Hampshire Validation Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Validation skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Alderley Edge Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Anglia East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hounslow Kent Knutsford Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Musselburgh Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Reading Runcorn Scotland Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Ware Warrington Warwick Warwickshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Windsor Wolverhampton Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	80	97
Rank change on same period last year	+17
Matching contract IT job ads	26	29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.035 %	0.029 %
As % of the category below	2.159 %	1.719 %
Daily rates quoted	6	6
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£383
Average daily rate	£357	£410
% change on same period last year	-13.09 %
Average maximum daily rate	£365	£438
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£351
% change on same period last year	-2.99 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.75	£33.18
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.25	£36.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.98	£30.93
% change on same period last year	+9.85 %
Processes & Methodologies Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1204	1687
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.605 %	1.707 %
Daily rates quoted	331	522
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£363
Average daily rate	£380	£385
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£404	£408
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	195	323
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.48	£30.71
Average hourly rate	£33.04	£32.48
% change on same period last year	+1.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.60	£34.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Validation across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Validation across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Validation across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Portsmouth	-1	8	£340	-
Farnborough	+8	2	£450	-
Basingstoke	+14	2	£350	+9.80 %
Southampton	+3	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 14 (22.58 %) Security Cleared 2 11 (17.74 %) UML 2 11 (17.74 %) Active Directory 3 9 (14.52 %) .NET 3 9 (14.52 %) SQL Server 3 9 (14.52 %) Telecoms 3 9 (14.52 %) Degree 4 8 (12.90 %) C++ 4 8 (12.90 %) XML 4 8 (12.90 %) Windows 5 7 (11.29 %) DNS 5 7 (11.29 %) MOM 5 7 (11.29 %) OOD 5 7 (11.29 %) Java 5 7 (11.29 %) Exchange Server 2007

5 7 (11.29 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 7 (11.29 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 6 (9.677 %) Agilent 6 6 (9.677 %) Aerospace 6 6 (9.677 %) Microsoft 6 6 (9.677 %) WCDMA 6 6 (9.677 %) GSM 7 5 (8.065 %) XML Schema 7 5 (8.065 %) VB 7 5 (8.065 %) VB.NET 7 5 (8.065 %) Visual Studio 7 5 (8.065 %) Oracle 7 5 (8.065 %) HND 7 5 (8.065 %) OO 7 5 (8.065 %) Electronics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 9 (14.52 %) .NET 2 8 (12.90 %) XML 3 5 (8.065 %) XML Schema 4 4 (6.452 %) WebSphere 4 4 (6.452 %) Struts 4 4 (6.452 %) J2EE 4 4 (6.452 %) EJB 5 3 (4.839 %) CSS 5 3 (4.839 %) WebServices 5 3 (4.839 %) XHTML 5 3 (4.839 %) WSDL 5 3 (4.839 %) HTML 6 1 (1.613 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (1.613 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 7 (11.29 %) Exchange Server 5.5 1 7 (11.29 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 7 (11.29 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 4 (6.452 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 1 (1.613 %) Apache
Applications 1 1 (1.613 %) MS Excel 1 1 (1.613 %) MATLAB 1 1 (1.613 %) CATIA	Communications & Networking 1 7 (11.29 %) DNS 2 6 (9.677 %) GSM 2 6 (9.677 %) WCDMA 3 3 (4.839 %) Wireless 3 3 (4.839 %) FTP 4 2 (3.226 %) WLAN 4 2 (3.226 %) ATM 5 1 (1.613 %) Ethernet 5 1 (1.613 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 9 (14.52 %) SQL Server 2 3 (4.839 %) SQL Server 7 3 1 (1.613 %) BusinessObjects	Development Applications 1 5 (8.065 %) Visual Studio 2 2 (3.226 %) Subversion
General 1 9 (14.52 %) Telecoms 2 6 (9.677 %) Aerospace 3 5 (8.065 %) Electronics 4 3 (4.839 %) Publishing 4 3 (4.839 %) Construction 4 3 (4.839 %) Military 5 2 (3.226 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (1.613 %) Games 6 1 (1.613 %) Electric 6 1 (1.613 %) Government 6 1 (1.613 %) Health	Job Titles 1 9 (14.52 %) Test Engineer 2 8 (12.90 %) Software Engineer 3 6 (9.677 %) RF Engineer 4 5 (8.065 %) Analyst 4 5 (8.065 %) Systems Engineer 5 4 (6.452 %) Programmer 5 4 (6.452 %) Support Engineer 6 3 (4.839 %) Interface Designer 6 3 (4.839 %) Systems Designer 6 3 (4.839 %) Software Architect 6 3 (4.839 %) Architect 6 3 (4.839 %) Security Engineer 6 3 (4.839 %) Web Editor 6 3 (4.839 %) Software Designer 6 3 (4.839 %) Systems Architect 7 2 (3.226 %) .NET Programmer 7 2 (3.226 %) Design Engineer 7 2 (3.226 %) Coordinator 7 2 (3.226 %) VB.NET Programmer 7 2 (3.226 %) UI Designer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (4.839 %) Computer Science 2 1 (1.613 %) Smartcard 2 1 (1.613 %) ASIC 2 1 (1.613 %) Handset 2 1 (1.613 %) VHDL 2 1 (1.613 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 2 1 (1.613 %) Physics	Operating Systems 1 8 (12.90 %) Windows 2 1 (1.613 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (22.58 %) Security Cleared 2 11 (17.74 %) UML 3 7 (11.29 %) OOD 4 5 (8.065 %) OO 4 5 (8.065 %) Statistical Analysis 4 5 (8.065 %) SC Cleared 5 4 (6.452 %) Configuration Management 6 3 (4.839 %) Project Management 6 3 (4.839 %) SSADM 6 3 (4.839 %) SOA 6 3 (4.839 %) Unit Testing 7 2 (3.226 %) Software Engineering 7 2 (3.226 %) PRINCE2 7 2 (3.226 %) Data Validation 7 2 (3.226 %) Data Management 7 2 (3.226 %) Data Analysis 8 1 (1.613 %) Industrial Design 8 1 (1.613 %) Information Management 8 1 (1.613 %) Requirements Management 8 1 (1.613 %) Requirements Analysis	Programming Languages 1 8 (12.90 %) C++ 2 7 (11.29 %) Java 3 5 (8.065 %) VB 3 5 (8.065 %) VB.NET 4 4 (6.452 %) C 5 3 (4.839 %) C# 6 2 (3.226 %) SQL 7 1 (1.613 %) Fortran
Qualifications 1 9 (14.52 %) Degree 2 5 (8.065 %) HND 3 1 (1.613 %) PhD	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (4.839 %) ISO12207 2 1 (1.613 %) ISO27001 2 1 (1.613 %) QA 2 1 (1.613 %) CDISC 2 1 (1.613 %) ISO9000
System Software 1 11 (17.74 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 7 (11.29 %) MOM
Vendors 1 6 (9.677 %) Microsoft 1 6 (9.677 %) Agilent 2 5 (8.065 %) Oracle 3 1 (1.613 %) Business Objects 3 1 (1.613 %) SAP 3 1 (1.613 %) Siebel 3 1 (1.613 %) Cisco 3 1 (1.613 %) Remedy