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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 64 74
Rank change year-on-year +28 +10 +31
Contract jobs citing Validation 123 63 53
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.19% 3.37% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.94% 3.58% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 45 37
10th Percentile £409 £328 £420
25th Percentile £463 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £711 £715 £638
90th Percentile £788 £725 £725
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%

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 2,071 1,760 1,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.46% 94.22% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,413 1,155 1,282
10th Percentile £380 £325 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £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 £770 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 21 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.18 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +5.56% -13.60%
75th Percentile £32.05 £56.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £57.49 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -22.89% +11.24% -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 12 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 12 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 £475 -
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 8 (6.50%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (3.25%) Apache
3 3 (2.44%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.44%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.63%) Confluence
5 1 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.81%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.81%) CMS
5 1 (0.81%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.81%) IIS
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.81%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.63%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (3.25%) Workday HCM
2 2 (1.63%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.63%) SAP MDG
2 2 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.81%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.81%) iTrent
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.81%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 34 (27.64%) Azure
2 20 (16.26%) AWS
3 16 (13.01%) Power Platform
4 9 (7.32%) Snowflake
5 7 (5.69%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (5.69%) dbt
5 7 (5.69%) GCP
6 5 (4.07%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.07%) GitHub
7 4 (3.25%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.25%) SaaS
8 3 (2.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.44%) Prefect
9 2 (1.63%) Azure Stack
9 2 (1.63%) Fivetran
9 2 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.63%) OCI
9 2 (1.63%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.44%) Firewall
1 3 (2.44%) WAN
2 2 (1.63%) BGP
2 2 (1.63%) DNS
2 2 (1.63%) Internet
2 2 (1.63%) LAN
2 2 (1.63%) Network Security
2 2 (1.63%) VLAN
2 2 (1.63%) VPN
2 2 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (1.63%) Wireless
3 1 (0.81%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.81%) FTP
3 1 (0.81%) MPLS
3 1 (0.81%) NX-OS
3 1 (0.81%) OSPF
3 1 (0.81%) TACACS
3 1 (0.81%) VXLAN
3 1 (0.81%) WinSCP
3 1 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.94%) Power BI
2 10 (8.13%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (7.32%) Metadata
4 6 (4.88%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.07%) Snowflake Schema
6 4 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.44%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.44%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.44%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.44%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.44%) Star Schema
8 2 (1.63%) Big Data
8 2 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.63%) Power Query
8 2 (1.63%) SAP BW
8 2 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.63%) Tableau
9 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.81%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 6 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.07%) JIRA
2 5 (4.07%) JMeter
2 5 (4.07%) Postman
3 4 (3.25%) GitLab
4 3 (2.44%) Git
5 2 (1.63%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.63%) Gatling
5 2 (1.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.81%) Appium
6 1 (0.81%) git-flow
6 1 (0.81%) JUnit
6 1 (0.81%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.81%) Mockito
6 1 (0.81%) MonkeyTalk
6 1 (0.81%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.81%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.81%) Selendroid
6 1 (0.81%) Selenium
6 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 57 (46.34%) Finance
2 35 (28.46%) Social Skills
3 28 (22.76%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (16.26%) Banking
5 5 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.07%) Financial Institution
5 5 (4.07%) Front Office
5 5 (4.07%) General Ledger
5 5 (4.07%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.25%) Back Office
6 4 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.44%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.44%) Marketing
7 3 (2.44%) Publishing
7 3 (2.44%) Retail
7 3 (2.44%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.63%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.63%) Legal
