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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 50 55 53
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -2
Permanent jobs citing Validation 3 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 0.714% 0.668% 0.954%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.882% 1.124% 1.370%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 5
Average salary £49,250 £34,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.75% -31.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Derbyshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
340 267 365
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derbyshire 80.95% 59.47% 69.66%
Number of salaries quoted 279 235 325
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
East Midlands

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Derby +7 1 £55,000 +59.42%
Chesterfield - 1 - -
Validation
East Midlands

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Selenium
2 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
2 2 (40.00%) BDD
2 2 (40.00%) soapUI
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Cognos
2 2 (40.00%) TOAD
2 2 (40.00%) VBA
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) JUnit
2 2 (40.00%) SAP

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Derbyshire 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 (40.00%) Web Services
1 2 (40.00%) XML
1 2 (40.00%) soapUI
2 1 (20.00%) Middleware
2 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JUnit
1 2 (40.00%) Selenium
1 2 (40.00%) Cucumber
2 1 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Tester
1 2 (40.00%) Automated Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Release Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Open Source
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) BDD
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) System Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) C
2 2 (40.00%) VBA
3 1 (20.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
2 2 (40.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
1 2 (40.00%) Cognos
1 2 (40.00%) HP
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft