England Validation Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Validation skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Abingdon Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bathgate Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chelmsford Chesham Cheshire Chippenham City of London Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorchester Dorset East Lothian East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Glasgow Glossop Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Horsham Huntingdon Inverness Kent Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes Musselburgh Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Reading Renfrewshire Retford Rochester Romsey Rugby Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Neots Staffordshire Staines Stockport Surrey Sussex Swindon Tadworth Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Wells Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	362	362
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching permanent IT job ads	799	988
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.444 %	0.416 %
As % of the category below	0.797 %	0.801 %
Salaries quoted	618	702
Average minimum salary	£39,230	£35,939
Average salary	£42,738	£39,635
% change on same period last year	+7.83 %
Average maximum salary	£46,246	£43,331
UK excluding London average salary	£40,281	£36,574
% change on same period last year	+10.13 %
Processes & Methodologies England
Matching permanent IT job ads	100308	123422
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	55.70 %	51.99 %
Salaries quoted	82791	98988
Average minimum salary	£42,904	£44,370
Average salary	£46,943	£48,393
% change on same period last year	-2.99 %
Average maximum salary	£50,982	£52,416
UK excluding London average salary	£42,569	£44,378
% change on same period last year	-4.07 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Validation across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Validation across the England region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

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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 England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+6	242	£48,738	+5.56 %
South East	+25	199	£43,464	+21.23 %
South West	+24	123	£42,733	+9.07 %
East of England	+13	80	£39,613	-2.25 %
North West	+14	65	£31,958	-6.38 %
West Midlands	-18	48	£34,663	+2.77 %
Yorkshire	-9	23	£34,615	+6.50 %
East Midlands	+2	16	£37,500	+14.53 %
North East	+14	4	£26,750	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

1 358 (18.15 %) Finance 2 327 (16.58 %) Degree 3 227 (11.51 %) C++ 4 216 (10.95 %) Windows 5 214 (10.85 %) Java 6 212 (10.75 %) C 7 198 (10.04 %) SQL 8 169 (8.570 %) Oracle 9 153 (7.759 %) Telecoms 10 145 (7.353 %) Data Validation 11 141 (7.150 %) SQL Server 12 140 (7.099 %) Security Cleared 13 128 (6.491 %) Project Management 14 125 (6.339 %) Pharmaceutical 15 118 (5.984 %) .NET

15 118 (5.984 %) UNIX 15 118 (5.984 %) Microsoft 16 116 (5.882 %) Banking 17 115 (5.832 %) Aerospace 18 112 (5.680 %) Electronics 19 101 (5.122 %) QA 20 99 (5.020 %) UML 21 95 (4.817 %) Derivative 22 93 (4.716 %) J2EE 23 92 (4.665 %) OO 23 92 (4.665 %) Insurance 23 92 (4.665 %) Data Management 24 90 (4.564 %) Business Analysis 25 88 (4.462 %) C# 26 85 (4.310 %) Pensions

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the 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 1 118 (5.984 %) .NET 2 93 (4.716 %) J2EE 3 74 (3.753 %) XML 4 67 (3.398 %) HTML 5 35 (1.775 %) CSS 6 29 (1.471 %) WebSphere 7 23 (1.166 %) JSP 8 22 (1.116 %) ASP 9 20 (1.014 %) XHTML 9 20 (1.014 %) .NET Framework 10 19 (0.963 %) ASP.NET 11 18 (0.913 %) WebServices 12 17 (0.862 %) SOAP 12 17 (0.862 %) CORBA 13 16 (0.811 %) jQuery 14 13 (0.659 %) DCOM 15 12 (0.609 %) JSTL 16 11 (0.558 %) Java EE 16 11 (0.558 %) AJAX 17 10 (0.507 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 76 (3.854 %) SAS 2 32 (1.623 %) WebLogic 3 20 (1.014 %) IIS 4 15 (0.761 %) MS Exchange 5 14 (0.710 %) Tomcat 6 12 (0.609 %) Apache 7 8 (0.406 %) Exchange Server 2003 8 7 (0.355 %) WebLogic Portal 8 7 (0.355 %) SharePoint 9 5 (0.254 %) Exchange Server 2000 10 4 (0.203 %) Office Communications Server 10 4 (0.203 %) Documentum 10 4 (0.203 %) ArcGIS 11 3 (0.152 %) JBoss 11 3 (0.152 %) DotNetNuke 11 3 (0.152 %) Umbraco 12 2 (0.101 %) Exchange Server 2007 12 2 (0.101 %) Lotus Notes 12 2 (0.101 %) Oracle Spatial 12 2 (0.101 %) Oracle Workflow
Applications 1 75 (3.803 %) MS Excel 2 54 (2.738 %) MS Office 3 21 (1.065 %) MS Visio 4 19 (0.963 %) MATLAB 5 14 (0.710 %) Simulink 6 9 (0.456 %) MS PowerPoint 6 9 (0.456 %) Photoshop 7 6 (0.304 %) MS Project 7 6 (0.304 %) SPSS 8 5 (0.254 %) Fireworks 8 5 (0.254 %) Adobe Illustrator 9 4 (0.203 %) S-PLUS 10 3 (0.152 %) Spreadsheet 11 2 (0.101 %) Acrobat 12 1 (0.051 %) RoboHelp 12 1 (0.051 %) CATIA	Business Applications 1 15 (0.761 %) SAP R/3 2 13 (0.659 %) Oracle Applications 3 12 (0.609 %) Oracle EBS 4 10 (0.507 %) SAP WM 5 9 (0.456 %) Oracle Financials 6 8 (0.406 %) Oracle 11i 6 8 (0.406 %) LabWindows 7 6 (0.304 %) SAP APO 8 5 (0.254 %) Murex MxG2000 9 4 (0.203 %) Summit 9 4 (0.203 %) assyst 10 3 (0.152 %) Khalix 10 3 (0.152 %) SAP ERP 10 3 (0.152 %) SAP QM 10 3 (0.152 %) LongView 11 2 (0.101 %) SAP SD 11 2 (0.101 %) Oracle Clinical 11 2 (0.101 %) SAP Oil and Gas 12 1 (0.051 %) FRONT ARENA 12 1 (0.051 %) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking 1 54 (2.738 %) GSM 1 54 (2.738 %) TCP/IP 2 49 (2.485 %) UMTS 2 49 (2.485 %) Wireless 3 45 (2.282 %) Internet 3 45 (2.282 %) 3G 4 42 (2.130 %) GPRS 5 37 (1.876 %) Firewall 6 35 (1.775 %) DNS 7 33 (1.673 %) DHCP 8 29 (1.471 %) ATM 9 26 (1.318 %) VoIP 10 24 (1.217 %) MPLS 11 17 (0.862 %) 2G 12 16 (0.811 %) Ethernet 13 12 (0.609 %) SAN 13 12 (0.609 %) WAN 13 12 (0.609 %) Network Security 14 11 (0.558 %) WCDMA 14 11 (0.558 %) RANAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 141 (7.150 %) SQL Server 2 80 (4.057 %) Datawarehouse 3 61 (3.093 %) RDBMS 4 49 (2.485 %) ETL 5 29 (1.471 %) BusinessObjects 5 29 (1.471 %) SQL Server Integration Services 6 28 (1.420 %) SQL Server 2005 7 25 (1.268 %) SQL Server 2000 8 22 (1.116 %) MySQL 9 19 (0.963 %) Crystal Reports 10 18 (0.913 %) Oracle 8/8i 11 14 (0.710 %) MS Access 12 13 (0.659 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 13 12 (0.609 %) OLAP 14 11 (0.558 %) Data Cleansing 15 10 (0.507 %) Oracle Reports 16 9 (0.456 %) Oracle 10g 17 8 (0.406 %) PowerCenter 18 7 (0.355 %) GIS 18 7 (0.355 %) DB2
