The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 21 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 113 105 125
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +20
Permanent jobs citing Validation 25 19 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.224% 0.989% 0.481%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.641% 1.341% 0.661%
Number of salaries quoted 24 18 9
Average salary £42,500 £34,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.18% +6.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £18,675 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,750 £55,000 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1523 1417 1514
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 74.55% 73.73% 72.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1343 1201 1328
Average salary £42,500 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.40% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
South East

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Validation Salary Histogram

Validation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -4 19 £42,500 -14.14%
Marlow - 2 £35,000 -
High Wycombe -3 1 £45,000 +140.00%
Buckingham - 1 £57,500 -
Validation
South East

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 15 (39.47%) QA
2 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
3 11 (28.95%) Integration Testing
4 10 (26.32%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (26.32%) Finance
5 9 (23.68%) Degree
6 8 (21.05%) MS Excel
6 8 (21.05%) Analytics
7 7 (18.42%) E-Commerce
7 7 (18.42%) Migration
8 6 (15.79%) Data Management
8 6 (15.79%) Supply Chain Management
8 6 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
8 6 (15.79%) EDI
8 6 (15.79%) SQL Server
8 6 (15.79%) SAP
8 6 (15.79%) CSS
8 6 (15.79%) SAP WM
8 6 (15.79%) Quality Management
8 6 (15.79%) Master Data Management
8 6 (15.79%) Unit Testing
9 5 (13.16%) Information Architecture
9 5 (13.16%) Regression Testing
9 5 (13.16%) GAP Analysis
9 5 (13.16%) ISEB
9 5 (13.16%) MS Project
9 5 (13.16%) XHTML
9 5 (13.16%) Data Modelling
9 5 (13.16%) ISTQB
9 5 (13.16%) Test Scripting

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 6 (15.79%) EDI
1 6 (15.79%) CSS
2 5 (13.16%) XHTML
3 4 (10.53%) ASP.NET
3 4 (10.53%) .NET
4 3 (7.895%) XML
4 3 (7.895%) jQuery
4 3 (7.895%) .NET Framework
5 2 (5.263%) Smarty
5 2 (5.263%) Ajax
6 1 (2.632%) HTML
6 1 (2.632%) COM
6 1 (2.632%) Symfony
6 1 (2.632%) Zend Framework
6 1 (2.632%) HTML5
6 1 (2.632%) REST
6 1 (2.632%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.263%) Apache
1 2 (5.263%) SAS
2 1 (2.632%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.05%) MS Excel
2 5 (13.16%) MS Project
3 1 (2.632%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (15.79%) SAP WM
2 2 (5.263%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (5.263%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.632%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.632%) Bluetooth
1 1 (2.632%) LAN
1 1 (2.632%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.895%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (7.895%) Data Mining
2 3 (7.895%) MySQL
2 3 (7.895%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 3 (7.895%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (7.895%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.632%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.632%) MS Access
3 1 (2.632%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.632%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (7.895%) Selenium
2 2 (5.263%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (2.632%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (26.32%) Finance
2 2 (5.263%) Marketing
2 2 (5.263%) Electronics
2 2 (5.263%) Advertising
2 2 (5.263%) Retail
3 1 (2.632%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.632%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (52.63%) Analyst
2 7 (18.42%) Developer
3 6 (15.79%) SAP Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Tester
4 5 (13.16%) Business Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Tester
6 3 (7.895%) PHP Developer
6 3 (7.895%) Functional Analyst
6 3 (7.895%) Report Analyst
6 3 (7.895%) Data Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Senior Design Engineer
7 2 (5.263%) Automation Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Automation Test Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Web Manager
7 2 (5.263%) Design Engineer
7 2 (5.263%) Web Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Test Analyst
7 2 (5.263%) Consultant
7 2 (5.263%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (2.632%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.895%) N-Tier
1 3 (7.895%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.263%) Data Extraction
2 2 (5.263%) VHDL
2 2 (5.263%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (5.263%) ASIC
2 2 (5.263%) Firmware
2 2 (5.263%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.632%) Clustering
3 1 (2.632%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.895%) Linux
2 1 (2.632%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Integration Testing
2 10 (26.32%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (21.05%) Analytics
4 7 (18.42%) E-Commerce
4 7 (18.42%) Migration
5 6 (15.79%) Data Management
5 6 (15.79%) Supply Chain Management
5 6 (15.79%) Technical Architecture
5 6 (15.79%) Quality Management
5 6 (15.79%) Master Data Management
5 6 (15.79%) Unit Testing
6 5 (13.16%) Information Architecture
6 5 (13.16%) Regression Testing
6 5 (13.16%) GAP Analysis
6 5 (13.16%) Data Modelling
6 5 (13.16%) Test Scripting
6 5 (13.16%) Use Case
6 5 (13.16%) Load Testing
6 5 (13.16%) Business Analysis
6 5 (13.16%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) C#
1 4 (10.53%) SQL
2 3 (7.895%) VBA
2 3 (7.895%) JavaScript
2 3 (7.895%) PHP
2 3 (7.895%) PHP5
3 2 (5.263%) C
3 2 (5.263%) C++
4 1 (2.632%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) ISEB
2 5 (13.16%) ISTQB
3 3 (7.895%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.632%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.632%) CCNA
4 1 (2.632%) MCP
4 1 (2.632%) MCSE
4 1 (2.632%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (39.47%) QA
2 1 (2.632%) DO-254
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.79%) SAP
3 2 (5.263%) Hitwise
3 2 (5.263%) Google
4 1 (2.632%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (2.632%) NetApp
4 1 (2.632%) Citrix
4 1 (2.632%) Cisco
4 1 (2.632%) Oracle
4 1 (2.632%) VMware
4 1 (2.632%) Actel
4 1 (2.632%) Zend
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