Data Validation Contract Job Trends in Chester

Data Validation
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Data Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 0.78% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £780 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £605 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 104 77 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 80.62% 90.59% 82.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 32 11
10th Percentile £190 £406 £415
25th Percentile £410 £445 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £551 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% -8.17% +41.18%
75th Percentile £638 £628 £675
90th Percentile £746 £723 -
Cheshire median daily rate £444 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -6.63% -5.00% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 15 10
10th Percentile £19.00 £16.00 £17.03
25th Percentile £21.70 £17.50 £18.84
Median hourly rate £23.50 £24.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% -40.00% +148.91%
75th Percentile £34.17 £86.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £78.25 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £22.85 £25.79 £26.66
% change year-on-year -11.39% -3.27% +65.90%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Data Validation job vacancy trend in Chester

Data Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Chester

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

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

Data Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Insight Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Pricing Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Stress Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Teradata