Development Applications 1 19 (0.963 %) Visual Studio 2 13 (0.659 %) JUnit 2 13 (0.659 %) ClearQuest 3 12 (0.609 %) Eclipse 4 11 (0.558 %) MSI 5 9 (0.456 %) FitNesse 5 9 (0.456 %) TestDirector 6 8 (0.406 %) Oracle Forms 6 8 (0.406 %) Selenium 7 7 (0.355 %) Dreamweaver 8 6 (0.304 %) QuickTest Pro 8 6 (0.304 %) Flash 8 6 (0.304 %) IntelliJ 9 5 (0.254 %) LoadRunner 9 5 (0.254 %) AdminStudio 10 4 (0.203 %) InstallShield 10 4 (0.203 %) Subversion 10 4 (0.203 %) RequisitePro 11 3 (0.152 %) Ant 11 3 (0.152 %) SilkPerformer	General 1 358 (18.15 %) Finance 2 153 (7.759 %) Telecoms 3 125 (6.339 %) Pharmaceutical 4 116 (5.882 %) Banking 5 115 (5.832 %) Aerospace 6 112 (5.680 %) Electronics 7 92 (4.665 %) Insurance 8 85 (4.310 %) Pensions 9 81 (4.108 %) Health 10 80 (4.057 %) Marketing 11 71 (3.600 %) Front Office 12 59 (2.992 %) Automotive 13 56 (2.840 %) Manufacturing 14 55 (2.789 %) Government 15 46 (2.333 %) Retail 16 44 (2.231 %) Electric 17 40 (2.028 %) Education 17 40 (2.028 %) Investment Banking 18 33 (1.673 %) Billing 19 32 (1.623 %) Avionics
Job Titles 1 411 (20.84 %) Analyst 2 186 (9.432 %) Developer 3 174 (8.824 %) Software Engineer 4 138 (6.998 %) Business Analyst 5 94 (4.767 %) Consultant 6 92 (4.665 %) Architect 7 83 (4.209 %) Systems Engineer 8 78 (3.955 %) Test Engineer 9 71 (3.600 %) Programmer 10 70 (3.550 %) Tester 11 58 (2.941 %) Design Engineer 12 50 (2.535 %) Test Analyst 13 44 (2.231 %) Project Manager 13 44 (2.231 %) Risk Analyst 14 43 (2.181 %) SAS Programmer 15 42 (2.130 %) Quantitative Analyst 15 42 (2.130 %) Support Engineer 16 39 (1.978 %) Hardware Engineer 17 35 (1.775 %) Senior Software Engineer 18 32 (1.623 %) Java Developer	Miscellaneous 1 95 (4.817 %) Derivative 2 83 (4.209 %) Mathematics 3 75 (3.803 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 4 69 (3.499 %) Computer Science 5 60 (3.043 %) Physics 6 54 (2.738 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 7 44 (2.231 %) Handset 8 43 (2.181 %) Market Risk 9 38 (1.927 %) Statistics 9 38 (1.927 %) Management Information System 10 37 (1.876 %) Fixed Income 11 36 (1.826 %) Equities 12 34 (1.724 %) Credit Risk 13 33 (1.673 %) Firmware 14 31 (1.572 %) ASIC 14 31 (1.572 %) VHDL 15 24 (1.217 %) Client/Server 15 24 (1.217 %) Stochastic Calculus 16 20 (1.014 %) German Language 16 20 (1.014 %) Portuguese Language
Operating Systems 1 216 (10.95 %) Windows 2 118 (5.984 %) UNIX 3 81 (4.108 %) Linux 4 49 (2.485 %) Windows Server 2003 5 34 (1.724 %) Windows XP 6 23 (1.166 %) Solaris 7 22 (1.116 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 20 (1.014 %) Windows 2000 9 19 (0.963 %) Windows Vista 9 19 (0.963 %) Red Hat Linux 10 17 (0.862 %) SUSE 11 13 (0.659 %) Symbian OS 12 11 (0.558 %) Debian 13 5 (0.254 %) MVS 13 5 (0.254 %) OS/400 13 5 (0.254 %) zOS 14 4 (0.203 %) Windows NT 14 4 (0.203 %) Embedded Linux 15 3 (0.152 %) Windows CE 16 2 (0.101 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 145 (7.353 %) Data Validation 