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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 89 78 70
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 -12
Contract jobs citing Validation 8 9 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.69% 0.90% 2.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.01% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 20
10th Percentile £240 £444 £390
25th Percentile £330 £474 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £523 £438
Median % change year-on-year -6.22% +19.43% +21.53%
75th Percentile £501 £540 £606
90th Percentile £506 £578 £683
Berkshire median daily rate £483 £510 £425
% change year-on-year -5.39% +20.00% -
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 1,039 893 1,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 89.80% 88.94% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 594 804
10th Percentile £213 £363 £252
25th Percentile £420 £460 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 22 8
10th Percentile £16.30 £45.25 £12.73
25th Percentile £52.21 £55.91 £19.44
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% +133.93% +1.82%
75th Percentile £80.69 £74.59 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.49 £79.19 £40.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.07 £58.75 £21.00
% change year-on-year +2.25% +179.76% -0.24%

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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 17 May 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 (12.50%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (12.50%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (12.50%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) 2G
1 1 (12.50%) 3G
1 1 (12.50%) 4G
1 1 (12.50%) RNC
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Data Migration Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Hardware Test Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Implementation Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Operational Technology
1 1 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Change Management
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 2 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (12.50%) Data Privacy
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
4 1 (12.50%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bash
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Workday
2 1 (12.50%) Ceridian
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Concur
2 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
2 1 (12.50%) Mavenir
2 1 (12.50%) Remedy
2 1 (12.50%) SAP