Validation Contracts in Leeds

Validation
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 56 56 85
Rank change year-on-year 0 +29 +5
Contract jobs citing Validation 4 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.86% 0.88% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.01% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £405 £625
25th Percentile £463 £456 £725
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £750
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -34.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £488 £519 £788
90th Percentile - £553 £800
West Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £380 £750
% change year-on-year +27.63% -49.33% +66.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 428 692 1,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 92.04% 86.61% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 421 872
10th Percentile £263 £300 £388
25th Percentile £350 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £620
90th Percentile £638 £669 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 12
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.75 £12.38
25th Percentile £31.54 £12.15 £16.87
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.30 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -78.88% +158.37%
75th Percentile £98.08 £12.53 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £14.82 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £12.53 £25.25
% change year-on-year +119.47% -50.38% +40.28%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Leeds

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Leeds

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (75.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Miro
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
2 1 (25.00%) DBeaver
2 1 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Migration Business Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) DBA
3 1 (25.00%) HR Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) HR Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL DBA
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) API Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Business Process Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Flow Diagram
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (25.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CBAP
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Workday