The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 17 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 36 44 45
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Validation 20 17 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 3.868% 2.891% 2.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.598% 3.512% 2.525%
Number of salaries quoted 20 13 10
Average salary £36,500 £85,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-57.05% +165.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £32,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £90,000 £35,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +13.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
435 484 396
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 84.14% 82.31% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 374 415 377
Average salary £37,750 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.62% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
Wiltshire

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Swindon Validation Salary Histogram

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 16 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 15 (62.50%) T-SQL
2 15 (62.50%) SQL Server
3 12 (50.00%) VB
3 12 (50.00%) .NET
3 12 (50.00%) C#
3 12 (50.00%) XML
3 12 (50.00%) OO
3 12 (50.00%) OOD
3 12 (50.00%) Change Management
3 12 (50.00%) VB6
3 12 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 12 (50.00%) WFM
3 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (16.67%) 4G
5 4 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 4 (16.67%) Subversion
5 4 (16.67%) Wireless
5 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 4 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (16.67%) C
5 4 (16.67%) Linux
5 4 (16.67%) Perl
5 4 (16.67%) 3G
5 4 (16.67%) Broadband

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon 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 12 (50.00%) .NET
1 12 (50.00%) XML
2 3 (12.50%) SAP MI
Applications
1 16 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (8.333%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (4.167%) SAP SRM
2 1 (4.167%) SAP APO
2 1 (4.167%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Broadband
1 4 (16.67%) 3G
1 4 (16.67%) Wireless
1 4 (16.67%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (62.50%) SQL Server
2 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 12 (50.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (25.00%) SQL Server 2012
3 6 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (12.50%) SAP BW
4 3 (12.50%) SAP BI
4 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Subversion
2 3 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Developer
1 9 (37.50%) Report Developer
2 6 (25.00%) Crystal Reports Developer
2 6 (25.00%) DBA
2 6 (25.00%) Administrator
3 4 (16.67%) Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Architect
4 3 (12.50%) SAP BW Architect
4 3 (12.50%) SAP Architect
5 2 (8.333%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Architect
5 2 (8.333%) SAP BW Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Senior SAP BW Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 3 (12.50%) Informatics
2 3 (12.50%) Economics
3 2 (8.333%) FMCG
4 1 (4.167%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
1 4 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) OO
1 12 (50.00%) OOD
1 12 (50.00%) Change Management
1 12 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 12 (50.00%) WFM
2 3 (12.50%) Test Management
2 3 (12.50%) Performance Management
2 3 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.167%) BCP
3 1 (4.167%) CRM
3 1 (4.167%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) SQL
1 15 (62.50%) T-SQL
2 12 (50.00%) VB
2 12 (50.00%) C#
2 12 (50.00%) VB6
3 4 (16.67%) C
3 4 (16.67%) Perl
3 4 (16.67%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.167%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Business Objects
2 3 (12.50%) SAP
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: 12 June 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: 12 June 2013
Swindon, South West
SAP BW/BI 7.1 Architect/Analyst Our client is a world-renowned industry leader with a rich and varied history in their field... This is a challenging...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + outstandin benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013