The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Manchester 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 68 70 60
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -10
Contract jobs citing Validation 7 11 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.730% 0.891% 1.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.070% 1.392% 1.674%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 1
Average daily rate £375 £390 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -17.89%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £342 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.24% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £37.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +10.29%
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
654 790 657
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 68.20% 64.02% 62.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 388 310
Average daily rate £338 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 32 34
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.90 £12.01 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £35.00 £33.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Validation across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Manchester Validation Daily Rate Histogram

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bolton - - - -
Cheadle - - - -
Validation
North West

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Data Transformation
4 2 (20.00%) MDX
4 2 (20.00%) FTP
4 2 (20.00%) HTTP
4 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (20.00%) Teradata
4 2 (20.00%) SOAP
4 2 (20.00%) .NET
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (20.00%) UNIX
4 2 (20.00%) Windows
4 2 (20.00%) Cognos
4 2 (20.00%) DTS
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) HP
5 1 (10.00%) CICS
5 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
5 1 (10.00%) zOS
5 1 (10.00%) JCL
5 1 (10.00%) OSPF
5 1 (10.00%) BGP
5 1 (10.00%) EIGRP

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (20.00%) MDX
1 2 (20.00%) SOAP
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
2 1 (10.00%) Web Services
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) jQuery
2 1 (10.00%) ISPF
2 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CICS
1 1 (10.00%) SAS
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) FTP
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) OSPF
2 1 (10.00%) BGP
2 1 (10.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (10.00%) IGRP
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) DTS
2 1 (10.00%) DB2
2 1 (10.00%) TOAD
2 1 (10.00%) Base SAS
2 1 (10.00%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 2 (20.00%) MI Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Cognos Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (10.00%) Life Science
1 1 (10.00%) Credit Risk
1 1 (10.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Analytics
1 2 (20.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (10.00%) ETL
2 1 (10.00%) MVC
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Time Management
2 1 (10.00%) Content Management
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) JCL
2 1 (10.00%) VBA
2 1 (10.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) COBOL
2 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
1 2 (20.00%) Teradata
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) Cognos
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Siebel
2 1 (10.00%) SAP