The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gosport region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 24 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 Gosport 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gosport 11.11% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-17.80% +12.30%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gosport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
7 7 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gosport 77.78% 100.00% 68.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 10
Average daily rate £350 £540 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.18% +35.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Validation
Hampshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gosport 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 Gosport region.

Gosport 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 Gosport region.

Gosport Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gosport 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 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gosport 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 Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTPS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Test Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) ArcSight