Data Validation Contracts in the Thames Valley

Data Validation
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Data Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data 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 134 141 159
Rank change year-on-year +7 +18 -20
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 6 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.32% 0.086%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.34% 0.097%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £203 - £453
25th Percentile £237 £252 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 £255 £464
Median % change year-on-year +25.25% -45.12% +28.82%
75th Percentile £388 £475 £475
90th Percentile - - £477
South East median daily rate £319 £450 £465
% change year-on-year -29.17% -3.23% +29.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.50 £24.50 -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +144.00% - -
75th Percentile £61.50 £25.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £61.00 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year +144.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Data 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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,291 2,613 3,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 86.94% 91.78% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,289 1,814 2,089
10th Percentile £213 £320 £225
25th Percentile £369 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 63 84
10th Percentile £14.09 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £64.57 £66.21 £24.06
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £64.46
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £49.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.04% +130.23% -21.82%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Data Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Validation in the Thames Valley

Data Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Validation in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Data Validation in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Validation in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Validation in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Data Validation in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Validation within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -7 5 £319 -
Buckinghamshire +20 1 - -
Data Validation
South East

Data Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (16.67%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Sketch
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Figma
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon EMR
2 1 (16.67%) Amazon S3
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Smartsheet
2 1 (16.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) 2G
1 1 (16.67%) 3G
1 1 (16.67%) 4G
1 1 (16.67%) RNC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Amazon Athena
1 1 (16.67%) Apache Hive
1 1 (16.67%) Big Data
1 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
1 1 (16.67%) Data Mining
1 1 (16.67%) Hadoop
1 1 (16.67%) Impala
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript Developer
1 2 (33.33%) React Developer
1 2 (33.33%) UX Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Build Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Databuild Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) HR Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) PySpark
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) React
3 1 (16.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Biopharmaceutical
1 3 (50.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (16.67%) Life Science
2 1 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
3 4 (66.67%) Data Engineering
3 4 (66.67%) Data Modelling
3 4 (66.67%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (66.67%) Visualisation
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (50.00%) Data Governance
4 3 (50.00%) Use Case
5 2 (33.33%) Business Analytics
5 2 (33.33%) Data Interpretation
5 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
5 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (33.33%) User Experience
5 2 (33.33%) UX Design
5 2 (33.33%) Web Development
5 2 (33.33%) Wireframes
6 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) HDFS
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Cloudera
1 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
1 1 (16.67%) Informatica
1 1 (16.67%) Mavenir
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy