Validation Contracts in the North East

Validation
England > North East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 44 54
Rank change year-on-year +15 +10 -12
Contract jobs citing Validation 7 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 2.11% 1.81% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% 2.01% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 3
10th Percentile £396 £316 £314
25th Percentile £413 £478 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -15.38% +185.71%
75th Percentile - £725 -
90th Percentile £540 £775 -
England median daily rate £500 £559 £508
% change year-on-year -10.51% +9.99% +12.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 264 349 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 79.76% 90.41% 85.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 274 322
10th Percentile £260 £245 £180
25th Percentile £363 £400 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £597 £630 £588
90th Percentile £680 £720 £656
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 2 13
10th Percentile £11.44 £32.98 £10.97
25th Percentile £11.81 £35.56 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.75 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -57.06% +146.97% +19.87%
75th Percentile £48.75 £45.56 £17.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £47.93 £38.75
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +6.38%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in the North East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in the North East over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the North East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Tyne and Wear +19 6 £460 -29.23% 5
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Test Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Functional Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Functional Test Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Telephony Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Payroll Manager
4 1 (14.29%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) PMO Lead
4 1 (14.29%) PMO Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 3 (42.86%) Data Validation
2 3 (42.86%) Functional Testing
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
4 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) ISTQB
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
3 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
2 3 (42.86%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Ariba
1 1 (14.29%) SAP