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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 62 76
Rank change year-on-year +22 +14 +18
Contract jobs citing Validation 121 63 49
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.29% 3.53% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.99% 3.75% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 47 34
10th Percentile £400 £320 £408
25th Percentile £425 £409 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £661 £688 £638
90th Percentile £775 £725 £725
Central London median daily rate £539 £565 £513
% change year-on-year -4.65% +10.24% -6.82%
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 2,021 1,682 1,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.41% 94.12% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,392 1,108 1,233
10th Percentile £372 £325 £386
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 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 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 £32.05 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.07 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -13.78% +7.67% -1.82%

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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 9 September 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 9 September 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 6 (4.96%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (3.31%) Confluence
3 3 (2.48%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.65%) Apache
4 2 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.83%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.83%) CMS
5 1 (0.83%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.83%) IIS
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.83%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.31%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) SAP MDG
1 2 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (1.65%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.83%) Advent Moxy
2 1 (0.83%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
2 1 (0.83%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.83%) iTrent
2 1 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.83%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.83%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 34 (28.10%) Azure
2 16 (13.22%) AWS
3 12 (9.92%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.61%) Snowflake
5 7 (5.79%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (5.79%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.96%) dbt
7 5 (4.13%) GCP
8 4 (3.31%) GitHub
8 4 (3.31%) SaaS
9 3 (2.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.48%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.48%) Prefect
10 2 (1.65%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.65%) Azure Stack
10 2 (1.65%) Fivetran
10 2 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.65%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.13%) Firewall
2 4 (3.31%) DNS
2 4 (3.31%) Network Security
2 4 (3.31%) VPN
3 2 (1.65%) BGP
3 2 (1.65%) Internet
3 2 (1.65%) LAN
3 2 (1.65%) VLAN
3 2 (1.65%) WAN
3 2 (1.65%) Wireless
4 1 (0.83%) DHCP
4 1 (0.83%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.83%) FTP
4 1 (0.83%) INAP
4 1 (0.83%) OSPF
4 1 (0.83%) RTP
4 1 (0.83%) TACACS
4 1 (0.83%) VoIP
4 1 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.26%) Power BI
2 8 (6.61%) Metadata
3 7 (5.79%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (4.13%) SQL Server
5 4 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.31%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (2.48%) Star Schema
7 2 (1.65%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.65%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.65%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.65%) Power Query
7 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.65%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.65%) Tableau
8 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.83%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.83%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 8 (6.61%) JIRA
2 6 (4.96%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.96%) JMeter
3 4 (3.31%) Postman
4 3 (2.48%) GitLab
5 2 (1.65%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.65%) Gatling
5 2 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.83%) Appium
6 1 (0.83%) Git
6 1 (0.83%) git-flow
6 1 (0.83%) JUnit
6 1 (0.83%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (0.83%) Locust
6 1 (0.83%) Mockito
6 1 (0.83%) MonkeyTalk
6 1 (0.83%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.83%) Selendroid
6 1 (0.83%) TestCafe
6 1 (0.83%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 59 (48.76%) Finance
2 34 (28.10%) Social Skills
3 26 (21.49%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (15.70%) Banking
5 5 (4.13%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.13%) Front Office
5 5 (4.13%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.31%) Back Office
6 4 (3.31%) General Ledger
6 4 (3.31%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (3.31%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.48%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.48%) Legal
7 3 (2.48%) Marketing
8 2 (1.65%) Automotive
8 2 (1.65%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.65%) Retail
9 1 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 35 (28.93%) Analyst
2 17 (14.05%) Data Analyst
3 14 (11.57%) Business Analyst
4 13 (10.74%) Data Engineer
5 11 (9.09%) Senior
6 9 (7.44%) Architect
7 8 (6.61%) Tester
8 7 (5.79%) Consultant
8 7 (5.79%) Lead
9 6 (4.96%) Migration Engineer
10 4 (3.31%) Data Migration Engineer
10 4 (3.31%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (3.31%) Migration Analyst
10 4 (3.31%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.31%) QA Engineer
11 3 (2.48%) Data Business Analyst
11 3 (2.48%) Migration Manager
11 3 (2.48%) Migration Project Manager
11 3 (2.48%) SAP Analyst
11 3 (2.48%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.61%) REST
2 6 (4.96%) JSON
3 5 (4.13%) Kafka
3 5 (4.13%) Swagger
3 5 (4.13%) XML
4 4 (3.31%) Terraform
5 3 (2.48%) Playwright
5 3 (2.48%) PySpark
5 3 (2.48%) SOAP
6 2 (1.65%) OpenAPI
7 1 (0.83%) .NET
7 1 (0.83%) AssertJ
7 1 (0.83%) JWT
7 1 (0.83%) LDAP
7 1 (0.83%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.83%) Middleware
7 1 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.83%) SAML
7 1 (0.83%) Taurus
7 1 (0.83%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 8 (6.61%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (4.13%) Onboarding
3 5 (4.13%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.31%) Clustering
4 4 (3.31%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.31%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.48%) Derivative
5 3 (2.48%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.65%) FMCG
6 2 (1.65%) Hedge funds
6 2 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.65%) Life Science
6 2 (1.65%) NHS
6 2 (1.65%) Replication
7 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.13%) Windows
2 3 (2.48%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.65%) Android
3 2 (1.65%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.65%) Linux
3 2 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.83%) CentOS
4 1 (0.83%) SUSE
4 1 (0.83%) VMS
4 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (31.40%) Migration
2 34 (28.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 27 (22.31%) Analytics
3 27 (22.31%) Data Modelling
4 24 (19.83%) Agile
5 23 (19.01%) CI/CD
6 21 (17.36%) Data Analysis
6 21 (17.36%) Data Governance
6 21 (17.36%) Data Migration
6 21 (17.36%) DevOps
6 21 (17.36%) User Acceptance Testing
7 20 (16.53%) Data Validation
8 19 (15.70%) AI
8 19 (15.70%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (15.70%) Test Automation
9 17 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (13.22%) Data Pipeline
10 16 (13.22%) Translating Business Requirements
10 16 (13.22%) User Stories
11 15 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 37 (30.58%) SQL
2 25 (20.66%) Python
3 6 (4.96%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.13%) Java
5 4 (3.31%) Bash
6 3 (2.48%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.65%) Apex Code
7 2 (1.65%) R
8 1 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.83%) Korn
8 1 (0.83%) Scala
8 1 (0.83%) SOQL
8 1 (0.83%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (12.40%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.92%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.31%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.48%) PMP
5 2 (1.65%) CCNP
5 2 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.65%) CSPO
5 2 (1.65%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.65%) Degree
5 2 (1.65%) SnowPro
6 1 (0.83%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.83%) CBAP
6 1 (0.83%) CCIE
6 1 (0.83%) CREST Certified
6 1 (0.83%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.83%) CWNA
6 1 (0.83%) GPEN
6 1 (0.83%) MOS
6 1 (0.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (30.58%) Data Quality
2 19 (15.70%) QA
3 10 (8.26%) GDPR
4 6 (4.96%) Accessibility
4 6 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (4.96%) NIST
5 3 (2.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.65%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.65%) GxP
6 2 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 2 (1.65%) NCSC
7 1 (0.83%) EMIR
7 1 (0.83%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.83%) GAAP
7 1 (0.83%) IFRS
7 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.83%) MiFID
7 1 (0.83%) SLA
7 1 (0.83%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (2.48%) Active Directory
1 3 (2.48%) Docker
1 3 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.83%) Firmware
2 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.83%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.79%) Ansible
2 5 (4.13%) Grafana
2 5 (4.13%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.31%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.83%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 26 (21.49%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.44%) SAP
3 7 (5.79%) Databricks
4 6 (4.96%) Cisco
5 5 (4.13%) Salesforce
6 4 (3.31%) Informatica
7 3 (2.48%) Anaplan
7 3 (2.48%) CyberArk
7 3 (2.48%) Google
7 3 (2.48%) Oracle
7 3 (2.48%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.48%) VMware
7 3 (2.48%) Workday
8 2 (1.65%) Kronos
8 2 (1.65%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.65%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.83%) Advent
9 1 (0.83%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.83%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.83%) PTC