Validation Contracts in Derbyshire

Validation
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Derbyshire 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 13 16 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing Validation 6 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 6.19% 6.47% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.79% 10.00% 3.24%
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 -
East Midlands median daily rate £459 £405 £350
% change year-on-year +13.33% +15.71% -22.22%
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 - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.00 - £60.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 77 110 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 79.38% 64.71% 87.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 73 102
10th Percentile £172 £167 £134
25th Percentile £200 £200 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £267 £469
Median % change year-on-year +59.18% -43.04% +17.19%
75th Percentile £550 £438 £552
90th Percentile £644 £588 £638
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £419 £450
% change year-on-year +6.81% -7.00% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 15 37
10th Percentile £15.06 £12.13 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £22.30 £17.50 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +27.40% +3.98% -15.85%
75th Percentile £24.30 £22.57 £23.00
90th Percentile £24.81 £26.15 £65.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.36 £17.00 £18.56
% change year-on-year +7.97% -8.39% +3.10%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Derbyshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Derbyshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Derbyshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Derbyshire

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Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Derbyshire 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
Derby +4 6 £623 +98.09% 17
Validation
East Midlands

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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