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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 26 23 40
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +17
Permanent jobs citing Validation 4 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 3.636% 4.065% 1.718%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.774% 7.143% 2.273%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Average salary - £35,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
106 70 220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 96.36% 56.91% 75.60%
Number of salaries quoted 27 48 140
Average salary £36,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £50,000 £55,000
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 West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian Validation Salary Trend

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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 20 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
Livingston -8 4 - -
Validation
Scotland

Validation
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 4 (100.00%) Broadband
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects XI
2 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
General
1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Report Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Business Objects
Livingston, Lothian, Scotland
Business Objects (BOXI) WEBI ReportingAre you a Report Specialist looking for a challenge within an exciting organisation? If you come from a business intelligence background or have an...
SkyIQ
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Livingston, West Lothian
Business Objects (BOXI) WEBI Reporting... If you come from a business intelligence background or have an interest and possess good experience of developing high quality and accurate reports,...
Sky
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013