Validation Contracts in the City of London

Validation
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London 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 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 109 148
Rank change year-on-year +44 +39 -40
Contract jobs citing Validation 63 67 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.87% 1.84% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.17% 2.01% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 33 34
10th Percentile £375 £413 £370
25th Percentile £481 £475 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £499
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.29% -5.00%
75th Percentile £616 £700 £593
90th Percentile £803 £745 £748
Central London median daily rate £550 £563 £499
% change year-on-year -2.22% +12.78% -5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,985 3,341 3,903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.56% 91.66% 91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,404 2,250 2,956
10th Percentile £356 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £480 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £809 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 43
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.35 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -15.66% +130.88%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £54.00
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.10
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Validation in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (26.98%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.35%) SAS
3 1 (1.59%) Jupyter
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
1 1 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.76%) Azure
2 2 (3.17%) AWS
2 2 (3.17%) dbt
2 2 (3.17%) GCP
2 2 (3.17%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.59%) ChatGPT
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.59%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) Firewall
1 1 (1.59%) SSL
1 1 (1.59%) VLAN
1 1 (1.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.59%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (1.59%) Big Data
3 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.59%) Power BI
3 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
1 2 (3.17%) JMeter
1 2 (3.17%) Selenium
2 1 (1.59%) RStudio
2 1 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 37 (58.73%) Finance
2 18 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.63%) Banking
4 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.17%) French Language
6 2 (3.17%) Legal
6 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.59%) Billing
7 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.59%) Front Office
7 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.59%) International Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.59%) Marketing
7 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 31 (49.21%) Analyst
2 23 (36.51%) Business Analyst
3 13 (20.63%) Data Business Analyst
3 13 (20.63%) Data Migration Analyst
3 13 (20.63%) Data Migration Business Analyst
3 13 (20.63%) Migration Analyst
4 10 (15.87%) SharePoint Analyst
4 10 (15.87%) SharePoint Business Analyst
5 6 (9.52%) Data Analyst
6 5 (7.94%) Architect
6 5 (7.94%) Developer
6 5 (7.94%) Finance Business Analyst
6 5 (7.94%) Financial Analyst
6 5 (7.94%) Financial Business Analyst
6 5 (7.94%) Financial Services Business Analyst
6 5 (7.94%) Service Analyst
7 4 (6.35%) Finance Systems Analyst
7 4 (6.35%) SAS Analyst
7 4 (6.35%) SAS Data Analyst
7 4 (6.35%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) ADO
2 1 (1.59%) Dojo
2 1 (1.59%) EDI
2 1 (1.59%) JSON
2 1 (1.59%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.59%) SAP ALE
2 1 (1.59%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.59%) Spring
2 1 (1.59%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.17%) Algorithms
2 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.59%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (1.59%) Blog
3 1 (1.59%) DataPower
3 1 (1.59%) Derivative
3 1 (1.59%) DTCC
3 1 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.59%) Interest Rate Derivative
3 1 (1.59%) IoT
3 1 (1.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Linux
2 2 (3.17%) Oracle Linux
2 2 (3.17%) Solaris
2 2 (3.17%) VMS
2 2 (3.17%) Windows
3 1 (1.59%) Unix
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.75%) Migration
1 20 (31.75%) User Acceptance Testing
2 19 (30.16%) Data Management
2 19 (30.16%) Requirements Gathering
3 18 (28.57%) Data Migration
4 17 (26.98%) GAP Analysis
4 17 (26.98%) Root Cause Analysis
4 17 (26.98%) User Stories
5 9 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 9 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (11.11%) Due Diligence
7 7 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
7 7 (11.11%) Performance Management
7 7 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
8 6 (9.52%) Agile
9 5 (7.94%) Computer Science
9 5 (7.94%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (6.35%) Change Management
10 4 (6.35%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) C++
2 3 (4.76%) C#
2 3 (4.76%) Java
2 3 (4.76%) Python
3 2 (3.17%) SQL
4 1 (1.59%) Go
Qualifications
1 8 (12.70%) Degree
2 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.76%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.59%) ISEB
4 1 (1.59%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.59%) PhD
4 1 (1.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (33.33%) QA
2 20 (31.75%) Data Quality
3 10 (15.87%) NIST
4 7 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.59%) COBIT
5 1 (1.59%) GRC
5 1 (1.59%) GxP
5 1 (1.59%) MiFID
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) KVM
1 2 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 6 (9.52%) SAP
2 3 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.17%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.17%) Google
3 2 (3.17%) Oracle
3 2 (3.17%) VMware
4 1 (1.59%) Aruba
4 1 (1.59%) Barracuda Networks
4 1 (1.59%) Salesforce