Validation Contracts in Derby

Validation
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derby 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 11 15 22
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -
Contract jobs citing Validation 6 11 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 7.32% 7.48% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.38% 12.22% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 0
10th Percentile £608 £304 -
25th Percentile £609 £309 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £315 -
Median % change year-on-year +98.09% - -
75th Percentile £682 £606 -
90th Percentile £775 £745 -
Derbyshire median daily rate £623 £315 -
% change year-on-year +98.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55.00
Median hourly rate £23.00 - £60.00
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median hourly rate £23.00 - £60.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 90 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derby 78.05% 61.22% 91.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 64 70
10th Percentile £184 £167 £115
25th Percentile £200 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £272 £480
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -43.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £450 £578
90th Percentile £628 £588 £650
Derbyshire median daily rate £425 £267 £469
% change year-on-year +59.18% -43.04% +17.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 32
10th Percentile £21.38 - £13.16
25th Percentile £23.00 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £24.18 £17.50 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +38.17% +3.98% -15.85%
75th Percentile £24.66 £18.75 £19.35
90th Percentile £24.95 £18.88 £65.00
Derbyshire median hourly rate £22.30 £17.50 £16.83
% change year-on-year +27.40% +3.98% -15.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Derby

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derby

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Derby.

Daily rate trend for Validation in Derby

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Daily Rate Histogram in Derby

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Derby over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Derby

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derby

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Derby.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Derby

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Fusion 360
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Integration Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Data Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Derivative
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) API Integration
2 2 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Data Mapping
2 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 2 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
3 1 (16.67%) PLM
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Autodesk
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Siemens