Validation Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Validation
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 28 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 8.05% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 20 0 0
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £492 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 - -
75th Percentile £537 - -
90th Percentile £540 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £515 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34.91 - -
Median hourly rate £37.46 - -
75th Percentile £40.02 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £37.46 £50.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -25.08% -33.33% +134.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 308 94 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 88.51% 83.93% 77.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 64 22
10th Percentile £400 £215 £264
25th Percentile £441 £367 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £481 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.31% +20.13% -24.53%
75th Percentile £538 £529 £478
90th Percentile £553 £567 £500
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £26.13 - -
25th Percentile £27.59 - -
Median hourly rate £31.31 £12.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +157.02% - -
75th Percentile £36.30 £17.89 -
90th Percentile £38.53 £21.32 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £23.60 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.04% +2.61% +29.80%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Shropshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Validation

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Shropshire over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Shropshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing Validation

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Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Telford - 24 £515 - 17
Shrewsbury - 1 - - 14
Validation
West Midlands

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (78.57%) SAS
2 5 (17.86%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (7.14%) WebLogic
4 1 (3.57%) Anypoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) OpenShift
2 6 (21.43%) Azure
3 5 (17.86%) AWS
3 5 (17.86%) PaaS
4 2 (7.14%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.57%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (67.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
2 12 (42.86%) Oracle Database
3 7 (25.00%) SAS Visual Analytics
Development Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Git
1 8 (28.57%) Jenkins
1 8 (28.57%) Selenium
2 7 (25.00%) GitLab
2 7 (25.00%) JUnit
3 2 (7.14%) JIRA
3 2 (7.14%) Toad
General
1 9 (32.14%) Public Sector
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.57%) Automotive
2 1 (3.57%) Finance
2 1 (3.57%) Military
2 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Release Manager
2 8 (28.57%) Test Specialist
3 3 (10.71%) Test Automation Specialist
4 2 (7.14%) Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Network Specialist
4 2 (7.14%) SAP Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) SAP Test Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Test Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Lead
5 1 (3.57%) MuleSoft Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Project Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Project Leader
5 1 (3.57%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.57%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.00%) pytest
1 7 (25.00%) REST
2 2 (7.14%) XML
3 1 (3.57%) LDAP
3 1 (3.57%) MUnit
3 1 (3.57%) Playwright
3 1 (3.57%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (78.57%) CI/CD
2 15 (53.57%) Data Integration
3 14 (50.00%) Analytics
3 14 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 14 (50.00%) Defect Management
3 14 (50.00%) Migration
3 14 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 14 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 13 (46.43%) DevOps
4 13 (46.43%) Visual Analytics
5 12 (42.86%) Test Automation
6 11 (39.29%) Agile
7 8 (28.57%) Containerisation
7 8 (28.57%) Integration Testing
7 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (28.57%) Scrum
7 8 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
7 8 (28.57%) Sprint Retrospective
7 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (28.57%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) Python
2 3 (10.71%) SQL
3 2 (7.14%) Java
3 2 (7.14%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 23 (82.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.14%) ISEB
3 2 (7.14%) ISTQB
3 2 (7.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.57%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 2 (7.14%) SAP
3 2 (7.14%) webMethods
4 1 (3.57%) MuleSoft