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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Validation
Rank 170 202 159
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -43
Permanent jobs citing Validation 43 14 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.788% 0.270% 0.791%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.015% 0.358% 1.105%
Number of salaries quoted 30 12 28
Average salary £35,000 £46,250 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.32% -15.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £40,000 £28,380
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £48,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +11.11%
All Processes & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4235 3916 3620
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 77.64% 75.44% 71.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3278 3201 3069
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Validation
England

Validation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Validation Salary Trend

Validation
Salary Histogram

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
North Yorkshire +13 18 £35,000 -
West Yorkshire -3 11 £35,000 -23.91%
South Yorkshire - 9 £24,250 -
East Yorkshire - 3 - -
Validation
England

Validation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 21 (31.34%) Finance
2 18 (26.87%) Microsoft
3 16 (23.88%) Project Management
4 15 (22.39%) Windows
5 12 (17.91%) SQL
6 11 (16.42%) ITIL
6 11 (16.42%) MS Excel
6 11 (16.42%) Pharmaceutical
6 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (14.93%) Java
7 10 (14.93%) Project Planning
7 10 (14.93%) QA
8 9 (13.43%) Analytics
9 8 (11.94%) Resource Management
9 8 (11.94%) Data Validation
9 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (10.45%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (8.955%) Windows 7
11 6 (8.955%) MSI
11 6 (8.955%) Regression Testing
11 6 (8.955%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (8.955%) VBScript
11 6 (8.955%) VB
11 6 (8.955%) MS Office
11 6 (8.955%) UNIX
11 6 (8.955%) Web Services
12 5 (7.463%) SAP
12 5 (7.463%) SSL
12 5 (7.463%) Active Directory
12 5 (7.463%) ERP

Validation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 6 (8.955%) Web Services
2 4 (5.970%) WebSphere
2 4 (5.970%) Middleware
3 2 (2.985%) HTML
3 2 (2.985%) .NET
3 2 (2.985%) ASP.NET
3 2 (2.985%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.970%) SharePoint Server
1 4 (5.970%) ESB
1 4 (5.970%) IBM HTTP Server
1 4 (5.970%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (5.970%) Apache
2 2 (2.985%) Oracle Application Server
2 2 (2.985%) IIS
2 2 (2.985%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.493%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (16.42%) MS Excel
2 6 (8.955%) MS Office
3 4 (5.970%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (5.970%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.985%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.463%) SSL
1 5 (7.463%) DNS
1 5 (7.463%) Firewall
2 3 (4.478%) GPRS
2 3 (4.478%) GSM
2 3 (4.478%) Internet
3 2 (2.985%) Network Security
4 1 (1.493%) LDAP
4 1 (1.493%) DHCP
4 1 (1.493%) FTP
4 1 (1.493%) HTTP
4 1 (1.493%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.493%) SMTP
4 1 (1.493%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.985%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (2.985%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (2.985%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (2.985%) Oracle Discoverer
1 2 (2.985%) RDBMS
1 2 (2.985%) SAP BI
1 2 (2.985%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.985%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (1.493%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 6 (8.955%) MSI
2 5 (7.463%) InstallShield
2 5 (7.463%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 21 (31.34%) Finance
2 11 (16.42%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (7.463%) Banking
3 5 (7.463%) Marketing
4 3 (4.478%) Electronics
4 3 (4.478%) Automotive
5 2 (2.985%) Music
6 1 (1.493%) Retail
6 1 (1.493%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.493%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (23.88%) Analyst
2 15 (22.39%) Project Planner
3 6 (8.955%) Tester
3 6 (8.955%) Applications Packager
3 6 (8.955%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (8.955%) QA Tester
4 4 (5.970%) Development Analyst
4 4 (5.970%) Senior Development Analyst
4 4 (5.970%) Service Analyst
4 4 (5.970%) Applications Specialist
4 4 (5.970%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (5.970%) WebSphere Specialist
4 4 (5.970%) Server Specialist
4 4 (5.970%) Product Manager
5 3 (4.478%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (4.478%) Consultant
6 2 (2.985%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 2 (2.985%) Software Packager
6 2 (2.985%) Software Engineer
6 2 (2.985%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.970%) Biotechnology
1 4 (5.970%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.985%) Telematics
2 2 (2.985%) CMDB
3 1 (1.493%) Credit Risk
3 1 (1.493%) CAN bus
3 1 (1.493%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.39%) Windows
2 8 (11.94%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (10.45%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (8.955%) Windows 7
4 6 (8.955%) UNIX
5 5 (7.463%) Windows XP
6 4 (5.970%) AIX
6 4 (5.970%) Solaris
6 4 (5.970%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.88%) Project Management
2 11 (16.42%) ITIL
2 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (14.93%) Project Planning
4 9 (13.43%) Analytics
5 8 (11.94%) Resource Management
5 8 (11.94%) Data Validation
6 6 (8.955%) Regression Testing
7 5 (7.463%) ERP
8 4 (5.970%) Web Development
8 4 (5.970%) Use Case
8 4 (5.970%) Unit Testing
8 4 (5.970%) Integration Testing
8 4 (5.970%) Test Scripting
8 4 (5.970%) Data Protection
8 4 (5.970%) Process Management
8 4 (5.970%) Agile Software Development
8 4 (5.970%) Scrum
8 4 (5.970%) Data Modelling
8 4 (5.970%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.91%) SQL
2 10 (14.93%) Java
3 6 (8.955%) VBScript
3 6 (8.955%) VB
4 4 (5.970%) Shell Script
4 4 (5.970%) PL/SQL
5 3 (4.478%) C
6 2 (2.985%) C#
6 2 (2.985%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (2.985%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (2.985%) ISEB
1 2 (2.985%) CCA
1 2 (2.985%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (1.493%) MCSE
2 1 (1.493%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.493%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.93%) QA
2 5 (7.463%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (5.970%) GCP
4 3 (4.478%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 3 (4.478%) GAMP
4 3 (4.478%) GxP
5 1 (1.493%) Basel II
5 1 (1.493%) Basel III
System Software
1 6 (8.955%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (7.463%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.985%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.985%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.985%) XenApp
4 1 (1.493%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.493%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.493%) XenServer
4 1 (1.493%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.493%) vSphere
4 1 (1.493%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (5.970%) CA Wily
2 2 (2.985%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (26.87%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.463%) SAP
3 4 (5.970%) TIBCO
3 4 (5.970%) Sun
3 4 (5.970%) Citrix
3 4 (5.970%) Oracle
4 3 (4.478%) Cognos
4 3 (4.478%) JD Edwards
4 3 (4.478%) Capita
5 2 (2.985%) Vizioncore
5 2 (2.985%) PlateSpin
5 2 (2.985%) Novell
5 2 (2.985%) Wyse
5 2 (2.985%) VMware
5 2 (2.985%) AppSense
6 1 (1.493%) Siebel
6 1 (1.493%) Juniper
6 1 (1.493%) McAfee
6 1 (1.493%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.493%) Mitel
West Yorkshire
Informatica ILM Architect - Banking - West Yorkshire - c£85,000 The Financial services practice of a global multi-billion dollar turnover consulting firm have a senior opportunity for an...
Networking People
Salary: full corporate benefits package
Posted: 23 May 2013
West Yorkshire
YOUR SKILL AND EXPERIENCE Strong experience in Credit Risk Analytics in a Corporate or Retail Banking/Consumer Lending environment. Extensive experience in developing, validating, and implementing Basel II...
Harnham
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013