The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huntingdon - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Huntingdon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huntingdon 42.86% 39.29% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 1
Average daily rate £425 £450 £90
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +400.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £16.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Validation
Cambridgeshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huntingdon Validation Jobs Demand Trend

Validation
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huntingdon 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 7 (100.00%) VBScript
1 7 (100.00%) VB
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) SLA
1 7 (100.00%) MSI
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (85.71%) InstallShield
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Terminal Services
2 6 (85.71%) Remedy
2 6 (85.71%) MCSE
3 5 (71.43%) SCCM
4 4 (57.14%) AdminStudio
4 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huntingdon 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.

Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) MSI
2 6 (85.71%) InstallShield
3 4 (57.14%) AdminStudio
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Applications Packager
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) VBScript
1 7 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (85.71%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft App-V
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (85.71%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 6 (85.71%) Remedy