Validation Contracts in Birmingham

Validation
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 36 59 70
Rank change year-on-year +23 +11 -13
Contract jobs citing Validation 14 8 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.68% 1.03% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.10% 1.24% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 1
10th Percentile £378 £298 -
25th Percentile £425 £331 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £388 £300
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% +29.17% -40.00%
75th Percentile £500 £450 £325
90th Percentile £608 £473 -
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47.50 - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £14.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +257.14% - -
75th Percentile £52.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £50.00 £57.50 -
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -

All Process and 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 452 644 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.59% 83.31% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 423 537
10th Percentile £163 £240 £263
25th Percentile £375 £368 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -9.76% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £512
% change year-on-year - -2.34% +5.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 44 27
10th Percentile - £13.20 £11.00
25th Percentile £12.62 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £18.38 £27.25 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.57% +81.67% -14.19%
75th Percentile £27.69 £48.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £30.68 £56.25 £71.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.00 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.00% +26.98% +4.24%

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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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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
1 1 (7.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Postman
2 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (7.14%) Automotive
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Analyst
1 5 (35.71%) Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Data Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Data Business Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) IT Manager
3 2 (14.29%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Data Manager
4 1 (7.14%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Migration Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Architect
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Software Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) CSS
1 2 (14.29%) CSS3
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
1 2 (14.29%) HTML5
1 2 (14.29%) jQuery
1 2 (14.29%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (14.29%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) IoT
1 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Migration
2 5 (35.71%) Data Migration
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Data Mapping
3 4 (28.57%) ERP
3 4 (28.57%) ETL
4 3 (21.43%) Data Integration
4 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
4 3 (21.43%) Data Transformation
4 3 (21.43%) ETL Development
5 2 (14.29%) Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Service Design
5 2 (14.29%) User Experience
5 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) ABAP
1 2 (14.29%) COBOL
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) MATLAB
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) CISSP
2 1 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (7.14%) GIAC
2 1 (7.14%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
1 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Informatica
2 3 (21.43%) SAP
3 2 (14.29%) BMC
3 2 (14.29%) Remedy
3 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (7.14%) AVEVA