Validation Contracts in Peterborough

Validation
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Peterborough requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 30 38
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +17
Contract jobs citing Validation 4 12 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Peterborough 4.60% 5.19% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 6.38% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £303 -
25th Percentile - £306 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £325 £363
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -10.34% -
75th Percentile - £356 £369
90th Percentile - £368 -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £575 £488 £483
% change year-on-year +17.95% +1.04% +16.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 0
10th Percentile £20.26 £26.88 -
25th Percentile £23.32 £35.52 -
Median hourly rate £30.32 £48.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.83% - -
75th Percentile £37.37 £57.50 -
90th Percentile £40.45 - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £28.41 £51.50 -
% change year-on-year -44.83% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76 188 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 87.36% 81.39% 91.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 17 42
10th Percentile £192 £170 £209
25th Percentile £195 £178 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £300 £399
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -24.72% -6.24%
75th Percentile £450 £419 £497
90th Percentile £495 £567 £584
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 163 132
10th Percentile £14.84 - £13.29
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.16 £13.41
Median hourly rate £15.84 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% +3.45% +6.15%
75th Percentile £16.85 £16.85 £18.94
90th Percentile £18.85 £21.46 £22.00
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £16.23 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.20% +3.45% +4.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Peterborough

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Peterborough.

Daily rate trend for Validation in Peterborough

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Peterborough.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Peterborough

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Peterborough

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Peterborough over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Peterborough

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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 2 (50.00%) Simulink
1 2 (50.00%) Stateflow
2 1 (25.00%) CANalyzer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) CANoe
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Automotive
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Control Systems Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Quality Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Case Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) FMEA
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow