Validation Contract Job Trends in Loughborough

Validation
Leicestershire > Loughborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Loughborough requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Loughborough 12.50% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £550 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Loughborough

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 Loughborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Loughborough 62.50% 100.00% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile - £213 £217
25th Percentile £360 £263 £271
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £353 £360
Median % change year-on-year +18.44% -2.08% -8.28%
75th Percentile £500 £448 £418
90th Percentile £523 £502 £452
Leicestershire median daily rate £425 £425 £419
% change year-on-year - +1.43% +3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £14.00
Leicestershire median hourly rate £23.71 £26.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -9.69% +16.67% -41.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Loughborough

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Loughborough

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Daily Rate Trend in Loughborough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Loughborough citing Validation

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Hourly Rate Trend in Loughborough

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Loughborough citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Loughborough citing Validation

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Loughborough 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CSSLP