Validation Contract Job Trends in Hillingdon

Validation
West London > Hillingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hillingdon requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 11 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Hillingdon 1.35% 2.13% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 2.63% 4.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -11.11% -5.26%
West London median daily rate £525 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +31.25% -11.11% -0.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72 38 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 97.30% 80.85% 82.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 23 42
10th Percentile £343 £172 £204
25th Percentile £375 £285 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £473
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -17.83%
75th Percentile £700 £475 £594
90th Percentile £724 £555 £636
West London median daily rate £525 £407 £500
% change year-on-year +28.99% -18.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile £16.69 - £15.80
25th Percentile £19.42 - £16.25
Median hourly rate £20.18 £19.20 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.10% +6.67% -34.55%
75th Percentile £21.30 - £30.16
90th Percentile £21.46 - £31.79
West London median hourly rate £25.15 £22.27 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.93% -31.48% -49.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

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Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Validation

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Validation

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Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 27 February 2026. 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
Heathrow +4 1 £375 -6.25% 1
Validation
West London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet