Validation Contracts in Birmingham

Validation
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 74 57
Rank change year-on-year +15 -17 -5
Contract jobs citing Validation 4 3 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.53% 0.33% 2.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.37% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 26
10th Percentile - - £330
25th Percentile £276 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £284 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
75th Percentile £292 - £619
90th Percentile - - £638
West Midlands median daily rate £575 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +24.32% -7.50% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 634 816 1,237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.53% 88.41% 92.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 553 909
10th Percentile £238 £263 £213
25th Percentile £373 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +7.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £510 £480
% change year-on-year -1.96% +6.25% +16.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 25 21
10th Percentile £13.20 £11.00 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £13.75
Median hourly rate £27.25 £15.00 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.67% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £25.88 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £77.00 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.50
% change year-on-year +26.98% +7.39% -7.04%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DWDM
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) SDH
1 1 (25.00%) SONET
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Network Management
1 1 (25.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (25.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (25.00%) Order Management
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) Korn
1 1 (25.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP