The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 17 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 Hampshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 86 84 78
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -6
Contract jobs citing Validation 18 15 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.163% 0.936% 1.568%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.716% 1.452% 2.437%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 11 7
Average daily rate £375 £375 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +10.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £297 £275 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £425 £656
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £338 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.96% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.00 - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £37.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-18.91% +13.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1049 1033 1190
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 67.76% 64.44% 64.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 491 539
Average daily rate £363 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £265 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 102 126
Average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.69 £14.13 £13.54
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.75 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Validation
South East

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Validation across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire Validation Daily Rate Histogram

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Basingstoke -13 4 £525 -
Havant - 3 - -
Southampton - 3 £335 -
Gosport - 1 £350 -
Validation
South East

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 19 (37.25%) Data Validation
2 18 (35.29%) Oracle
3 15 (29.41%) SQL
4 14 (27.45%) Migration
4 14 (27.45%) Data Migration
5 13 (25.49%) Data Cleansing
5 13 (25.49%) QA
6 12 (23.53%) MS Access
7 11 (21.57%) Retail
8 9 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
8 9 (17.65%) ERP
8 9 (17.65%) HP
9 8 (15.69%) JavaScript
9 8 (15.69%) Manufacturing
9 8 (15.69%) Degree
9 8 (15.69%) Security Cleared
10 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
10 7 (13.73%) Oracle 11g
10 7 (13.73%) Oracle APEX
10 7 (13.73%) HP Quality Center
10 7 (13.73%) Performance Improvement
10 7 (13.73%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (13.73%) Telecoms
10 7 (13.73%) PL/SQL
10 7 (13.73%) HTML
10 7 (13.73%) Oracle Forms
10 7 (13.73%) MS Excel
10 7 (13.73%) Data Modelling
11 6 (11.76%) CRM
11 6 (11.76%) ISEB

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 7 (13.73%) HTML
2 5 (9.804%) .NET
2 5 (9.804%) ASP.NET
2 5 (9.804%) CSS
3 4 (7.843%) HTML5
4 3 (5.882%) JSP
4 3 (5.882%) CSS3
5 2 (3.922%) Ajax
6 1 (1.961%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.961%) WCF
6 1 (1.961%) WF
6 1 (1.961%) LINQ
6 1 (1.961%) jQuery
6 1 (1.961%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (1.961%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 1 (1.961%) REST
6 1 (1.961%) ADO.NET
6 1 (1.961%) SOAP
6 1 (1.961%) Web Services
6 1 (1.961%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.882%) WebLogic
1 3 (5.882%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (5.882%) Apache
2 1 (1.961%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.961%) PowerExchange
2 1 (1.961%) ESB
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.961%) CATIA
2 1 (1.961%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 4 (7.843%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (3.922%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (3.922%) SAP FI
2 2 (3.922%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.961%) Maximo
3 1 (1.961%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.76%) SAN
2 4 (7.843%) Intranet
2 4 (7.843%) Internet
3 3 (5.882%) Wireshark
3 3 (5.882%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.882%) HTTPS
3 3 (5.882%) SSL
4 1 (1.961%) 3GPP
4 1 (1.961%) Network Security
4 1 (1.961%) LTE
4 1 (1.961%) NAS
4 1 (1.961%) Extranet
4 1 (1.961%) 3G
4 1 (1.961%) UTRAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.53%) MS Access
2 9 (17.65%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (13.73%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (9.804%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.922%) SAP BW
6 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.961%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.961%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.961%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.961%) MySQL
6 1 (1.961%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.961%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Oracle Forms
1 7 (13.73%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (3.922%) MSI
3 1 (1.961%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.961%) AdminStudio
3 1 (1.961%) ERwin
3 1 (1.961%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.961%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (21.57%) Retail
2 8 (15.69%) Manufacturing
3 7 (13.73%) Telecoms
4 5 (9.804%) Finance
5 4 (7.843%) Back Office
6 3 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.961%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.961%) Banking
7 1 (1.961%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (58.82%) Analyst
2 11 (21.57%) Data Analyst
3 9 (17.65%) Test Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Developer
4 6 (11.76%) Service Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (7.843%) Tester
5 4 (7.843%) Data Migration Analyst
6 3 (5.882%) Help Desk Support
6 3 (5.882%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (5.882%) Front-End Developer
6 3 (5.882%) Architect
6 3 (5.882%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.882%) Test Manager
7 2 (3.922%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.922%) Applications Packager
7 2 (3.922%) Consultant
7 2 (3.922%) Software Tester
7 2 (3.922%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (3.922%) CRM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) SaaS
2 4 (7.843%) Computer Science
3 3 (5.882%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.922%) Data Integration
5 1 (1.961%) Smart Meter
5 1 (1.961%) Replication
5 1 (1.961%) Clustering
5 1 (1.961%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Windows
2 4 (7.843%) UNIX
3 3 (5.882%) Linux
3 3 (5.882%) Windows 2000
3 3 (5.882%) Windows XP
3 3 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (1.961%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (37.25%) Data Validation
2 14 (27.45%) Data Migration
2 14 (27.45%) Migration
3 13 (25.49%) Data Cleansing
4 9 (17.65%) ERP
5 7 (13.73%) Data Modelling
5 7 (13.73%) Performance Improvement
6 6 (11.76%) CRM
7 5 (9.804%) Data Analysis
7 5 (9.804%) Test Scripting
7 5 (9.804%) Regression Testing
8 4 (7.843%) ITIL
8 4 (7.843%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (7.843%) System Testing
8 4 (7.843%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (7.843%) Unit Testing
8 4 (7.843%) Business Analysis
8 4 (7.843%) Test Management
8 4 (7.843%) Data Transformation
9 3 (5.882%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 15 (29.41%) SQL
2 8 (15.69%) JavaScript
3 7 (13.73%) PL/SQL
4 3 (5.882%) VB
4 3 (5.882%) Java
5 2 (3.922%) C#
5 2 (3.922%) C++
6 1 (1.961%) C
6 1 (1.961%) Perl
6 1 (1.961%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.961%) VBScript
6 1 (1.961%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (15.69%) Degree
1 8 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
3 6 (11.76%) ISEB
4 5 (9.804%) ISTQB
5 3 (5.882%) MCSA
5 3 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.961%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (25.49%) QA
System Software
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (11.76%) Active Directory
3 3 (5.882%) Nmap
Systems Management
1 7 (13.73%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.961%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.961%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (1.961%) Nessus
2 1 (1.961%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (35.29%) Oracle
2 9 (17.65%) HP
3 6 (11.76%) Citrix
4 4 (7.843%) Microsoft
5 3 (5.882%) Remedy
5 3 (5.882%) SAP
5 3 (5.882%) Lotus
6 2 (3.922%) Salesforce.com
7 1 (1.961%) webMethods
7 1 (1.961%) Siebel
7 1 (1.961%) Informatica
7 1 (1.961%) JDA
7 1 (1.961%) NetApp
7 1 (1.961%) Anite
7 1 (1.961%) RedPrairie
7 1 (1.961%) ArcSight