Validation Contracts in the West Midlands

Validation
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 102 108
Rank change year-on-year +25 +6 -18
Contract jobs citing Validation 33 45 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.71% 1.85% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 2.10% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 19 41
10th Percentile £293 £335 £310
25th Percentile £313 £385 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.16% -5.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £613 £500 £600
90th Percentile £709 - £638
England median daily rate £500 £550 £503
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.45% +11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £14.00 - -
25th Percentile £34.44 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £61.00 £62.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -1.61% +12.73% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,614 2,145 3,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.84% 88.31% 89.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,475 2,393
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £404 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +4.92% +17.66%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £575
90th Percentile £734 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 48 72
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.11 £13.70
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.66
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +6.35% -4.79%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.35 £19.59
90th Percentile £57.75 £49.38 £21.85
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Validation in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in the West Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Warwickshire -10 8 £320 -34.89% 16
Birmingham +15 7 £379 - 24
Staffordshire +12 6 £363 -27.50% 11
Shropshire +36 1 - - 1
Coventry +7 1 £675 +82.43% 19
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (18.18%) Simulink
2 5 (15.15%) Stateflow
2 5 (15.15%) TargetLink
3 4 (12.12%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (3.03%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) SaaS
1 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.09%) WAN
2 2 (6.06%) LAN
3 1 (3.03%) ADSL
3 1 (3.03%) DWDM
3 1 (3.03%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.03%) Internet
3 1 (3.03%) MPLS
3 1 (3.03%) SDH
3 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.03%) SONET
3 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.03%) VDSL
3 1 (3.03%) VPN
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Bitbucket
1 5 (15.15%) Git
1 5 (15.15%) Subversion
2 1 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (3.03%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (30.30%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Automotive
3 5 (15.15%) Finance
4 4 (12.12%) Manufacturing
5 3 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.03%) Local Government
7 1 (3.03%) Social Housing
7 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Control Systems Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Lead
2 5 (15.15%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (15.15%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Data Migration Lead
4 3 (9.09%) Architect
4 3 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Senior
4 3 (9.09%) Technical Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) CCTV Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Forensic Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Security Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Security Project Manager
5 2 (6.06%) Software Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Data Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Python Data Engineer
6 1 (3.03%) Python Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Algorithms
1 6 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.12%) Infotainment
3 3 (9.09%) Digital Media
3 3 (9.09%) Driving Licence
4 2 (6.06%) CCTV
4 2 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
2 8 (24.24%) Quality Management
3 7 (21.21%) Agile
3 7 (21.21%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 7 (21.21%) Project Management
4 6 (18.18%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 6 (18.18%) Migration
4 6 (18.18%) Software Engineering
5 5 (15.15%) Black-Box Testing
5 5 (15.15%) Data Migration
5 5 (15.15%) Functional Testing
5 5 (15.15%) Integration Testing
5 5 (15.15%) Line Management
5 5 (15.15%) QMS
5 5 (15.15%) Software Audit
5 5 (15.15%) Software Testing
5 5 (15.15%) UML
5 5 (15.15%) White-Box Testing
6 4 (12.12%) Battery Management
6 4 (12.12%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) MATLAB
2 5 (15.15%) C
3 2 (6.06%) Python
4 1 (3.03%) C++
4 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.03%) Korn
4 1 (3.03%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) Degree
2 6 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) Master's Degree
3 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.03%) BC Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) CCNA
5 1 (3.03%) CCNP
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) ISO 26262
1 6 (18.18%) QA
2 5 (15.15%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (15.15%) MISRA
2 5 (15.15%) MISRA C
3 3 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 3 (9.09%) ISO17020
4 2 (6.06%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.03%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (3.03%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 4 (12.12%) SAP
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle
3 1 (3.03%) IBM
3 1 (3.03%) Sage
3 1 (3.03%) Workday