Validation Contract Job Trends in Northumberland

Validation
North East > Northumberland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northumberland requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland 18.18% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
North East median daily rate £425 £450 £420
% change year-on-year -5.56% +7.14% +52.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northumberland

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 Northumberland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11 10 23
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland 100.00% 83.33% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £178 - £528
25th Percentile £434 - £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - £897
Median % change year-on-year - - +307.71%
75th Percentile £722 - £955
90th Percentile £938 - -
North East median daily rate £450 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 10
10th Percentile £14.15 - £45.13
25th Percentile £15.88 £11.60 -
Median hourly rate £19.00 £11.64 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +63.23% -74.79% -
75th Percentile £22.38 £17.07 -
90th Percentile £24.25 £38.23 £49.48
North East median hourly rate £53.50 £17.30 £46.18
% change year-on-year +209.25% -62.54% +130.90%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Northumberland

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Northumberland

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Northumberland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland 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 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Attestation
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Remedy