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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 49 50 60
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +10
Permanent jobs citing Validation 14 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.513% 1.372% 0.183%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.440% 1.900% 0.277%
Number of salaries quoted 13 8 1
Average salary £40,000 £26,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+49.53% -17.69%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
407 421 361
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 73.07% 72.21% 66.24%
Number of salaries quoted 363 342 300
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
North East

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -1 14 £40,000 +8.10%
Validation
North East

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 8 (50.00%) Linux
1 8 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 8 (50.00%) Cisco
2 7 (43.75%) Citrix
2 7 (43.75%) Red Hat
2 7 (43.75%) OSPF
2 7 (43.75%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (43.75%) Test Scripting
2 7 (43.75%) XenServer
3 6 (37.50%) CentOS
3 6 (37.50%) Firewall
3 6 (37.50%) Identity Management
3 6 (37.50%) QA
3 6 (37.50%) BGP
3 6 (37.50%) Nagios
3 6 (37.50%) SAN
3 6 (37.50%) HP
3 6 (37.50%) DHCP
3 6 (37.50%) VPN
3 6 (37.50%) DNS
3 6 (37.50%) MySQL
3 6 (37.50%) Apache
3 6 (37.50%) LDAP
4 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Integration Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Change Control
5 4 (25.00%) Degree
5 4 (25.00%) Finance
5 4 (25.00%) ISEB
6 3 (18.75%) RHCE

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (50.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 7 (43.75%) OSPF
2 6 (37.50%) Firewall
2 6 (37.50%) BGP
2 6 (37.50%) SAN
2 6 (37.50%) DHCP
2 6 (37.50%) VPN
2 6 (37.50%) DNS
2 6 (37.50%) LDAP
3 3 (18.75%) IPsec
3 3 (18.75%) VLAN
3 3 (18.75%) HSRP
3 3 (18.75%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (6.250%) Internet
4 1 (6.250%) Broadband
4 1 (6.250%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Selenium
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Administrator
2 4 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
2 4 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 3 (18.75%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 3 (18.75%) Senior Linux Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Network Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Network Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Test Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Test Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Automation Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Social Network
1 1 (6.250%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Linux
2 6 (37.50%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Disaster Recovery
1 7 (43.75%) Test Scripting
2 6 (37.50%) Identity Management
3 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (31.25%) Integration Testing
3 5 (31.25%) Change Control
4 3 (18.75%) RDF
4 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Regression Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Performance Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Functional Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
4 3 (18.75%) Manual Testing
4 3 (18.75%) System Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Time Management
5 2 (12.50%) Test Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Scrum
5 2 (12.50%) RAD
6 1 (6.250%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
1 4 (25.00%) ISEB
2 3 (18.75%) RHCE
2 3 (18.75%) ISEB Practitioner
2 3 (18.75%) ISTQB
3 2 (12.50%) CCNP
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) QA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) Nagios
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Cisco
2 7 (43.75%) Citrix
2 7 (43.75%) Red Hat
3 6 (37.50%) HP
4 2 (12.50%) Microsoft