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The table below looks at the demand for Validation skills within the Uxbridge 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkValidation
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3119
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.117 %2.597 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£297
% change on same period last year+13.86 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.57£33.84
% change on same period last year-3.74 %
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Uxbridge
Matching contract IT job ads17977
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.255 %0.080 %
Daily rates quoted4822
Average minimum daily rate£333£231
Average daily rate£361£243
% change on same period last year+48.61 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£254
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£370
% change on same period last year+1.93 %
Hourly rates quoted94
Average minimum hourly rate£18.85£35.14
Average hourly rate£20.06£36.21
% change on same period last year-44.59 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.28£37.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.30£29.76
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Validation LondonValidation
London

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 Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Uxbridge Validation Demand Trend

Validation
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Validation across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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.

17 (77.78 %)Government
26 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
26 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
35 (55.56 %)Linux
35 (55.56 %)UNIX
44 (44.44 %)Windows
44 (44.44 %)VoIP
44 (44.44 %)WAN
44 (44.44 %)Cisco
44 (44.44 %)Datawarehouse
44 (44.44 %)Windows XP
44 (44.44 %)N-Tier
44 (44.44 %)Oracle
44 (44.44 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (44.44 %)NetScreen
53 (33.33 %)IP Telephony
53 (33.33 %)Fat Client
53 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
53 (33.33 %)Video Conferencing
53 (33.33 %)Thin Client
53 (33.33 %)Telecoms
53 (33.33 %)SQL Server
53 (33.33 %)SQL
53 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
53 (33.33 %)RDBMS
62 (22.22 %)Service Management
62 (22.22 %)Business Continuity
62 (22.22 %)Time Management
71 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (11.11 %)Penetration Testing

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Uxbridge 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.

Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)Middleware
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (11.11 %)SAP R/3
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (44.44 %)VoIP
14 (44.44 %)WAN
14 (44.44 %)NetScreen
23 (33.33 %)IP Telephony
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (44.44 %)Datawarehouse
23 (33.33 %)RDBMS
23 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
23 (33.33 %)SQL Server
31 (11.11 %)Data Mining
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (77.78 %)Government
23 (33.33 %)Telecoms
31 (11.11 %)Legal
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Architect
14 (44.44 %)Infrastructure Architect
21 (11.11 %)Tester
21 (11.11 %)Test Manager
21 (11.11 %)Infrastructure Engineer
21 (11.11 %)Design Engineer
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (44.44 %)N-Tier
23 (33.33 %)Thin Client
23 (33.33 %)Fat Client
23 (33.33 %)Video Conferencing
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (55.56 %)UNIX
15 (55.56 %)Linux
24 (44.44 %)Windows XP
24 (44.44 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (44.44 %)Windows
31 (11.11 %)AIX
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
16 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
23 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
32 (22.22 %)Time Management
32 (22.22 %)Service Management
32 (22.22 %)Business Continuity
41 (11.11 %)Penetration Testing
41 (11.11 %)Requirements Management
41 (11.11 %)Release Management
41 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (11.11 %)Service Delivery
41 (11.11 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (11.11 %)Migration
41 (11.11 %)Data Validation
41 (11.11 %)BPR
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (33.33 %)SQL
21 (11.11 %)Java
Uxbridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (44.44 %)Cisco
14 (44.44 %)Oracle
21 (11.11 %)SAP
21 (11.11 %)HP
21 (11.11 %)BEA
21 (11.11 %)BMC
21 (11.11 %)Remedy