The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 23 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 24 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 2 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.962% 0.955% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.290% 1.667% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
Average salary £41,250 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
155 180 187
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 74.52% 57.32% 59.74%
Number of salaries quoted 109 148 144
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,800 £39,600
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £65,000
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 Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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 Midlands region.

Midlands Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Midlands Validation Salary Histogram

Validation
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) VMware