The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 24 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 58 57 63
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Validation 9 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 1.456% 0.398% 0.335%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.965% 0.612% 0.513%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 2
Average salary £37,500 £46,500 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.35% +12.72%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
458 327 390
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 74.11% 65.14% 65.33%
Number of salaries quoted 389 245 279
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Validation Salary Trend

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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Weymouth - 5 £37,500 -
Poole +11 4 £29,500 -36.55%
Validation
South West

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 7 (41.18%) C++
2 7 (41.18%) Java
3 6 (35.29%) Risk Management
4 5 (29.41%) TCP/IP
4 5 (29.41%) OO
4 5 (29.41%) MS Office
4 5 (29.41%) Multithreading
5 4 (23.53%) Degree
5 4 (23.53%) Banking
5 4 (23.53%) ITIL V3
5 4 (23.53%) Problem Management
5 4 (23.53%) ITIL
5 4 (23.53%) Linux
5 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) Windows
6 3 (17.65%) C
6 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
6 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
7 2 (11.76%) PegaRULES
7 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
7 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (11.76%) Pega
7 2 (11.76%) UNIX
7 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
7 2 (11.76%) SQL
7 2 (11.76%) J2EE
7 2 (11.76%) Project Management
7 2 (11.76%) Electronics

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 (11.76%) J2EE
1 2 (11.76%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) PegaRULES
2 1 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) MS Office
2 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.882%) MS Project
3 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.882%) VPN
2 1 (5.882%) Firewall
2 1 (5.882%) ATM
2 1 (5.882%) LAN
2 1 (5.882%) VoIP
2 1 (5.882%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (23.53%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Aerospace
2 2 (11.76%) Electronics
3 1 (5.882%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Software Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Senior Software Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Team Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Graduate
5 1 (5.882%) Graduate Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Physics
1 1 (5.882%) Human Factors
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 3 (17.65%) Windows
3 2 (11.76%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Risk Management
2 5 (29.41%) OO
2 5 (29.41%) Multithreading
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL V3
3 4 (23.53%) Problem Management
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 3 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Software Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
6 1 (5.882%) Software Architecture
6 1 (5.882%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (5.882%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) C++
1 7 (41.18%) Java
2 3 (17.65%) C
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
4 1 (5.882%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) MCSE
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) SLA
1 1 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Pega
2 1 (5.882%) Cisco
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) VMware
Dorset, South West
Candidates must be eligible for Security Clearance/ Have Security Clearance I am currently seeking an excellent Senior Instrumentation Engineer to join one of the largest multinational Electronic firms...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £1 - £2 per annum + Health, Pension, childcare vouchers
Posted: 18 May 2013
Weymouth, Dorset
The role will involve taking a leading role in Software design, coding, integration and validation on a range of defence related projects... *Proficiency in C++ or Java *Strong...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £43000 per annum + (Relocation allowance)
Posted: 20 May 2013