The first table below looks at the demand for Data Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data 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 Leeds 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
Data Validation
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.136% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.186% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £275 £269
% change year-on-year
+11.36% +2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
537 629 433
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 73.16% 71.40% 67.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 373 209
Average daily rate £310 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.14% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 23
Average hourly rate £34.00 £14.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+142.85% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £62.50 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Data Validation
West Yorkshire

Data Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Data Validation Jobs Demand Trend

Data Validation
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Data Validation Daily Rate Trend

Data Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Data Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Data Validation
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Data 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 Data Validation.

1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) Hyperion

Data Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Data 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 Data Validation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Trainer
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Hyperion