Validation Contract Job Trends in Guildford

Validation
Surrey > Guildford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Guildford requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 12 2
Rank change year-on-year -5 -10 +11
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in Guildford 1.25% 3.03% 17.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 3.23% 23.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £419 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £600 £70
Median % change year-on-year -27.08% +757.14% -78.46%
75th Percentile £456 - £375
90th Percentile - - £465
Surrey median daily rate £475 £625 £425
% change year-on-year -24.00% +47.06% -15.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Guildford

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 Guildford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67 31 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Guildford 83.75% 93.94% 73.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 27
10th Percentile £294 £326 £70
25th Percentile £381 £409 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £531 £463
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +14.86% -22.92%
75th Percentile £519 £588 £500
90th Percentile £550 £600 £605
Surrey median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 3 1
10th Percentile £45.00 £24.80 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £26.00 £11.71
Median hourly rate £69.75 £28.00 £12.43
Median % change year-on-year +149.11% +125.35% -75.15%
75th Percentile £70.00 £29.00 £13.14
90th Percentile - £29.60 -
Surrey median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.64%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Guildford

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Guildford

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Validation

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Hourly Rate Trend in Guildford

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Guildford citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Guildford 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Business One
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Accountant
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP