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The table below looks at the demand for Data Validation skills within the London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Validation over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkData Validation
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank386480
Rank change on same period last yearUp+94
Matching contract IT job ads2111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.011 %
As % of the category below0.114 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted83
Average minimum daily rate£294£283
Average daily rate£328£325
% change on same period last year+0.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£232£238
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£17.67£22.00
Average hourly rate£20.20£22.00
% change on same period last year-8.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.74£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£13.63£21.50
% change on same period last year-36.62 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
London
Matching contract IT job ads1847824959
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.98 %24.61 %
Daily rates quoted84399748
Average minimum daily rate£411£418
Average daily rate£442£445
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£473£472
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted634957
Average minimum hourly rate£27.78£27.26
Average hourly rate£29.63£29.31
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.49£31.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Data Validation EnglandData Validation
England

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.

Data Validation
Demand Trend

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

London Data Validation Demand Trend

Data Validation
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Data Validation Daily Rate Trend

Data Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Validation across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

London Data Validation Daily Rate Histogram

Data Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Data Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Data Validation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Validation within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonNew entry-4£563-
HounslowNew entry-2--
UxbridgeNew entry-1--
SouthwarkNew entry-1£400-
Data Validation EnglandData Validation
England

Data Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

140 (100.00 %)Validation
28 (20.00 %)NHS
28 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
28 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
37 (17.50 %)MicroStrategy
46 (15.00 %)Finance
46 (15.00 %)Migration
46 (15.00 %)SAP
46 (15.00 %)ETL
46 (15.00 %)Problem Management
55 (12.50 %)Data Analysis
55 (12.50 %)SQL
64 (10.00 %)Banking
64 (10.00 %)Asset Management
64 (10.00 %)QA
64 (10.00 %)Data Mapping
73 (7.500 %)Spreadsheet
73 (7.500 %)SAP Implementation
73 (7.500 %)Data Migration
73 (7.500 %)VB
73 (7.500 %)MS Excel
73 (7.500 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
82 (5.000 %)SAP HR
82 (5.000 %)MS Access
82 (5.000 %)SQL Server
82 (5.000 %)ABAP
82 (5.000 %)LSMW
82 (5.000 %)Data Management
82 (5.000 %)Information Management
82 (5.000 %)Telecoms

Data Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (2.500 %)Tomcat
11 (2.500 %)LiveLink
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (7.500 %)MS Excel
13 (7.500 %)Spreadsheet
21 (2.500 %)PageMaker
21 (2.500 %)FrameMaker
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (5.000 %)SAP HR
21 (2.500 %)SAP FI
21 (2.500 %)SAP FI/CO
21 (2.500 %)SAP CO
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (15.00 %)ETL
22 (5.000 %)SQL Server
22 (5.000 %)MS Access
22 (5.000 %)Data Cleansing
31 (2.500 %)Datawarehouse
31 (2.500 %)Oracle 10g
31 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2000
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (5.000 %)LSMW
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (15.00 %)Finance
24 (10.00 %)Banking
32 (5.000 %)Telecoms
32 (5.000 %)Government
41 (2.500 %)Health
41 (2.500 %)Publishing
41 (2.500 %)Military
41 (2.500 %)Financial Institution
41 (2.500 %)Investment Banking
41 (2.500 %)Insurance
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (32.50 %)Analyst
28 (20.00 %)Data Analyst
37 (17.50 %)Consultant
46 (15.00 %)Developer
46 (15.00 %)Microstrategy Developer
54 (10.00 %)Information Analyst
63 (7.500 %)Architect
63 (7.500 %)Business Analyst
63 (7.500 %)Data Consultant
72 (5.000 %)Database Manager
72 (5.000 %)NHS Information Analyst
72 (5.000 %)Data Architect
81 (2.500 %)Business Systems Analyst
81 (2.500 %)Systems Analyst
81 (2.500 %)Tester
81 (2.500 %)Programme Manager
81 (2.500 %)Project Support Officer
81 (2.500 %)Data Manager
81 (2.500 %)Data Migration Analyst
81 (2.500 %)Risk Manager
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (20.00 %)NHS
22 (5.000 %)Data Conversion
31 (2.500 %)Data Integration
31 (2.500 %)Replication
31 (2.500 %)Statistics
31 (2.500 %)Credit Risk
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (2.500 %)Windows
11 (2.500 %)Windows Server 2003
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (100.00 %)Validation
28 (20.00 %)Business Intelligence
28 (20.00 %)User Acceptance Testing
36 (15.00 %)Migration
36 (15.00 %)Problem Management
45 (12.50 %)Data Analysis
54 (10.00 %)Asset Management
54 (10.00 %)Data Mapping
63 (7.500 %)Data Migration
63 (7.500 %)SAP Implementation
72 (5.000 %)Data Management
72 (5.000 %)Information Management
72 (5.000 %)Integration Testing
81 (2.500 %)Investment Management
81 (2.500 %)Performance Management
81 (2.500 %)SC Cleared
81 (2.500 %)Security Cleared
81 (2.500 %)Logistics
81 (2.500 %)Business Analysis
81 (2.500 %)Enterprise Architecture
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (12.50 %)SQL
23 (7.500 %)VB
32 (5.000 %)ABAP
41 (2.500 %)VBA
41 (2.500 %)Java
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (10.00 %)QA
23 (7.500 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (2.500 %)Basel II
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (17.50 %)MicroStrategy
26 (15.00 %)SAP
31 (2.500 %)Siebel
31 (2.500 %)Oracle
31 (2.500 %)Sybase
31 (2.500 %)salesforce.com
31 (2.500 %)Reuters
31 (2.500 %)Bloomberg