Validation Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Validation
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 67 74
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 +16
Contract jobs citing Validation 18 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 3.08% 0.93% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 1.03% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £453 £405 £340
25th Percentile £463 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% +6.25% -3.03%
75th Percentile £675 £472 £488
90th Percentile - £500 £540
Scotland median daily rate £449 £455 £400
% change year-on-year -1.43% +13.75% -13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £65.00 - £22.87
Scotland median hourly rate £65.00 - £22.87

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 535 584 839
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.61% 90.97% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 304 502
10th Percentile £221 £213 £208
25th Percentile £406 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £635 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +2.78% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 25 9
10th Percentile £16.55 £16.86 £12.95
25th Percentile - £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +3.15% +7.57%
75th Percentile £40.00 £24.18 £53.70
90th Percentile £65.00 - £61.70
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.06
% change year-on-year -13.04% +20.70% +3.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Validation

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Edinburgh

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) FileNet
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Lucidchart
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Collibra
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) LAN
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
1 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Data Vault
2 1 (5.56%) Delta Lake
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (38.89%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Analyst
1 7 (38.89%) Business Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Data Modeller
2 3 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Risk Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Network Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Oracle Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Oracle Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) JSON
1 1 (5.56%) PySpark
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) RESTful
1 1 (5.56%) SailPoint
1 1 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) BBC
1 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Customer Experience
1 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
1 4 (22.22%) Kimball Methodology
1 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (16.67%) Agile
2 3 (16.67%) Data Governance
2 3 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 3 (16.67%) Data Validation
3 2 (11.11%) BCP
3 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 2 (11.11%) Business Continuity Planning
3 2 (11.11%) Change Management
3 2 (11.11%) Coaching
3 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 2 (11.11%) User Experience
3 2 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
2 4 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (11.11%) Java
4 1 (5.56%) BeanShell
4 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (11.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Databricks
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) Cisco
3 1 (5.56%) IBM
3 1 (5.56%) Meraki