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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 72 62 111
Rank change year-on-year -10 +49 +34
Contract jobs citing Validation 47 66 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.68% 3.00% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 3.32% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 48 32
10th Percentile - £380 £413
25th Percentile £413 £494 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £700
90th Percentile £699 £792 £748
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

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 1,636 1,988 3,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.49% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,406 2,259
10th Percentile £363 £363 £355
25th Percentile £463 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

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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 1 May 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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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 1 May 2025. 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
London Bridge - 1 £425 -
Validation
Central 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 3 (6.38%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.13%) SAS
2 1 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.13%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Actimize
1 2 (4.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.13%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.13%) SAP CRM
2 1 (2.13%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.13%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.13%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Azure Data Factory
2 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.38%) SaaS
3 2 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (4.26%) Fivetran
3 2 (4.26%) WhatsApp
4 1 (2.13%) AWS
4 1 (2.13%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.13%) GitHub
4 1 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (2.13%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.13%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (2.13%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (6.38%) Power BI
2 3 (6.38%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (4.26%) DataStage
3 2 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.13%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.13%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.13%) Delta Lake
4 1 (2.13%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (2.13%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Selenium
2 1 (2.13%) Appium
2 1 (2.13%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.13%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) PHPUnit
2 1 (2.13%) Postman
General
1 21 (44.68%) Finance
2 18 (38.30%) Social Skills
3 12 (25.53%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (19.15%) Retail
5 7 (14.89%) Banking
6 4 (8.51%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.38%) Corporate Banking
7 3 (6.38%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.38%) Investment Banking
7 3 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (6.38%) Retail Banking
8 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.13%) Billing
9 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (2.13%) General Ledger
9 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.13%) Law
9 1 (2.13%) Marketing
9 1 (2.13%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (21.28%) Analyst
2 9 (19.15%) Senior
3 6 (12.77%) Data Engineer
4 5 (10.64%) Business Analyst
5 4 (8.51%) Architect
6 3 (6.38%) Compliance Specialist
6 3 (6.38%) Consultant
6 3 (6.38%) Electronic Trading Specialist
6 3 (6.38%) Lead
6 3 (6.38%) MiFID Specialist
6 3 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.26%) Developer
7 2 (4.26%) Digital Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Salesforce Developer
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (4.26%) Senior User Experience Researcher
7 2 (4.26%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) Tester
7 2 (4.26%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) Visualforce
1 2 (4.26%) Web Services
2 1 (2.13%) FHIR
2 1 (2.13%) Jest
2 1 (2.13%) MIDP
2 1 (2.13%) Pandas
2 1 (2.13%) Playwright
2 1 (2.13%) PySpark
2 1 (2.13%) pytest
2 1 (2.13%) REST
2 1 (2.13%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.51%) Digital Media
2 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.13%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.13%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.38%) Windows
2 2 (4.26%) Linux
2 2 (4.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.40%) Migration
2 10 (21.28%) Data Validation
3 9 (19.15%) Agile
4 8 (17.02%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (14.89%) Analytics
5 7 (14.89%) Data Cleansing
5 7 (14.89%) ETL
5 7 (14.89%) Test Scripting
6 6 (12.77%) Acceptance Criteria
6 6 (12.77%) Test Automation
7 5 (10.64%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (10.64%) Data Governance
7 5 (10.64%) Data Integration
7 5 (10.64%) Data Migration
7 5 (10.64%) Internal Audit
7 5 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (10.64%) User Experience
7 5 (10.64%) User Stories
7 5 (10.64%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.89%) Python
2 5 (10.64%) SQL
3 2 (4.26%) Apex Code
4 1 (2.13%) ABAP
4 1 (2.13%) C#
4 1 (2.13%) Java
4 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (12.77%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) Degree
3 3 (6.38%) EnCE
4 2 (4.26%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.13%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.13%) CISSP
5 1 (2.13%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.13%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.40%) QA
2 6 (12.77%) Data Quality
3 4 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 3 (6.38%) MiFID
5 2 (4.26%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (4.26%) HIPAA
5 2 (4.26%) SEPA
6 1 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 1 (2.13%) GDPR
6 1 (2.13%) IFRS
6 1 (2.13%) IFRS 9
6 1 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 3 (6.38%) EnCase
1 3 (6.38%) FTK
2 1 (2.13%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (10.64%) SAP
2 3 (6.38%) Cellebrite
2 3 (6.38%) Informatica
2 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.38%) Nuix
2 3 (6.38%) Oracle
2 3 (6.38%) Workday
3 2 (4.26%) Adobe
3 2 (4.26%) Databricks
3 2 (4.26%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.13%) Autodesk
4 1 (2.13%) Google
4 1 (2.13%) Planview