The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Wiltshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 45 51 39
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -12
Contract jobs citing Validation 3 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.673% 0.633% 1.996%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.920% 0.973% 2.799%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 6
Average daily rate £443 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.42% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £381 £230 £343
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £350 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £338 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.96% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £37.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-18.91% +13.84%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
326 411 393
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 73.09% 65.03% 71.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 263 213
Average daily rate £425 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.84% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £238 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 21 24
Average hourly rate £16.50 £26.50 £30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.73% -13.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £19.95 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Validation
South West

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Validation Daily Rate Trend

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Validation across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Wiltshire Validation Daily Rate Histogram

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Validation across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Swindon - 1 £520 -
Validation
South West

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 8 (50.00%) ISEB
2 8 (50.00%) Test Scripting
3 6 (37.50%) EMV
4 4 (25.00%) APACS
5 2 (12.50%) Data Management
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Chip and PIN
5 2 (12.50%) EPoS
5 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 2 (12.50%) C
5 2 (12.50%) VeriFone
5 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
5 2 (12.50%) Degree
5 2 (12.50%) MiFID
5 2 (12.50%) Data Mapping
5 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (6.250%) QA
6 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
6 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
6 1 (6.250%) 4G
6 1 (6.250%) ITIL V3
6 1 (6.250%) Data Validation
6 1 (6.250%) Perl
6 1 (6.250%) JSP
6 1 (6.250%) Web Services

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) JSP
1 1 (6.250%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Broadband
1 1 (6.250%) 3G
1 1 (6.250%) Firewall
1 1 (6.250%) Wireless
1 1 (6.250%) 4G
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Subversion
General
1 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.250%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Tester
1 8 (50.00%) Systems Tester
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Systems Test Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Test Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Junior
4 1 (6.250%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Management Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Data Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) Validation Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) EMV
2 4 (25.00%) APACS
3 2 (12.50%) Chip and PIN
3 2 (12.50%) EPoS
4 1 (6.250%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Linux
1 1 (6.250%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (12.50%) Data Mapping
2 2 (12.50%) Data Governance
2 2 (12.50%) Data Modelling
2 2 (12.50%) Data Management
2 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) Supplier Management
3 1 (6.250%) Integration Testing
3 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
3 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
3 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL V3
3 1 (6.250%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C
2 1 (6.250%) Perl
2 1 (6.250%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) MiFID
1 2 (12.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.250%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) VeriFone