Model Validation Contracts in Scotland

Model Validation
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Model Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Model Validation over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Model Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.061% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.065% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £268 - -
UK median daily rate £550 £589 £960
% change year-on-year -6.54% -38.70% +63.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Model 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,528 1,792 2,477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 92.49% 86.11% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 854 1,104 1,716
10th Percentile £250 £213 £263
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £455 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% -4.16% -
75th Percentile £538 £558 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £502 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.33% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 88 60
10th Percentile £16.31 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.88 £12.13
Median hourly rate £20.00 £20.57 £16.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +26.62% -56.60%
75th Percentile £25.15 £49.44 £37.19
90th Percentile £59.50 £61.28 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

Model Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Model Validation in Scotland

Model Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Model Validation in Scotland

Model Validation
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Model Validation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
Glasgow - 1 £268 - 1
Model Validation
UK

Model Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CBAP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft