Validation Contracts in Manchester

Validation
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 85 107 122
Rank change year-on-year +22 +15 -39
Contract jobs citing Validation 14 9 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.91% 0.48% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.52% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 15
10th Percentile £443 £396 £368
25th Percentile £490 £438 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +2.78%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £488
90th Percentile £620 £580 £523
North West median daily rate £500 £510 £463
% change year-on-year -1.96% +10.27% +17.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £11.79 - -
25th Percentile £32.15 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile £62.05 - -
North West median hourly rate £42.50 £53.35 £44.68
% change year-on-year -20.34% +19.40% +103.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,341 1,737 2,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.13% 91.81% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 1,272 1,807
10th Percentile £313 £315 £263
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £492
Median % change year-on-year - +1.73% +9.22%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £575
90th Percentile £694 £663 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 61 51
10th Percentile £12.42 £14.65 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £24.19 £37.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.15% +140.65% -3.13%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £24.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.49
% change year-on-year -40.00% +70.82% +10.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Manchester

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (7.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Simulink
1 4 (28.57%) Stateflow
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (7.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.14%) Data Lake
2 1 (7.14%) Delta Lake
2 1 (7.14%) Hadoop
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (35.71%) Legal
2 4 (28.57%) Automotive
3 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (7.14%) Aviation
5 1 (7.14%) German Language
5 1 (7.14%) Law
5 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Assistant
4 1 (7.14%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) CRM Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Data Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Forensic Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) QA Automation Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Algorithms
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.14%) Digital Media
3 1 (7.14%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
1 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
1 5 (35.71%) Verification and Validation
2 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 4 (28.57%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) Internal Audit
3 3 (21.43%) Quality Management
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 2 (14.29%) Logistics
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) QMS
4 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Data Collection
5 1 (7.14%) ETL
5 1 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (7.14%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) MATLAB
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) ISEB
1 1 (7.14%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (7.14%) GxP
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 1 (7.14%) ISO17020
2 1 (7.14%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Databricks
2 1 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Sophos