Validation Contracts in Hertfordshire

Validation
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 25 23 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 -7 +16
Contract jobs citing Validation 20 58 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 6.23% 6.95% 9.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.02% 7.70% 11.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 18
10th Percentile £342 £447 £350
25th Percentile £395 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -4.88% -10.87%
75th Percentile £481 £508 £550
90th Percentile £493 £511 -
East of England median daily rate £450 £488 £490
% change year-on-year -7.69% -0.51% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 46 48
10th Percentile £41.89 £60.00 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £73.50 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.97% +12.21% +16.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £90.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.25 - £80.15
East of England median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £65.50
% change year-on-year -1.92% -0.76% +16.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 753 703
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.79% 90.29% 86.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 277 374
10th Percentile £384 £232 £240
25th Percentile £446 £315 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £705 £768
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 314 156
10th Percentile £22.65 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £47.50 £40.00 £53.69
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.25
East of England median hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £24.62
% change year-on-year +6.25% +62.47% +58.84%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Hertfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +4 13 £450 - 38
Hatfield +3 1 £500 +2.56%
Rickmansworth - 1 - -
Validation
East of England

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 2 (10.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Firewall
2 3 (15.00%) Ethernet
2 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (10.00%) Wireless
4 1 (5.00%) Network Security
4 1 (5.00%) RS-232
4 1 (5.00%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) DB2
2 1 (5.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Eclipse
1 3 (15.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (10.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (5.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (5.00%) GitLab
3 1 (5.00%) JIRA
3 1 (5.00%) JMeter
3 1 (5.00%) Selenium
3 1 (5.00%) TestDirector
3 1 (5.00%) WebDriver
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Law
3 3 (15.00%) Military
3 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Analyst
1 3 (15.00%) C# Software Engineer
1 3 (15.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Information Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Information Systems Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Solutions Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Integration Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) IT Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Java Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Product Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Project Controller
3 1 (5.00%) Python Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) Node.js
1 3 (15.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Operational Technology
2 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.00%) CAN bus
4 1 (5.00%) Culture of Ownership
4 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Linux
2 7 (35.00%) Apple iOS
3 6 (30.00%) Windows
4 3 (15.00%) Unix
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Agile
2 7 (35.00%) Coaching
2 7 (35.00%) Computer Security
2 7 (35.00%) Incident Management
2 7 (35.00%) Software Testing
3 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (20.00%) Project Management
3 4 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (20.00%) Verification and Validation
4 3 (15.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 3 (15.00%) Digital Twin
4 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (15.00%) Synthetic Environment
4 3 (15.00%) TDD
4 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
5 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) C#
1 3 (15.00%) C++
1 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.00%) Java
2 2 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) Bash
3 1 (5.00%) C
3 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.00%) Tcl
3 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) GxP
2 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) SAP