Validation Contracts in Belfast

Validation
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 3 11 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Belfast 2.04% 8.87% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 12.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile £554 - -
25th Percentile £559 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - -
75th Percentile £634 £672 -
90th Percentile £651 £689 -
County Antrim median daily rate £588 £600 -
% change year-on-year -2.08% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 135 91 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 91.84% 73.39% 81.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 56 69
10th Percentile £154 £211 £164
25th Percentile £295 £345 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -9.35%
75th Percentile £532 £575 £515
90th Percentile £625 £663 £638
County Antrim median daily rate £410 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -18.00% +25.00% -9.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 14
10th Percentile £22.50 - £13.40
25th Percentile £23.76 £12.25 £13.91
Median hourly rate £32.13 £12.62 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +154.56% -17.25% +34.24%
75th Percentile £58.85 £14.78 £16.78
90th Percentile £78.47 £19.19 £18.12
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.59 £14.19 £15.25
% change year-on-year +87.45% -6.98% -3.11%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Belfast

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Belfast.

Daily rate trend for Validation in Belfast

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Test Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Backtesting
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Compliance Management
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 1 (33.33%) Internal Audit
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Management
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) MiFID
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft