Validation Contracts in Bristol

Validation
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 43 50
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +15
Contract jobs citing Validation 21 35 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.74% 3.30% 3.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 3.98% 4.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 9
10th Percentile £450 - £413
25th Percentile £525 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £638 - £538
90th Percentile - - £568
South West median daily rate £575 £431 £572
% change year-on-year +33.33% -24.61% +11.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 33
10th Percentile £55.03 - -
25th Percentile £61.44 £52.50 £57.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -15.38% +44.44%
75th Percentile £77.19 £65.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £81.13 - £79.30
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +15.38% +5.69% +36.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 518 879 1,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 92.34% 82.92% 88.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 482 731
10th Percentile £230 £251 £300
25th Percentile £363 £364 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £573 £600 £638
90th Percentile £668 £687 £719
South West median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 192 210
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £32.50 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.13 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +10.21% +33.33%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £69.69
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £80.03
South West median hourly rate £61.25 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +11.36% -8.33% +23.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Bristol

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Bristol over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) PaaS
1 6 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) PBX
1 6 (28.57%) VoIP
2 4 (19.05%) 5G
3 3 (14.29%) Firewall
3 3 (14.29%) LTE
4 1 (4.76%) 4G
4 1 (4.76%) Ethernet
4 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
4 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (4.76%) Ant
2 1 (4.76%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
2 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
2 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Billing
3 1 (4.76%) Electronics
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.76%) Military
3 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (14.29%) Core Network Project Manager
1 3 (14.29%) Mobile Project Manager
1 3 (14.29%) Network Manager
1 3 (14.29%) Network Project Manager
1 3 (14.29%) Project Manager
1 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (9.52%) Architect
2 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (9.52%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (9.52%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Algorithm Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Data Consultant
3 1 (4.76%) Data Migration Lead
3 1 (4.76%) Data Quality Consultant
3 1 (4.76%) Information Systems Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Network Systems Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Administrator
3 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Developer
3 1 (4.76%) Solutions Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) CSS
1 1 (4.76%) HTML
1 1 (4.76%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (4.76%) Node.js
1 1 (4.76%) REST
1 1 (4.76%) SOAP
1 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Blackberry
1 6 (28.57%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (14.29%) Replication
3 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Migration
2 6 (28.57%) Commercial Awareness
2 6 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
2 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (23.81%) Cost Reduction
3 5 (23.81%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (23.81%) Product Roadmap
3 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
3 5 (23.81%) Service Design
3 5 (23.81%) Thought Leadership
4 4 (19.05%) Verification and Validation
5 3 (14.29%) Agile
5 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (9.52%) ArchiMate
6 2 (9.52%) Data Management
6 2 (9.52%) DevOps
6 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (9.52%) Service Management
6 2 (9.52%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.76%) Apex Code
2 1 (4.76%) C#
2 1 (4.76%) C++
2 1 (4.76%) Fortran
2 1 (4.76%) MATLAB
2 1 (4.76%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) Security Cleared
2 12 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 10 (47.62%) DV Cleared
4 6 (28.57%) CCNP
4 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (28.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (9.52%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.76%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Avaya
1 6 (28.57%) Cisco
1 6 (28.57%) Ericsson
1 6 (28.57%) F5
1 6 (28.57%) Juniper
1 6 (28.57%) Nokia
1 6 (28.57%) Palo Alto
1 6 (28.57%) Ribbon
1 6 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Pardot
2 1 (4.76%) Salesforce