The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 22 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 84 87 58
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -29
Permanent jobs citing Validation 4 9 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.478% 0.961% 1.642%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.637% 1.218% 2.247%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 10
Average salary £44,000 £45,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.22% +109.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,900 £30,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £55,000 £30,300
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +9.58%
All Processes & Methodologies
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
628 739 445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 75.03% 78.87% 73.07%
Number of salaries quoted 568 682 405
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,000 £65,000 £53,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
Hampshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 17 (68.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (56.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (40.00%) ITIL
4 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
5 8 (32.00%) PowerShell
5 8 (32.00%) SCCM
5 8 (32.00%) Windows 7
5 8 (32.00%) MSI
5 8 (32.00%) AdminStudio
5 8 (32.00%) Windows
5 8 (32.00%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 5 (20.00%) Aerospace
6 5 (20.00%) UML
6 5 (20.00%) ATM
7 4 (16.00%) LAN
7 4 (16.00%) WLAN
7 4 (16.00%) ASIC
7 4 (16.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
7 4 (16.00%) Wireless
7 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
7 4 (16.00%) Military
7 4 (16.00%) VHDL
7 4 (16.00%) Verilog
7 4 (16.00%) System Testing
7 4 (16.00%) Degree
7 4 (16.00%) Synopsys
8 3 (12.00%) MODAF
8 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 1 (4.000%) WCF
1 1 (4.000%) WPF
1 1 (4.000%) .NET
1 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET
1 1 (4.000%) COM
1 1 (4.000%) XML
1 1 (4.000%) XSL
1 1 (4.000%) HTML
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) ATM
2 4 (16.00%) LAN
2 4 (16.00%) WLAN
2 4 (16.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (32.00%) MSI
1 8 (32.00%) AdminStudio
General
1 5 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (16.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (16.00%) Military
3 2 (8.000%) Automotive
4 1 (4.000%) Finance
4 1 (4.000%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Systems Engineer
1 8 (32.00%) Applications Packager
2 6 (24.00%) Test Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Systems Test Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) ASIC Design Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Design Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Digital Design Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Software Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Software Test Engineer
5 3 (12.00%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (8.000%) Systems Integration Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (4.000%) QA Test Manager
7 1 (4.000%) Test and Integration Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (4.000%) Project Manager
7 1 (4.000%) Developer
7 1 (4.000%) Test Manager
7 1 (4.000%) QA Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) ASIC
1 4 (16.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 4 (16.00%) VHDL
1 4 (16.00%) Verilog
2 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows 7
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) ITIL
2 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (20.00%) UML
3 4 (16.00%) System Testing
4 3 (12.00%) MODAF
4 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (12.00%) Regression Testing
4 3 (12.00%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (8.000%) Workflow
5 2 (8.000%) Configuration Management
6 1 (4.000%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (4.000%) Test Management
6 1 (4.000%) Project Planning
6 1 (4.000%) Time Management
6 1 (4.000%) Earned Value Management
6 1 (4.000%) Test Strategy
6 1 (4.000%) SOA
6 1 (4.000%) Project Management
6 1 (4.000%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.000%) Perl
3 1 (4.000%) SQL
3 1 (4.000%) C
3 1 (4.000%) C#
3 1 (4.000%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (68.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (56.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (16.00%) Degree
5 1 (4.000%) ISEB
5 1 (4.000%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (4.000%) PMP
5 1 (4.000%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) QA
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (32.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Synopsys
2 1 (4.000%) Microsoft