Validation Contract Job Trends in Merton

Validation
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Validation 3 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 16.67% 14.29% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.00% 17.39% 3.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £521 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% - -
75th Percentile £525 £564 -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median daily rate £500 £496 £550
% change year-on-year +0.76% -9.77% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate - - £41.32

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12 23 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 66.67% 82.14% 81.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 17
10th Percentile £228 £264 £128
25th Percentile £263 £334 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -12.82%
75th Percentile £525 £497 £488
90th Percentile £535 £552 £500
South London median daily rate £513 £525 £511
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.69% -7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 13
10th Percentile - - £32.16
25th Percentile - £68.80 £40.82
Median hourly rate £17.98 £73.60 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -75.57% +33.82% +24.69%
75th Percentile £40.54 £78.40 £65.11
90th Percentile £54.08 - £71.50
South London median hourly rate £17.98 £19.50 £46.86
% change year-on-year -7.79% -58.39% +6.85%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Merton

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Merton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merton citing Validation

Validation
Contract Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Merton region over the 6 months to 20 November 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
New Malden -1 3 £500 - 2
Validation
South London

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merton 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Test Management
1 3 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) EMC Certification
1 3 (100.00%) HNC
1 3 (100.00%) HND
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 3 (100.00%) IEC 61508
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) EMC