Validation Contracts in Somerset

Validation
South West > Somerset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 26 34
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing Validation 10 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 4.90% 2.49% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.37% 2.75% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £104 £138 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £120 £298 £388
Median % change year-on-year -59.79% -23.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £195 £472 £394
90th Percentile £303 £511 -
South West median daily rate £431 £561 £513
% change year-on-year -23.13% +9.46% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
South West median hourly rate £55.50 £61.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -9.76% +36.67% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 157 182 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 76.96% 90.55% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 135 117
10th Percentile £176 £248 £268
25th Percentile £396 £393 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £525
90th Percentile £615 £738 £596
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 17 10
10th Percentile £12.50 £17.60 £38.81
25th Percentile - £32.40 £47.13
Median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +0.50% +14.37%
75th Percentile £40.00 £60.13 £54.69
90th Percentile £50.65 £75.70 £58.96
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +12.06%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Somerset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Somerset

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Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Somerset over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Somerset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Somerset

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Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 7 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
Bridgwater - 6 £104 - 2
Bath +1 3 £350 +141.38% 4
Validation
South West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) OCI
General
1 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 2 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Billing
3 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Administrator
1 2 (20.00%) Commercial Officer
1 2 (20.00%) Data Administrator
1 2 (20.00%) Risk Officer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Data Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) ERP Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Finance Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Master Data Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Migration Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Animation
2 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Data Management
2 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (30.00%) Data Entry
2 3 (30.00%) Document Management
2 3 (30.00%) EAM
2 3 (30.00%) Line Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (10.00%) CRM
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (10.00%) Data Reconciliation
4 1 (10.00%) Data Validation
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle