Validation Contract Job Trends in New Malden

Validation
Merton > New Malden

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in New Malden 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 3 2 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -
Contract jobs citing Validation 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in New Malden 23.08% 60.00% 5.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 42.86% 60.00% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £500 £543 -
% change year-on-year -7.83% - -
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 - - -
Merton median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
New Malden

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 New Malden.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7 5 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in New Malden 53.85% 100.00% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £456 £675 £91
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £750 £271
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +177.26% -47.22%
75th Percentile £525 £825 £475
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -5.56% +5.88% -12.82%
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
Merton median hourly rate £17.98 £73.60 £55.00
% change year-on-year -75.57% +33.82% +24.69%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in New Malden

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

Validation job vacancy trend in New Malden

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in New Malden 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
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