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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 158 124 120
Rank change year-on-year
-34 -4
Permanent jobs citing Validation 58 93 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 1.106% 1.680% 1.674%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.468% 2.228% 2.442%
Number of salaries quoted 44 72 59
Average salary £36,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.75% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,450 £32,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3952 4174 4136
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.33% 75.41% 68.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3460 3551 3494
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
England

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 West 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
Bristol -29 14 £47,500 +18.75%
Wiltshire +6 13 £36,500 -21.50%
Gloucestershire -8 12 £24,500 -38.75%
Dorset -1 9 £37,500 -19.35%
Somerset - 7 £36,000 -
Devon -2 2 £34,250 -13.83%
Validation
England

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 60 (46.88%) SQL
2 37 (28.91%) Java
3 36 (28.13%) Oracle
4 31 (24.22%) PL/SQL
5 30 (23.44%) ETL
6 29 (22.66%) UNIX
7 28 (21.88%) Finance
8 27 (21.09%) Business Objects
8 27 (21.09%) PHP
9 26 (20.31%) Internet
10 25 (19.53%) Salesforce.com
10 25 (19.53%) OLAP
10 25 (19.53%) MS Excel
10 25 (19.53%) Data Warehouse
10 25 (19.53%) Software Engineering
10 25 (19.53%) Degree
10 25 (19.53%) Oracle OLAP
10 25 (19.53%) QlikView
10 25 (19.53%) Change Control
11 21 (16.41%) Agile Software Development
12 19 (14.84%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (14.06%) SQL Server
14 17 (13.28%) Security Cleared
15 16 (12.50%) Data Management
16 15 (11.72%) Telecoms
16 15 (11.72%) Microsoft
17 12 (9.375%) VB
18 11 (8.594%) .NET
18 11 (8.594%) C#
18 11 (8.594%) MS Office

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 11 (8.594%) .NET
2 7 (5.469%) XML
3 3 (2.344%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.563%) DirectX
4 2 (1.563%) J2EE
5 1 (0.781%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.781%) Spring.NET
5 1 (0.781%) REST
5 1 (0.781%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (0.781%) LINQ to SQL
5 1 (0.781%) COM
5 1 (0.781%) SOAP
5 1 (0.781%) ADO.NET
5 1 (0.781%) Middleware
5 1 (0.781%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.781%) JSON
5 1 (0.781%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.781%) LINQ
5 1 (0.781%) WCF
5 1 (0.781%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.688%) SAS
2 2 (1.563%) PegaRULES
2 2 (1.563%) CMS
3 1 (0.781%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.781%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.781%) IIS
3 1 (0.781%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.781%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 25 (19.53%) MS Excel
2 11 (8.594%) MS Office
3 2 (1.563%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.781%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.781%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.781%) MS Project
4 1 (0.781%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 26 (20.31%) Internet
2 11 (8.594%) 3G
3 7 (5.469%) Wireless
4 6 (4.688%) IPsec
4 6 (4.688%) VPN
4 6 (4.688%) Ethernet
5 5 (3.906%) xDSL
5 5 (3.906%) 4G
5 5 (3.906%) WAN
5 5 (3.906%) ISDN
5 5 (3.906%) LAN
5 5 (3.906%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.906%) MPLS
6 4 (3.125%) Broadband
6 4 (3.125%) DHCP
6 4 (3.125%) LTE
7 3 (2.344%) HSRP
7 3 (2.344%) PPP
7 3 (2.344%) SAN
7 3 (2.344%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (19.53%) OLAP
1 25 (19.53%) Data Warehouse
1 25 (19.53%) Oracle OLAP
1 25 (19.53%) QlikView
2 18 (14.06%) SQL Server
3 9 (7.031%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (5.469%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (3.906%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (3.125%) Base SAS
7 4 (3.125%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (3.125%) TOAD
8 3 (2.344%) SQL Server 2012
8 3 (2.344%) Oracle Discoverer
9 2 (1.563%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.563%) Data Mining
9 2 (1.563%) MS Access
10 1 (0.781%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.781%) MySQL
10 1 (0.781%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 8 (6.250%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.688%) Visual Studio
3 5 (3.906%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (3.125%) Subversion
4 4 (3.125%) Rational Rose
5 1 (0.781%) Moq
5 1 (0.781%) StyleCop
5 1 (0.781%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 1 (0.781%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.781%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.781%) PVCS
5 1 (0.781%) LabVIEW
5 1 (0.781%) NUnit
5 1 (0.781%) ReSharper
5 1 (0.781%) Oracle APEX
General
1 28 (21.88%) Finance
2 15 (11.72%) Telecoms
3 11 (8.594%) Electronics
4 10 (7.813%) Aerospace
4 10 (7.813%) Publishing
4 10 (7.813%) Military
5 9 (7.031%) Banking
6 8 (6.250%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.469%) Billing
8 5 (3.906%) Retail
9 4 (3.125%) Advertising
10 3 (2.344%) Automotive
11 2 (1.563%) Retail Banking
11 2 (1.563%) Legal
11 2 (1.563%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.563%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.781%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (21.88%) DBA
2 25 (19.53%) Analyst
3 20 (15.63%) Oracle DBA
4 18 (14.06%) Administrator
5 14 (10.94%) Developer
6 13 (10.16%) Software Engineer
7 10 (7.813%) Team Leader
7 10 (7.813%) SQL DBA
8 9 (7.031%) Business Analyst
8 9 (7.031%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (4.688%) Report Developer
9 6 (4.688%) VBA Developer
9 6 (4.688%) SQL Developer
9 6 (4.688%) Systems Engineer
10 5 (3.906%) MI Analyst
10 5 (3.906%) Lead Business Analyst
11 4 (3.125%) Software Team Leader
11 4 (3.125%) Data Manager
11 4 (3.125%) Data Analyst
11 4 (3.125%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.469%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.688%) Computer Science
3 5 (3.906%) Digital Media
4 4 (3.125%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 3 (2.344%) Statistics
5 3 (2.344%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.563%) Wiki
6 2 (1.563%) Physics
6 2 (1.563%) Credit Risk
6 2 (1.563%) Economics
6 2 (1.563%) Tandem
6 2 (1.563%) Data Extraction
7 1 (0.781%) Open Source
7 1 (0.781%) Data Conversion
7 1 (0.781%) Firmware
7 1 (0.781%) Streaming Video
7 1 (0.781%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.781%) Human Factors
Operating Systems
1 29 (22.66%) UNIX
2 9 (7.031%) Linux
3 6 (4.688%) Windows
4 4 (3.125%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (23.44%) ETL
2 25 (19.53%) Software Engineering
2 25 (19.53%) Change Control
3 21 (16.41%) Agile Software Development
4 19 (14.84%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (12.50%) Data Management
6 11 (8.594%) OO
7 10 (7.813%) ITIL
8 9 (7.031%) CRM
8 9 (7.031%) Risk Management
8 9 (7.031%) Business Analysis
8 9 (7.031%) Requirements Management
8 9 (7.031%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (6.250%) Requirements Analysis
10 7 (5.469%) Data Migration
10 7 (5.469%) OOD
10 7 (5.469%) Project Management
10 7 (5.469%) Migration
10 7 (5.469%) Change Management
10 7 (5.469%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (46.88%) SQL
2 37 (28.91%) Java
3 31 (24.22%) PL/SQL
4 27 (21.09%) PHP
5 12 (9.375%) VB
6 11 (8.594%) C#
7 10 (7.813%) VBA
8 9 (7.031%) T-SQL
9 8 (6.250%) C
9 8 (6.250%) C++
10 7 (5.469%) VB6
11 6 (4.688%) Perl
12 5 (3.906%) Embedded C
13 2 (1.563%) MATLAB
13 2 (1.563%) Tcl
14 1 (0.781%) Python
14 1 (0.781%) VBScript
14 1 (0.781%) XAML
Qualifications
1 25 (19.53%) Degree
2 17 (13.28%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.125%) CCNA
3 4 (3.125%) ISEB
3 4 (3.125%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.125%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.344%) HND
4 3 (2.344%) CCNP
4 3 (2.344%) CCIP
4 3 (2.344%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.563%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.563%) MCSE
5 2 (1.563%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.781%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.594%) SLA
2 8 (6.250%) QA
3 6 (4.688%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.563%) Basel II
5 1 (0.781%) JTAG
5 1 (0.781%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (0.781%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 36 (28.13%) Oracle
2 27 (21.09%) Business Objects
3 25 (19.53%) Salesforce.com
4 15 (11.72%) Microsoft
5 9 (7.031%) Cisco
6 5 (3.906%) Ericsson
6 5 (3.906%) Redback
7 2 (1.563%) Pega
8 1 (0.781%) Citrix
8 1 (0.781%) Infragistics
8 1 (0.781%) Anite
8 1 (0.781%) VMware
Swindon, Wiltshire
This is a great opportunity to join the IT Team of a Scientific company, Co-ordinating the IT Validation, qualification and compliance at their Swindon site... You will...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Dorset, South West
Candidates must be eligible for Security Clearance/ Have Security Clearance I am currently seeking an excellent Senior Instrumentation Engineer to join one of the largest multinational Electronic firms...
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £1 - £2 per annum + Health, Pension, childcare vouchers
Posted: 18 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Technical Skills Crystal Reports MSSQL 2005, 2008 TSQL (demonstrable use of Stored procedures, Triggers etc.) Some VB6 and/or C# knowledge .NET 3.5/4.0 XML Main...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
Experienced in change management procedures... Experienced in all relevant phases of software testing and validation... Technical Skills MSSQL 2005, 2008 (2012 would be an added bonus) Transact SQL (...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Weymouth, Dorset
The role will involve taking a leading role in Software design, coding, integration and validation on a range of defence related projects... *Proficiency in C++ or Java *Strong...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £43000 per annum + (Relocation allowance)
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
This involves RTL design and verification for FPGA/ASIC using appropriate tools... The role may involve close interaction with System Architects, Design, Validation and Firmware teams... Key Responsibilities:...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, South West
I am currently seeking an experienced Validation Engineer for a key client based inBristol. The company is a market leading technology organisation specialising in producing high end silicon...
Computer Futures
Salary: £4000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013