Model Validation Contract Job Trends in Central London

Model Validation
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Model Validation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 126 149
Rank change year-on-year +3 +23 +58
Contract jobs citing Model Validation 5 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.26% 0.17% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.19% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £402 £430 £728
25th Percentile £406 £454 £736
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £514 £750
Median % change year-on-year -18.21% -31.53% -6.25%
75th Percentile £457 £579 £759
90th Percentile £492 £607 £764
London median daily rate £562 £550 £1,000
% change year-on-year +2.18% -45.00% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Model 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,818 2,145 2,926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.76% 91.94% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 1,382 2,031
10th Percentile £316 £363 £356
25th Percentile £419 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £788 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 26 17
10th Percentile £18.69 £17.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.69 £16.61
Median hourly rate £28.33 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +34.62% -38.10%
75th Percentile £50.75 £42.13 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -10.01% -6.67% +3.45%

Model Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Model Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Model Validation in Central London

Model Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Model Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Model Validation

Model Validation
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Model Validation within the Central London region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. 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
City of London +10 4 £425 -17.23% 24
Model Validation
London

Model Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (20.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
1 1 (20.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Front Office
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Programmer
2 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) UAT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Equity Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Exotic Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Multi-touch
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Science
1 3 (60.00%) Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Applied Mathematics
3 1 (20.00%) Bayesian Methods
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
3 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Physics
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Test Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) Python
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) PhD
2 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle