Validation Contracts in London

Validation
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 159 164 218
Rank change year-on-year +5 +54 -17
Contract jobs citing Validation 278 427 521
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.58% 1.63% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.79% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 289 328
10th Percentile £369 £445 £355
25th Percentile £463 £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £622 £813 £625
90th Percentile £725 £1,000 £738
England median daily rate £500 £553 £510
% change year-on-year -9.50% +8.33% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 8
10th Percentile £23.90 £44.00 £26.60
25th Percentile £45.42 £44.38 £46.44
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.38
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.85% +116.51%
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.00 £66.06
90th Percentile £59.75 - £70.00
England median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £54.84
% change year-on-year -1.60% +13.97% +21.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,656 23,861 35,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.73% 90.97% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,212 17,181 25,922
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 269 419
10th Percentile £15.96 £18.40 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +5.41% +12.63%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.40 £80.45 £69.45
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in London

Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Central London +44 69 £550 -1.57% 14
West London +22 15 £475 -7.32% 12
East London +2 7 £450 -52.63% 6
Validation
England

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 19 (6.83%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.24%) SAS
3 7 (2.52%) Confluence
4 4 (1.44%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.08%) Apache
5 3 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.08%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (6.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.88%) Simulink
3 7 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.52%) Stateflow
4 6 (2.16%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.36%) InVision
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.36%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.36%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.36%) SAP LE
4 1 (0.36%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.36%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.36%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.36%) Shopify
4 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 47 (16.91%) Azure
2 18 (6.47%) AWS
3 16 (5.76%) GCP
4 13 (4.68%) dbt
5 11 (3.96%) Power Platform
6 8 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.16%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.16%) SaaS
9 5 (1.80%) Miro
9 5 (1.80%) Serverless
10 4 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.44%) PaaS
10 4 (1.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 3 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.08%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.08%) BlazeMeter
11 3 (1.08%) BrowserStack
11 3 (1.08%) Firebase
11 3 (1.08%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.52%) Firewall
1 7 (2.52%) SSL
2 5 (1.80%) VPN
3 4 (1.44%) VLAN
4 3 (1.08%) DNS
4 3 (1.08%) Internet
4 3 (1.08%) LAN
4 3 (1.08%) SNMP
4 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.72%) BGP
5 2 (0.72%) DHCP
5 2 (0.72%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.72%) MPLS
5 2 (0.72%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.72%) SDH
5 2 (0.72%) tcpdump
5 2 (0.72%) WAN
5 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.72%) Wireless
5 2 (0.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.95%) Data Warehouse
2 11 (3.96%) Power BI
3 9 (3.24%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.88%) Couchbase
4 8 (2.88%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.16%) Data Lake
5 6 (2.16%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.80%) Big Data
6 5 (1.80%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.80%) SAP HANA
7 4 (1.44%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.08%) GIS
8 3 (1.08%) KDB
8 3 (1.08%) Tableau
9 2 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.72%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (5.40%) JIRA
2 10 (3.60%) JMeter
3 8 (2.88%) Selenium
4 6 (2.16%) Git
5 4 (1.44%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.44%) LSMW
5 4 (1.44%) Postman
6 3 (1.08%) Appium
6 3 (1.08%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.08%) GitLab
6 3 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.72%) Karma Test Runner
8 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.36%) Deequ
8 1 (0.36%) NUnit
8 1 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.36%) RStudio
8 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
General
1 92 (33.09%) Finance
2 89 (32.01%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.99%) Banking
5 20 (7.19%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.96%) Legal
7 11 (3.96%) Marketing
8 10 (3.60%) Back Office
9 8 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (2.52%) Automotive
10 7 (2.52%) Front Office
