The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 23 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 Devon region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 41 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 0.733% 2.265% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.136% 2.929% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £34,250 £39,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.83% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
176 239 250
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 64.47% 77.35% 58.28%
Number of salaries quoted 146 199 203
Average salary £34,000 £37,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.33% +20.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,500 £24,700
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
South West

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Devon region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Devon 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 Devon region over the 3 months to 23 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
Exeter +7 1 £28,500 -
Validation
South West

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) TOAD
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
2 3 (37.50%) Automotive
2 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (37.50%) SAS
2 3 (37.50%) QA
2 3 (37.50%) Base SAS
2 3 (37.50%) Data Mapping
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Military
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
4 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
4 1 (12.50%) Statistics
4 1 (12.50%) Economics
4 1 (12.50%) LAN
4 1 (12.50%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) HTTP
4 1 (12.50%) SNMP
4 1 (12.50%) UNIX
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) SSL
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SAS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTPS
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
1 1 (12.50%) SNMP
1 1 (12.50%) SSL
1 1 (12.50%) TELNET
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) TOAD
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Discoverer
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
1 3 (37.50%) Base SAS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Aerospace
1 3 (37.50%) Automotive
1 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Military
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Manager
2 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Fraud Business Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Fraud Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Information Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Statistics
1 1 (12.50%) Economics
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Data Mapping
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Benchmarking
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Security
3 1 (12.50%) Data Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle