Data Validation Contracts in the City of London

Data 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 Data Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Validation over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 167 188
Rank change year-on-year +43 +21 -46
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 5 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.23% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - £468 £407
25th Percentile £725 - £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £700 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +27.27% +57.14%
75th Percentile £775 £708 £616
90th Percentile - - £689
Central London median daily rate £550 £700 £550
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% +57.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Data 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 2,011 3,350 3,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 91.88% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 2,249 2,943
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £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 £800 £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 13 26 40
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.93 £23.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £43.25 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.20% +5.49% +115.93%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data 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 Data Validation in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Data 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 Data Validation in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Data 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Cutover Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Developer
1 1 (20.00%) Implementation Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Migration Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Cutover Planning
3 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Runbook
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Data Security
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Finance
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Systematic Trading
4 1 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) C++
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality