The first table below looks at the demand for the Validation Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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
Validation Engineer
Rank 505 554 549
Rank change year-on-year
+49 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 7 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.017% 0.006% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.006% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £285 £300
% change year-on-year
+11.40% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- +23.07%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39141 49545 51375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.52% 92.60% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22991 28027 28527
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2036 2429 2720
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Validation Engineer
UK

Validation Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Validation Engineer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Validation Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Validation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Validation Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Validation Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Validation Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Validation Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation Engineer 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
East of England - 4 - -
South East +25 1 £325 -
North West +15 1 - -
South West - 1 - -
Validation Engineer
UK

Validation Engineer
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Validation Engineer in their job title 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 with Validation Engineer in their job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Validation
2 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (60.00%) Degree
3 6 (60.00%) SCOM
3 6 (60.00%) Avionics
3 6 (60.00%) Military
3 6 (60.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (10.00%) Electronics
5 1 (10.00%) Firmware
5 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (10.00%) SCADA
5 1 (10.00%) Load Testing

Validation Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Validation Engineer in their job title 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 with Validation Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (60.00%) Avionics
2 6 (60.00%) Military
3 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (10.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
1 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Validation
2 6 (60.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (10.00%) Load Testing
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 6 (60.00%) SCOM
North West England
A key client of Progressives based in theNorth Westare looking for a contract systems engineer for a long term piece of contract work: The essential skills/attributes are: - -...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 20 May 2013
North West England
The role requires the Engineer to devise, develop and deliver specialist test tools and facilities to automate aspects of the validation work, including the user interfaces together with...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
North West England
The Role The Systems Validation Engineer will work closely with the electronic hardware, software and firmware engineering Teams to take responsibility for the End-to-End System qualification...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Their activities cover complete civil and military telecommunications and Earth observation systems, science and navigation programmes, together with avionics and a wide range of space equipment and We...
s-com
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013