The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 19 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 Stevenage 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 11 15 23
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +8
Contract jobs citing Validation 3 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 6.818% 1.695% 2.247%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.79% 3.226% 2.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £342 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.24% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £34.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £37.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +10.29%
All Processes & Methodologies
Stevenage
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
19 31 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 43.18% 52.54% 80.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 3
Average daily rate £275 £286 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.93% +12.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £263 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £310 £290
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 18 32
Average hourly rate £33.00 £37.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% +1.35%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.35 £31.00 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £49.00 £37.50
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 Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 9 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 9 (100.00%) Military
1 9 (100.00%) SCOM
1 9 (100.00%) Avionics
2 8 (88.89%) Data Analysis
2 8 (88.89%) Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Perl
4 1 (11.11%) ASIC
4 1 (11.11%) Field-Programmable Gate Array

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

General
1 9 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 9 (100.00%) Military
1 9 (100.00%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Validation Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) ASIC
1 1 (11.11%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
Systems Management
1 9 (100.00%) SCOM