The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 24 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 Yorkshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 96 80 76
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -4
Contract jobs citing Validation 14 32 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.753% 1.432% 1.203%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.095% 2.033% 1.906%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 10
Average daily rate £388 £425 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.82% +70.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £279 £227 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £625 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £36.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-17.80% +12.30%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1278 1574 1154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 68.78% 70.46% 63.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 868 548
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 40 60
Average hourly rate £26.00 £16.50 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.57% -29.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.45 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £170.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Validation
England

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
West Yorkshire 0 8 £319 -14.42%
North Yorkshire 0 4 £400 +18.95%
Validation
England

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 11 (35.48%) Oracle
1 11 (35.48%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (29.03%) Finance
2 9 (29.03%) Data Validation
3 8 (25.81%) Test Strategy
3 8 (25.81%) Data Modelling
4 6 (19.35%) SQL
4 6 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (16.13%) Data Management
5 5 (16.13%) Data Extraction
5 5 (16.13%) Data Transformation
5 5 (16.13%) ETL
5 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
5 5 (16.13%) PL/SQL
6 4 (12.90%) Migration
6 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (12.90%) Informatica
6 4 (12.90%) Fraud Modelling
6 4 (12.90%) Credit Risk
7 3 (9.677%) Use Case
7 3 (9.677%) Data Migration
7 3 (9.677%) Data Mart
7 3 (9.677%) Data Governance
7 3 (9.677%) Data Architecture
7 3 (9.677%) PowerCenter
7 3 (9.677%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (9.677%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (6.452%) Scrum
8 2 (6.452%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (6.452%) NHS

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (3.226%) jQuery
1 1 (3.226%) Ajax
1 1 (3.226%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.226%) JMS
1 1 (3.226%) .NET
1 1 (3.226%) CSS
1 1 (3.226%) Middleware
1 1 (3.226%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) Oracle Application Server
1 1 (3.226%) Oracle Spatial
1 1 (3.226%) ESB
1 1 (3.226%) AquaLogic
1 1 (3.226%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (3.226%) AquaLogic Service Bus
1 1 (3.226%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (3.226%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (3.226%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (3.226%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.226%) MS Office
1 1 (3.226%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) GSM
1 1 (3.226%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (35.48%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (9.677%) Data Mart
2 3 (9.677%) PowerCenter
2 3 (9.677%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.226%) MS Access
3 1 (3.226%) Data Mining
3 1 (3.226%) GIS
General
1 9 (29.03%) Finance
2 2 (6.452%) Marketing
2 2 (6.452%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.226%) German Language
3 1 (3.226%) Japanese Language
3 1 (3.226%) Retail
3 1 (3.226%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.226%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Test Manager
2 8 (25.81%) Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Business Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Developer
4 4 (12.90%) Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Business Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Credit Risk Business Analyst
4 4 (12.90%) Credit Risk Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) SQL Developer
5 2 (6.452%) Product Manager
5 2 (6.452%) Designer
6 1 (3.226%) Software Programmer
6 1 (3.226%) Data Migration Manager
6 1 (3.226%) SQL Programmer
6 1 (3.226%) Senior Information Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Trainer
6 1 (3.226%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Senior Data Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Data Extraction
2 4 (12.90%) Credit Risk
3 2 (6.452%) NHS
4 1 (3.226%) Data Conversion
4 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
4 1 (3.226%) Pharmacovigilance
4 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.226%) Oracle Linux
1 1 (3.226%) Windows
1 1 (3.226%) AIX
1 1 (3.226%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (29.03%) Data Validation
2 8 (25.81%) Test Strategy
2 8 (25.81%) Data Modelling
3 6 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (16.13%) Data Management
4 5 (16.13%) Data Transformation
4 5 (16.13%) ETL
4 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
5 4 (12.90%) Migration
5 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (12.90%) Fraud Modelling
6 3 (9.677%) Use Case
6 3 (9.677%) Data Migration
6 3 (9.677%) Data Governance
6 3 (9.677%) Data Architecture
6 3 (9.677%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (6.452%) Scrum
7 2 (6.452%) E-Commerce
7 2 (6.452%) Analytics
7 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) SQL
2 5 (16.13%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.226%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.226%) VBA
3 1 (3.226%) C++
3 1 (3.226%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.452%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.226%) Degree
2 1 (3.226%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.226%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 11 (35.48%) Oracle
2 4 (12.90%) Informatica
3 1 (3.226%) Civica
3 1 (3.226%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (3.226%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.226%) HP
3 1 (3.226%) Hyperion
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