2 140 (7.099 %) Security Cleared 3 128 (6.491 %) Project Management 4 99 (5.020 %) UML 5 92 (4.665 %) OO 5 92 (4.665 %) Data Management 6 90 (4.564 %) Business Analysis 7 77 (3.905 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 77 (3.905 %) Data Modelling 8 74 (3.753 %) Software Engineering 9 68 (3.448 %) Software Testing 10 64 (3.245 %) Test Scripting 11 63 (3.195 %) Risk Management 12 62 (3.144 %) ITIL 13 61 (3.093 %) Data Analysis 14 60 (3.043 %) Business Intelligence 15 55 (2.789 %) Migration 16 54 (2.738 %) Configuration Management 17 52 (2.637 %) Change Management 18 51 (2.586 %) Business Development
Programming Languages 1 227 (11.51 %) C++ 2 214 (10.85 %) Java 3 212 (10.75 %) C 4 198 (10.04 %) SQL 5 88 (4.462 %) C# 6 83 (4.209 %) JavaScript 7 54 (2.738 %) Perl 7 54 (2.738 %) VB 8 41 (2.079 %) Python 9 37 (1.876 %) PL/SQL 10 32 (1.623 %) VBScript 11 30 (1.521 %) DHTML 11 30 (1.521 %) VB.NET 12 29 (1.471 %) VBA 13 25 (1.268 %) Ada 14 23 (1.166 %) AWK 15 21 (1.065 %) Embedded C++ 16 18 (0.913 %) Embedded C 17 17 (0.862 %) Tcl 18 11 (0.558 %) Assembly Language	Qualifications 1 327 (16.58 %) Degree 2 67 (3.398 %) ISEB 3 43 (2.181 %) PhD 4 25 (1.268 %) HNC 5 24 (1.217 %) Microsoft Certification 6 16 (0.811 %) SAS Certification 6 16 (0.811 %) Cisco Certification 7 15 (0.761 %) HND 8 12 (0.609 %) Postgraduate 9 11 (0.558 %) MCSE 10 9 (0.456 %) MCDBA 10 9 (0.456 %) CCNP 10 9 (0.456 %) CISSP 10 9 (0.456 %) CIMA 10 9 (0.456 %) CISA 10 9 (0.456 %) MCITP 11 8 (0.406 %) MBA 12 7 (0.355 %) CFA 13 6 (0.304 %) ACCA 14 5 (0.254 %) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 101 (5.122 %) QA 2 23 (1.166 %) GCP 3 22 (1.116 %) SLA 4 21 (1.065 %) 21 CFR Part 11 5 19 (0.963 %) CDISC 6 15 (0.761 %) GxP 7 14 (0.710 %) Basel II 8 13 (0.659 %) GAMP 9 12 (0.609 %) ISO9001 9 12 (0.609 %) WCAG 10 10 (0.507 %) COBIT 11 9 (0.456 %) GMP 12 5 (0.254 %) PCI DSS 12 5 (0.254 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 13 4 (0.203 %) ISO9000 13 4 (0.203 %) ISO27001 14 3 (0.152 %) BS7799 14 3 (0.152 %) ISO17799 15 1 (0.051 %) GLP 15 1 (0.051 %) HL7	System Software 1 44 (2.231 %) Active Directory 2 17 (0.862 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 16 (0.811 %) NFS 4 8 (0.406 %) AquaLogic 5 5 (0.254 %) Xen 6 2 (0.101 %) VMware ESX 6 2 (0.101 %) NetBackup 7 1 (0.051 %) ISA Server 7 1 (0.051 %) Oracle RAC 7 1 (0.051 %) Cronacle
Systems Management 1 8 (0.406 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 7 (0.355 %) OpenView 3 6 (0.304 %) SCCM 4 4 (0.203 %) AssetCenter 5 3 (0.152 %) OVSD 6 2 (0.101 %) MOM 6 2 (0.101 %) OpenView Configuration Management 7 1 (0.051 %) MIMEsweeper 7 1 (0.051 %) MAILsweeper 7 1 (0.051 %) BMC Marimba	Vendors 1 169 (8.570 %) Oracle 2 118 (5.984 %) Microsoft 3 52 (2.637 %) Cisco 4 46 (2.333 %) SAP 5 37 (1.876 %) VMware 6 34 (1.724 %) HP 7 32 (1.623 %) EMC 8 29 (1.471 %) Business Objects 9 28 (1.420 %) Citrix 10 23 (1.166 %) IBM 11 19 (0.963 %) Siebel 11 19 (0.963 %) Red Hat 12 16 (0.811 %) Nokia 13 15 (0.761 %) Symbian 13 15 (0.761 %) CheckPoint 14 13 (0.659 %) Bloomberg 14 13 (0.659 %) Dell 15 11 (0.558 %) Informatica 15 11 (0.558 %) Murex 16 9 (0.456 %) SonicWALL