
11 4 (3.390%) Data Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.627%) FMCG
1 9 (7.627%) Management Information System
2 8 (6.780%) NHS
3 6 (5.085%) Credit Risk
3 6 (5.085%) Data Conversion
3 6 (5.085%) Data Extraction
4 5 (4.237%) Reference Data
4 5 (4.237%) Market Risk
5 3 (2.542%) Informatics
5 3 (2.542%) Data Integration
6 2 (1.695%) EPoS
6 2 (1.695%) Visualisation
7 1 (0.847%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.847%) Open Source
7 1 (0.847%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.847%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.627%) UNIX
2 6 (5.085%) Linux
3 3 (2.542%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (100.00%) Validation
2 57 (48.31%) Migration
3 44 (37.29%) Data Migration
4 30 (25.42%) Data Cleansing
5 24 (20.34%) User Acceptance Testing
5 24 (20.34%) Data Analysis
6 21 (17.80%) ETL
7 18 (15.25%) Data Management
7 18 (15.25%) Data Modelling
8 14 (11.86%) Data Mapping
9 13 (11.02%) SAP Implementation
9 13 (11.02%) Data Transformation
10 11 (9.322%) Project Management
11 10 (8.475%) Risk Management
12 8 (6.780%) Business Intelligence
12 8 (6.780%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.780%) Business Analysis
13 7 (5.932%) OO
13 7 (5.932%) Performance Improvement
14 6 (5.085%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (38.14%) SQL
2 25 (21.19%) PL/SQL
3 8 (6.780%) VBA
3 8 (6.780%) T-SQL
3 8 (6.780%) Perl
3 8 (6.780%) C#
4 5 (4.237%) Shell Script
4 5 (4.237%) Java
5 3 (2.542%) C
6 2 (1.695%) PHP
7 1 (0.847%) ABAP
7 1 (0.847%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (5.932%) Degree
2 6 (5.085%) ISEB
2 6 (5.085%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.237%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.542%) BC Cleared
5 2 (1.695%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.847%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.847%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.847%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.847%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (16.10%) QA
2 8 (6.780%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.695%) SLA
3 2 (1.695%) Basel II
System Software
1 5 (4.237%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (2.542%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (5.932%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.847%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (27.97%) Oracle
2 18 (15.25%) SAP
3 9 (7.627%) Microsoft
4 7 (5.932%) Informatica
5 5 (4.237%) Business Objects
6 4 (3.390%) HP
7 3 (2.542%) Hyperion
7 3 (2.542%) Siebel
8 2 (1.695%) Sun
8 2 (1.695%) McKesson
8 2 (1.695%) Citrix
8 2 (1.695%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.847%) Twitter
9 1 (0.847%) Civica
9 1 (0.847%) Unica
9 1 (0.847%) webMethods
9 1 (0.847%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.847%) ESRI
9 1 (0.847%) IBM
9 1 (0.847%) Trillium
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