The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 21 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 74 59 75
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +16
Permanent jobs citing Validation 8 9 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.772% 1.411% 0.380%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.070% 2.055% 0.546%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 3
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +41.50%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
748 438 549
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 72.20% 68.65% 69.49%
Number of salaries quoted 631 390 497
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £30,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
Oxfordshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxford Validation Salary Histogram

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 24 (88.89%) Degree
2 18 (66.67%) C++
3 17 (62.96%) Windows
3 17 (62.96%) Linux
4 10 (37.04%) C#
5 9 (33.33%) C
5 9 (33.33%) Java
5 9 (33.33%) MPEG
5 9 (33.33%) Ethernet
5 9 (33.33%) Embedded C
5 9 (33.33%) Assembly Language
5 9 (33.33%) Electronics
5 9 (33.33%) Automotive
5 9 (33.33%) STB
5 9 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
6 8 (29.63%) SAS
6 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
6 8 (29.63%) .NET
7 7 (25.93%) QA
8 6 (22.22%) Data Integration
8 6 (22.22%) Analytics
8 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (14.81%) XML
10 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
10 3 (11.11%) GAMP
10 3 (11.11%) ISO 9001
10 3 (11.11%) Publishing
10 3 (11.11%) Data Transformation
11 2 (7.407%) Oracle
12 1 (3.704%) OLAP

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 8 (29.63%) .NET
2 4 (14.81%) XML
3 1 (3.704%) XBRL
Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.704%) HFM
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.704%) OLAP
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle OLAP
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (3.704%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 9 (33.33%) Electronics
1 9 (33.33%) Automotive
2 3 (11.11%) Publishing
3 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.704%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 9 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Consultant
2 5 (18.52%) SAS Consultant
3 3 (11.11%) Quality Manager
3 3 (11.11%) QA Manager
3 3 (11.11%) Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Data Analyst
4 1 (3.704%) Project Manager
4 1 (3.704%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (3.704%) Applications Manager
4 1 (3.704%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) MPEG
1 9 (33.33%) STB
2 6 (22.22%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 17 (62.96%) Windows
1 17 (62.96%) Linux
2 9 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Analytics
1 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (11.11%) Data Transformation
3 1 (3.704%) OO
3 1 (3.704%) Multidimensional Analysis
3 1 (3.704%) Change Management
3 1 (3.704%) Data Management
3 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (3.704%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (66.67%) C++
2 10 (37.04%) C#
3 9 (33.33%) C
3 9 (33.33%) Java
3 9 (33.33%) Embedded C
3 9 (33.33%) Assembly Language
4 1 (3.704%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (88.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (25.93%) QA
2 3 (11.11%) GAMP
2 3 (11.11%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.407%) Oracle
3 1 (3.704%) Twitter
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