Validation Contract Job Trends in Inverness

Validation
Highlands > Inverness

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Inverness requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 4 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 15 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Inverness 13.27% 10.53% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.85% 13.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 0
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £493 £291 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £308 -
Median % change year-on-year +88.94% - -
75th Percentile £590 £324 -
90th Percentile £600 - -
Highlands median daily rate £581 £308 -
% change year-on-year +88.94% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Inverness

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 Inverness.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 101 15 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Inverness 89.38% 78.95% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 3 1
10th Percentile £427 £306 -
25th Percentile £450 £327 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £375 £110
Median % change year-on-year +31.20% +240.91% -
75th Percentile £586 £413 -
90th Percentile £700 £428 -
Highlands median daily rate £484 £375 £110
% change year-on-year +29.07% +240.91% -26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £16.11 - -
Highlands median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 -
% change year-on-year -46.52% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Inverness

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Inverness

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Daily Rate Trend in Inverness

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing Validation

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Daily Rate Histogram in Inverness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Inverness over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Inverness

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Hourly Rate Trend in Inverness

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Inverness citing Validation

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Inverness 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:

General
1 8 (53.33%) Organisational Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
1 8 (53.33%) Incident Analyst
1 8 (53.33%) Security Analyst
1 8 (53.33%) Security Incident Analyst
2 7 (46.67%) Consultant
2 7 (46.67%) Management Consultant
2 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Consultant
2 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 15 (100.00%) Service Management
1 15 (100.00%) SIAM
2 8 (53.33%) Incident Management
2 8 (53.33%) Incident Response
2 8 (53.33%) ITIL
2 8 (53.33%) Major Incident Management
2 8 (53.33%) Security Operations
3 7 (46.67%) Dashboard Development
3 7 (46.67%) Information Security
3 7 (46.67%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (46.67%) Security Testing
3 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 7 (46.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) SC Cleared
1 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 9 (60.00%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) SLA