The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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 50 50 50
Rank change year-on-year
0 0
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.209% 0.177% 0.617%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.306% 0.284% 1.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £285
UK excluding London average daily rate £344 £342 £325
% change year-on-year
+0.58% +5.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £10.76 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £36.36 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-7.17% +6.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
327 352 273
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.41% 62.30% 56.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 193 145
Average daily rate £375 £413 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +28.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £288 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 30 11
Average hourly rate £17.50 £20.06 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.76% -19.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
Validation
South East

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Validation
South East

Validation
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VB
1 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 (33.33%) .NET
General
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
1 1 (33.33%) Test Team Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Support Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Support Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Software Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Software Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Automated Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) VB
1 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA