The first table below looks at the demand for Validation skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 22 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 92 93 70
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -23
Permanent jobs citing Validation 5 5 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 0.399% 0.424% 1.578%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.577% 0.603% 2.189%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 16
Average salary £32,500 £36,250 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.34% +22.88%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +9.58%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
866 829 731
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 69.11% 70.37% 72.09%
Number of salaries quoted 766 744 684
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
UK

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Validation across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales +1 5 £32,500 -10.34%
Validation
UK

Validation
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) SAS
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Pharmaceutical
1 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Biotechnology
1 3 (37.50%) CDISC
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Assembly Language
2 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (25.00%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) .NET
3 1 (12.50%) Windows
3 1 (12.50%) ISEB
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 1 (12.50%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SAS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Business Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Programmer
1 3 (37.50%) SAS Programmer
1 3 (37.50%) Lead Programmer
2 2 (25.00%) Design Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Test Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Lead Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Biotechnology
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Project Management
1 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Assembly Language
2 2 (25.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (25.00%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) CDISC
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The position is to improve development throughput by effective validation of requirements and specifications before passing to developers. The company are a MS house so an understanding of ...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
Business Analyst Opus is looking for a Business Analyst to join a well branded organisation in the Cardiff area- If you are a Business Analyst looking to develop...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013