Midlands Data Validation Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Data Validation skills within the Midlands 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Brighton Bristol City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Hounslow Kent Leicestershire London Midlands Norfolk Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Tadworth Thames Valley UK West Lothian West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	58	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	1	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.193 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£301	£211
% change on same period last year	+42.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£11.67	£22.00
% change on same period last year	-46.97 %
Processes & Methodologies Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	518	824
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.736 %	0.832 %
Daily rates quoted	81	142
Average minimum daily rate	£387	£376
Average daily rate	£410	£400
% change on same period last year	+2.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£433	£424
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£371
% change on same period last year	+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	44
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.43	£23.99
Average hourly rate	£25.14	£24.58
% change on same period last year	+2.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.86	£25.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.32	£30.04
% change on same period last year	-2.39 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 3 (100.00 %) Validation 2 2 (66.67 %) Migration 2 2 (66.67 %) Data Migration 2 2 (66.67 %) Data Cleansing 3 1 (33.33 %) MS Access 3 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft 3 1 (33.33 %) Programme Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Cleansing 2 1 (33.33 %) MS Access	Job Titles 1 2 (66.67 %) Data Migration Specialist 2 1 (33.33 %) Coordinator 2 1 (33.33 %) Test Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (100.00 %) Validation 2 2 (66.67 %) Migration 2 2 (66.67 %) Data Migration 3 1 (33.33 %) Programme Management	Vendors 1 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft