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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 104 129 120
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -9
Permanent jobs citing Validation 60 31 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.952% 0.934% 1.288%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.546% 1.283% 1.713%
Number of salaries quoted 51 17 35
Average salary £35,000 £39,000 £43,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.25% -10.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,800 £35,400
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £51,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2357 2417 2685
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 76.68% 72.85% 75.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1989 2114 2279
Average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,800 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
England

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire +23 41 £35,000 -10.25%
Northamptonshire +5 9 £35,000 -22.22%
Leicestershire -10 4 £42,100 -6.44%
Derbyshire +2 3 £49,250 +44.85%
Validation
England

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 36 (36.73%) Microsoft
2 32 (32.65%) SQL
2 32 (32.65%) Computer Science
3 30 (30.61%) C#
4 28 (28.57%) MS Excel
5 26 (26.53%) .NET
6 20 (20.41%) SQL Server
7 17 (17.35%) Windows
8 15 (15.31%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 15 (15.31%) Degree
9 14 (14.29%) HIPAA
9 14 (14.29%) XML
9 14 (14.29%) Change Control
10 13 (13.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
11 12 (12.24%) Firewall
11 12 (12.24%) VMware
11 12 (12.24%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (11.22%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (11.22%) Project Planning
12 11 (11.22%) QA
12 11 (11.22%) Windows Server 2003
13 10 (10.20%) Middleware
13 10 (10.20%) E-Commerce
14 9 (9.184%) Active Directory
14 9 (9.184%) Citrix
14 9 (9.184%) CCA
14 9 (9.184%) Citrix Certification
14 9 (9.184%) Finance
14 9 (9.184%) Test Strategy

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 26 (26.53%) .NET
2 14 (14.29%) XML
3 10 (10.20%) Middleware
4 7 (7.143%) ASP.NET
4 7 (7.143%) Web Services
5 6 (6.122%) .NET Framework
5 6 (6.122%) CSS
5 6 (6.122%) XHTML
6 5 (5.102%) XSL
6 5 (5.102%) XSLT
6 5 (5.102%) WebSphere
6 5 (5.102%) XML Messaging
7 2 (2.041%) soapUI
8 1 (1.020%) COM
8 1 (1.020%) STL
8 1 (1.020%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.061%) WebSphere MQ
1 3 (3.061%) CICS
1 3 (3.061%) SharePoint
1 3 (3.061%) IIS
1 3 (3.061%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 3 (3.061%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
2 2 (2.041%) Apache
2 2 (2.041%) SAS
3 1 (1.020%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.020%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (1.020%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 28 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.102%) MS Office
3 3 (3.061%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.020%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.102%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.24%) Firewall
2 6 (6.122%) SSL
3 5 (5.102%) SAN
4 4 (4.082%) Network Security
4 4 (4.082%) HTTP
5 3 (3.061%) LDAP
5 3 (3.061%) BIG-IP
6 2 (2.041%) SMTP
6 2 (2.041%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.041%) DNS
6 2 (2.041%) DHCP
6 2 (2.041%) FTP
7 1 (1.020%) Intranet
7 1 (1.020%) Internet
7 1 (1.020%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (20.41%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (6.122%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (6.122%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (4.082%) DB2
4 2 (2.041%) TOAD
5 1 (1.020%) Star Schema
5 1 (1.020%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.020%) MS Access
5 1 (1.020%) Informix
5 1 (1.020%) OLAP
5 1 (1.020%) MySQL
5 1 (1.020%) Oracle OLAP
5 1 (1.020%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.020%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (1.020%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (8.163%) Selenium
2 2 (2.041%) Cucumber
2 2 (2.041%) FitNesse
2 2 (2.041%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.041%) JUnit
3 1 (1.020%) LabVIEW
3 1 (1.020%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (13.27%) Pharmaceutical
2 9 (9.184%) Finance
3 6 (6.122%) Telecoms
4 3 (3.061%) Marketing
4 3 (3.061%) Legal
5 1 (1.020%) Billing
5 1 (1.020%) Advertising
5 1 (1.020%) Publishing
5 1 (1.020%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 22 (22.45%) Developer
2 19 (19.39%) Consultant
3 15 (15.31%) Software Developer
4 12 (12.24%) Analyst
4 12 (12.24%) .NET Developer
5 8 (8.163%) Technical Consultant
5 8 (8.163%) Architect
6 7 (7.143%) Test Analyst
7 6 (6.122%) .NET Software Developer
8 5 (5.102%) Integration Architect
8 5 (5.102%) Test Manager
8 5 (5.102%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (5.102%) Automation Test Analyst
8 5 (5.102%) C# Developer
8 5 (5.102%) Automation Analyst
8 5 (5.102%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (4.082%) Test Leader
9 4 (4.082%) Technical Leader
9 4 (4.082%) Virtualisation Consultant
10 3 (3.061%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (32.65%) Computer Science
2 12 (12.24%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (7.143%) N-Tier
4 5 (5.102%) Mainframe
5 4 (4.082%) Tandem
5 4 (4.082%) Physics
6 2 (2.041%) Open Source
6 2 (2.041%) IVR
6 2 (2.041%) Statistics
7 1 (1.020%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.020%) Data Integration
7 1 (1.020%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.35%) Windows
2 11 (11.22%) Windows Server 2008
2 11 (11.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (5.102%) UNIX
3 5 (5.102%) Linux
3 5 (5.102%) Windows Vista
4 4 (4.082%) AIX
4 4 (4.082%) HPUX
4 4 (4.082%) Solaris
5 2 (2.041%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.020%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.29%) Change Control
2 11 (11.22%) Project Planning
3 10 (10.20%) E-Commerce
4 9 (9.184%) Test Strategy
5 7 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (7.143%) Scrum
6 6 (6.122%) TDD
6 6 (6.122%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (6.122%) Unit Testing
6 6 (6.122%) Multithreading
7 5 (5.102%) Configuration Management
7 5 (5.102%) Change Management
7 5 (5.102%) Service Management
7 5 (5.102%) CRM
7 5 (5.102%) EAI
7 5 (5.102%) ITIL
7 5 (5.102%) Data Validation
7 5 (5.102%) Zachman Framework
7 5 (5.102%) TOGAF
7 5 (5.102%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 32 (32.65%) SQL
2 30 (30.61%) C#
3 5 (5.102%) Shell Script
3 5 (5.102%) XQuery
3 5 (5.102%) XPath
4 4 (4.082%) C
4 4 (4.082%) C++
4 4 (4.082%) Java
5 2 (2.041%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.041%) VB
5 2 (2.041%) VBA
6 1 (1.020%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 15 (15.31%) Degree
2 9 (9.184%) CCA
2 9 (9.184%) Citrix Certification
3 8 (8.163%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (5.102%) CCEE
4 5 (5.102%) CCIA
5 3 (3.061%) ISEB
6 2 (2.041%) VCP4
6 2 (2.041%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.041%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.041%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.041%) MCSE
6 2 (2.041%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.31%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 14 (14.29%) HIPAA
3 11 (11.22%) QA
4 2 (2.041%) CDISC
4 2 (2.041%) TickIT
4 2 (2.041%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.020%) GMP
5 1 (1.020%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (12.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (9.184%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.184%) XenApp
3 7 (7.143%) XenServer
3 7 (7.143%) XenDesktop
3 7 (7.143%) vSphere
4 6 (6.122%) Hyper-V
5 5 (5.102%) VMware ESX
6 4 (4.082%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (2.041%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (2.041%) Terminal Services
8 1 (1.020%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (4.082%) Tivoli
2 3 (3.061%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 3 (3.061%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 3 (3.061%) BladeLogic
2 3 (3.061%) SCOM
2 3 (3.061%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.020%) Data Guard
3 1 (1.020%) CA Wily
3 1 (1.020%) ZABBIX
3 1 (1.020%) Puppet
Vendors
1 36 (36.73%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.24%) VMware
3 9 (9.184%) Citrix
4 7 (7.143%) McAfee
4 7 (7.143%) CheckPoint
4 7 (7.143%) Juniper
4 7 (7.143%) Oracle
5 5 (5.102%) IBM
5 5 (5.102%) HP
5 5 (5.102%) Trend Micro
6 4 (4.082%) Vizioncore
6 4 (4.082%) AppSense
6 4 (4.082%) Wyse
6 4 (4.082%) PlateSpin
6 4 (4.082%) Novell
7 3 (3.061%) Veritas
7 3 (3.061%) Dell
7 3 (3.061%) F5
8 2 (2.041%) Verint
8 2 (2.041%) SAP
Nottingham, East Midlands
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Salary: GBP0 to GBP45000 per annum + Benefits: Bonus and benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Leicester, Leicestershire
Unique engineering company has headcount for a number of ambitious Test and Validation Engineer’s at all levels, positions to be based from their East Midlands office... You...
Executive Resource Group
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 24 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
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Huxley Associates
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
QA IT Tester - Nottingham - 12 months Fixed Term A QA IT Tester is required to join a well-known retail and manufacturing business in Nottingham as they look...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 25 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 24 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
You will also manage the verification and validation of controllers, sensors and actuators with external suppliers.Ideally you will have the following experience:- - Have a BSc or equivalent...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
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Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
A global provider of enterprise software / simulation software is urgently seeking a Senior Product Marketing Manager. The ideal candidate has at least 7 years senior product in Product...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus, car, health, pension
Posted: 21 May 2013