The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 72 51 58
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +7
Permanent jobs citing Validation 9 17 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 1.257% 2.755% 0.187%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.708% 3.617% 0.239%
Number of salaries quoted 5 13 1
Average salary £27,500 £70,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-60.71% +12.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
527 470 419
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 73.60% 76.18% 78.17%
Number of salaries quoted 397 367 310
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £32,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £66,500 £62,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
Hampshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke Validation Jobs Demand Trend

Validation
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Validation across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Basingstoke Validation Salary Histogram

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Validation.

1 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Telecoms
3 9 (47.37%) Windows
3 9 (47.37%) Degree
4 7 (36.84%) Linux
4 7 (36.84%) Retail
5 6 (31.58%) Firewall
5 6 (31.58%) Solaris
5 6 (31.58%) HTTP
5 6 (31.58%) HTTPS
5 6 (31.58%) Terminal Services
5 6 (31.58%) McAfee
5 6 (31.58%) Fujitsu
5 6 (31.58%) Network Security
5 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
5 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
5 6 (31.58%) Forefront TMG
5 6 (31.58%) Metadata Management
6 5 (26.32%) C++
7 4 (21.05%) C
7 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
7 4 (21.05%) Military
8 3 (15.79%) Information Management
8 3 (15.79%) Electronics
8 3 (15.79%) Aerospace
8 3 (15.79%) C#
8 3 (15.79%) UML
8 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
8 3 (15.79%) Microsoft

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Validation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (10.53%) HTML
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
1 2 (10.53%) XML
1 2 (10.53%) XSL
2 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.263%) WCF
2 1 (5.263%) WPF
2 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.263%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) IIS
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.263%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) HTTP
1 6 (31.58%) HTTPS
1 6 (31.58%) Firewall
1 6 (31.58%) Network Security
2 1 (5.263%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.263%) WebFOCUS
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) LabVIEW
2 1 (5.263%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (57.89%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Telecoms
3 7 (36.84%) Retail
4 4 (21.05%) Military
5 3 (15.79%) Electronics
5 3 (15.79%) Aerospace
6 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
7 1 (5.263%) Billing
7 1 (5.263%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Web Designer
1 6 (31.58%) Designer
2 4 (21.05%) Software Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Tester
3 2 (10.53%) Electronics Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) MI Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Penetration Tester
4 1 (5.263%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Software Tester
4 1 (5.263%) C# Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) C# .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.79%) Chip and PIN
3 1 (5.263%) Firmware
3 1 (5.263%) DTV
3 1 (5.263%) Device Driver
3 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (47.37%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Linux
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (31.58%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Metadata Management
2 3 (15.79%) Communications Security
2 3 (15.79%) Digital Signal Processing
2 3 (15.79%) Signal Processing
2 3 (15.79%) UML
2 3 (15.79%) Information Management
2 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
2 3 (15.79%) Requirements Management
3 2 (10.53%) Six Sigma
3 2 (10.53%) DFSS
3 2 (10.53%) Lean Six Sigma
3 2 (10.53%) Lean Manufacturing
3 2 (10.53%) System Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Time Management
4 1 (5.263%) Problem Management
4 1 (5.263%) Security Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) OWASP
4 1 (5.263%) ITIL
4 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) C++
2 4 (21.05%) C
3 3 (15.79%) C#
4 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) Degree
2 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
2 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) HNC
4 2 (10.53%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) GMP
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.263%) PCI DSS
2 1 (5.263%) COSO
2 1 (5.263%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Terminal Services
1 6 (31.58%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) McAfee
1 6 (31.58%) Fujitsu
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.263%) HP