The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Rickmansworth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 17 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 Rickmansworth region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Validation 10 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 7.813% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.850% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £37,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Rickmansworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
113 49 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 88.28% 90.74% 77.78%
Number of salaries quoted 103 29 19
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -22.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £36,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,000 £50,000
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 Rickmansworth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Rickmansworth 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 Rickmansworth region.

Rickmansworth Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 8 (72.73%) Project Management
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
1 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Project Planning
2 4 (36.36%) Resource Management
2 4 (36.36%) Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) QA
3 3 (27.27%) Java
3 3 (27.27%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) Linux
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
4 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) Client/Server
4 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001
4 2 (18.18%) HTTP
4 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
4 2 (18.18%) HTML5
4 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
4 2 (18.18%) MVC
4 2 (18.18%) Handset
4 2 (18.18%) HTML
4 2 (18.18%) Kindle
5 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
5 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.091%) Scrum
5 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (9.091%) TDD
5 1 (9.091%) Quality Management

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth 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 2 (18.18%) HTML
1 2 (18.18%) CSS
1 2 (18.18%) HTML5
2 1 (9.091%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Project
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.091%) Internet
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Project Planner
2 2 (18.18%) Testing Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Test Manager
2 2 (18.18%) QA Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior Tester
3 1 (9.091%) QA Tester
3 1 (9.091%) QA Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) QA Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior QA Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Senior QA Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Senior QA Tester
3 1 (9.091%) QA Leader
3 1 (9.091%) Lead Tester
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Client/Server
1 2 (18.18%) Handset
1 2 (18.18%) Kindle
2 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
2 1 (9.091%) UNIX
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Project Management
1 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (36.36%) Project Planning
2 4 (36.36%) Resource Management
2 4 (36.36%) Analytics
3 2 (18.18%) Performance Testing
3 2 (18.18%) Test Scripting
3 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
3 2 (18.18%) MVC
4 1 (9.091%) Quality Management
4 1 (9.091%) Scrum
4 1 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (9.091%) TDD
4 1 (9.091%) BDD
4 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Java
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001