Validation Contracts in Knutsford

Validation
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Knutsford 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 23 14 34
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 -
Contract jobs citing Validation 6 11 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Knutsford 4.11% 10.19% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.20% 11.22% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 3
10th Percentile £361 £399 £373
25th Percentile £363 £560 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £570 £400
Median % change year-on-year -33.16% +42.50% -
75th Percentile - £580 -
90th Percentile £385 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £499 £570 £400
% change year-on-year -12.50% +42.50% -24.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Knutsford

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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 98 139
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 97.95% 90.74% 91.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 90 115
10th Percentile £341 £362 £342
25th Percentile £358 £401 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% -7.95% +19.05%
75th Percentile £492 £598 £621
90th Percentile £537 £627 £680
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Knutsford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Knutsford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Management Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Software Consultant
1 1 (16.67%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mainframe
1 6 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Software License Management
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) IBM