The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 20 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 Midlands 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 23 - 30
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Validation 3 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.613% - 1.290%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.727% - 2.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £400 - £455
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £342 £325
% change year-on-year
+0.58% +5.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £36.36 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-7.17% +6.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
110 133 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 59.14% 53.85% 64.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 51 49
Average daily rate £400 £375 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -12.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £213 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 64
Average hourly rate £103.50 £32.50 £27.37
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+218.46% +18.74%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £21.00 £22.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £42.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Validation
England

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 3 (50.00%) Pega
2 1 (16.67%) Telematics
2 1 (16.67%) HTML5
2 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (16.67%) Biostatistics
2 1 (16.67%) CDISC
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (16.67%) Base SAS
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) SAS
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) HTTPS
2 1 (16.67%) IPv4
2 1 (16.67%) IPv6
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (16.67%) MATLAB

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (16.67%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) HTTPS
1 1 (16.67%) IPv4
1 1 (16.67%) IPv6
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Base SAS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Automotive
1 1 (16.67%) Local Government
1 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Statistical Programmer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Programmer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Telematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (16.67%) Biostatistics
1 1 (16.67%) Data Migration
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
1 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
1 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
1 1 (16.67%) CDISC
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Pega
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
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