Validation Contract Job Trends in Fareham

Validation
Hampshire > Fareham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Fareham requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Fareham 3.67% 2.78% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.13% 2.94% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £697 - -
90th Percentile £763 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £500 £579
% change year-on-year +15.00% -13.57% +5.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Fareham

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 Fareham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 78 34 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fareham 71.56% 94.44% 70.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 15 12
10th Percentile £263 - £306
25th Percentile £309 £256 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £275 £413
Median % change year-on-year +90.91% -33.33% -1.79%
75th Percentile £569 £473 £488
90th Percentile £688 £488 £499
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 11 7
10th Percentile - - £19.75
25th Percentile - £16.17 £26.33
Median hourly rate £13.45 £16.34 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.66% -73.86% +220.68%
75th Percentile - £22.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £15.47 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £49.00 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +94.83% -56.15% +4.27%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Fareham

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Daily Rate Trend in Fareham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Validation

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in Fareham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Fareham over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Fareham

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Fareham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Fareham citing Validation

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) ATM
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (50.00%) Logical Data Model
1 2 (50.00%) Physical Data Model
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) AI
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) LLM
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (25.00%) SDLC
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) SysML
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) UML
2 1 (25.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Ada
2 1 (25.00%) C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) Sparx