The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 22 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 84 79 86
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +7
Permanent jobs citing Validation 19 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.469% 0.669% 0.318%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.879% 0.870% 0.437%
Number of salaries quoted 18 7 3
Average salary £42,500 £44,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.40% +18.91%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +9.58%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1011 805 686
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 78.19% 76.96% 72.82%
Number of salaries quoted 866 659 582
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
Buckinghamshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Validation Salary Histogram

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 15 (55.56%) QA
2 11 (40.74%) Integration Testing
3 10 (37.04%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
5 7 (25.93%) Finance
6 6 (22.22%) Data Management
6 6 (22.22%) SAP WM
6 6 (22.22%) Quality Management
6 6 (22.22%) CSS
6 6 (22.22%) SAP
6 6 (22.22%) EDI
6 6 (22.22%) Unit Testing
6 6 (22.22%) Analytics
6 6 (22.22%) Master Data Management
6 6 (22.22%) Supply Chain Management
6 6 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (18.52%) Business Analysis
7 5 (18.52%) Software Testing
7 5 (18.52%) ISTQB
7 5 (18.52%) Use Case
7 5 (18.52%) Information Architecture
7 5 (18.52%) Test Scripting
7 5 (18.52%) Load Testing
7 5 (18.52%) XHTML
7 5 (18.52%) MS Project
7 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
7 5 (18.52%) Data Modelling
7 5 (18.52%) Regression Testing
7 5 (18.52%) GAP Analysis
7 5 (18.52%) ISEB

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (22.22%) CSS
1 6 (22.22%) EDI
2 5 (18.52%) XHTML
3 4 (14.81%) ASP.NET
3 4 (14.81%) .NET
4 3 (11.11%) jQuery
4 3 (11.11%) .NET Framework
4 3 (11.11%) XML
5 2 (7.407%) Ajax
5 2 (7.407%) Smarty
6 1 (3.704%) REST
6 1 (3.704%) CSS3
6 1 (3.704%) HTML5
6 1 (3.704%) Symfony
6 1 (3.704%) Zend Framework
6 1 (3.704%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.407%) SAS
1 2 (7.407%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Project
2 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (22.22%) SAP WM
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) Bluetooth
1 1 (3.704%) LAN
1 1 (3.704%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (11.11%) MySQL
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (3.704%) Big Data
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Selenium
2 1 (3.704%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) Tester
2 6 (22.22%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) SAP Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Business Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Senior Tester
5 3 (11.11%) PHP Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Functional Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Test Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Automation Test Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Automation Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Automation Tester
7 1 (3.704%) Business Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Fraud Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) Oracle Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (3.704%) SAS Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (11.11%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.704%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.704%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.704%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (3.704%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Integration Testing
2 10 (37.04%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (22.22%) Data Management
3 6 (22.22%) Quality Management
3 6 (22.22%) Unit Testing
3 6 (22.22%) Analytics
3 6 (22.22%) Master Data Management
3 6 (22.22%) Supply Chain Management
3 6 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (18.52%) Business Analysis
4 5 (18.52%) Software Testing
4 5 (18.52%) Use Case
4 5 (18.52%) Information Architecture
4 5 (18.52%) Test Scripting
4 5 (18.52%) Load Testing
4 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
4 5 (18.52%) Data Modelling
4 5 (18.52%) Regression Testing
4 5 (18.52%) GAP Analysis
4 5 (18.52%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) C#
2 3 (11.11%) PHP5
2 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 3 (11.11%) PHP
3 2 (7.407%) C++
3 2 (7.407%) VBA
4 1 (3.704%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) ISTQB
1 5 (18.52%) ISEB
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (3.704%) MCSE
3 1 (3.704%) MCP
3 1 (3.704%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.704%) CCNA
3 1 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (55.56%) QA
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (3.704%) Zend
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle
3 1 (3.704%) Cisco
3 1 (3.704%) NetApp
3 1 (3.704%) VMware
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Posted: 8 May 2013