Validation Contracts in England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Validation UK / England
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	178	175	157
Rank change year-on-year	-3	-18
Contract jobs citing Validation	616	717	762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England	1.42%	1.45%	1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.68%	1.74%	1.88%
Number of daily rates quoted	336	392	420
Median daily rate	£439	£403	£400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+9.00%	+0.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£281	£263	£235
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£625	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£410	£350	£375
% change year-on-year	+17.14%	-6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	40	31	40
Median hourly rate	£32.75	£40.00	£35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-18.12%	+14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£17.83	£12.25	£13.08
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.00	£50.78	£47.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£32.50	£40.00	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-18.75%	+14.28%

Validation is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills England
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	36606	41272	40599
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England	84.68%	83.46%	80.86%
Number of daily rates quoted	92153	104845	92956
Median daily rate	£450	£450	£415
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-	+8.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£306	£288	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£625	£625	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£380
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2818	2673	2706
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£27.50	£26.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+18.18%	+5.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.24	£12.50	£11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£53.75	£50.78	£51.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£34.00	£28.50	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+19.29%	-5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Validation as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Validation in England.

Contractor daily rate trend for Validation in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in England

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Validation in England over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Validation in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation in England.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Validation in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in England

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Validation in England over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Validation in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
London	-10	253	£450	-	47
South East	+19	145	£425	+21.25%	24
North of England	+2	69	£405	+24.61%	41
Midlands	+37	63	£450	+22.86%	15
South West	+2	49	£425	-5.55%	26
North West	+7	42	£400	+11.11%	26
West Midlands	+40	41	£450	+17.64%	12
East of England	-19	28	£405	+27.05%	16
East Midlands	+4	22	£456	+7.35%	3
Yorkshire	+12	19	£350	-7.89%	10
North East	+34	8	£575	+85.48%	5
Validation UK

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Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Validation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the England region with a requirement for Validation.

1	282 (24.35%)	Finance
2	203 (17.53%)	Agile Software Development
3	183 (15.80%)	SQL
4	166 (14.34%)	Migration
5	138 (11.92%)	Analytical Skills
6	133 (11.49%)	Degree
7	118 (10.19%)	Microsoft Excel
8	114 (9.84%)	Banking
9	111 (9.59%)	Data Validation
10	108 (9.33%)	Security Cleared
11	104 (8.98%)	Oracle
11	104 (8.98%)	Microsoft
12	98 (8.46%)	QA
13	92 (7.94%)	SAP
13	92 (7.94%)	Windows

14	90 (7.77%)	Project Management
15	85 (7.34%)	Stakeholder Management
16	82 (7.08%)	Data Modelling
17	81 (6.99%)	Scrum
17	81 (6.99%)	User Acceptance Testing
18	78 (6.74%)	Data Migration
18	78 (6.74%)	Data Analysis
19	77 (6.65%)	Linux
20	76 (6.56%)	SQL Server
20	76 (6.56%)	Business Intelligence
21	74 (6.39%)	Telecoms
22	72 (6.22%)	ITIL
23	67 (5.79%)	Test Scripting
24	66 (5.70%)	ETL
24	66 (5.70%)	Analytics

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Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	22 (1.90%)	SharePoint
2	21 (1.81%)	SAS
3	18 (1.55%)	WebSphere
4	16 (1.38%)	Tomcat
5	15 (1.30%)	OpenStack
5	15 (1.30%)	WebLogic
6	13 (1.12%)	JBoss
7	12 (1.04%)	Confluence
7	12 (1.04%)	MS Exchange
8	11 (0.95%)	GlassFish
9	10 (0.86%)	Skype for Business
10	6 (0.52%)	CMS
11	4 (0.35%)	Apache Spark
11	4 (0.35%)	Exchange Server 2010
11	4 (0.35%)	IIS
11	4 (0.35%)	Oracle SOA Suite
12	3 (0.26%)	IBM Notes
12	3 (0.26%)	Office Communications Server
12	3 (0.26%)	Oracle Coherence
12	3 (0.26%)	Oracle Workflow

Applications
1	118 (10.19%)	Microsoft Excel
2	61 (5.27%)	Microsoft Office
3	28 (2.42%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	17 (1.47%)	Microsoft Project
4	17 (1.47%)	Spreadsheet
5	14 (1.21%)	MS Visio
6	11 (0.95%)	Simulink
7	5 (0.43%)	TargetLink
8	4 (0.35%)	SPSS
9	3 (0.26%)	Adobe Creative Suite
9	3 (0.26%)	Adobe Illustrator
9	3 (0.26%)	InVision
9	3 (0.26%)	Photoshop
10	2 (0.17%)	Stateflow
11	1 (0.086%)	CATIA
11	1 (0.086%)	EViews

Business Applications
1	15 (1.30%)	Oracle EBS
2	9 (0.78%)	SAP Oil and Gas
3	7 (0.60%)	SAP ERP
4	5 (0.43%)	Dynamics AX
4	5 (0.43%)	OpenText VIM for SAP
4	5 (0.43%)	Remedy ITSM
5	4 (0.35%)	Dynamics CRM
5	4 (0.35%)	HFM
5	4 (0.35%)	iTrent
6	3 (0.26%)	Oracle BPM
6	3 (0.26%)	Oracle EBS R12
6	3 (0.26%)	SAP FI
6	3 (0.26%)	SAP SD
7	2 (0.17%)	BPCS
7	2 (0.17%)	Lorenzo
7	2 (0.17%)	NetSuite
7	2 (0.17%)	Oracle Applications
7	2 (0.17%)	Oracle Financials
7	2 (0.17%)	Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7	2 (0.17%)	Oracle Retail

Cloud Services
1	34 (2.94%)	Microsoft Azure
2	20 (1.73%)	Amazon AWS
2	20 (1.73%)	SaaS
3	11 (0.95%)	SuccessFactors
4	10 (0.86%)	IaaS
5	8 (0.69%)	PaaS
6	7 (0.60%)	Google Analytics
7	6 (0.52%)	Office 365
8	4 (0.35%)	Adobe Analytics
8	4 (0.35%)	Basecamp
8	4 (0.35%)	BPaaS
8	4 (0.35%)	Taleo
9	3 (0.26%)	Cloud Computing
10	2 (0.17%)	GitHub
10	2 (0.17%)	Google Cloud Platform
11	1 (0.086%)	AWS CloudFormation
11	1 (0.086%)	HP Helion
11	1 (0.086%)	IBM Cloud
11	1 (0.086%)	Salesforce Sales Cloud
11	1 (0.086%)	Salesforce Service Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	34 (2.94%)	LTE
2	33 (2.85%)	4G
3	28 (2.42%)	TCP/IP
4	25 (2.16%)	Firewall
5	23 (1.99%)	3G
5	23 (1.99%)	LAN
6	22 (1.90%)	VoIP
7	21 (1.81%)	MVNO
8	19 (1.64%)	WAN
9	16 (1.38%)	Internet
10	15 (1.30%)	Value-Added Service
10	15 (1.30%)	Wireless
11	13 (1.12%)	Ethernet
11	13 (1.12%)	Wi-Fi
12	12 (1.04%)	DHCP
12	12 (1.04%)	DNS
12	12 (1.04%)	Radio Access Network
12	12 (1.04%)	SAN
13	11 (0.95%)	VPN
14	10 (0.86%)	MPLS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	76 (6.56%)	SQL Server
2	55 (4.75%)	Data Warehouse
3	31 (2.68%)	Relational Database
3	31 (2.68%)	SQL Server Integration Services
4	23 (1.99%)	MySQL
5	21 (1.81%)	Data Mining
6	20 (1.73%)	Big Data
6	20 (1.73%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	18 (1.55%)	Hadoop
8	16 (1.38%)	Ingres
9	13 (1.12%)	RDBMS
10	12 (1.04%)	MS Access
10	12 (1.04%)	QlikView
11	11 (0.95%)	Oracle Database
12	8 (0.69%)	BusinessObjects
12	8 (0.69%)	SQL Server 2008
13	7 (0.60%)	Oracle Reports
13	7 (0.60%)	PostgreSQL
13	7 (0.60%)	SQL Server 2012
14	6 (0.52%)	Enterprise Data Warehouse

Development Applications
1	40 (3.45%)	JIRA
2	23 (1.99%)	Visual Studio
3	22 (1.90%)	Git (software)
4	19 (1.64%)	Rational DOORS
4	19 (1.64%)	Team Foundation Server
5	18 (1.55%)	Selenium
6	14 (1.21%)	Subversion
7	13 (1.12%)	Cucumber
8	12 (1.04%)	GitLab
9	11 (0.95%)	Jenkins
9	11 (0.95%)	Protractor
10	9 (0.78%)	Maven
10	9 (0.78%)	Rational Rhapsody
11	8 (0.69%)	SpecFlow
12	7 (0.60%)	Axure RP
12	7 (0.60%)	HP UFT
12	7 (0.60%)	SilkTest
12	7 (0.60%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12	7 (0.60%)	WebDriver
13	6 (0.52%)	Atlassian Bamboo

General
1	282 (24.35%)	Finance
2	114 (9.84%)	Banking
3	74 (6.39%)	Telecoms
4	55 (4.75%)	Retail
5	54 (4.66%)	Investment Banking
6	47 (4.06%)	Pharmaceutical
7	46 (3.97%)	Front Office
8	40 (3.45%)	Manufacturing
9	37 (3.20%)	Back Office
10	36 (3.11%)	Marketing
11	23 (1.99%)	Billing
12	22 (1.90%)	Aerospace
13	20 (1.73%)	Automotive
14	19 (1.64%)	Electronics
15	17 (1.47%)	Financial Institution
16	16 (1.38%)	Legal
17	12 (1.04%)	Avionics
18	7 (0.60%)	Law
19	6 (0.52%)	Publishing
20	5 (0.43%)	Games

Job Titles
1	323 (27.89%)	Analyst
2	135 (11.66%)	Developer
3	127 (10.97%)	Business Analyst
4	78 (6.74%)	Consultant
5	65 (5.61%)	Architect
5	65 (5.61%)	Data Analyst
6	47 (4.06%)	Test Analyst
7	46 (3.97%)	Designer
8	45 (3.89%)	Project Manager
8	45 (3.89%)	Test Engineer
9	29 (2.50%)	Software Engineer
10	26 (2.25%)	Systems Engineer
10	26 (2.25%)	Technical Analyst
11	22 (1.90%)	Test Manager
12	21 (1.81%)	Java Developer
13	20 (1.73%)	Senior Analyst
14	19 (1.64%)	C++ Developer
14	19 (1.64%)	Financial Analyst
14	19 (1.64%)	IT Analyst
15	18 (1.55%)	UX Designer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	62 (5.35%)	XML
2	41 (3.54%)	Web Services
3	39 (3.37%)	HTML
4	37 (3.20%)	REST
5	33 (2.85%)	CSS
6	32 (2.76%)	.NET
7	28 (2.42%)	Middleware
7	28 (2.42%)	SOAP
8	25 (2.16%)	Spring
9	24 (2.07%)	AngularJS
9	24 (2.07%)	JSON
10	22 (1.90%)	HTML5
11	16 (1.38%)	J2EE
12	15 (1.30%)	RESTful
13	14 (1.21%)	XSLT
14	12 (1.04%)	ASP.NET
14	12 (1.04%)	jQuery
15	11 (0.95%)	JSTL
15	11 (0.95%)	RAML
15	11 (0.95%)	Struts

Miscellaneous
1	138 (11.92%)	Analytical Skills
2	57 (4.92%)	Management Information System
3	54 (4.66%)	User Experience
4	43 (3.71%)	Computer Science
5	29 (2.50%)	Data Centre
6	27 (2.33%)	NHS
7	22 (1.90%)	Credit Risk
8	20 (1.73%)	Life Science
8	20 (1.73%)	Market Risk
9	19 (1.64%)	Virtual Team
10	18 (1.55%)	Derivative
11	17 (1.47%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
12	16 (1.38%)	IVR
13	14 (1.21%)	Handset
13	14 (1.21%)	Mobile App
14	13 (1.12%)	Equities
15	12 (1.04%)	Algorithms
15	12 (1.04%)	Data Structures
16	10 (0.86%)	Client/Server
16	10 (0.86%)	CMDB

Operating Systems
1	92 (7.94%)	Windows
2	77 (6.65%)	Linux
3	28 (2.42%)	Unix
4	19 (1.64%)	AIX
5	18 (1.55%)	Windows 7
6	17 (1.47%)	Windows Server
7	12 (1.04%)	Solaris
8	10 (0.86%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9	9 (0.78%)	Apple iOS
10	7 (0.60%)	Android
10	7 (0.60%)	Windows Server 2008
11	6 (0.52%)	Windows 10
11	6 (0.52%)	Windows 8
12	4 (0.35%)	CentOS
13	3 (0.26%)	Windows Server 2012
13	3 (0.26%)	Windows Vista
14	2 (0.17%)	HPUX
14	2 (0.17%)	Mac OS
14	2 (0.17%)	Mac OS X
14	2 (0.17%)	Windows XP

Processes & Methodologies
1	203 (17.53%)	Agile Software Development
2	166 (14.34%)	Migration
3	111 (9.59%)	Data Validation
4	90 (7.77%)	Project Management
5	85 (7.34%)	Stakeholder Management
6	82 (7.08%)	Data Modelling
7	81 (6.99%)	Scrum
7	81 (6.99%)	User Acceptance Testing
8	78 (6.74%)	Data Analysis
8	78 (6.74%)	Data Migration
9	76 (6.56%)	Business Intelligence
10	72 (6.22%)	ITIL
11	67 (5.79%)	Test Scripting
12	66 (5.70%)	Analytics
12	66 (5.70%)	ETL
13	65 (5.61%)	Business Analysis
14	64 (5.53%)	Test Strategy
15	63 (5.44%)	Software Engineering
15	63 (5.44%)	Test Automation
16	62 (5.35%)	Change Management

Programming Languages
1	183 (15.80%)	SQL
2	63 (5.44%)	Java
3	53 (4.58%)	C++
4	51 (4.40%)	JavaScript
5	48 (4.15%)	Python
6	40 (3.45%)	C
7	30 (2.59%)	VBA
8	26 (2.25%)	C#
9	18 (1.55%)	PowerShell
10	13 (1.12%)	PL/SQL
10	13 (1.12%)	T-SQL
11	12 (1.04%)	MATLAB
12	11 (0.95%)	R
13	10 (0.86%)	VBScript
14	7 (0.60%)	Ruby
14	7 (0.60%)	sed
14	7 (0.60%)	VB
15	6 (0.52%)	ABAP
15	6 (0.52%)	Assembly Language
15	6 (0.52%)	AWK

Qualifications
1	133 (11.49%)	Degree
2	108 (9.33%)	Security Cleared
3	63 (5.44%)	SC Cleared
4	36 (3.11%)	ISEB
5	27 (2.33%)	ISTQB
6	24 (2.07%)	DV Cleared
7	17 (1.47%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
8	15 (1.30%)	BPSS Clearance
9	13 (1.12%)	Computer Science Degree
9	13 (1.12%)	HNC
10	12 (1.04%)	IRCA
11	10 (0.86%)	ITIL Certification
11	10 (0.86%)	PhD
12	9 (0.78%)	Cisco Certification
12	9 (0.78%)	Microsoft Certification
13	8 (0.69%)	CCNP
13	8 (0.69%)	MCSA
13	8 (0.69%)	PMP
14	6 (0.52%)	HND
15	5 (0.43%)	PMI Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	98 (8.46%)	QA
2	62 (5.35%)	Data Quality
3	29 (2.50%)	GxP
4	21 (1.81%)	SLA
5	20 (1.73%)	GMP
6	15 (1.30%)	MiFID
7	14 (1.21%)	21 CFR Part 11
8	13 (1.12%)	DO-178B
8	13 (1.12%)	GAMP
8	13 (1.12%)	PMO
9	8 (0.69%)	IFRS
9	8 (0.69%)	MISRA
10	7 (0.60%)	Def Stans
10	7 (0.60%)	IEC 61508
10	7 (0.60%)	IFRS 9
10	7 (0.60%)	JSP 440
11	6 (0.52%)	EMIR
11	6 (0.52%)	HL7
12	5 (0.43%)	ISO 13485
12	5 (0.43%)	WCAG

System Software
1	30 (2.59%)	Active Directory
2	15 (1.30%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	8 (0.69%)	Hyper-V
3	8 (0.69%)	VMware ESXi
4	7 (0.60%)	Microsoft App-V
5	5 (0.43%)	XenApp
6	4 (0.35%)	RACF
6	4 (0.35%)	VMware Workstation
7	3 (0.26%)	Cygwin
7	3 (0.26%)	Docker
7	3 (0.26%)	Virtual Machines
7	3 (0.26%)	Virtual Servers
8	2 (0.17%)	Virtual Desktop
8	2 (0.17%)	vSphere
9	1 (0.086%)	Apache ZooKeeper
9	1 (0.086%)	Terminal Server
9	1 (0.086%)	Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9	1 (0.086%)	Veritas Volume Manager
9	1 (0.086%)	XenDesktop
9	1 (0.086%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	25 (2.16%)	HP Quality Center
2	13 (1.12%)	Ansible
2	13 (1.12%)	SCCM
3	11 (0.95%)	Rundeck
4	5 (0.43%)	BladeLogic
4	5 (0.43%)	Puppet
5	4 (0.35%)	DatAdvantage
5	4 (0.35%)	zSecure
6	3 (0.26%)	Cisco CUCM
6	3 (0.26%)	Control-M
6	3 (0.26%)	EMC VPLEX
6	3 (0.26%)	Opscode Chef
6	3 (0.26%)	SCVMM
6	3 (0.26%)	Tivoli
7	2 (0.17%)	Kibana
7	2 (0.17%)	Nessus
7	2 (0.17%)	Nmap
7	2 (0.17%)	SCOrch
7	2 (0.17%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
7	2 (0.17%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	104 (8.98%)	Microsoft
1	104 (8.98%)	Oracle
2	92 (7.94%)	SAP
3	47 (4.06%)	Cisco
4	30 (2.59%)	HP
4	30 (2.59%)	VMware
5	20 (1.73%)	Citrix
5	20 (1.73%)	Remedy
6	19 (1.64%)	Tableau
7	18 (1.55%)	Informatica
8	17 (1.47%)	IBM
9	16 (1.38%)	Motorola
10	14 (1.21%)	Verint
10	14 (1.21%)	Workday
11	13 (1.12%)	Salesforce.com
11	13 (1.12%)	ServiceNow
12	11 (0.95%)	Cognos
12	11 (0.95%)	hybris
12	11 (0.95%)	Teradata
13	10 (0.86%)	Google