The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank - 36 36
Permanent jobs citing Validation 0 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford - 0.541% 0.649%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.581% 0.800%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +13.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
206 172 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 79.54% 92.97% 81.17%
Number of salaries quoted 199 163 119
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
Bedfordshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) TickIT
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Automotive
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Quality Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) TickIT