The first table below looks at the demand for Data Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data Validation over the 3 months to 17 May 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 South East 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Data Validation
Rank 211 245 247
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +2
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 12 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.154% 0.020% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.226% 0.030% 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
Average daily rate £221 £350 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.78% +133.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £250 £269
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £16.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5315 6567 6781
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 68.02% 64.65% 64.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2757 3151 3072
Average daily rate £375 £363 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -3.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £514
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 329 363
Average hourly rate £26.98 £25.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.78% -27.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.98
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Data Validation
England

Data Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Data Validation Jobs Demand Trend

Data Validation
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Data Validation Daily Rate Trend

Data Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Validation across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Data Validation Daily Rate Histogram

Data Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Berkshire - 3 £175 -
East Sussex - 3 - -
Hampshire - 3 £475 -
Buckinghamshire +11 2 £206 -
Kent - 1 £205 -
Data Validation
England

Data Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 28 (100.00%) Validation
2 18 (64.29%) Migration
3 14 (50.00%) MS Access
3 14 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 14 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
4 13 (46.43%) Oracle
4 13 (46.43%) QA
5 10 (35.71%) Retail
5 10 (35.71%) SQL
5 10 (35.71%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 7 (25.00%) PL/SQL
6 7 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
6 7 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
6 7 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
7 6 (21.43%) Data Analysis
7 6 (21.43%) Data Modelling
8 5 (17.86%) CRM
8 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
8 5 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (14.29%) Unit Testing
9 4 (14.29%) HP
9 4 (14.29%) ISEB
9 4 (14.29%) Project Management
9 4 (14.29%) Data Transformation
9 4 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
9 4 (14.29%) Test Management
10 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
10 3 (10.71%) NHS

Data Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.571%) PowerExchange
Applications
1 7 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.571%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (50.00%) MS Access
2 10 (35.71%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
5 1 (3.571%) MySQL
5 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
1 7 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
General
1 10 (35.71%) Retail
2 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (71.43%) Analyst
2 13 (46.43%) Data Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Data Migration Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Developer
3 4 (14.29%) Migration Consultant
4 2 (7.143%) Oracle Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) CRM Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Coordinator
4 2 (7.143%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (3.571%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Analyst Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Database Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Information Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) SQL Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) Architect
5 1 (3.571%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) NHS
2 2 (7.143%) Data Integration
3 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.571%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.571%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Validation
2 18 (64.29%) Migration
3 14 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 14 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
4 7 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
5 6 (21.43%) Data Analysis
5 6 (21.43%) Data Modelling
6 5 (17.86%) CRM
6 5 (17.86%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (14.29%) Unit Testing
7 4 (14.29%) Project Management
7 4 (14.29%) Test Management
7 4 (14.29%) Data Transformation
8 2 (7.143%) Test Scripting
8 2 (7.143%) Regression Testing
8 2 (7.143%) Business Analysis
9 1 (3.571%) ERP
9 1 (3.571%) ETL
9 1 (3.571%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (3.571%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) SQL
2 7 (25.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (7.143%) VBA
4 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) ISEB
2 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (46.43%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Oracle
2 4 (14.29%) HP
3 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.143%) McKesson
4 2 (7.143%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (3.571%) webMethods
5 1 (3.571%) Informatica
5 1 (3.571%) SAP