Validation Contracts in the East Midlands

Validation
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 57 82
Rank change year-on-year +11 +25 -26
Contract jobs citing Validation 20 27 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 2.61% 2.59% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.34% 2.93% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 19 14
10th Percentile £301 - £374
25th Percentile £309 £231 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -22.22% +19.21%
75th Percentile £597 £400 £539
90th Percentile £771 £411 £785
England median daily rate £500 £550 £503
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.45% +11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £60.00 -
England median hourly rate £61.00 £61.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +12.27% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 598 920 1,195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 78.07% 88.12% 83.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 692 886
10th Percentile £200 £213 £209
25th Percentile £269 £330 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £450 £440
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +2.27% +13.55%
75th Percentile £561 £566 £520
90th Percentile £625 £700 £610
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 74 83
10th Percentile £11.41 £12.07 £9.51
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.25 £13.32
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.56 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.39% +0.31% +24.96%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.50 £26.81
90th Percentile £45.79 £58.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Validation in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
Derbyshire +10 11 £315 - 11
Nottinghamshire +8 4 £200 -50.00% 4
Northamptonshire -3 4 £410 +51.85% 9
Lincolnshire - 1 £775 - 4
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (5.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP Business One
1 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) SAP HANA
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (20.00%) Electronics
3 3 (15.00%) Banking
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Automotive
5 1 (5.00%) Aeronautics
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Analyst
1 4 (20.00%) Performance Manager
1 4 (20.00%) Validation Engineer
1 4 (20.00%) Verification Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Data Migration Lead
2 2 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Lead
2 2 (10.00%) Power BI Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Architect
3 1 (5.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Design Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Junior
3 1 (5.00%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Strategy Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Systems Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (40.00%) Verification and Validation
2 7 (35.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (30.00%) Computer Science
4 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 5 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 4 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
6 3 (15.00%) Data Modelling
6 3 (15.00%) Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
7 2 (10.00%) Data Extraction
7 2 (10.00%) Data Mapping
7 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 2 (10.00%) Data Validation
7 2 (10.00%) ETL
7 2 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) C
2 2 (10.00%) C++
2 2 (10.00%) Embedded C
2 2 (10.00%) Embedded C++
2 2 (10.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (5.00%) Python
3 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
1 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) CISA
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (10.00%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft