Validation Contract Job Trends in Dunstable

Validation
Bedfordshire > Dunstable

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dunstable requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dunstable 6.67% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £478 £550 -
% change year-on-year -13.09% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dunstable

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 Dunstable.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8 7 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dunstable 53.33% 100.00% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 14
10th Percentile £381 £428 £199
25th Percentile £457 £450 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +11.11% -7.22%
75th Percentile £595 £525 £528
90th Percentile £613 £585 £538
Bedfordshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £71.50 £80.00 £58.45
% change year-on-year -10.63% +36.87% +6.27%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Dunstable

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Dunstable

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Dunstable

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dunstable citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dunstable 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks