The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Letchworth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 20 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 Letchworth region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Letchworth - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Letchworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
37 8 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Letchworth 56.06% 42.11% 73.33%
Number of salaries quoted 36 7 11
Average salary £35,000 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-36.36% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,300 £20,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £105,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
Hertfordshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Letchworth 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 Letchworth region.

Letchworth Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Letchworth 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 5 (71.43%) MBCS
2 4 (57.14%) Supply Chain Management
3 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
3 3 (42.86%) System Testing
3 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) ISEB

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Letchworth 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.

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 7 (100.00%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) IT Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Supply Chain Management
2 3 (42.86%) Business Analysis
2 3 (42.86%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) MBCS
2 3 (42.86%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft