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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 77 76 53
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -23
Permanent jobs citing Validation 8 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 0.892% 0.824% 0.431%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.182% 1.242% 0.567%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 2
Average salary £60,000 £58,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.12% +38.23%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
677 483 353
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 75.47% 66.35% 76.08%
Number of salaries quoted 536 459 335
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,500 £27,100
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
Surrey

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

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

Guildford Validation Salary Histogram

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
1 6 (54.55%) Internet
2 5 (45.45%) Degree
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) MODAF
3 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (36.36%) Social Network
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
3 4 (36.36%) Java
3 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 4 (36.36%) Service Management
3 4 (36.36%) E-business
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
3 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
3 4 (36.36%) UML
3 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (36.36%) Client/Server
3 4 (36.36%) EAI
3 4 (36.36%) SOA
3 4 (36.36%) Analytics
3 4 (36.36%) Cyber Security
4 3 (27.27%) Migration
4 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
4 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
4 3 (27.27%) Test Management
4 3 (27.27%) Marketing
4 3 (27.27%) Technical Architecture

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Internet
2 2 (18.18%) IP Telephony
2 2 (18.18%) Extranet
2 2 (18.18%) Intranet
2 2 (18.18%) LAN
2 2 (18.18%) WAN
3 1 (9.091%) Unified Communications
3 1 (9.091%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (18.18%) MySQL
3 2 (18.18%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (18.18%) Ant
1 2 (18.18%) Visual Studio
1 2 (18.18%) MSBuild
General
1 3 (27.27%) Marketing
2 2 (18.18%) Games
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.091%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Technical Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Domain Architect
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Database Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Database Developer
2 2 (18.18%) SQL Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Project Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Developer
3 1 (9.091%) Deployment Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Pre Sales Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Mitel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Social Network
1 4 (36.36%) Client/Server
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) MODAF
1 4 (36.36%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (36.36%) TOGAF
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
1 4 (36.36%) Service Management
1 4 (36.36%) E-business
1 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
1 4 (36.36%) PRINCE2
1 4 (36.36%) UML
1 4 (36.36%) EAI
1 4 (36.36%) SOA
1 4 (36.36%) Analytics
1 4 (36.36%) Cyber Security
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Test Management
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (18.18%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) C#
2 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.091%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Mitel
2 2 (18.18%) Perforce
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Avaya
Guildford, South East
Make, MSBuild, Ant, Visual Studio)* Knowledge of programming in scripting languages and environments such as Python, Powershell etc.* Knowledge of Perforce (administration knowledge a distinct plus)* Knowledge of...
Salary: £30000 - £52000 per annum + Competitive Benefits.
Posted: 14 May 2013
Guildford, South East
Developing integration tests plans, replicating over the air scenarios using scripted (TTCN, C, C++) driven test systems and generate regular quality reports for the development team and management.
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013