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 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 165 161
Rank change year-on-year +77 -4 +45
Contract jobs citing Validation 384 265 421
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.14% 1.50% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 1.70% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 174 291
10th Percentile £363 £359 £417
25th Percentile £425 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £650
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -19.23% +18.18%
75th Percentile £675 £611 £906
90th Percentile £750 £700 £1,055
England median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 3
10th Percentile - £23.90 £44.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £45.42 £44.38
Median hourly rate £17.00 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.09% +10.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £52.81 £57.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £59.75 -
England median hourly rate £57.75 £60.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.75% -4.00% +25.00%

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 11,276 15,580 23,049
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.26% 88.30% 90.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,534 11,158 16,700
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £425 £445 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £681 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 318 264
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.50 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.00 £22.29
Median hourly rate £32.00 £28.25 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.27% -27.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £49.88 £48.75 £64.13
90th Percentile £63.75 £68.23 £82.43
England median hourly rate £28.46 £37.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -24.12% +4.17% +44.00%

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

Validation
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 7 June 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 7 June 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 7 June 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 +6 55 £568 +3.18% 48
West London 0 8 £402 -15.32% 12
South London - 4 £600 - 5
East London +14 3 £495 +10.00% 8
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 20 (5.21%) Confluence
2 12 (3.13%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.56%) Apache
4 5 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.52%) SAS
8 1 (0.26%) CMS
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 27 (7.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.34%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.56%) Oracle Smart View
6 3 (0.78%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.26%) Revit
Business Applications
1 18 (4.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.08%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (1.82%) Oracle Assets
3 7 (1.82%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 7 (1.82%) Oracle General Ledger
3 7 (1.82%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (1.56%) SAP MDG
5 4 (1.04%) Aladdin
5 4 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.78%) Bankmaster
6 3 (0.78%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.78%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.78%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.78%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.52%) Infor SunSystems
7 2 (0.52%) Murex MxG2000
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.52%) Shopify
7 2 (0.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 61 (15.89%) Azure
2 38 (9.90%) AWS
3 29 (7.55%) Power Platform
4 21 (5.47%) GCP
5 18 (4.69%) OCI
6 12 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.08%) dbt
7 8 (2.08%) GitHub
8 7 (1.82%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.82%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.82%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (1.82%) SaaS
8 7 (1.82%) Snowflake
9 6 (1.56%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.30%) Serverless
11 4 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.04%) Kong
11 4 (1.04%) PowerApps
11 4 (1.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.91%) VPN
2 14 (3.65%) Firewall
3 10 (2.60%) BGP
3 10 (2.60%) MPLS
3 10 (2.60%) OSPF
4 7 (1.82%) Network Security
5 5 (1.30%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.04%) LAN
6 4 (1.04%) Multicast
6 4 (1.04%) SSL
6 4 (1.04%) Wireless
7 3 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.78%) DNS
7 3 (0.78%) Internet
7 3 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.78%) WAN
8 2 (0.52%) DMZ
8 2 (0.52%) DWDM
8 2 (0.52%) SSH
8 2 (0.52%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (7.29%) Data Warehouse
2 25 (6.51%) Power BI
3 19 (4.95%) Oracle Reports
4 18 (4.69%) Tableau
5 12 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (2.60%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.08%) BigQuery
7 8 (2.08%) SAP Data Services
8 6 (1.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 6 (1.56%) Oracle ODI
8 6 (1.56%) Qlik Sense
8 6 (1.56%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.30%) Metadata
10 4 (1.04%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.04%) Hazelcast
10 4 (1.04%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.04%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.78%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 30 (7.81%) JIRA
2 15 (3.91%) Git
3 13 (3.39%) Postman
4 7 (1.82%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
5 6 (1.56%) Selenium
6 5 (1.30%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.04%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.04%) GitLab
8 3 (0.78%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.78%) JMeter
8 3 (0.78%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.52%) Appium
9 2 (0.52%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.52%) LSMW
9 2 (0.52%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.52%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.52%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.26%) DBeaver
General
1 150 (39.06%) Finance
2 147 (38.28%) Social Skills
