Validation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Validation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 167 190
Rank change year-on-year +55 +23 -25
Contract jobs citing Validation 278 379 638
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.84% 1.51% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 1.68% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 212 393
10th Percentile £351 £400 £350
25th Percentile £455 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £504
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +9.24% +10.66%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £613
90th Percentile £675 £800 £688
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -8.18% +5.77% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 75 32
10th Percentile £24.78 £42.50 £26.30
25th Percentile £52.50 £47.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% +37.50%
75th Percentile £75.25 £67.50 £65.54
90th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £60.50 £62.55 £55.00
% change year-on-year -3.28% +13.73% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Validation trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Validation.

Validation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Validation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Validation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Validation.

Validation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Validation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Validation hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (4.32%) SAS
2 11 (3.96%) Confluence
3 9 (3.24%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.52%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.72%) CMS
5 2 (0.72%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (7.91%) Simulink
1 22 (7.91%) Stateflow
2 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.80%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.08%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (3.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.08%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.72%) Magento
3 2 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.72%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.72%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.72%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.72%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.36%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (14.03%) Azure
2 29 (10.43%) Power Platform
3 17 (6.12%) AWS
4 13 (4.68%) GCP
5 8 (2.88%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 7 (2.52%) SaaS
6 7 (2.52%) Veeva
7 5 (1.80%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (1.80%) Azure Functions
7 5 (1.80%) Serverless
8 4 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.44%) BlazeMeter
8 4 (1.44%) BrowserStack
8 4 (1.44%) dbt
8 4 (1.44%) Firebase
9 3 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.08%) Miro
9 3 (1.08%) PaaS
9 3 (1.08%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.52%) Internet
2 5 (1.80%) Ethernet
2 5 (1.80%) WAN
3 4 (1.44%) SDH
3 4 (1.44%) SNMP
3 4 (1.44%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.44%) VoIP
3 4 (1.44%) Wireless
4 3 (1.08%) Firewall
4 3 (1.08%) MPLS
4 3 (1.08%) Network Security
4 3 (1.08%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.72%) 4G
5 2 (0.72%) 5G
5 2 (0.72%) EIGRP
5 2 (0.72%) Modbus
5 2 (0.72%) OSPF
5 2 (0.72%) RTP
5 2 (0.72%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (0.72%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.55%) Power BI
2 17 (6.12%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (4.32%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.16%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.44%) Couchbase
5 4 (1.44%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.44%) Tableau
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.08%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.72%) Big Data
7 2 (0.72%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.72%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.72%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.36%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 19 (6.83%) JIRA
2 17 (6.12%) Rational DOORS
3 13 (4.68%) Git
4 5 (1.80%) Eclipse
4 5 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.44%) Appium
5 4 (1.44%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.44%) GitLab
5 4 (1.44%) JMeter
5 4 (1.44%) Postman
5 4 (1.44%) Subversion
5 4 (1.44%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.08%) Selenium
7 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.72%) GoogleTest
7 2 (0.72%) LSMW
7 2 (0.72%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.36%) RStudio
8 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (25.54%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.02%) Finance
3 31 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.43%) Automotive
5 25 (8.99%) Legal
6 18 (6.47%) Public Sector
7 17 (6.12%) Manufacturing
7 17 (6.12%) Marketing
8 14 (5.04%) Banking
9 12 (4.32%) Military
10 11 (3.96%) Telecoms
11 9 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (3.24%) Retail
12 7 (2.52%) Aerospace
13 6 (2.16%) Electronics
14 5 (1.80%) Back Office
14 5 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.44%) Publishing
16 3 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 59 (21.22%) Analyst
2 41 (14.75%) Software Engineer
3 32 (11.51%) Lead
4 23 (8.27%) Senior
5 21 (7.55%) Business Analyst
6 20 (7.19%) Data Analyst
7 19 (6.83%) Consultant
8 17 (6.12%) Embedded Engineer
8 17 (6.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 16 (5.76%) Integration Engineer
10 15 (5.40%) Developer
11 14 (5.04%) Architect
12 12 (4.32%) Financial Analyst
13 10 (3.60%) Systems Engineer
14 9 (3.24%) C Software Engineer
14 9 (3.24%) Embedded C Engineer
14 9 (3.24%) Embedded C Software Engineer
14 9 (3.24%) Validation Engineer
15 8 (2.88%) Tester
16 7 (2.52%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.52%) Pandas
2 6 (2.16%) HTML
2 6 (2.16%) Middleware
2 6 (2.16%) Node.js
2 6 (2.16%) REST
3 5 (1.80%) CSS
3 5 (1.80%) JSON
3 5 (1.80%) Kafka
3 5 (1.80%) Web Services
4 4 (1.44%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.44%) WebdriverIO
5 3 (1.08%) XML
6 2 (0.72%) BAPI
6 2 (0.72%) PySpark
6 2 (0.72%) React
6 2 (0.72%) RESTful
6 2 (0.72%) SAP ALE
6 2 (0.72%) SAP PI
6 2 (0.72%) SOAP
6 2 (0.72%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.07%) Algorithms
2 10 (3.60%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.24%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.80%) Multi-touch
6 4 (1.44%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.44%) Device Driver
6 4 (1.44%) IoT
7 3 (1.08%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.08%) Infotainment
7 3 (1.08%) Life Science
7 3 (1.08%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.08%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.72%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.72%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.60%) Windows
2 8 (2.88%) Unix
3 6 (2.16%) Linux
4 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (19.78%) Software Engineering
2 54 (19.42%) Verification and Validation
3 53 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (18.71%) Agile
5 51 (18.35%) Migration
6 49 (17.63%) Test Automation
7 47 (16.91%) Computer Science
8 39 (14.03%) Data Migration
9 29 (10.43%) Data Validation
10 26 (9.35%) Data Modelling
10 26 (9.35%) User Acceptance Testing
11 22 (7.91%) Data Management
11 22 (7.91%) Scrum
12 21 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (7.55%) Data Analysis
12 21 (7.55%) ETL
13 20 (7.19%) Analytics
13 20 (7.19%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
14 19 (6.83%) Project Management
15 18 (6.47%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 47 (16.91%) SQL
2 31 (11.15%) Python
3 26 (9.35%) MATLAB
4 24 (8.63%) C++
5 19 (6.83%) C#
6 18 (6.47%) C
6 18 (6.47%) JavaScript
7 13 (4.68%) R
8 9 (3.24%) Embedded C
8 9 (3.24%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.88%) Java
10 7 (2.52%) Embedded C++
10 7 (2.52%) VB
11 4 (1.44%) Ada
11 4 (1.44%) Assembly Language
11 4 (1.44%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.08%) Bash
12 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.08%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 48 (17.27%) Degree
2 32 (11.51%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.43%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (4.68%) Master's Degree
5 9 (3.24%) PhD
6 6 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.16%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.44%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.08%) BC Cleared
8 3 (1.08%) CCNP
8 3 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.72%) CCDP
9 2 (0.72%) CCIP
9 2 (0.72%) CCNA
9 2 (0.72%) HNC
9 2 (0.72%) HND
9 2 (0.72%) ISEB
10 1 (0.36%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (17.27%) QA
2 26 (9.35%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.88%) CDISC
4 7 (2.52%) PCI DSS
5 5 (1.80%) GxP
6 4 (1.44%) Automotive SPICE
6 4 (1.44%) AUTOSAR
6 4 (1.44%) DO-178B
6 4 (1.44%) GDPR
6 4 (1.44%) IEC 61508
6 4 (1.44%) JTAG
6 4 (1.44%) NIST
6 4 (1.44%) PMO
7 3 (1.08%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.08%) Def Stans
7 3 (1.08%) Good Clinical Practice
7 3 (1.08%) IFRS
7 3 (1.08%) IFRS 9
7 3 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 2 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 6 (2.16%) Firmware
2 4 (1.44%) Embedded Firmware
3 3 (1.08%) Docker
4 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (1.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.36%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (10.79%) SAP
2 27 (9.71%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.32%) Oracle
4 9 (3.24%) Google
5 8 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.52%) Databricks
6 7 (2.52%) EMC
7 5 (1.80%) Adobe
8 3 (1.08%) Cisco
8 3 (1.08%) Juniper
8 3 (1.08%) MathWorks
8 3 (1.08%) OpenText
8 3 (1.08%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.72%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 2 (0.72%) Conga
9 2 (0.72%) CyberSource
9 2 (0.72%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.72%) Nokia
9 2 (0.72%) VMware
9 2 (0.72%) Workday