9 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 33 (26.83%) Analyst
2 16 (13.01%) Data Analyst
3 14 (11.38%) Data Engineer
4 13 (10.57%) Business Analyst
5 11 (8.94%) Senior
6 10 (8.13%) Consultant
7 9 (7.32%) Architect
8 8 (6.50%) Tester
9 7 (5.69%) Lead
10 6 (4.88%) Migration Engineer
11 5 (4.07%) Migration Manager
11 5 (4.07%) Migration Project Manager
11 5 (4.07%) Project Manager
12 4 (3.25%) Data Migration Engineer
12 4 (3.25%) Financial Analyst
12 4 (3.25%) QA Engineer
12 4 (3.25%) Snowflake Data Engineer
12 4 (3.25%) Snowflake Engineer
13 3 (2.44%) Product Designer
13 3 (2.44%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.32%) REST
2 6 (4.88%) JSON
2 6 (4.88%) Kafka
3 5 (4.07%) Playwright
3 5 (4.07%) Swagger
3 5 (4.07%) XML
4 3 (2.44%) PySpark
4 3 (2.44%) SOAP
5 2 (1.63%) .NET
5 2 (1.63%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (1.63%) Next.js
5 2 (1.63%) OpenAPI
5 2 (1.63%) React
6 1 (0.81%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.81%) AssertJ
6 1 (0.81%) Jest
6 1 (0.81%) JWT
6 1 (0.81%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.81%) pytest
6 1 (0.81%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.76%) Data Structures
2 10 (8.13%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.69%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.88%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.88%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.07%) Clustering
5 5 (4.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (4.07%) Reference Data
6 3 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.44%) Derivative
6 3 (2.44%) Fixed Income
6 3 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.63%) FMCG
7 2 (1.63%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.63%) Life Science
7 2 (1.63%) Replication
8 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.81%) Pricing Data
8 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.25%) Windows
2 2 (1.63%) Android
2 2 (1.63%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.81%) Linux
3 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.81%) SUSE
3 1 (0.81%) VMS
3 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (32.52%) Migration
2 33 (26.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 31 (25.20%) Analytics
4 28 (22.76%) Data Modelling
5 26 (21.14%) Agile
6 24 (19.51%) CI/CD
7 22 (17.89%) Data Governance
8 21 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (16.26%) AI
9 20 (16.26%) User Acceptance Testing
10 19 (15.45%) Data Analysis
10 19 (15.45%) Data Migration
10 19 (15.45%) DevOps
10 19 (15.45%) Test Automation
11 18 (14.63%) Data Validation
12 17 (13.82%) Data Pipeline
12 17 (13.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (13.01%) Data Engineering
13 16 (13.01%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 36 (29.27%) SQL
2 22 (17.89%) Python
3 6 (4.88%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.25%) Bash
4 4 (3.25%) Java
5 3 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.63%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.63%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.81%) C#
7 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.81%) Korn
7 1 (0.81%) R
7 1 (0.81%) Scala
7 1 (0.81%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 15 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.76%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.88%) PMI Certification
4 5 (4.07%) PMP
5 2 (1.63%) CCNP
5 2 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.63%) CSPO
5 2 (1.63%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.63%) Degree
5 2 (1.63%) SnowPro
6 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.81%) CBAP
6 1 (0.81%) CCIE
6 1 (0.81%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) CWNA
6 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) GPEN
6 1 (0.81%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (30.08%) Data Quality
2 22 (17.89%) QA
3 13 (10.57%) GDPR
4 9 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (5.69%) NIST
6 6 (4.88%) Accessibility
7 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.63%) GxP
8 2 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (1.63%) NCSC
8 2 (1.63%) SLA
9 1 (0.81%) EMIR
9 1 (0.81%) GAAP
9 1 (0.81%) MiFID
9 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.81%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.81%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (4.07%) Docker
2 3 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.63%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.81%) Firmware
4 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.69%) Ansible
2 6 (4.88%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.07%) Grafana
4 4 (3.25%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.44%) Terraform
6 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.81%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.81%) VxRail
Vendors
1 25 (20.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.50%) SAP
3 6 (4.88%) Databricks
3 6 (4.88%) Informatica
4 5 (4.07%) CyberArk
4 5 (4.07%) Oracle
4 5 (4.07%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.07%) Workday
5 4 (3.25%) Cisco
5 4 (3.25%) Google
6 3 (2.44%) Anaplan
6 3 (2.44%) MuleSoft
6 3 (2.44%) VMware
7 2 (1.63%) Kronos
7 2 (1.63%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.81%) Adobe
8 1 (0.81%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.81%) Lotus
8 1 (0.81%) PTC
8 1 (0.81%) Siemens