Validation Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

Validation
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring Validation skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - 31
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Validation 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.22% - 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% - 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £448 - -
25th Percentile £500 - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 - £520
Median % change year-on-year - - +155.53%
75th Percentile £648 - £535
90th Percentile £657 - -
North West median daily rate £425 £463 £510
% change year-on-year -8.11% -9.31% +27.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
North West median hourly rate £70.75 £48.56 £52.50
% change year-on-year +45.70% -7.50% +81.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 152 159 203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 84.44% 71.95% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 79 128
10th Percentile £129 £183 £225
25th Percentile £259 £213 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £420 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -16.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £514 £550
90th Percentile £683 £590 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 12
10th Percentile - £16.24 £15.35
25th Percentile £12.21 £18.11 £16.25
Median hourly rate £14.76 £22.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.50% +14.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £17.44 £40.00 £34.25
90th Percentile - £54.00 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.00
% change year-on-year -37.63% +15.21% +57.30%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Merseyside

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Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Validation

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Daily Rate Histogram in Merseyside

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Merseyside over the 6 months to 9 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Merseyside

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Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Validation

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Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Liverpool - 4 £623 - 6
Validation
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP EHS
1 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Management Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Re-Platforming Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) Logistics
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP