The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Fareham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 20 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 Fareham 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank - 9 -
Contract jobs citing Validation 0 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Fareham - 5.797% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 9.524% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £338 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.96% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £36.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +10.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Fareham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
11 42 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Fareham 52.38% 60.87% 42.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 18
Average daily rate £331 £425 £465
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.05% -8.60%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £275 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £700 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £19.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +88.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
Validation
Hampshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fareham 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 Fareham region.

Fareham Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Fareham Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Fareham 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 (100.00%) MS Access
1 9 (100.00%) Migration
1 9 (100.00%) QA
1 9 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 9 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 9 (100.00%) Data Validation
2 8 (88.89%) Retail
3 7 (77.78%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (77.78%) Oracle
4 6 (66.67%) Performance Improvement
4 6 (66.67%) Oracle APEX
4 6 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
4 6 (66.67%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (66.67%) PL/SQL
4 6 (66.67%) SQL
4 6 (66.67%) Data Modelling
5 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Test Management
5 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
5 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
6 2 (22.22%) MS Excel

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Fareham 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.

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) MS Access
2 7 (77.78%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle Forms
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle APEX
General
1 8 (88.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Analyst
1 7 (77.78%) Data Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Data Migration Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Oracle Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Database Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Requirements Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Migration
1 9 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 9 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 9 (100.00%) Data Validation
2 6 (66.67%) Performance Improvement
2 6 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
3 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) PL/SQL
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle