The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 17 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 of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 130 164 157
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -7
Permanent jobs citing Validation 151 112 112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 1.826% 1.288% 1.180%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.523% 1.857% 1.623%
Number of salaries quoted 94 81 101
Average salary £37,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,600 £50,000 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5984 6032 6901
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 72.37% 69.37% 72.73%
Number of salaries quoted 5129 5099 5854
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £62,500
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hertfordshire +43 93 £35,000 -9.09%
Essex +44 24 £42,500 +30.76%
Cambridgeshire -14 21 £50,000 +8.10%
Suffolk -6 9 £37,000 -1.98%
Bedfordshire -14 8 £42,500 +7.59%
Validation
England

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 98 (38.74%) Degree
2 61 (24.11%) C
2 61 (24.11%) Microsoft
3 54 (21.34%) SQL
4 51 (20.16%) MS Excel
5 47 (18.58%) C++
6 41 (16.21%) SQL Server
7 39 (15.42%) Project Management
8 35 (13.83%) Linux
9 34 (13.44%) Finance
9 34 (13.44%) System Testing
10 33 (13.04%) Unit Testing
11 32 (12.65%) Software Engineering
12 30 (11.86%) UNIX
13 29 (11.46%) MS Office
13 29 (11.46%) C#
14 28 (11.07%) Computer Science
15 27 (10.67%) Python
16 26 (10.28%) Windows
17 25 (9.881%) Marketing
18 24 (9.486%) Perl
18 24 (9.486%) GSM
18 24 (9.486%) WCDMA
19 23 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
20 22 (8.696%) .NET
21 21 (8.300%) Java
21 21 (8.300%) ISEB
21 21 (8.300%) Rational DOORS
22 20 (7.905%) OO
22 20 (7.905%) QA

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 22 (8.696%) .NET
2 17 (6.719%) MDX
3 8 (3.162%) HTML
4 5 (1.976%) CORBA
5 4 (1.581%) Spring
5 4 (1.581%) Spring MVC
5 4 (1.581%) Apache Flex
5 4 (1.581%) GWT
5 4 (1.581%) Web Services
5 4 (1.581%) WebSphere
5 4 (1.581%) Qt
5 4 (1.581%) RESTful
6 3 (1.186%) Application Packaging
6 3 (1.186%) CSS
7 2 (0.791%) J2EE
7 2 (0.791%) STL
7 2 (0.791%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 2 (0.791%) HTML5
8 1 (0.395%) soapUI
8 1 (0.395%) Smarty
Application Platforms
1 17 (6.719%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.976%) Apache
3 4 (1.581%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 51 (20.16%) MS Excel
2 29 (11.46%) MS Office
3 17 (6.719%) PowerPivot
4 10 (3.953%) MS Visio
5 9 (3.557%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (1.186%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.395%) MS Project
7 1 (0.395%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.395%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (1.581%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.186%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.186%) Oracle HRMS
2 3 (1.186%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.395%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.395%) Lawson
3 1 (0.395%) Movex
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.486%) GSM
1 24 (9.486%) WCDMA
2 14 (5.534%) 3G
2 14 (5.534%) GPRS
3 13 (5.138%) 2G
3 13 (5.138%) LTE
4 12 (4.743%) HSPA
4 12 (4.743%) 3GPP
5 9 (3.557%) Internet
6 7 (2.767%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.976%) Broadband
8 4 (1.581%) HTTP
9 3 (1.186%) WAN
10 2 (0.791%) UMTS
10 2 (0.791%) ATM
10 2 (0.791%) ZigBee
11 1 (0.395%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.395%) VLAN
11 1 (0.395%) NAS
11 1 (0.395%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (16.21%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.719%) OLAP
2 17 (6.719%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 17 (6.719%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 17 (6.719%) SQL Server 2005
2 17 (6.719%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 17 (6.719%) PerformancePoint
3 15 (5.929%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (1.581%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.186%) Oracle Discoverer
5 3 (1.186%) MySQL
5 3 (1.186%) Oracle BI EE
6 2 (0.791%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.395%) DB2
7 1 (0.395%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.395%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.395%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 21 (8.300%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (2.372%) ClearCase
3 5 (1.976%) Eclipse
3 5 (1.976%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (1.976%) Subversion
4 4 (1.581%) Maven
4 4 (1.581%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (1.581%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (1.581%) MSI
5 3 (1.186%) InstallShield
5 3 (1.186%) Selenium
5 3 (1.186%) FitNesse
6 2 (0.791%) WatiN
6 2 (0.791%) AdminStudio
6 2 (0.791%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.791%) NUnit
6 2 (0.791%) InstallAnywhere
7 1 (0.395%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.395%) Serena SBM
7 1 (0.395%) Axure RP
General
1 34 (13.44%) Finance
2 25 (9.881%) Marketing
3 17 (6.719%) Aerospace
4 16 (6.324%) Automotive
5 13 (5.138%) Electronics
5 13 (5.138%) Manufacturing
