Validation Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Validation
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 24 26
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 -
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Barrow-in-Furness 0.42% 0.93% 1.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.18% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cumbria median daily rate £650 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £45.44
25th Percentile - - £45.79
Median hourly rate - - £49.28
75th Percentile - - £52.35
90th Percentile - - £52.44
Cumbria median hourly rate - - £49.28
% change year-on-year - - -6.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Barrow-in-Furness

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 Barrow-in-Furness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 165 85 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 69.33% 78.70% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 39 87
10th Percentile £318 £423 £422
25th Percentile £400 £447 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +2.88%
75th Percentile £552 £551 £639
90th Percentile £700 £638 £670
Cumbria median daily rate £483 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.68% -5.00% +3.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 23
10th Percentile - £26.96 £45.22
25th Percentile £35.55 £28.19 £46.36
Median hourly rate £53.73 £41.71 £62.32
Median % change year-on-year +28.83% -33.07% +62.81%
75th Percentile £70.36 £58.50 £70.90
90th Percentile £73.25 £64.69 £78.85
Cumbria median hourly rate £35.55 £41.71 £52.19
% change year-on-year -14.76% -20.09% -0.59%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Barrow-in-Furness citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Matplotlib
1 1 (100.00%) NumPy
1 1 (100.00%) Pandas
1 1 (100.00%) Plotly
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (100.00%) Seaborn
1 1 (100.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Feature Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared