Data Validation Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Data Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 West 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 113 136 -
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.098% 0.091% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.148% 0.133% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £373 £178 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+109.85% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £250 £269
% change year-on-year
+50.00% -6.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.75 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 1354 2256 1796
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.11% 68.07% 64.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 846 1389 926
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 109 125
Average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £18.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £40.00
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West 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
Bristol +11 1 £225 +25.00%
Wiltshire - 1 £520 -
Data Validation
England

Data Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 7 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Reference Data
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (28.57%) SLA
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
3 2 (28.57%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) PHP
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) VBA
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) C
4 1 (14.29%) Firewall
4 1 (14.29%) Data Security
4 1 (14.29%) MS Office
4 1 (14.29%) Web Services
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management

Data Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 Development
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) MI Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Data Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Information Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Reference Data
2 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 3 (42.86%) Data Migration
3 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) PHP
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) VBA
2 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
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