6 11 (4.348%) Retail
7 10 (3.953%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (2.372%) Multimedia
9 4 (1.581%) Military
9 4 (1.581%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.186%) Publishing
10 3 (1.186%) French Language
10 3 (1.186%) German Language
10 3 (1.186%) Avionics
11 2 (0.791%) Banking
12 1 (0.395%) Legal
Job Titles
1 49 (19.37%) Developer
2 43 (17.00%) Software Engineer
3 42 (16.60%) Analyst
4 18 (7.115%) Test Engineer
5 17 (6.719%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 17 (6.719%) Business Analyst
6 15 (5.929%) Architect
6 15 (5.929%) Microsoft Developer
7 14 (5.534%) Software Test Engineer
7 14 (5.534%) Software Developer
7 14 (5.534%) Verification Engineer
8 12 (4.743%) Project Planner
8 12 (4.743%) Technical Support
9 11 (4.348%) Development Engineer
9 11 (4.348%) Senior Development Engineer
10 10 (3.953%) Lead Architect
10 10 (3.953%) Software Manager
10 10 (3.953%) Lead Software Architect
10 10 (3.953%) Systems Analyst
10 10 (3.953%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.07%) Computer Science
2 16 (6.324%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 13 (5.138%) ASIC
4 11 (4.348%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (2.372%) Data Integration
6 4 (1.581%) iSeries
6 4 (1.581%) Telematics
7 3 (1.186%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (1.186%) VHDL
7 3 (1.186%) Verilog
8 2 (0.791%) APACS
8 2 (0.791%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.791%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.791%) EPoS
8 2 (0.791%) Open Source
8 2 (0.791%) FMCG
8 2 (0.791%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.791%) Kindle
8 2 (0.791%) CAN bus
8 2 (0.791%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.83%) Linux
2 30 (11.86%) UNIX
3 26 (10.28%) Windows
4 4 (1.581%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.186%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (1.186%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.186%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.186%) Windows XP
6 2 (0.791%) VMS
6 2 (0.791%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.395%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.395%) OS/390
7 1 (0.395%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (15.42%) Project Management
2 34 (13.44%) System Testing
3 33 (13.04%) Unit Testing
4 32 (12.65%) Software Engineering
5 23 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
6 20 (7.905%) OO
7 17 (6.719%) Dimensional Modelling
8 16 (6.324%) Test Automation
8 16 (6.324%) Change Control
9 15 (5.929%) Software Testing
10 14 (5.534%) Test Strategy
11 13 (5.138%) PRINCE2
11 13 (5.138%) UML
11 13 (5.138%) Agile Software Development
12 12 (4.743%) Scrum
12 12 (4.743%) Configuration Management
13 11 (4.348%) Business Analysis
14 10 (3.953%) Statistical Analysis
14 10 (3.953%) Resource Management
14 10 (3.953%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 61 (24.11%) C
2 54 (21.34%) SQL
3 47 (18.58%) C++
4 29 (11.46%) C#
5 27 (10.67%) Python
6 24 (9.486%) Perl
7 21 (8.300%) Java
8 19 (7.510%) T-SQL
9 18 (7.115%) Embedded C
10 6 (2.372%) Embedded C++
10 6 (2.372%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.186%) Tcl
11 3 (1.186%) Ada
11 3 (1.186%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.186%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.186%) C-shell
12 2 (0.791%) Assembly Language
13 1 (0.395%) JCL
13 1 (0.395%) VB
13 1 (0.395%) PHP
Qualifications
1 98 (38.74%) Degree
2 21 (8.300%) ISEB
3 12 (4.743%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.557%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.372%) PMP
5 6 (2.372%) PMI Certification
6 5 (1.976%) MBCS
7 3 (1.186%) CBAP
8 2 (0.791%) PhD
9 1 (0.395%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.395%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.395%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.395%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.905%) QA
2 14 (5.534%) HIPAA
2 14 (5.534%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 5 (1.976%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.581%) IEC 61508
5 3 (1.186%) DO-178B
5 3 (1.186%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.395%) TickIT
6 1 (0.395%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.186%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.186%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.791%) XenServer
3 1 (0.395%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.395%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (1.186%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.791%) SCCM
3 1 (0.395%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.395%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 61 (24.11%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.534%) Anite
3 13 (5.138%) Oracle
3 13 (5.138%) EMC
4 10 (3.953%) Sun
5 4 (1.581%) Adobe
5 4 (1.581%) JBoss
5 4 (1.581%) Google
6 3 (1.186%) Cognos
6 3 (1.186%) Siebel
6 3 (1.186%) IBM
6 3 (1.186%) HP
7 2 (0.791%) Riverbed
8 1 (0.395%) Altera
8 1 (0.395%) Xilinx
8 1 (0.395%) VMware
8 1 (0.395%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.395%) Computacenter
8 1 (0.395%) Capita
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