Validation Contract Job Trends in Aberdeen

Validation
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Aberdeen requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 8 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 10.64% 4.00% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.24% 4.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £336 - -
25th Percentile £353 £275 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% - -
75th Percentile £441 £425 -
90th Percentile £469 - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £503 £475
% change year-on-year -15.42% +5.79% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.25 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £38.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -7.69% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

Validation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29 22 24
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 61.70% 88.00% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 16
10th Percentile £139 £171 £256
25th Percentile £334 £277 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £440 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -20.00% +27.54%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £591
90th Percentile £585 £500 £634
Scotland median daily rate £450 £465 £450
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £19.39 - £28.23
25th Percentile £25.71 - £31.19
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -31.56% +110.42%
75th Percentile £38.75 £26.55 £42.69
90th Percentile - £27.39 £45.88
Scotland median hourly rate £17.12 £20.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year -14.40% +0.31% +8.80%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Validation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Validation job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Validation

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Nutanix
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) BGP
1 3 (60.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) HSRP
1 3 (60.00%) OSPF
1 3 (60.00%) VLAN
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
1 3 (60.00%) VRRP
1 3 (60.00%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) PC Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Network Design
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Kanban
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (60.00%) VMware