The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 114 128 117
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -11
Permanent jobs citing Validation 26 24 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.043% 0.847% 0.944%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.483% 1.198% 1.401%
Number of salaries quoted 20 14 25
Average salary £45,000 £46,250 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.70% -2.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £30,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £51,750 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +13.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1753 2003 1998
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 70.29% 70.73% 67.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1508 1709 1756
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
East of England

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridge +5 17 £52,500 +31.25% 8
Peterborough -2 3 £45,000 +5.88%
Validation
East of England

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 28 (53.85%) Degree
2 19 (36.54%) C
3 15 (28.85%) C++
3 15 (28.85%) Python
3 15 (28.85%) GSM
3 15 (28.85%) WCDMA
4 14 (26.92%) Software Engineering
5 11 (21.15%) Unit Testing
5 11 (21.15%) 3G
5 11 (21.15%) Linux
6 10 (19.23%) Test Automation
6 10 (19.23%) GPRS
6 10 (19.23%) 2G
7 9 (17.31%) Anite
7 9 (17.31%) LTE
7 9 (17.31%) C#
8 8 (15.38%) Perl
8 8 (15.38%) 3GPP
9 7 (13.46%) Project Management
9 7 (13.46%) HTML
9 7 (13.46%) Java
9 7 (13.46%) JavaScript
9 7 (13.46%) Oracle
9 7 (13.46%) OO
9 7 (13.46%) Oracle Reports
9 7 (13.46%) HSPA
9 7 (13.46%) System Testing
9 7 (13.46%) Computer Science
9 7 (13.46%) Software Testing
10 6 (11.54%) Oracle EBS

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 7 (13.46%) HTML
2 4 (7.692%) jQuery
2 4 (7.692%) Smarty
2 4 (7.692%) Ajax
2 4 (7.692%) XHTML
2 4 (7.692%) CSS
3 2 (3.846%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 2 (3.846%) STL
4 1 (1.923%) XML
4 1 (1.923%) XSLT
4 1 (1.923%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.692%) Apache
2 2 (3.846%) MS Project Server
2 2 (3.846%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.846%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 2 (3.846%) MS Project
1 2 (3.846%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (11.54%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (7.692%) Oracle HRMS
2 4 (7.692%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (7.692%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.85%) GSM
1 15 (28.85%) WCDMA
2 11 (21.15%) 3G
3 10 (19.23%) GPRS
3 10 (19.23%) 2G
4 9 (17.31%) LTE
5 8 (15.38%) 3GPP
6 7 (13.46%) HSPA
7 2 (3.846%) VLAN
7 2 (3.846%) ZigBee
7 2 (3.846%) iSCSI
7 2 (3.846%) IPv6
7 2 (3.846%) UMTS
7 2 (3.846%) WAN
7 2 (3.846%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.923%) Internet
8 1 (1.923%) LAN
8 1 (1.923%) Ethernet
8 1 (1.923%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.923%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.46%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (7.692%) MySQL
2 4 (7.692%) Oracle Discoverer
3 1 (1.923%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (11.54%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (3.846%) JIRA
2 2 (3.846%) Selenium
2 2 (3.846%) FitNesse
2 2 (3.846%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.923%) ClearCase
General
1 4 (7.692%) Finance
2 3 (5.769%) Multimedia
2 3 (5.769%) Marketing
3 2 (3.846%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.846%) Electronics
3 2 (3.846%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.923%) Retail
4 1 (1.923%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (40.38%) Software Engineer
2 10 (19.23%) Developer
2 10 (19.23%) Verification Engineer
3 7 (13.46%) Test Engineer
3 7 (13.46%) Development Engineer
3 7 (13.46%) Senior Development Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) Senior Software Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) Software Test Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) Oracle Developer
4 6 (11.54%) Business Developer
5 4 (7.692%) PHP Developer
5 4 (7.692%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 3 (5.769%) Analyst
6 3 (5.769%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.846%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.846%) Business Analyst
8 1 (1.923%) Test Automation Analyst
8 1 (1.923%) Automation Analyst
8 1 (1.923%) Technical Sales Consultant
8 1 (1.923%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Computer Science
2 3 (5.769%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (3.846%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.846%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (3.846%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.923%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.923%) LIMS
4 1 (1.923%) Handset
4 1 (1.923%) Chemistry
Operating Systems
1 11 (21.15%) Linux
2 6 (11.54%) UNIX
3 5 (9.615%) Windows
4 2 (3.846%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.846%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.92%) Software Engineering
2 11 (21.15%) Unit Testing
3 10 (19.23%) Test Automation
4 7 (13.46%) Project Management
4 7 (13.46%) OO
4 7 (13.46%) System Testing
4 7 (13.46%) Software Testing
5 6 (11.54%) ERP
6 4 (7.692%) MVC
6 4 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (7.692%) OOP
6 4 (7.692%) E-Commerce
6 4 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (5.769%) Automated Testing
7 3 (5.769%) Test Scripting
7 3 (5.769%) Requirements Analysis
8 2 (3.846%) Web Development
8 2 (3.846%) Resource Management
8 2 (3.846%) Test Management
8 2 (3.846%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (36.54%) C
2 15 (28.85%) C++
2 15 (28.85%) Python
3 9 (17.31%) C#
4 8 (15.38%) Perl
5 7 (13.46%) Java
5 7 (13.46%) JavaScript
6 4 (7.692%) PHP5
6 4 (7.692%) PHP
6 4 (7.692%) PL/SQL
6 4 (7.692%) SQL
7 3 (5.769%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.923%) Delphi
8 1 (1.923%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.923%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 28 (53.85%) Degree
2 4 (7.692%) ISEB
3 1 (1.923%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.615%) QA
2 1 (1.923%) IEC 61508
2 1 (1.923%) DO-178B
2 1 (1.923%) GCP
2 1 (1.923%) GLP
System Software
1 4 (7.692%) XenServer
Vendors
1 9 (17.31%) Anite
2 7 (13.46%) Oracle
3 4 (7.692%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.923%) Riverbed
Cambridge, East Anglia
Implement product development lifecycle process, product design and validation standards... Key words: Software engineer 1st 2.1 Honours degree maths mathematical engineering scientific science developing object oriented desktop...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: £40 - £45,000 + benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Implement product development lifecycle process, product design and validation standards... Key words: Senior software developer Senior software developer Senior software developer Senior software developer 1st 2.1 Honours...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £45,000 + benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key requirements: - A 1st or a 2.1 degree in electronics or software engineering... - Proficiency in C/C++, assembler, C#, Altium Designer. - Experience with the full development lifecycle...
Trent Pearce
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Key Requirements: You should have relevant related industry experience, in QA/ QC and/or Manufacturing, as well as a degree in Computer Science Software engineering, Chemistry*, Biology* or...
Accelrys
Salary: competitive package
Posted: 17 June 2013
UK - Cambridge
Responsibilities also include on-site and remote installation and configuration of Accelrys solutions within our customer's environments.Working closely with leading industry and academic researchers in a...
Accelrys
Salary: Competitive Package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Corporate Project Solutions
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension scheme,Shares
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£45k + benefits
Posted: 15 April 2013
Cambridge, South East, United Kingdom, East...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Salary: £29750 - £37525 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013