Validation Contracts in Reading

Validation
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 73 71
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 -22
Contract jobs citing Validation 12 14 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.01% 1.34% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.50% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 11 19
10th Percentile £300 £425 £389
25th Percentile £470 £456 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% +8.11% +45.67%
75th Percentile £619 £541 £613
90th Percentile £623 £569 £683
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £443
% change year-on-year - +12.99% +4.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.50 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.00 £25.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year +144.00% -52.83% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,068 936 1,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 90.20% 89.91% 90.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 620 816
10th Percentile £213 £363 £253
25th Percentile £413 £455 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £660 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £509 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 23 8
10th Percentile £27.58 £45.50 £12.73
25th Percentile £53.74 £53.00 £19.44
Median hourly rate £62.07 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.50% +132.14% -35.63%
75th Percentile £82.55 £74.40 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.50 £79.19 £40.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.60 £57.82 £21.05
% change year-on-year +6.54% +174.67% -2.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Reading over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (8.33%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (8.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (8.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) 2G
1 1 (8.33%) 3G
1 1 (8.33%) 4G
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) RNC
1 1 (8.33%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) LoadRunner
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) Selenium
General
1 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Analyst
1 2 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Delivery Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Applications Support
2 1 (8.33%) Build Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Data Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Databuild Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Hardware Test Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) LoadRunner Specialist
2 1 (8.33%) Migration Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Network Delivery Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Windows Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Unix
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Testing
3 3 (25.00%) Refactoring
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (16.67%) Data Extraction
4 2 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (8.33%) Data Mapping
5 1 (8.33%) Data Modelling
5 1 (8.33%) ETL
5 1 (8.33%) GAP Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.33%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Bash
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) Python
1 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) MBCS
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Workday
3 1 (8.33%) Ceridian
3 1 (8.33%) Concur
3 1 (8.33%) Ericsson
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) Mavenir
3 1 (8.33%) Micro Focus
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) OpenText
3 1 (8.33%) Remedy
3 1 (8.33%) SAP