The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Stirling region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Validation 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stirling 2.857% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.226% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +13.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Stirling
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
31 109 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stirling 88.57% 82.58% 49.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12 89 20
Average salary £37,500 £43,750 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,850 £29,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
Scotland

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Stirling 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 1 (100.00%) PMI
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Fund Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Stirling 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PMI
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Equities
1 1 (100.00%) Derivative
1 1 (100.00%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Fund Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification