Validation Contract Job Trends in Leatherhead

Validation
Surrey > Leatherhead

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leatherhead requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +11 -
Contract jobs citing Validation 6 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leatherhead 15.00% 3.70% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.79% 3.85% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 1
10th Percentile £488 - -
25th Percentile £513 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £569 £488 £538
90th Percentile £581 - -
Surrey median daily rate £550 £365 £525
% change year-on-year +50.68% -30.48% +8.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leatherhead

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 Leatherhead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38 26 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leatherhead 95.00% 96.30% 90.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 26 61
10th Percentile £463 £158 £188
25th Percentile £464 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -5.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £538 £659 £638
90th Percentile £553 £675 £688
Surrey median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 14
10th Percentile £56.25 - -
25th Percentile - - £13.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - £70.00
Surrey median hourly rate £65.00 £28.00 £23.62
% change year-on-year +132.14% +18.57% -47.52%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Leatherhead

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Leatherhead

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Leatherhead

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leatherhead citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leatherhead 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (100.00%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
1 6 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Business IT Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) IT Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) IT Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 6 (100.00%) Project Management
1 6 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 6 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 5 (83.33%) Business Process Modelling
2 5 (83.33%) Project Delivery
2 5 (83.33%) Requirements Management
2 5 (83.33%) Swim Lanes
2 5 (83.33%) Wireframes
3 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (66.67%) Defect Management
4 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
5 1 (16.67%) Business Case
5 1 (16.67%) Change Control
5 1 (16.67%) Cutover Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
5 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft