Validation
Dorset > Blandford Forum
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Blandford Forum 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 | 6 | - | 2 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Validation | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Blandford Forum | 40.00% | - | 75.00% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 40.00% | - | 75.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £600 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | - | £603 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | £610 |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | - | £612 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £614 |
| Dorset median daily rate | £550 | £600 | £611 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.33% | -1.80% | +35.78% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Blandford Forum
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 Blandford Forum.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 10 | 4 | 12 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blandford Forum | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £496 | - | £574 |
| 25th Percentile | £522 | £450 | £600 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £500 | £610 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -18.03% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £550 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £580 | - | £626 |
| Dorset median daily rate | £475 | £425 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.76% | -12.82% | +2.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £11.87 | - |
| Dorset median hourly rate | £21.63 | £15.31 | £56.29 |
| % change year-on-year | +41.25% | -72.80% | +5.28% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Blandford Forum
Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Blandford Forum.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Blandford Forum
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Blandford Forum.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Blandford Forum 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: