Validation Contracts in Essex

Validation
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 21 40
Rank change year-on-year +10 +19 +3
Contract jobs citing Validation 8 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 7.14% 0.78% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.62% 0.93% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £143 - -
25th Percentile £292 - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.27%
75th Percentile £425 - £325
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £508 £550 £485
% change year-on-year -7.73% +13.40% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £36.44 - -
25th Percentile £38.98 - -
Median hourly rate £43.20 £40.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -
75th Percentile £59.10 - -
90th Percentile £68.64 - -
East of England median hourly rate £65.00 £60.00 £87.50
% change year-on-year +8.33% -31.43% +56.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 108 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 93.75% 84.38% 83.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 49 148
10th Percentile £199 £188 £210
25th Percentile £313 £300 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £575
90th Percentile £528 £578 £640
East of England median daily rate £500 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 31 17
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.98 £21.77
25th Percentile - £29.17 £24.62
Median hourly rate £18.87 £75.00 £43.63
Median % change year-on-year -74.84% +71.90% +3.23%
75th Percentile £43.20 £80.00 £76.00
90th Percentile £75.00 - £79.70
East of England median hourly rate £36.75 £43.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year -14.53% +117.06% -3.37%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Essex

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Essex.

Daily rate trend for Validation in Essex

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Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Essex over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Essex

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Essex.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Essex

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Essex over the 6 months to 19 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Essex

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Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Essex region over the 6 months to 19 August 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
Brentwood +6 4 £43 -
Basildon - 2 £400 - 7
Validation
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (62.50%) Electronics
2 3 (37.50%) Front Office
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics Hardware Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Hardware Test Engineer
1 4 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Report Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
1 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
1 3 (37.50%) Data Validation
1 3 (37.50%) Investment Management
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (37.50%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) OO
2 1 (12.50%) Requirements Management
2 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) MiFID
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (12.50%) IBM