10 7 (2.52%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.52%) Retail
11 6 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.08%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.72%) Billing
14 2 (0.72%) Local Government
14 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 80 (28.78%) Analyst
2 44 (15.83%) Business Analyst
3 36 (12.95%) Developer
4 28 (10.07%) Senior
5 23 (8.27%) Architect
6 19 (6.83%) Lead
7 15 (5.40%) Data Analyst
7 15 (5.40%) Data Migration Analyst
7 15 (5.40%) Migration Analyst
8 13 (4.68%) Data Engineer
8 13 (4.68%) Software Engineer
9 12 (4.32%) Data Business Analyst
9 12 (4.32%) Data Migration Business Analyst
9 12 (4.32%) Financial Analyst
10 11 (3.96%) Tester
11 10 (3.60%) Consultant
11 10 (3.60%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.24%) Network Engineer
12 9 (3.24%) SharePoint Analyst
12 9 (3.24%) SharePoint Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.60%) ADO
1 10 (3.60%) Kafka
2 6 (2.16%) PySpark
3 5 (1.80%) CSS
3 5 (1.80%) Middleware
4 4 (1.44%) HTML
4 4 (1.44%) JSON
4 4 (1.44%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.44%) REST
4 4 (1.44%) Swagger
5 3 (1.08%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.08%) Playwright
5 3 (1.08%) SAP PI
5 3 (1.08%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 3 (1.08%) WebdriverIO
5 3 (1.08%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (1.08%) XML
6 2 (0.72%) SOAP
6 2 (0.72%) Web Services
6 2 (0.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.19%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.68%) Algorithms
3 11 (3.96%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.16%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.80%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.80%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.44%) Credit Risk
7 4 (1.44%) DataPower
7 4 (1.44%) IoT
8 3 (1.08%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (1.08%) Freedom of Information Act
8 3 (1.08%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.08%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.72%) NHS
9 2 (0.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.60%) Linux
2 7 (2.52%) Windows
3 5 (1.80%) Oracle Linux
3 5 (1.80%) Solaris
3 5 (1.80%) VMS
4 3 (1.08%) Unix
4 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.72%) Android
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (19.78%) Migration
2 50 (17.99%) Agile
3 41 (14.75%) Data Migration
3 41 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (14.03%) User Acceptance Testing
5 37 (13.31%) ETL
6 35 (12.59%) Computer Science
6 35 (12.59%) Data Modelling
7 29 (10.43%) Requirements Gathering
7 29 (10.43%) User Stories
8 26 (9.35%) Data Validation
8 26 (9.35%) Test Automation
9 25 (8.99%) Use Case
10 24 (8.63%) Analytics
10 24 (8.63%) Data Management
10 24 (8.63%) Scrum
11 23 (8.27%) Business Continuity
11 23 (8.27%) Disaster Recovery
12 21 (7.55%) GAP Analysis
12 21 (7.55%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.19%) SQL
2 32 (11.51%) Python
3 19 (6.83%) C++
4 8 (2.88%) C#
4 8 (2.88%) JavaScript
4 8 (2.88%) MATLAB
5 6 (2.16%) Java
5 6 (2.16%) PowerShell
6 5 (1.80%) TypeScript
7 4 (1.44%) Go
7 4 (1.44%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.08%) C
8 3 (1.08%) VBA
9 2 (0.72%) Bash
9 2 (0.72%) R
10 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.36%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.36%) Scala
10 1 (0.36%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 48 (17.27%) Degree
2 17 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.52%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.16%) PhD
7 3 (1.08%) CCA
7 3 (1.08%) CCNA
7 3 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.08%) Citrix Certification
7 3 (1.08%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.72%) CISSP
8 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.72%) MBA
8 2 (0.72%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (17.27%) QA
2 43 (15.47%) Data Quality
3 20 (7.19%) NIST
4 7 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.44%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.44%) PMO
6 3 (1.08%) GDPR
6 3 (1.08%) GxP
6 3 (1.08%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.72%) IFRS
7 2 (0.72%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.36%) COBIT
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.36%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.80%) KVM
4 4 (1.44%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.44%) Firmware
5 3 (1.08%) Docker
6 1 (0.36%) NFS
6 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.44%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.08%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.72%) Ansible
3 2 (0.72%) Nmap
3 2 (0.72%) OpenNMS
4 1 (0.36%) QRadar
4 1 (0.36%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 33 (11.87%) SAP
2 27 (9.71%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.19%) Oracle
4 12 (4.32%) Google
4 12 (4.32%) Salesforce
5 7 (2.52%) Databricks
5 7 (2.52%) VMware
6 4 (1.44%) Aruba
6 4 (1.44%) Barracuda Networks
6 4 (1.44%) Cisco
6 4 (1.44%) DocuSign
6 4 (1.44%) IBM
7 3 (1.08%) Citrix
7 3 (1.08%) CyberSource
7 3 (1.08%) Pardot
7 3 (1.08%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.72%) CA
8 2 (0.72%) Conga
8 2 (0.72%) Murex
8 2 (0.72%) Workday