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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 11 39 -
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -
Permanent jobs citing Validation 24 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 15.89% 3.243% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.83% 4.000% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 0
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Stevenage
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
121 150 156
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stevenage 80.13% 81.08% 79.59%
Number of salaries quoted 38 136 151
Average salary £40,750 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.50% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £59,000
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 Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

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

Stevenage Validation Salary Histogram

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 29 (85.29%) Degree
2 19 (55.88%) C
3 16 (47.06%) Aerospace
4 14 (41.18%) Rational DOORS
5 13 (38.24%) Embedded C
5 13 (38.24%) Project Management
6 10 (29.41%) Sun
6 10 (29.41%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 10 (29.41%) QA
7 9 (26.47%) Software Engineering
7 9 (26.47%) C++
7 9 (26.47%) ASIC
8 7 (20.59%) Configuration Management
8 7 (20.59%) CMMI
9 6 (17.65%) Java
9 6 (17.65%) Linux
9 6 (17.65%) Eclipse
9 6 (17.65%) CORBA
9 6 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
9 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
9 6 (17.65%) Integration Testing
9 6 (17.65%) Requirements Engineering
10 4 (11.76%) C#
10 4 (11.76%) Internet
11 3 (8.824%) Embedded C++
11 3 (8.824%) HOOD
11 3 (8.824%) UML
11 3 (8.824%) Avionics
11 3 (8.824%) French Language
11 3 (8.824%) German Language

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stevenage 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 6 (17.65%) CORBA
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (5.882%) MS Office
1 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
1 2 (5.882%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Internet
2 2 (5.882%) HSPA
2 2 (5.882%) LTE
2 2 (5.882%) NAS
2 2 (5.882%) WCDMA
2 2 (5.882%) Wireless
3 1 (2.941%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 14 (41.18%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (17.65%) Eclipse
3 2 (5.882%) ClearCase
3 2 (5.882%) ClearQuest
General
1 16 (47.06%) Aerospace
2 3 (8.824%) Avionics
2 3 (8.824%) French Language
2 3 (8.824%) German Language
2 3 (8.824%) Publishing
3 2 (5.882%) Electronics
4 1 (2.941%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Architect
1 10 (29.41%) Software Architect
1 10 (29.41%) Lead Architect
1 10 (29.41%) Lead Software Architect
2 9 (26.47%) Software Engineer
3 3 (8.824%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.882%) Analyst
4 2 (5.882%) Systems Analyst
4 2 (5.882%) Test Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (5.882%) IT Business Analyst
4 2 (5.882%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) FPGA Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) FPGA Design Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (29.41%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 9 (26.47%) ASIC
3 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (38.24%) Project Management
2 9 (26.47%) Software Engineering
3 7 (20.59%) Configuration Management
3 7 (20.59%) CMMI
4 6 (17.65%) Requirements Analysis
4 6 (17.65%) Integration Testing
4 6 (17.65%) Requirements Engineering
5 3 (8.824%) HOOD
5 3 (8.824%) UML
6 2 (5.882%) Business Analysis
6 2 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (5.882%) System Testing
6 2 (5.882%) ITIL
6 2 (5.882%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.941%) CAE
7 1 (2.941%) Resource Management
7 1 (2.941%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 19 (55.88%) C
2 13 (38.24%) Embedded C
3 9 (26.47%) C++
4 6 (17.65%) Java
5 4 (11.76%) C#
6 3 (8.824%) Embedded C++
7 2 (5.882%) Perl
7 2 (5.882%) Python
7 2 (5.882%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 29 (85.29%) Degree
2 2 (5.882%) ISEB
2 2 (5.882%) CBAP
3 1 (2.941%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (29.41%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (29.41%) Sun
2 2 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.941%) EMC
3 1 (2.941%) Altera
3 1 (2.941%) Xilinx
Stevenage, South East
The purpose of your role will be to act as the key mechanical engineering function in order to support product design, development, validation, and introduction... This will include:...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013