Data Validation Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Data Validation
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring Data Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.93% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £531 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £644 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £588 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -8.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridge

Data 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 Cambridge.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 186 147 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 86.92% 90.18% 86.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 91 107
10th Percentile £265 £296 £231
25th Percentile £400 £403 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £468
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +5.88% -1.58%
75th Percentile £591 £581 £538
90th Percentile £675 £675 £610
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £482 £475 £478
% change year-on-year +1.42% -0.63% +0.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 25
10th Percentile £14.64 £15.85 £15.51
25th Percentile £16.03 £17.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.83 £23.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% -8.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £34.06 £57.50 £71.25
90th Percentile £44.25 £62.00 £77.50
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
% change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Validation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Data Validation job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Data Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Data Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Data Validation

Data Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Data Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Data Validation

Data Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Python Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Collection
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Inertial Measurement
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Shell Script
1 2 (100.00%) SQL