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

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 158 178 194
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +16
Permanent jobs citing Validation 60 52 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 1.152% 0.886% 0.343%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.587% 1.177% 0.470%
Number of salaries quoted 42 43 19
Average salary £57,500 £55,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.54% +74.60%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,400 £24,700
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £80,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +13.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3780 4417 4043
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 72.59% 75.22% 72.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3018 3818 3551
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £33,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
South East

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reigate +9 5 £70,000 -12.50%
Guildford -8 5 £60,000 -14.28%
Redhill +11 2 £67,500 +107.69%
Leatherhead +6 1 £50,000 +17.64%
Woking -6 1 £40,000 +86.04%
Epsom - 1 £70,000 -
Validation
South East

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 50 (42.74%) Data Management
2 45 (38.46%) SQL
2 45 (38.46%) Finance
3 35 (29.91%) Agile Software Development
4 30 (25.64%) Pharmaceutical
5 28 (23.93%) Oracle
5 28 (23.93%) Life Science
5 28 (23.93%) Enterprise Software
6 26 (22.22%) LIMS
6 26 (22.22%) PhD
6 26 (22.22%) GxP
6 26 (22.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 26 (22.22%) Chemistry
6 26 (22.22%) Biology
6 26 (22.22%) Bioinformatics
6 26 (22.22%) Software Deployment
7 24 (20.51%) Manufacturing
8 23 (19.66%) Data Validation
9 22 (18.80%) Java
10 21 (17.95%) SQL Server
10 21 (17.95%) Enterprise Architecture
11 19 (16.24%) Degree
11 19 (16.24%) C#
11 19 (16.24%) MS Excel
12 18 (15.38%) Change Management
12 18 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (15.38%) Mathematics
13 17 (14.53%) Biotechnology
13 17 (14.53%) PL/SQL
14 16 (13.68%) Microsoft

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 10 (8.547%) WPF
2 9 (7.692%) .NET
2 9 (7.692%) ASP.NET
3 6 (5.128%) Silverlight
4 3 (2.564%) MDX
4 3 (2.564%) Web Services
5 2 (1.709%) HTML
5 2 (1.709%) CSS
5 2 (1.709%) XML
5 2 (1.709%) Middleware
5 2 (1.709%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (1.709%) Oracle ADF
5 2 (1.709%) Ajax
6 1 (0.855%) LAMP
6 1 (0.855%) soapUI
6 1 (0.855%) CGI
6 1 (0.855%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.564%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.855%) MediaWiki
2 1 (0.855%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (16.24%) MS Excel
2 8 (6.838%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.564%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (2.564%) PowerPivot
4 1 (0.855%) CATIA
4 1 (0.855%) PaintShop Pro
4 1 (0.855%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.419%) SAP FI
1 4 (3.419%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (3.419%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.709%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.855%) SAP Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.128%) Internet
2 3 (2.564%) Wireless
3 2 (1.709%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (1.709%) LAN
3 2 (1.709%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.709%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (1.709%) WiMAX
4 1 (0.855%) IP Telephony
4 1 (0.855%) OSPF
4 1 (0.855%) MGCP
4 1 (0.855%) SCCP
4 1 (0.855%) H.323
4 1 (0.855%) VoIP
4 1 (0.855%) WLAN
4 1 (0.855%) WAN
4 1 (0.855%) SMTP
4 1 (0.855%) DHCP
4 1 (0.855%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.855%) HTTP
4 1 (0.855%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (17.95%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.983%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (4.274%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (4.274%) OLAP
4 4 (3.419%) MySQL
4 4 (3.419%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (3.419%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.564%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (2.564%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (2.564%) PerformancePoint
6 1 (0.855%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.855%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.855%) MS Access
6 1 (0.855%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.419%) MSI
1 4 (3.419%) InstallShield
1 4 (3.419%) Wise Package Studio
2 3 (2.564%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.709%) MSBuild
3 2 (1.709%) Ant
3 2 (1.709%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.855%) Fiddler
4 1 (0.855%) JIRA
4 1 (0.855%) Selenium
4 1 (0.855%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.855%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.855%) JMeter
4 1 (0.855%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.855%) Dreamweaver
General
1 45 (38.46%) Finance
2 30 (25.64%) Pharmaceutical
3 24 (20.51%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.274%) Advertising
5 4 (3.419%) Marketing
6 2 (1.709%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.709%) Games
6 2 (1.709%) Retail
7 1 (0.855%) Billing
7 1 (0.855%) Military
7 1 (0.855%) Automotive
7 1 (0.855%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 30 (25.64%) Consultant
2 27 (23.08%) Developer
3 22 (18.80%) SQL Developer
4 19 (16.24%) Analyst
5 16 (13.68%) Database Developer
6 15 (12.82%) Senior Analyst
6 15 (12.82%) Business Analyst
6 15 (12.82%) Senior Business Analyst
7 12 (10.26%) SQL Database Developer
8 10 (8.547%) Software Engineer
9 9 (7.692%) C Software Engineer
10 8 (6.838%) Linux Engineer
11 7 (5.983%) SQL Server Developer
11 7 (5.983%) Agile Business Analyst
12 6 (5.128%) C# Developer
13 5 (4.274%) Architect
14 4 (3.419%) Technical Architect
14 4 (3.419%) Applications Packager
14 4 (3.419%) Domain Architect
14 4 (3.419%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.93%) Life Science
1 28 (23.93%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (22.22%) LIMS
2 26 (22.22%) Chemistry
2 26 (22.22%) Biology
3 18 (15.38%) Mathematics
4 17 (14.53%) Biotechnology
5 12 (10.26%) Management Information System
5 12 (10.26%) Device Driver
6 11 (9.402%) Computer Science
7 10 (8.547%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (3.419%) Social Network
9 2 (1.709%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.855%) Replication
10 1 (0.855%) SCADA
10 1 (0.855%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.855%) Human Factors
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.97%) Linux
2 13 (11.11%) Windows
3 12 (10.26%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (3.419%) Windows XP
4 4 (3.419%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (3.419%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (3.419%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.855%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.74%) Data Management
2 35 (29.91%) Agile Software Development
3 26 (22.22%) Bioinformatics
3 26 (22.22%) Software Deployment
4 23 (19.66%) Data Validation
5 21 (17.95%) Enterprise Architecture
6 18 (15.38%) Change Management
6 18 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
7 15 (12.82%) Business Analysis
7 15 (12.82%) UML
8 14 (11.97%) Project Management
8 14 (11.97%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (10.26%) Migration
10 11 (9.402%) ITIL
11 10 (8.547%) Test Management
12 7 (5.983%) Test Scripting
12 7 (5.983%) BPMN
12 7 (5.983%) Waterfall
12 7 (5.983%) Process Improvement
12 7 (5.983%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 45 (38.46%) SQL
2 22 (18.80%) Java
3 19 (16.24%) C#
4 17 (14.53%) PL/SQL
5 13 (11.11%) C
6 3 (2.564%) Embedded C
6 3 (2.564%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.709%) VBScript
7 2 (1.709%) VB
7 2 (1.709%) PHP
7 2 (1.709%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.709%) Python
7 2 (1.709%) Assembly Language
7 2 (1.709%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.855%) Perl
8 1 (0.855%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 26 (22.22%) PhD
2 19 (16.24%) Degree
3 9 (7.692%) ISEB
4 6 (5.128%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.274%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.419%) CIMA
6 4 (3.419%) CCA
7 2 (1.709%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.855%) CCVP
8 1 (0.855%) CCSP
8 1 (0.855%) CCNP
8 1 (0.855%) CCNA
8 1 (0.855%) CISSP
8 1 (0.855%) HNC
8 1 (0.855%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (22.22%) GxP
1 26 (22.22%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 5 (4.274%) QA
3 4 (3.419%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (2.564%) SLA
5 1 (0.855%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (1.709%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.855%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.709%) SCCM
2 1 (0.855%) WebInspect
2 1 (0.855%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.855%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 28 (23.93%) Oracle
2 16 (13.68%) Microsoft
3 12 (10.26%) Cisco
4 11 (9.402%) Intel
5 5 (4.274%) SAP
6 3 (2.564%) Cognizant
7 2 (1.709%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.709%) LANDesk
7 2 (1.709%) Perforce
8 1 (0.855%) Blue Coat
8 1 (0.855%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.855%) IronPort
8 1 (0.855%) Red Gate
8 1 (0.855%) Tandberg
8 1 (0.855%) McAfee
8 1 (0.855%) Avaya
8 1 (0.855%) Juniper
8 1 (0.855%) Macromedia
8 1 (0.855%) Nokia
8 1 (0.855%) Siemens