The first table below looks at the demand for the Validation Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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 Engineer
Rank 542 577 580
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 12 12 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.025% 0.021% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.022% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 2
Average daily rate £318 £285 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.40% +9.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £233 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £317 £264
UK excluding London average daily rate £318 £285 £260
% change year-on-year
+11.40% +9.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
Average hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% +23.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +23.07%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2132 2587 2980
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Validation Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Validation Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Validation Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Validation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Validation Engineer within the UK.

Validation Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Validation Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Validation Engineer within the UK.

Validation Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Validation Engineer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +18 8 £325 - 1
East of England - 6 - - 1
Suffolk - 3 - - 1
Felixstowe - 2 - -
South East - 1 £325 -
London - - - -
Uxbridge - - - -

Validation Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Validation Engineer in their job title 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 with Validation Engineer in their job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Validation
2 9 (47.37%) Telecoms
3 8 (42.11%) Military
3 8 (42.11%) Degree
3 8 (42.11%) Data Analysis
3 8 (42.11%) SCOM
3 8 (42.11%) Avionics
4 3 (15.79%) Regression Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Windows
4 3 (15.79%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (15.79%) SCADA
4 3 (15.79%) Load Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Security Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Test Management
5 2 (10.53%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (10.53%) Automated Testing
5 2 (10.53%) UNIX
5 2 (10.53%) Electronics
5 2 (10.53%) Perl
5 2 (10.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (5.263%) GAMP
6 1 (5.263%) GMP
6 1 (5.263%) GxP
6 1 (5.263%) Firmware
6 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
6 1 (5.263%) VBScript
6 1 (5.263%) VB
6 1 (5.263%) Oracle
6 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
6 1 (5.263%) SOAP

Validation Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Validation Engineer in their job title 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 with Validation Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) SOAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (47.37%) Telecoms
2 8 (42.11%) Military
2 8 (42.11%) Avionics
3 3 (15.79%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (10.53%) Electronics
5 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) SCADA
2 1 (5.263%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) UNIX
3 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Validation
2 8 (42.11%) Data Analysis
3 3 (15.79%) Regression Testing
3 3 (15.79%) Load Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Security Testing
4 2 (10.53%) Test Management
4 2 (10.53%) Automated Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.263%) Manual Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Waterfall
5 1 (5.263%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.263%) Document Management
5 1 (5.263%) SOA
5 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) Perl
2 1 (5.263%) VBScript
2 1 (5.263%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (5.263%) GAMP
2 1 (5.263%) GMP
2 1 (5.263%) GxP
Systems Management
1 8 (42.11%) SCOM
2 2 (10.53%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle
Suffolk
Global Engineering company based in Suffolk is urgently seeking a Senior Systems Validation Engineer to develop test strategy, test plans and carry out testing of new and legacy...
Roc Search
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013