Validation Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Validation
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 60 75
Rank change year-on-year +23 +15 +30
Contract jobs citing Validation 118 63 50
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.09% 3.49% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.80% 3.70% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 48 35
10th Percentile £400 £321 £409
25th Percentile £431 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £704 £694 £638
90th Percentile £788 £725 £725
Central London median daily rate £550 £545 £525
% change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £34.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £34.00 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,036 1,701 1,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.76% 94.29% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,397 1,118 1,255
10th Percentile £381 £324 £375
25th Percentile £456 £424 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £789
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £33.10 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -17.44% +7.67% -22.86%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Validation job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Validation

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in the City of London over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Validation

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Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the City of London region over the 6 months to 26 August 2026. 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
Moorgate -1 1 £475 -24.00%
Validation
Central London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 7 (5.93%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (2.54%) Apache
2 3 (2.54%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.54%) Confluence
2 3 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.85%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.85%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.85%) IIS
4 1 (0.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Workday HCM
2 2 (1.69%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.69%) SAP MDG
2 2 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.85%) Advent Moxy
3 1 (0.85%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.85%) iTrent
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.85%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 32 (27.12%) Azure
2 17 (14.41%) AWS
3 12 (10.17%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.78%) Snowflake
5 7 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (5.93%) dbt
6 6 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.24%) GCP
8 4 (3.39%) SaaS
9 3 (2.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.54%) GitHub
9 3 (2.54%) Prefect
10 2 (1.69%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (1.69%) Azure Stack
10 2 (1.69%) Fivetran
10 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.69%) OCI
10 2 (1.69%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.54%) DNS
1 3 (2.54%) Firewall
2 2 (1.69%) BGP
2 2 (1.69%) Internet
2 2 (1.69%) LAN
2 2 (1.69%) Network Security
2 2 (1.69%) VLAN
2 2 (1.69%) VPN
2 2 (1.69%) WAN
2 2 (1.69%) Wireless
3 1 (0.85%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.85%) FTP
3 1 (0.85%) NX-OS
3 1 (0.85%) OSPF
3 1 (0.85%) SMTP
3 1 (0.85%) TACACS
3 1 (0.85%) VSAN
3 1 (0.85%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) Power BI
2 8 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
2 8 (6.78%) Metadata
3 6 (5.08%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (3.39%) Snowflake Schema
5 3 (2.54%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.54%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.54%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.54%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.54%) Star Schema
6 2 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.69%) Power Query
6 2 (1.69%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.69%) Tableau
7 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.85%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.85%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.85%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 6 (5.08%) JIRA
2 5 (4.24%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.24%) JMeter
3 4 (3.39%) Postman
4 2 (1.69%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.69%) Gatling
4 2 (1.69%) GitLab
4 2 (1.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.85%) Appium
5 1 (0.85%) Git
5 1 (0.85%) git-flow
5 1 (0.85%) JUnit
5 1 (0.85%) Katalon Studio
5 1 (0.85%) Mockito
5 1 (0.85%) MonkeyTalk
5 1 (0.85%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.85%) Selendroid
5 1 (0.85%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.85%) XCUITest
General
1 56 (47.46%) Finance
2 33 (27.97%) Social Skills
3 25 (21.19%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (16.10%) Banking
5 5 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.24%) Front Office
5 5 (4.24%) General Ledger
5 5 (4.24%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.39%) Back Office
6 4 (3.39%) Financial Institution
6 4 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.54%) Legal
7 3 (2.54%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.54%) Marketing
7 3 (2.54%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.69%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.69%) Publishing
8 2 (1.69%) Retail
9 1 (0.85%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 34 (28.81%) Analyst
2 17 (14.41%) Data Analyst
3 14 (11.86%) Data Engineer
4 13 (11.02%) Business Analyst
5 12 (10.17%) Senior
6 10 (8.47%) Consultant
7 8 (6.78%) Architect
7 8 (6.78%) Tester
8 7 (5.93%) Lead
9 6 (5.08%) Migration Engineer
10 4 (3.39%) Data Migration Engineer
10 4 (3.39%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (3.39%) Migration Analyst
10 4 (3.39%) Migration Manager
10 4 (3.39%) Migration Project Manager
10 4 (3.39%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.54%) Data Business Analyst
11 3 (2.54%) SAP Analyst
11 3 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (2.54%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.78%) REST
2 6 (5.08%) JSON
2 6 (5.08%) Kafka
3 5 (4.24%) Swagger
3 5 (4.24%) XML
4 3 (2.54%) Playwright
4 3 (2.54%) PySpark
4 3 (2.54%) SOAP
5 2 (1.69%) OpenAPI
5 2 (1.69%) Terraform
6 1 (0.85%) Android SDK
6 1 (0.85%) Gherkin
6 1 (0.85%) iOS SDK
6 1 (0.85%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.85%) OpenID
6 1 (0.85%) RAML
6 1 (0.85%) React
6 1 (0.85%) React Native
6 1 (0.85%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.85%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.32%) Data Structures
2 8 (6.78%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.24%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.24%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.24%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.39%) Clustering
4 4 (3.39%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.54%) Derivative
5 3 (2.54%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.69%) FMCG
6 2 (1.69%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.69%) Life Science
6 2 (1.69%) NHS
6 2 (1.69%) Replication
7 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.85%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.39%) Windows
2 2 (1.69%) Android
2 2 (1.69%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.85%) Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.85%) SUSE
3 1 (0.85%) VMS
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (34.75%) Migration
2 32 (27.12%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (24.58%) Analytics
4 27 (22.88%) Data Modelling
5 24 (20.34%) Agile
6 22 (18.64%) CI/CD
6 22 (18.64%) User Acceptance Testing
7 21 (17.80%) Data Governance
7 21 (17.80%) Data Migration
8 20 (16.95%) Data Analysis
9 19 (16.10%) DevOps
9 19 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (15.25%) Data Validation
10 18 (15.25%) Test Automation
11 17 (14.41%) AI
11 17 (14.41%) Data Pipeline
12 15 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (12.71%) Translating Business Requirements
13 14 (11.86%) Data Engineering
13 14 (11.86%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 36 (30.51%) SQL
2 23 (19.49%) Python
3 6 (5.08%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.24%) Java
5 4 (3.39%) Bash
6 3 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.69%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.69%) R
8 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.85%) Korn
8 1 (0.85%) Scala
8 1 (0.85%) SOQL
8 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (12.71%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.17%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.24%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.39%) PMP
5 2 (1.69%) CCNP
5 2 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.69%) CSPO
5 2 (1.69%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.69%) Degree
5 2 (1.69%) SnowPro
6 1 (0.85%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.85%) CBAP
6 1 (0.85%) CCIE
6 1 (0.85%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.85%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) CWNA
6 1 (0.85%) GPEN
6 1 (0.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (30.51%) Data Quality
2 19 (16.10%) QA
3 11 (9.32%) GDPR
4 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.93%) NIST
5 6 (5.08%) Accessibility
6 3 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.69%) GxP
7 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (1.69%) NCSC
7 2 (1.69%) SLA
8 1 (0.85%) EMIR
8 1 (0.85%) GAAP
8 1 (0.85%) IFRS
8 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.85%) MiFID
8 1 (0.85%) Solvency II
8 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.39%) Docker
2 3 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.85%) Firmware
3 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.93%) Ansible
2 6 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.24%) Grafana
4 4 (3.39%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 25 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.63%) SAP
3 7 (5.93%) Databricks
4 5 (4.24%) Informatica
4 5 (4.24%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.39%) Cisco
5 4 (3.39%) CyberArk
5 4 (3.39%) Oracle
5 4 (3.39%) Workday
6 3 (2.54%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.54%) Google
6 3 (2.54%) VMware
7 2 (1.69%) Kronos
7 2 (1.69%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.85%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.85%) Extreme Networks
8 1 (0.85%) Jitterbit
8 1 (0.85%) Palantir
8 1 (0.85%) Palo Alto