Validation Contract Job Trends in East London

Validation
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 22 33
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -1
Contract jobs citing Validation 3 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in East London 2.70% 3.68% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.91% 3.91% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £501 £392 £500
25th Percentile £503 £443 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £486 £563
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -13.60% -13.46%
75th Percentile £528 £513 £863
90th Percentile £534 £537 £950
London median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -6.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 103 128 257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 92.79% 94.12% 92.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 110 226
10th Percentile £190 £300 £300
25th Percentile £325 £400 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £562
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -11.98% +12.48%
75th Percentile £630 £585 £650
90th Percentile £925 £639 £756
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £23.33 - -
25th Percentile £24.70 - £14.18
Median hourly rate £33.25 £21.09 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +57.65% +25.16% -77.97%
75th Percentile £56.88 - £18.93
90th Percentile £75.89 - -
London median hourly rate £31.49 £38.29 £37.50
% change year-on-year -17.75% +2.09% -2.27%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Validation job vacancy trend in East London

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Validation

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Validation

Validation
Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Havering - 2 £525 -
Docklands, London - 1 £500 -
Validation
London

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Cerner Millennium
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 1 (33.33%) Data Mart
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Business Case
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cerner
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle