The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 19 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 62 54 58
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +4
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1 1 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 0.180% 0.244% 2.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.246% 0.337% 2.800%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 14
Average salary £30,000 - £29,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +13.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
407 297 500
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 73.20% 72.62% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 339 277 471
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
South Wales

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 1 (100.00%) .NET
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISEB