Validation Contract Job Trends in Birmingham
Validation
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 38 | 51 | 51 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +13 | 0 | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing Validation | 34 | 21 | 20 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham | 3.89% | 3.26% | 2.78% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 4.74% | 3.55% | 3.33% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24 | 9 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £254 | £398 | £232 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £425 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £470 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.70% | -6.00% | +28.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £609 | £600 | £620 |
| 90th Percentile | £797 | £605 | £719 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £451 | £500 | £489 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.90% | +2.25% | -9.44% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham
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 Birmingham.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 717 | 591 | 601 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 82.04% | 91.77% | 83.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 400 | 383 | 389 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £250 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £375 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £575 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £650 | £750 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -2.44% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 51 | 54 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.46 | £12.62 | £19.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.67 | £13.25 | £21.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.96 | £18.87 | £38.06 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +132.96% | -50.42% | +26.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £23.56 | £54.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £26.51 | £57.53 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £22.46 | £23.70 | £23.60 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.21% | +0.40% | -14.18% |
Validation Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Validation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
Validation Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Validation.
Validation Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Birmingham over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Validation Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Validation.
Validation Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Migration | 50.0% | 17 |
| 2 | Data Migration | 29.4% | 10 |
| 3 | Continuous Improvement | 23.5% | 8 |
| 3 | Data Modelling | 23.5% | 8 |
| 3 | User Acceptance Testing | 23.5% | 8 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 17.6% | 6 |
| 6 | Infrastructure as Code | 17.6% | 6 |
| 6 | Stakeholder Engagement | 17.6% | 6 |
| 6 | Stakeholder Management | 17.6% | 6 |
| 10 | Analytics | 14.7% | 5 |
| 10 | ETL | 14.7% | 5 |
| 10 | GitOps | 14.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Problem-Solving | 14.7% | 5 |
| 10 | Test Automation | 14.7% | 5 |
| 15 | Collaborative Working | 11.8% | 4 |
| 15 | Data Extraction | 11.8% | 4 |
| 15 | Regression Testing | 11.8% | 4 |
| 15 | Stress Testing | 11.8% | 4 |
| 19 | Actionable Insight | 8.8% | 3 |
| 19 | API Integration | 8.8% | 3 |