The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the St Albans region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 18 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 St Albans 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 9 - 9
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in St Albans 3.704% - 3.333%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.000% - 4.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £298 - £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £334
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £34.25
% change year-on-year
-13.33% +9.48%
All Processes & Methodologies
St Albans
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
25 26 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in St Albans 92.59% 66.67% 76.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 18
Average daily rate £375 £350 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -28.20%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £250 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £500 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Validation
Hertfordshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

St Albans 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 St Albans region.

St Albans Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Media
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the St Albans 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.

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL