Validation Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Validation
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 22 30
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 0
Contract jobs citing Validation 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 0.62% 0.77% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.97% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £450 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +5.88% -8.11% -9.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £45.44
25th Percentile - - £45.79
Median hourly rate - - £49.28
75th Percentile - - £52.35
90th Percentile - - £52.44
North West median hourly rate £40.00 £70.75 £49.28
% change year-on-year -43.46% +43.57% -6.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 234 103 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 72.90% 79.23% 84.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 47 105
10th Percentile £328 £353 £363
25th Percentile £400 £438 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.68% -5.00% +3.95%
75th Percentile £541 £546 £582
90th Percentile £700 £638 £670
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 30
10th Percentile £13.44 £25.20 £10.95
25th Percentile £24.78 £27.14 £23.49
Median hourly rate £35.55 £41.71 £52.19
Median % change year-on-year -14.76% -20.09% -0.59%
75th Percentile £60.60 £58.27 £69.83
90th Percentile £73.25 £62.44 £72.77
North West median hourly rate £47.15 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +87.48% -37.63% +18.60%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Validation

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Validation

Validation
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 7 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
Barrow-in-Furness -15 1 £650 - 4
Validation
North West

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (50.00%) Data Scientist
1 1 (50.00%) Project Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Matplotlib
1 1 (50.00%) NumPy
1 1 (50.00%) Pandas
1 1 (50.00%) Plotly
1 1 (50.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (50.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (50.00%) Seaborn
1 1 (50.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (50.00%) Data Science
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Feature Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Predictive Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Statistical Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft