Validation Contracts in Hampshire

Validation
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 59 74
Rank change year-on-year +20 +15 +33
Contract jobs citing Validation 30 36 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 4.02% 2.24% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.47% 2.67% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 11
10th Percentile £225 £289 £413
25th Percentile £409 £400 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £625 £543
Median % change year-on-year -20.80% +15.10% +16.77%
75th Percentile £529 £688 £608
90th Percentile £600 £800 £628
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £490
% change year-on-year -2.49% +4.64% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 20 10
10th Percentile £52.21 £59.00 £49.63
25th Percentile £55.38 £62.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.75 £70.16 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% +30.53% -19.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.75 - £66.03
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £67.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -14.81% +50.00% -18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 1,348 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 89.95% 83.73% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 715 797
10th Percentile £325 £388 £240
25th Percentile £450 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £696
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 162 104
10th Percentile £20.10 £13.05 £18.25
25th Percentile £29.38 £25.52 £22.85
Median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%
75th Percentile £71.88 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Hampshire

Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Hampshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Hampshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Portsmouth -2 11 £444 -29.04% 33
Farnborough +5 7 £495 +23.75% 7
Southampton - 5 £353 - 18
Havant - 3 £550 - 1
Basingstoke - 2 £250 - 13
Fareham - 1 - - 2
Validation
South East

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (33.33%) Confluence
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.33%) SAP PP
2 1 (3.33%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) SNMP
1 9 (30.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 7 (23.33%) Firewall
2 7 (23.33%) Network Security
2 7 (23.33%) VPN
3 3 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (6.67%) Metadata
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (40.00%) JIRA
2 9 (30.00%) Git
2 9 (30.00%) GoogleTest
2 9 (30.00%) Robot Framework
3 7 (23.33%) Bitbucket
4 6 (20.00%) Eclipse
5 3 (10.00%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 2 (6.67%) Electronics
4 1 (3.33%) Aviation
4 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Network Engineer
1 7 (23.33%) Software Test Engineer
1 7 (23.33%) Test Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) Senior
4 3 (10.00%) Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Business Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
4 3 (10.00%) Network Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Document Controller
5 2 (6.67%) Hardware Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Senior Hardware Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Oracle Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) SAP FI Consultant
6 1 (3.33%) Technical Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) CSS
1 9 (30.00%) HTML
2 3 (10.00%) Node.js
2 3 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.67%) FPGA
2 2 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.67%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 9 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Agile
2 10 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (30.00%) Migration
3 9 (30.00%) Scrum
3 9 (30.00%) Software Engineering
3 9 (30.00%) Software Testing
3 9 (30.00%) SysML
3 9 (30.00%) UML
3 9 (30.00%) Verification and Validation
4 7 (23.33%) Computer Science
4 7 (23.33%) Network Architecture
4 7 (23.33%) Prototyping
5 5 (16.67%) Integration Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Agile Project Management
6 3 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 3 (10.00%) Project Management
6 3 (10.00%) SOA
6 3 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 3 (10.00%) User Stories
6 3 (10.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) C++
1 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (10.00%) Python
3 2 (6.67%) PL/SQL
3 2 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (53.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 9 (30.00%) Degree
4 7 (23.33%) CCNA
4 7 (23.33%) CCNP
4 7 (23.33%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (6.67%) CISSP
7 1 (3.33%) CISA
7 1 (3.33%) CISM
7 1 (3.33%) CRISC
7 1 (3.33%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) QA
2 3 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (6.67%) GDPR
4 1 (3.33%) COBIT
4 1 (3.33%) COSO
4 1 (3.33%) ITGC
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) Atlassian
1 7 (23.33%) Google
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.00%) Oracle
4 2 (6.67%) Autodesk
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco
4 2 (6.67%) Mentor Graphics
4 2 (6.67%) Palantir
4 2 (6.67%) SAP
5 1 (3.33%) Twitter