The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 25 January 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
2,040
4,117
6,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands
81.37%
82.31%
86.11%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,392
2,512
4,237
Median daily rate
£405
£425
£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.71%
-
+6.25%
10th Percentile
£225
£256
£281
90th Percentile
£574
£587
£575
England median daily rate
£475
£475
£475
Number of hourly rates quoted
65
192
212
Median hourly rate
£17.50
£15.85
£15.85
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.41%
-
-16.58%
10th Percentile
£10.88
£11.17
£10.75
90th Percentile
£47.50
£43.75
£42.45
Median hourly rate
£26.80
£20.50
£22.00
% change year-on-year
+30.72%
-6.82%
-
Validation Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands
Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.
Validation Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in the Midlands.
Validation Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 January 2021.
Validation Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in the Midlands.
Validation Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in the Midlands over the 6 months to 25 January 2021.
Validation Contract Job Locations in the Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 January 2021. 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
Validation Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands
For the 6 months to 25 January 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Validation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for Validation.
Validation Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
