The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 23 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 Lancashire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 28 35 25
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -10
Contract jobs citing Validation 3 10 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.442% 2.398% 2.979%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.326% 4.032% 5.645%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £250 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Average hourly rate - £21.50 £36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -40.68%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £35.61 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-15.75% +9.56%
All Processes & Methodologies
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
129 248 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 62.02% 59.47% 52.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 136 54
Average daily rate £315 £375 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +14.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £500 £427
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 14
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -42.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £16.80 £22.96
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £26.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Validation
North West

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Skelmersdale - 2 - -
Blackburn - 1 £250 -
Validation
North West

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (50.00%) UNIX
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) FTP
2 3 (50.00%) HTTP
2 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (50.00%) SOAP
2 3 (50.00%) HP
3 2 (33.33%) Web Services
3 2 (33.33%) LoadRunner
3 2 (33.33%) JCL
3 2 (33.33%) Mainframe
3 2 (33.33%) TOAD
3 2 (33.33%) C
3 2 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (16.67%) Smart Meter
4 1 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (16.67%) VSAM
4 1 (16.67%) ISPF
4 1 (16.67%) DB2
4 1 (16.67%) zOS

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 3 (50.00%) SOAP
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
2 2 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 1 (16.67%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (16.67%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) FTP
1 3 (50.00%) HTTP
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) TOAD
3 1 (16.67%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) LoadRunner
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Performance Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Performance Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Tester
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (16.67%) Smart Meter
2 1 (16.67%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) UNIX
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JCL
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
1 3 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix