Validation Contracts in London

Validation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 109 155 163
Rank change year-on-year +46 +8 +48
Contract jobs citing Validation 327 277 438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.61% 1.55% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 1.75% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 183 301
10th Percentile £356 £378 £450
25th Percentile £413 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £647 £613 £800
90th Percentile £750 £740 £960
England median daily rate £538 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +7.50% -9.09% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 2
10th Percentile - £23.99 -
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.55% +10.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £59.38 £57.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £62.75 £59.00 -
England median hourly rate £57.75 £62.00 £62.00
% change year-on-year -6.85% - +12.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -16 47 £550 - 29
West London +4 6 £405 -14.84% 27
South London - 3 £600 - 10
East London +11 2 £423 -21.54% 5
Validation
England

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 15 (4.59%) Confluence
2 9 (2.75%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.83%) Apache
4 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.92%) SAS
5 3 (0.92%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.31%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (5.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.45%) MS Visio
3 7 (2.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.83%) Oracle Smart View
5 1 (0.31%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (4.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (1.53%) Oracle Assets
3 5 (1.53%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 5 (1.53%) Oracle General Ledger
3 5 (1.53%) Oracle Payables
3 5 (1.53%) SAP QM
4 4 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (1.22%) SAP CO
4 4 (1.22%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.92%) Bankmaster
5 3 (0.92%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.92%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.92%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.61%) Infor SunSystems
6 2 (0.61%) Murex MxG2000
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle Retail
6 2 (0.61%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (14.98%) Azure
2 26 (7.95%) AWS
2 26 (7.95%) Power Platform
3 17 (5.20%) GCP
4 13 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (3.06%) OCI
6 9 (2.75%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (2.45%) WhatsApp
8 7 (2.14%) SaaS
9 6 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.83%) GitHub
10 5 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.53%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.22%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.22%) Kong
11 4 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.92%) Fivetran
12 3 (0.92%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.28%) Firewall
2 12 (3.67%) VPN
3 8 (2.45%) BGP
3 8 (2.45%) MPLS
3 8 (2.45%) OSPF
4 7 (2.14%) Network Security
5 4 (1.22%) SSL
5 4 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.22%) Wireless
6 3 (0.92%) DNS
6 3 (0.92%) Internet
6 3 (0.92%) Multicast
6 3 (0.92%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.61%) DMZ
7 2 (0.61%) DWDM
7 2 (0.61%) L2TP
7 2 (0.61%) LAN
7 2 (0.61%) Remote Desktop
7 2 (0.61%) Telnet
7 2 (0.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.56%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (7.03%) Power BI
3 16 (4.89%) Tableau
4 14 (4.28%) Oracle Reports
5 13 (3.98%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.75%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.45%) Data Lake
8 7 (2.14%) SAP Data Services
9 6 (1.83%) Big Data
9 6 (1.83%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 6 (1.83%) Oracle ODI
9 6 (1.83%) Qlik Sense
10 5 (1.53%) BigQuery
10 5 (1.53%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.53%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.22%) Hazelcast
11 4 (1.22%) Metadata
11 4 (1.22%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.92%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 23 (7.03%) JIRA
2 13 (3.98%) Postman
3 10 (3.06%) Git
4 9 (2.75%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.83%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.83%) Selenium
6 5 (1.53%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.22%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.22%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.22%) GitLab
8 3 (0.92%) JMeter
8 3 (0.92%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.61%) Appium
9 2 (0.61%) LSMW
9 2 (0.61%) MLflow
9 2 (0.61%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.61%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.31%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.31%) TestDirector
General
1 126 (38.53%) Finance
2 110 (33.64%) Social Skills
3 78 (23.85%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (14.98%) Banking
5 25 (7.65%) Front Office
6 23 (7.03%) Investment Banking
7 19 (5.81%) Marketing
7 19 (5.81%) Retail
8 13 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.98%) Public Sector
9 12 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (3.36%) Telecoms
11 10 (3.06%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (2.45%) General Ledger
14 7 (2.14%) Financial Institution
14 7 (2.14%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.83%) Corporate Banking
15 6 (1.83%) Retail Banking
16 5 (1.53%) Legal
Job Titles
1 82 (25.08%) Analyst
2 39 (11.93%) Business Analyst
2 39 (11.93%) Senior
3 29 (8.87%) Data Analyst
4 25 (7.65%) Consultant
4 25 (7.65%) Lead
5 24 (7.34%) Data Engineer
5 24 (7.34%) Developer
6 14 (4.28%) Architect
7 12 (3.67%) Network Engineer
8 11 (3.36%) Project Manager
8 11 (3.36%) SAP Consultant
8 11 (3.36%) Technical Analyst
8 11 (3.36%) Tester
9 10 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (2.75%) Technical Business Analyst
11 8 (2.45%) Salesforce Developer
11 8 (2.45%) Test Engineer
12 7 (2.14%) QA Engineer
12 7 (2.14%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.67%) Kafka
2 11 (3.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (3.36%) RESTful
3 9 (2.75%) REST
3 9 (2.75%) Web Services
4 6 (1.83%) Pandas
4 6 (1.83%) SOAP
4 6 (1.83%) XML
5 5 (1.53%) JSON
5 5 (1.53%) Middleware
6 4 (1.22%) FHIR
6 4 (1.22%) PySpark
6 4 (1.22%) pytest
6 4 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
6 4 (1.22%) Visualforce
7 3 (0.92%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.92%) FIDO
7 3 (0.92%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.92%) Playwright
7 3 (0.92%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.89%) Legacy Systems
2 13 (3.98%) Derivative
2 13 (3.98%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.75%) Data Structures
3 9 (2.75%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.45%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.14%) Credit Risk
5 7 (2.14%) Digital Media
6 6 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (1.83%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.83%) Reference Data
7 5 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.53%) Equities
7 5 (1.53%) Market Risk
7 5 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.22%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.22%) Hedge funds
8 4 (1.22%) NHS
8 4 (1.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.45%) Windows
2 7 (2.14%) Linux
3 6 (1.83%) Unix
4 2 (0.61%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (26.91%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (26.30%) Migration
3 71 (21.71%) Agile
4 53 (16.21%) Data Validation
5 49 (14.98%) Analytics
6 43 (13.15%) ETL
6 43 (13.15%) Test Automation
7 40 (12.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (12.23%) User Acceptance Testing
8 39 (11.93%) Data Migration
9 38 (11.62%) Data Analysis
9 38 (11.62%) Data Modelling
10 35 (10.70%) Business Intelligence
11 31 (9.48%) CI/CD
11 31 (9.48%) Data Governance
11 31 (9.48%) DevOps
12 30 (9.17%) Visualisation
13 29 (8.87%) Data Integration
14 28 (8.56%) Data Management
14 28 (8.56%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 84 (25.69%) SQL
2 78 (23.85%) Python
3 12 (3.67%) Java
4 11 (3.36%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.45%) PL/SQL
5 8 (2.45%) VBA
6 7 (2.14%) Apex Code
6 7 (2.14%) Bash
6 7 (2.14%) R
7 6 (1.83%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.53%) C#
8 5 (1.53%) C++
9 4 (1.22%) ABAP
10 3 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.92%) Perl
10 3 (0.92%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.92%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.61%) Groovy
11 2 (0.61%) Scala
11 2 (0.61%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 39 (11.93%) Degree
2 37 (11.31%) Security Cleared
3 30 (9.17%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.53%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.53%) CCNP
5 5 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.53%) EnCE
6 4 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.22%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.22%) PhD
7 3 (0.92%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.92%) CBAP
7 3 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (0.92%) VCAP
8 2 (0.61%) CCIE
8 2 (0.61%) CCNA
8 2 (0.61%) SAP Certification
8 2 (0.61%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (17.74%) Data Quality
2 51 (15.60%) QA
3 7 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 5 (1.53%) GDPR
4 5 (1.53%) MiFID
5 4 (1.22%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.92%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.92%) IFRS
6 3 (0.92%) IFRS 9
6 3 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.92%) NIST
6 3 (0.92%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.92%) PMO
6 3 (0.92%) SLA
7 2 (0.61%) DICOM
7 2 (0.61%) EMIR
7 2 (0.61%) HL7
7 2 (0.61%) SEPA
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 6 (1.83%) Docker
2 5 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.92%) OpenAM
3 3 (0.92%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.61%) FreeRADIUS
4 2 (0.61%) iptables
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (5.50%) Ansible
2 12 (3.67%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.45%) Terraform
4 5 (1.53%) EnCase
4 5 (1.53%) FTK
5 3 (0.92%) PowerCLI
5 3 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.92%) vRealize
6 2 (0.61%) Cacti
6 2 (0.61%) Grafana
6 2 (0.61%) Kubeflow
6 2 (0.61%) Nagios
6 2 (0.61%) Netcool
6 2 (0.61%) Proxmox
6 2 (0.61%) Puppet
6 2 (0.61%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.31%) Graylog
7 1 (0.31%) Kibana
7 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 40 (12.23%) SAP
2 38 (11.62%) Oracle
3 32 (9.79%) Microsoft
4 25 (7.65%) Salesforce
5 11 (3.36%) Workday
6 10 (3.06%) Databricks
7 9 (2.75%) Google
7 9 (2.75%) Informatica
8 8 (2.45%) Murex
9 7 (2.14%) Adobe
10 6 (1.83%) Cisco
11 5 (1.53%) Cellebrite
11 5 (1.53%) Nuix
11 5 (1.53%) VMware
12 4 (1.22%) Ariba
12 4 (1.22%) Dell
12 4 (1.22%) Splunk
13 3 (0.92%) Alteryx
13 3 (0.92%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.92%) Palantir