Validation Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Validation
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 48 59
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 -28
Contract jobs citing Validation 17 9 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 3.45% 1.52% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.13% 1.71% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 11
10th Percentile £261 £330 £400
25th Percentile £300 £356 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £465 £415
Median % change year-on-year -24.73% +12.05% -13.54%
75th Percentile £638 £500 £431
90th Percentile £645 £541 £438
East of England median daily rate £488 £495 £425
% change year-on-year -1.52% +16.47% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 1
10th Percentile £26.88 £38.93 -
25th Percentile £35.52 £41.81 £42.50
Median hourly rate £48.00 £48.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.52% +7.22% +69.81%
75th Percentile £57.50 £54.31 £47.50
90th Percentile - £56.98 -
East of England median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +16.96% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 412 525 751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 83.57% 88.38% 89.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 281 375
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £350 £275 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £525
90th Percentile £675 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 152 243
10th Percentile - £13.41 -
25th Percentile £14.16 £14.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -
75th Percentile £21.46 £20.56 £15.75
90th Percentile £48.00 £22.00 £22.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +60.00% +61.29% -11.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Cambridgeshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Cambridgeshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Cambridgeshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough +7 12 £325 -10.34% 7
Cambridge +2 3 £625 +34.41% 38
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East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 8 (47.06%) Simulink
2 7 (41.18%) Stateflow
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) ClearCase
2 1 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (5.88%) Subversion
2 1 (5.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (47.06%) Automotive
2 4 (23.53%) Legal
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
3 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Military
5 1 (5.88%) Finance
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Software Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Data Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Power BI Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Product Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Product Owner
5 1 (5.88%) SQL Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) SQL Data Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) SSIS Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) JSON
1 1 (5.88%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.88%) ASIC
2 1 (5.88%) FPGA
2 1 (5.88%) Life Science
2 1 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Software Engineering
2 5 (29.41%) Computer Science
2 5 (29.41%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) Test Automation
3 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (23.53%) FMEA
3 4 (23.53%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (17.65%) Data Analysis
4 3 (17.65%) Software Testing
5 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (11.76%) Data Acquisition
5 2 (11.76%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
5 2 (11.76%) Logical Data Model
5 2 (11.76%) Migration
5 2 (11.76%) Physical Data Model
5 2 (11.76%) Signal Processing
6 1 (5.88%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (5.88%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) MATLAB
2 1 (5.88%) Assembly Language
2 1 (5.88%) Bash
2 1 (5.88%) C
2 1 (5.88%) C++
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) SystemVerilog
2 1 (5.88%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) MathWorks
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Siemens
3 1 (5.88%) Alteryx
3 1 (5.88%) Cadence
3 1 (5.88%) Synopsys
3 1 (5.88%) Xilinx