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The table below looks at the demand for Validation skills within the West Sussex 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
Rank3248
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.333 %0.797 %
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 quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£29.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£30.75£16.00
% change on same period last year+92.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.50£17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£35.23
% change on same period last year-11.50 %
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads150251
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.236 %0.269 %
Daily rates quoted45113
Average minimum daily rate£356£357
Average daily rate£370£371
% change on same period last year-0.33 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted1519
Average minimum hourly rate£30.38£24.03
Average hourly rate£32.32£24.82
% change on same period last year+30.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.26£25.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Validation South EastValidation
South East

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Validation Daily Rate 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Validation Hourly Rate Trend

Validation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CrawleyUp+142--
Validation South EastValidation
South East

Validation
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 %)Degree
22 (50.00 %)SGML
22 (50.00 %)FrameMaker
22 (50.00 %)Aerospace
22 (50.00 %)Military
22 (50.00 %)XML
22 (50.00 %)Eclipse
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)Cisco
31 (25.00 %)CCNA
31 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (25.00 %)Lucent
31 (25.00 %)Alcatel
31 (25.00 %)Data Management
31 (25.00 %)Intrusion Detection
31 (25.00 %)Project Management
31 (25.00 %)Oracle Clinical
31 (25.00 %)Oracle

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)XML
12 (50.00 %)SGML
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)FrameMaker
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)Oracle Clinical
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Firewall
11 (25.00 %)Intrusion Detection
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)Eclipse
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Aerospace
12 (50.00 %)Military
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Author
12 (50.00 %)Technical Author
21 (25.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Data Manager
21 (25.00 %)Network Infrastructure Engineer
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Project Management
11 (25.00 %)Data Management
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (75.00 %)Degree
21 (25.00 %)CCNA
21 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle
11 (25.00 %)Cisco
11 (25.00 %)Lucent
11 (25.00 %)Alcatel