The first table below looks at the demand for Data Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data 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 Tyne and Wear 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
Data Validation
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.041% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.878% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £219 £332 £285
% change year-on-year
-34.06% +16.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 - -
All Processes & Methodologies
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
139 285 168
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 70.92% 73.64% 57.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 149 75
Average daily rate £375 £400 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £158
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 7
Average hourly rate £19.00 £21.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.62% +26.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Data Validation
North East

Data Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Data Validation Daily Rate Trend

Data Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 6 (85.71%) Data Mapping
2 6 (85.71%) Finance
3 4 (57.14%) Data Migration
3 4 (57.14%) Migration
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Data Management
3 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 4 (57.14%) Data Mining
3 4 (57.14%) RDF
3 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (42.86%) Oracle
5 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
5 2 (28.57%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) UNIX
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle 11i
5 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (28.57%) TOAD
5 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
5 2 (28.57%) ASP
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle APEX
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (14.29%) BODI
6 1 (14.29%) Citrix
6 1 (14.29%) Hyperion

Data Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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%) ASP
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Data Mining
2 2 (28.57%) TOAD
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) BODI
3 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Forms
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle APEX
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Data Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Data Warehouse Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Trainer
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Validation
2 6 (85.71%) Data Mapping
3 4 (57.14%) Migration
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Data Management
3 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2
3 4 (57.14%) RDF
3 4 (57.14%) Data Migration
4 2 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (28.57%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PL/SQL
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Business Objects
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) Hyperion
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