Validation Contracts in the East of England

Validation
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 37 38
Rank change year-on-year +5 +1 +14
Contract jobs citing Validation 63 90 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 5.93% 4.60% 4.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.63% 5.45% 5.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 10 24
10th Percentile £153 £294 £350
25th Percentile £375 £353 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £495
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -1.52% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £550
90th Percentile £613 £638 -
England median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +12.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 66 48
10th Percentile £31.58 £35.65 -
25th Percentile £44.90 £52.50 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% +25.00%
75th Percentile £73.44 £70.00 £90.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £77.00 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £60.00 £62.55
% change year-on-year - -4.08% +25.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 950 1,652 1,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.45% 84.41% 87.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 665 1,004
10th Percentile £213 £206 £225
25th Percentile £366 £313 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £442 £488
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -9.33% +2.63%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £666 £704
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 619 338
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £40.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.90% +90.48% +7.69%
75th Percentile £66.50 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £71.65 £72.88
England median hourly rate £25.50 £37.50 £35.03
% change year-on-year -32.00% +7.05% +36.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Validation in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in the East of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Hertfordshire +5 26 £450 -7.69% 52
Bedfordshire +4 14 £600 - 10
Cambridgeshire +6 13 £575 +17.95% 47
Essex +15 7 £400 - 25
Norfolk - 2 £378 - 8
Suffolk - 1 £155 - 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (17.46%) Confluence
2 10 (15.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.59%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (7.94%) Simulink
3 2 (3.17%) Stateflow
4 1 (1.59%) CANalyzer
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (15.87%) Teamcenter
2 3 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.17%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.59%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.35%) GitHub
2 2 (3.17%) npm
3 1 (1.59%) AWS
3 1 (1.59%) IaaS
3 1 (1.59%) PaaS
3 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (15.87%) Ethernet
2 9 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 5 (7.94%) Firewall
4 2 (3.17%) HTTP
4 2 (3.17%) Wireless
5 1 (1.59%) Network Security
5 1 (1.59%) RS-232
5 1 (1.59%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.17%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.59%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.59%) DB2
2 1 (1.59%) GIS
2 1 (1.59%) PowerCenter
2 1 (1.59%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (14.29%) Eclipse
1 9 (14.29%) Visual Studio
2 6 (9.52%) JIRA
3 5 (7.94%) Jenkins
4 3 (4.76%) JMeter
4 3 (4.76%) LoadRunner
4 3 (4.76%) NeoLoad
5 2 (3.17%) Cypress.io
5 2 (3.17%) Git
6 1 (1.59%) CANoe
6 1 (1.59%) GitLab
6 1 (1.59%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (1.59%) Selenium
6 1 (1.59%) WebDriver
General
1 35 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 17 (26.98%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.29%) Military
4 8 (12.70%) Electronics
5 6 (9.52%) Finance
6 4 (6.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.76%) Front Office
7 3 (4.76%) Law
7 3 (4.76%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.17%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.17%) Automotive
8 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Local Government
9 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (17.46%) Software Engineer
2 10 (15.87%) Systems Engineer
3 9 (14.29%) C# Software Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) C++ Software Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Electronics Engineer
4 6 (9.52%) Lead
5 5 (7.94%) Test Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Consultant
6 4 (6.35%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Hardware Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Hardware Test Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Principal Engineer
6 4 (6.35%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Report Specialist
7 3 (4.76%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (4.76%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.76%) Senior
7 3 (4.76%) Validation Engineer
8 2 (3.17%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (14.29%) Node.js
1 9 (14.29%) Web Services
2 3 (4.76%) REST
3 2 (3.17%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.17%) Express.js
3 2 (3.17%) NgRx
3 2 (3.17%) Playwright
3 2 (3.17%) RESTful
3 2 (3.17%) RxJS
4 1 (1.59%) ggplot2
4 1 (1.59%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.59%) JSON
4 1 (1.59%) Shiny
4 1 (1.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.94%) Operational Technology
4 3 (4.76%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.76%) FMCG
4 3 (4.76%) Life Science
5 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.17%) FPGA
5 2 (3.17%) PCIe
5 2 (3.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.59%) CAN bus
6 1 (1.59%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.59%) State Machine
6 1 (1.59%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.40%) Linux
2 14 (22.22%) Windows
3 5 (7.94%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.76%) Unix
5 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) Verification and Validation
2 22 (34.92%) Agile
3 20 (31.75%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (25.40%) Software Engineering
5 14 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
5 14 (22.22%) Data Management
6 12 (19.05%) CI/CD
7 10 (15.87%) PDM
7 10 (15.87%) Unit Testing
7 10 (15.87%) Visualisation
8 9 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
8 9 (14.29%) Digital Twin
8 9 (14.29%) Synthetic Environment
8 9 (14.29%) TDD
9 7 (11.11%) Data Analysis
9 7 (11.11%) Document Management
9 7 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
10 6 (9.52%) Data Validation
11 5 (7.94%) Coaching
11 5 (7.94%) Computer Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.46%) C++
2 10 (15.87%) C#
3 9 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 6 (9.52%) Python
5 5 (7.94%) MATLAB
6 2 (3.17%) C
6 2 (3.17%) Java
6 2 (3.17%) SQL
6 2 (3.17%) Tcl
6 2 (3.17%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.59%) Bash
7 1 (1.59%) R
7 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.59%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (1.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 14 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) GxP
2 4 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.76%) MiFID
3 3 (4.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.59%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Docker
2 1 (1.59%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.59%) Firmware
2 1 (1.59%) KVM
2 1 (1.59%) QEMU
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.59%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.11%) SAP
3 6 (9.52%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.35%) EMC
5 1 (1.59%) Ariba
5 1 (1.59%) IFS
5 1 (1.59%) Informatica
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle
5 1 (1.59%) Xilinx