Validation Contracts in Bedfordshire

Validation
East of England > Bedfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 30 32
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Validation 2 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 0.82% 1.62% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 1.78% 3.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £500 -
East of England median daily rate £488 £490 £425
% change year-on-year -0.51% +15.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30.70 - £55.00
Median hourly rate £31.80 - £61.25
75th Percentile £32.90 - £68.75
90th Percentile - - £69.38
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year -0.76% +16.96% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 211 169 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 86.48% 91.35% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 120 139
10th Percentile £303 £207 £263
25th Percentile £406 £311 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £490
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -3.06% +15.29%
75th Percentile £574 £600 £538
90th Percentile £694 £626 £638
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 19
10th Percentile £15.33 £18.50 £12.75
25th Percentile £15.39 £29.31 £42.50
Median hourly rate £21.50 £63.75 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.27% +15.91% +243.75%
75th Percentile £38.33 £87.50 £61.38
90th Percentile £65.75 £90.00 £68.75
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £24.62 £15.50
% change year-on-year +62.47% +58.84% -13.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Bedfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Validation in Bedfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Bedfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Bedfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedford - 2 - - 10
Validation
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree