Validation Contract Job Trends in Lincoln

Validation
Lincolnshire > Lincoln

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lincoln requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 5 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lincoln 5.48% 8.33% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.56% 10.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £300 -
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lincolnshire median daily rate £550 £300 £775
% change year-on-year +83.33% -61.29% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lincoln

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 Lincoln.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61 10 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincoln 83.56% 83.33% 57.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 3 4
10th Percentile £433 £330 £211
25th Percentile £465 £375 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £538 £534 £602
90th Percentile £575 £544 £695
Lincolnshire median daily rate £525 £300 £525
% change year-on-year +75.00% -42.86% -10.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 7 2
10th Percentile - £18.31 £20.17
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.45 £20.43
Median hourly rate £25.15 £18.87 £20.87
Median % change year-on-year +33.28% -9.56% -
75th Percentile £29.14 £22.15 £21.30
90th Percentile £74.00 £30.67 £21.56
Lincolnshire median hourly rate £25.15 £22.01 £17.08
% change year-on-year +14.27% +28.86% -

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincoln

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Lincoln

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Lincoln

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincoln citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Teamcenter
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 4 (100.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 4 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Migration
1 4 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) PLM
1 4 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Use Case
1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories