Validation Contracts in Northamptonshire

Validation
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 22 39
Rank change year-on-year -2 +17 -9
Contract jobs citing Validation 4 14 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 1.85% 5.83% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 6.48% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 5
10th Percentile £402 - £420
25th Percentile £405 £231 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% +11.11%
75th Percentile £458 - -
90th Percentile £486 £406 -
East Midlands median daily rate £458 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +14.38% -11.11% +19.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 194 216 329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 89.81% 90.00% 90.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 167 264
10th Percentile £308 £189 £215
25th Percentile £356 £308 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% -11.11% +18.42%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £520
90th Percentile £620 £588 £573
East Midlands median daily rate £412 £450 £440
% change year-on-year -8.44% +2.27% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 29
10th Percentile £10.90 £16.12 £10.50
25th Percentile - £18.13 £16.05
Median hourly rate £14.00 £41.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -66.27% +50.91% -38.89%
75th Percentile £50.71 £51.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £53.90 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.00 £18.75 £20.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% -6.25% +36.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Northamptonshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Northamptonshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Northamptonshire

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Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 8 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
Northampton -14 4 £410 +2.50% 3
Validation
East Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (25.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Simulink
General
1 2 (50.00%) Automotive
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Statistics
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) AUTOSAR