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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 60 65 74
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +9
Permanent jobs citing Validation 9 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.362% 0.398% 0.625%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.852% 0.509% 0.871%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 4
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% +80.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
486 589 574
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 73.52% 78.22% 71.75%
Number of salaries quoted 405 546 528
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £53,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
East Midlands

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

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

Northamptonshire Validation Salary Histogram

Validation
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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northampton - 5 £35,000 -
Daventry - 1 £44,000 -
Validation
East Midlands

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 10 (47.62%) QA
2 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 8 (38.10%) E-Commerce
3 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 6 (28.57%) XHTML
5 6 (28.57%) ASP.NET
5 6 (28.57%) CSS
5 6 (28.57%) XML
5 6 (28.57%) N-Tier
5 6 (28.57%) C#
5 6 (28.57%) .NET
5 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 6 (28.57%) SQL Server 2000
5 6 (28.57%) Selenium
5 6 (28.57%) Unit Testing
5 6 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (28.57%) TDD
5 6 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (28.57%) .NET Framework
6 5 (23.81%) Configuration Management
7 4 (19.05%) Mainframe
7 4 (19.05%) Tivoli
7 4 (19.05%) Shell Script
7 4 (19.05%) Middleware
7 4 (19.05%) SSL
7 4 (19.05%) IBM
7 4 (19.05%) SQL
7 4 (19.05%) UNIX

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (28.57%) XHTML
1 6 (28.57%) ASP.NET
1 6 (28.57%) CSS
1 6 (28.57%) XML
1 6 (28.57%) .NET
1 6 (28.57%) .NET Framework
2 4 (19.05%) Middleware
2 4 (19.05%) WebSphere
3 1 (4.762%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 1 (4.762%) STL
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 3 (14.29%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
1 3 (14.29%) WebSphere MQ
1 3 (14.29%) CICS
2 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (4.762%) Apache
2 1 (4.762%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) SSL
2 1 (4.762%) LDAP
2 1 (4.762%) HTTP
2 1 (4.762%) Internet
2 1 (4.762%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 6 (28.57%) SQL Server 2000
1 6 (28.57%) SQL Server 2008
1 6 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (14.29%) DB2
3 1 (4.762%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Selenium
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
2 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Test Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Automation Test Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Automation Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Test Leader
5 2 (9.524%) Architect
5 2 (9.524%) Business Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Financial Business Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Financial Services Business Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) WebSphere Architect
5 2 (9.524%) Middleware Architect
6 1 (4.762%) Middleware Specialist
6 1 (4.762%) Software Quality Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Automation Tester
6 1 (4.762%) Financial Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Data Quality Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Test Project Leader
6 1 (4.762%) Data Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Tester
6 1 (4.762%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (28.57%) N-Tier
3 4 (19.05%) Mainframe
3 4 (19.05%) Tandem
4 2 (9.524%) IVR
4 2 (9.524%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) UNIX
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
1 4 (19.05%) AIX
1 4 (19.05%) HPUX
1 4 (19.05%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) E-Commerce
2 6 (28.57%) Unit Testing
2 6 (28.57%) TDD
3 5 (23.81%) Configuration Management
4 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (14.29%) Business Continuity
4 3 (14.29%) SOA
4 3 (14.29%) Service Management
5 2 (9.524%) ITIL
5 2 (9.524%) Workflow
5 2 (9.524%) Test Automation
5 2 (9.524%) Test Scripting
5 2 (9.524%) Test Strategy
6 1 (4.762%) Multithreading
6 1 (4.762%) QMS
6 1 (4.762%) Data Governance
6 1 (4.762%) Test Management
6 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.762%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (4.762%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) C#
2 4 (19.05%) Shell Script
2 4 (19.05%) SQL
3 1 (4.762%) C
3 1 (4.762%) C++
3 1 (4.762%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (9.524%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) QA
2 1 (4.762%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.762%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (4.762%) GMP
2 1 (4.762%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Tivoli
2 3 (14.29%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 1 (4.762%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) IBM
3 3 (14.29%) Oracle
4 2 (9.524%) Avaya
4 2 (9.524%) NetIQ
4 2 (9.524%) Chordiant
4 2 (9.524%) Verint
5 1 (4.762%) JBoss
5 1 (4.762%) Sun