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The table below looks at the demand for Validation skills within the South Wales region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkValidation
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank9381
Rank change on same period last yearDown-12
Matching permanent IT job ads315
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.330 %1.468 %
Salaries quoted311
Average minimum salary£49,000£29,909
Average salary£49,500£30,591
% change on same period last year+61.81 %
Average maximum salary£50,000£31,273
UK excluding London average salary£40,371£36,627
% change on same period last year+10.22 %
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads9091022
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.503 %0.429 %
Salaries quoted859940
Average minimum salary£33,225£33,179
Average salary£37,249£37,060
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£41,274£40,942
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
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Wales

Validation
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Validation across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South Wales Validation Demand Trend

Validation
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Validation across the South Wales region.

South Wales Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewportDown-203£49,167+57.33 %
CardiffUp+22£50,000+85.18 %
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Wales

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

17 (58.33 %)SQL
17 (58.33 %)Oracle
26 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
35 (41.67 %)Project Management
35 (41.67 %)Security Cleared
44 (33.33 %)Oracle EBS
44 (33.33 %)Finance
44 (33.33 %)Advertising
44 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications
44 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
44 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports
44 (33.33 %)Oracle 11i
44 (33.33 %)Oracle Discoverer
53 (25.00 %)UNIX
53 (25.00 %)Windows
53 (25.00 %)C
62 (16.67 %)NetScreen
62 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (16.67 %)Business Continuity
62 (16.67 %)SQL Server
62 (16.67 %)Datawarehouse
62 (16.67 %)Windows XP
62 (16.67 %)N-Tier
62 (16.67 %)Linux
62 (16.67 %)VoIP
62 (16.67 %)RDBMS
62 (16.67 %)Cisco
62 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
62 (16.67 %)Video Conferencing
62 (16.67 %)Degree

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (33.33 %)Oracle 11i
14 (33.33 %)Oracle EBS
14 (33.33 %)Oracle Applications
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (16.67 %)VoIP
12 (16.67 %)NetScreen
21 (8.333 %)QSIG
21 (8.333 %)Nortel Meridian
21 (8.333 %)TCP/IP
21 (8.333 %)ISDN
South Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (33.33 %)Oracle Reports
14 (33.33 %)Oracle Discoverer
22 (16.67 %)RDBMS
22 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
22 (16.67 %)Datawarehouse
22 (16.67 %)SQL Server
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (33.33 %)Finance
14 (33.33 %)Advertising
21 (8.333 %)Telecoms
21 (8.333 %)Aerospace
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)Technical Manager
23 (25.00 %)Technical Project Manager
23 (25.00 %)Project Manager
32 (16.67 %)Architect
32 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Architect
41 (8.333 %)Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Senior Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Test Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Senior Test Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Senior Test Engineer
South Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)N-Tier
12 (16.67 %)Video Conferencing
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (25.00 %)UNIX
13 (25.00 %)Windows
22 (16.67 %)Linux
22 (16.67 %)Windows XP
22 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (16.67 %)Windows Vista
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (50.00 %)Disaster Recovery
25 (41.67 %)Project Management
25 (41.67 %)Security Cleared
32 (16.67 %)Business Continuity
41 (8.333 %)Software Testing
41 (8.333 %)Test Scripting
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (58.33 %)SQL
24 (33.33 %)PL/SQL
33 (25.00 %)C
South Wales IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (16.67 %)Degree
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (58.33 %)Oracle
22 (16.67 %)Cisco
31 (8.333 %)Nortel