3 79 (20.57%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (14.06%) Banking
5 38 (9.90%) Front Office
6 24 (6.25%) Marketing
7 23 (5.99%) Investment Banking
8 20 (5.21%) Retail
9 16 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
10 12 (3.13%) Public Sector
10 12 (3.13%) Telecoms
11 10 (2.60%) General Ledger
12 8 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.82%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.56%) Corporate Banking
14 6 (1.56%) Legal
14 6 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 102 (26.56%) Analyst
2 54 (14.06%) Business Analyst
3 46 (11.98%) Senior
4 34 (8.85%) Consultant
5 32 (8.33%) Data Analyst
5 32 (8.33%) Lead
6 23 (5.99%) Developer
7 17 (4.43%) Data Engineer
8 15 (3.91%) Architect
9 14 (3.65%) Project Manager
10 13 (3.39%) Network Engineer
11 11 (2.86%) Data Scientist
11 11 (2.86%) SAP Consultant
11 11 (2.86%) Technical Analyst
11 11 (2.86%) Tester
12 10 (2.60%) Test Engineer
13 9 (2.34%) QA Engineer
13 9 (2.34%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (2.34%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.34%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.86%) Oracle Fusion
1 11 (2.86%) RESTful
2 10 (2.60%) Pandas
2 10 (2.60%) REST
3 9 (2.34%) Kafka
3 9 (2.34%) Web Services
4 8 (2.08%) JSON
4 8 (2.08%) XML
5 7 (1.82%) SOAP
6 6 (1.56%) Middleware
7 5 (1.30%) Visualforce
8 4 (1.04%) OAuth
8 4 (1.04%) SAP Fiori
8 4 (1.04%) SAP PI
9 3 (0.78%) BAPI
9 3 (0.78%) FIDO
9 3 (0.78%) OpenID
9 3 (0.78%) PySpark
9 3 (0.78%) pytest
9 3 (0.78%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
2 17 (4.43%) Management Information System
3 13 (3.39%) Derivative
3 13 (3.39%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.60%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.34%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 7 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.82%) Equities
7 7 (1.82%) Market Risk
7 7 (1.82%) Multi-touch
7 7 (1.82%) Reference Data
8 6 (1.56%) Credit Risk
8 6 (1.56%) Digital Media
8 6 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.30%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.30%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.04%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.34%) Linux
2 8 (2.08%) Windows
3 3 (0.78%) Unix
4 2 (0.52%) VMS
4 2 (0.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (24.74%) Migration
1 95 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (22.92%) Agile
3 58 (15.10%) Data Validation
4 57 (14.84%) Data Analysis
5 56 (14.58%) Analytics
6 51 (13.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 49 (12.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 48 (12.50%) Test Automation
9 46 (11.98%) Data Migration
9 46 (11.98%) ETL
10 43 (11.20%) Business Analysis
11 38 (9.90%) Project Delivery
11 38 (9.90%) Project Management
12 37 (9.64%) Business Intelligence
12 37 (9.64%) Data Governance
13 36 (9.38%) Scrum
13 36 (9.38%) Visualisation
14 35 (9.11%) Data Modelling
14 35 (9.11%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 104 (27.08%) SQL
2 84 (21.88%) Python
3 12 (3.13%) Java
3 12 (3.13%) R
4 11 (2.86%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.34%) VBA
6 8 (2.08%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.82%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.56%) Apex Code
8 6 (1.56%) C#
8 6 (1.56%) C++
9 5 (1.30%) ABAP
9 5 (1.30%) Bash
10 4 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.78%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.52%) Bicep
12 2 (0.52%) Perl
12 2 (0.52%) SOQL
12 2 (0.52%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (12.50%) Degree
2 41 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.85%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.34%) PhD
6 6 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.30%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.30%) CCNP
7 5 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.04%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.04%) EnCE
8 4 (1.04%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.04%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.04%) SAP Certification
9 3 (0.78%) CBAP
9 3 (0.78%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.78%) VCAP
10 2 (0.52%) PMP
10 2 (0.52%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (13.80%) Data Quality
2 50 (13.02%) QA
3 16 (4.17%) MiFID
4 12 (3.13%) EMIR
5 6 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 4 (1.04%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.78%) GDPR
7 3 (0.78%) IFRS
7 3 (0.78%) IFRS 9
7 3 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.78%) NIST
7 3 (0.78%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.78%) PMO
7 3 (0.78%) SLA
8 2 (0.52%) DICOM
8 2 (0.52%) GRC
8 2 (0.52%) HL7
8 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.52%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (1.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.30%) Docker
3 3 (0.78%) OpenAM
3 3 (0.78%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.52%) FreeRADIUS
4 2 (0.52%) iptables
4 2 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.26%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.69%) Ansible
2 12 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.34%) Terraform
4 5 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.04%) EnCase
5 4 (1.04%) FTK
6 3 (0.78%) PowerCLI
6 3 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (0.78%) vRealize
7 2 (0.52%) Cacti
7 2 (0.52%) Grafana
7 2 (0.52%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.52%) Nagios
7 2 (0.52%) Netcool
7 2 (0.52%) Proxmox
7 2 (0.52%) Puppet
7 2 (0.52%) SCCM
7 2 (0.52%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.26%) Kibana
8 1 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 52 (13.54%) Microsoft
2 49 (12.76%) Oracle
3 39 (10.16%) SAP
4 30 (7.81%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.65%) Google
6 13 (3.39%) Workday
7 9 (2.34%) Databricks
8 8 (2.08%) Informatica
8 8 (2.08%) Murex
9 7 (1.82%) Adobe
9 7 (1.82%) Cisco
10 5 (1.30%) VMware
11 4 (1.04%) Cellebrite
11 4 (1.04%) Charles River
11 4 (1.04%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.04%) Dell
11 4 (1.04%) Nuix
11 4 (1.04%) Splunk
12 3 (0.78%) Palantir
12 3 (0.78%) Talend