Validation Contract Job Trends in Harlow

Validation
Essex > Harlow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Harlow requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Harlow 3.85% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Essex median daily rate £350 £400 £40
% change year-on-year -12.50% +900.00% -86.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Harlow

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 Harlow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 19 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Harlow 73.08% 75.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £256 - -
25th Percentile £350 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.82%
75th Percentile £500 - £738
90th Percentile £590 - -
Essex median daily rate £500 £450 £350
% change year-on-year +11.11% +28.57% -30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.75 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.44 - -
90th Percentile £18.78 - -
Essex median hourly rate £18.74 £18.87 £65.00
% change year-on-year -0.72% -70.97% +14.98%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Harlow

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Harlow

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Harlow

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Harlow citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harlow 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
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Orchard