Validation Contracts in Berkshire

Validation
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 82 60
Rank change year-on-year -12 -22 +6
Contract jobs citing Validation 24 35 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.23% 1.95% 3.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 2.15% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 33
10th Percentile £323 £426 £347
25th Percentile £372 £441 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £623 £600 £560
90th Percentile £950 £620 £670
South East median daily rate £513 £498 £485
% change year-on-year +3.07% +2.58% +15.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £20.50 -
25th Percentile £60.50 £22.00 -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £25.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +144.00% -52.83% -
75th Percentile £61.50 £50.63 -
90th Percentile - £65.70 -
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £45.00 £57.74
% change year-on-year +50.00% -22.06% +28.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,733 1,629 2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.83% 90.80% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1,055 1,371
10th Percentile £213 £350 £275
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £626 £588
90th Percentile £687 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 48 43
10th Percentile £18.95 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.44 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £60.57 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +174.67% -
75th Percentile £71.89 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Reading -10 12 £501 -4.67% 16
Bracknell -5 4 £900 -
Maidenhead -2 3 £375 -39.52%
Newbury -2 2 £438 - 2
Wokingham - 2 £500 - 1
Validation
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (12.50%) SAP CO
1 3 (12.50%) SAP FI
1 3 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (12.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.17%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (4.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) Azure
1 3 (12.50%) GitHub
2 2 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.17%) Figma
3 1 (4.17%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
3 1 (4.17%) Smartsheet
3 1 (4.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.17%) 2G
2 1 (4.17%) 3G
2 1 (4.17%) 4G
2 1 (4.17%) Firewall
2 1 (4.17%) RNC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.17%) Data Mining
1 1 (4.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) LoadRunner
2 2 (8.33%) JIRA
3 1 (4.17%) Git
3 1 (4.17%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (4.17%) Selenium
General
1 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.67%) Legal
4 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Local Government
6 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) Data Analyst
2 3 (12.50%) Data Manager
2 3 (12.50%) Finance Manager
2 3 (12.50%) SAP Data Manager
2 3 (12.50%) SAP Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Data Migration Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Finance Systems Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Lead
3 2 (8.33%) Migration Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Risk Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Systems Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Technical Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Implementation Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Performance Tester
4 1 (4.17%) SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) PySpark
2 1 (4.17%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Biopharmaceutical
1 2 (8.33%) Data Structures
1 2 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (4.17%) Life Science
2 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Unix
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Migration
1 7 (29.17%) Project Management
2 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Data Migration
3 5 (20.83%) ETL
4 4 (16.67%) Change Management
4 4 (16.67%) Data Architecture
4 4 (16.67%) Data Strategy
4 4 (16.67%) Data Validation
4 4 (16.67%) Quality Management
5 3 (12.50%) Analytics
5 3 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 3 (12.50%) Data Extraction
5 3 (12.50%) Data Integration
5 3 (12.50%) Data Modelling
5 3 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (12.50%) Order to Cash
5 3 (12.50%) Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (12.50%) Record to Report
5 3 (12.50%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) Python
2 3 (12.50%) SQL
3 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.17%) Bash
4 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (4.17%) MBCS
4 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) Data Quality
2 4 (16.67%) QA
3 2 (8.33%) PMO
4 1 (4.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (16.67%) SAP
2 3 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (8.33%) Ceridian
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco
3 2 (8.33%) Concur
3 2 (8.33%) Workday
4 1 (4.17%) Ericsson
4 1 (4.17%) HP
4 1 (4.17%) Mavenir
4 1 (4.17%) Micro Focus
4 1 (4.17%) OpenText
4 1 (4.17%) Remedy