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The table below looks at the demand for Validation skills within the Stevenage region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkValidation
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1213
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below4.918 %7.273 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£279
% change on same period last year+18.30 %
Hourly rates quoted24
Average minimum hourly rate£29.47£40.00
Average hourly rate£31.49£40.00
% change on same period last year-21.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£35.23
% change on same period last year-11.50 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads6155
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.059 %
Daily rates quoted611
Average minimum daily rate£284£311
Average daily rate£311£356
% change on same period last year-12.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted3839
Average minimum hourly rate£32.79£34.26
Average hourly rate£33.88£34.97
% change on same period last year-3.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.96£35.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Validation HertfordshireValidation
Hertfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Validation
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Validation across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Stevenage Validation Demand Trend

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Validation across the Stevenage region.

Stevenage Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

13 (75.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (25.00 %)Avionics
21 (25.00 %)C++
21 (25.00 %)UML
21 (25.00 %)CORBA
21 (25.00 %)ISO9001
21 (25.00 %)Service Management
21 (25.00 %)TickIT
21 (25.00 %)Quality Management
21 (25.00 %)Telecoms
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (25.00 %)Incident Management
21 (25.00 %)QA
21 (25.00 %)SC Cleared

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)CORBA
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Telecoms
11 (25.00 %)Avionics
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (25.00 %)Architect
11 (25.00 %)Software Architect
11 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
11 (25.00 %)3rd Line Support
11 (25.00 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (25.00 %)UML
21 (25.00 %)Service Management
21 (25.00 %)Quality Management
21 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (25.00 %)Incident Management
21 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)C++
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)ISO9001
11 (25.00 %)TickIT
11 (25.00 %)QA