Validation Contracts in the City of London

Validation
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 68 103
Rank change year-on-year +8 +35 +37
Contract jobs citing Validation 63 58 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.47% 2.72% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 2.97% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 43 29
10th Percentile £376 £378 £328
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £718 £630 £613
90th Percentile £725 £675 £750
Central London median daily rate £585 £550 £527
% change year-on-year +6.36% +4.46% +8.00%

All Process and 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 1,706 1,950 3,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.84% 91.42% 91.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,094 1,346 2,165
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £551 £554 £600
% change year-on-year -0.45% -7.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 24
10th Percentile £17.08 £19.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £16.33
Median hourly rate £31.00 £26.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.43% -23.93% -18.83%
75th Percentile £56.75 £40.46 £57.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +20.37% -22.86% -18.13%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Validation in the City of London

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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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 5 (7.94%) Confluence
2 2 (3.17%) SAS
3 1 (1.59%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.17%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.59%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Aladdin
1 4 (6.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.17%) SAP MDG
2 2 (3.17%) SAP PLM
2 2 (3.17%) SAP VC
3 1 (1.59%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.59%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.59%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.59%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.11%) Azure
2 6 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (4.76%) SaaS
4 2 (3.17%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (3.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.59%) AWS
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.59%) Fivetran
5 1 (1.59%) GitHub
5 1 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.59%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.59%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.59%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.17%) Power BI
2 1 (1.59%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.59%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.59%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.59%) Delta Lake
2 1 (1.59%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) JIRA
2 3 (4.76%) Postman
2 3 (4.76%) Selenium
3 2 (3.17%) Appium
3 2 (3.17%) Git
4 1 (1.59%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.59%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.59%) REST Assured
4 1 (1.59%) TestRail
General
1 34 (53.97%) Finance
2 27 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 12 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.87%) Front Office
5 9 (14.29%) Banking
6 7 (11.11%) Retail
7 4 (6.35%) Investment Banking
7 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
8 3 (4.76%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (4.76%) Financial Institution
8 3 (4.76%) Retail Banking
9 2 (3.17%) Billing
9 2 (3.17%) Marketing
9 2 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.59%) Automotive
10 1 (1.59%) General Ledger
10 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.59%) Law
Job Titles
1 25 (39.68%) Analyst
2 15 (23.81%) Business Analyst
3 13 (20.63%) Lead
4 11 (17.46%) Consultant
5 9 (14.29%) Senior
6 8 (12.70%) Lead Business Analyst
6 8 (12.70%) Lead Consultant
7 6 (9.52%) Business Consultant
8 5 (7.94%) Data Analyst
8 5 (7.94%) Data Engineer
9 4 (6.35%) Charles River Consultant
9 4 (6.35%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Business Development Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Business Development Consultant
10 3 (4.76%) Charles River Business Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Compliance Specialist
10 3 (4.76%) Development Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) Development Consultant
10 3 (4.76%) Financial Analyst
10 3 (4.76%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.76%) REST
2 2 (3.17%) Pandas
2 2 (3.17%) Visualforce
3 1 (1.59%) .NET
3 1 (1.59%) ADO
3 1 (1.59%) Flutter
3 1 (1.59%) Kafka
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.59%) PySpark
3 1 (1.59%) pytest
3 1 (1.59%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.76%) Digital Media
3 2 (3.17%) Credit Risk
3 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.59%) Derivative
4 1 (1.59%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (1.59%) Exotic Derivative
4 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.59%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.59%) Multi-touch
4 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
1 1 (1.59%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (28.57%) Agile
2 16 (25.40%) Project Delivery
2 16 (25.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (23.81%) Requirements Gathering
4 14 (22.22%) Data Analysis
5 13 (20.63%) Business Analysis
5 13 (20.63%) Data Validation
5 13 (20.63%) End-to-End Testing
6 12 (19.05%) Migration
6 12 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (19.05%) Project Management
7 11 (17.46%) Change Management
8 10 (15.87%) Analytics
8 10 (15.87%) Portfolio Management
8 10 (15.87%) Risk Management
8 10 (15.87%) Scrum
9 9 (14.29%) Asset Management
9 9 (14.29%) System Testing
10 8 (12.70%) Data Migration
10 8 (12.70%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.98%) SQL
2 9 (14.29%) Python
3 3 (4.76%) ABAP
3 3 (4.76%) Java
4 2 (3.17%) Apex Code
4 2 (3.17%) C#
5 1 (1.59%) Assembly Language
5 1 (1.59%) C++
5 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.59%) R
5 1 (1.59%) REXX
5 1 (1.59%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (17.46%) Degree
2 7 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.76%) CBAP
5 2 (3.17%) EnCE
5 2 (3.17%) PhD
6 1 (1.59%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.59%) CISSP
6 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.46%) MiFID
2 8 (12.70%) EMIR
2 8 (12.70%) QA
3 5 (7.94%) Data Quality
4 3 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (3.17%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (3.17%) IFRS
5 2 (3.17%) IFRS 9
6 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.59%) COBIT
6 1 (1.59%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.59%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) EnCase
1 2 (3.17%) FTK
2 1 (1.59%) Ansible
2 1 (1.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.52%) SAP
3 4 (6.35%) Charles River
4 3 (4.76%) Workday
5 2 (3.17%) Adobe
5 2 (3.17%) Cellebrite
5 2 (3.17%) Databricks
5 2 (3.17%) Nuix
5 2 (3.17%) Oracle
5 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.59%) Google
6 1 (1.59%) Informatica
6 1 (1.59%) Planview
6 1 (1.59%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.59%) SimCorp
6 1 (1.59%) UiPath