Validation Contracts in the South East

Validation
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 88 121
Rank change year-on-year -8 +33 -45
Contract jobs citing Validation 113 142 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.03% 2.43% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 2.72% 2.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 86 66
10th Percentile £338 £252 £350
25th Percentile £388 £425 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £470
Median % change year-on-year +4.22% +2.13% +10.59%
75th Percentile £578 £572 £559
90th Percentile £681 £628 £663
England median daily rate £500 £550 £503
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.45% +11.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 36 20
10th Percentile £25.60 £38.10 £20.85
25th Percentile £60.88 £42.50 £41.25
Median hourly rate £67.50 £45.00 £57.74
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -22.06% +28.31%
75th Percentile £76.86 £54.06 £67.07
90th Percentile - £62.55 £83.78
England median hourly rate £61.00 £62.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -1.61% +12.73% +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,738 5,226 6,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 85.09% 89.47% 89.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,767 3,619 4,727
10th Percentile £232 £250 £226
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £619 £588
90th Percentile £698 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 429 219 290
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -11.76%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.29 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £63.80
England median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
% change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Validation in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in the South East over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley -6 45 £500 +5.26% 77
Hampshire +17 36 £625 +15.10% 38
Berkshire -22 25 £500 -1.96% 33
Surrey -12 21 £525 +12.66% 20
Oxfordshire +13 12 £450 +12.50% 30
Buckinghamshire +22 8 £400 -11.11% 14
West Sussex +4 2 £425 +35.03% 8
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 17 (15.04%) Confluence
2 2 (1.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (5.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.88%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (4.42%) SAP CO
1 5 (4.42%) SAP FI
1 5 (4.42%) SAP FI/CO
1 5 (4.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.77%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.88%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.88%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.54%) Azure
2 3 (2.65%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (2.65%) GitHub
2 3 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (2.65%) Power Automate
3 2 (1.77%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (1.77%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (0.88%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (0.88%) Amazon S3
4 1 (0.88%) AWS
4 1 (0.88%) Figma
4 1 (0.88%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.88%) SaaS
4 1 (0.88%) Smartsheet
4 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.88%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.16%) SNMP
1 16 (14.16%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (3.54%) Internet
2 4 (3.54%) Wireless
3 2 (1.77%) Modbus
3 2 (1.77%) RS-232
3 2 (1.77%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.88%) 2G
4 1 (0.88%) 3G
4 1 (0.88%) 4G
4 1 (0.88%) Firewall
4 1 (0.88%) LAN
4 1 (0.88%) RNC
4 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.88%) WAN
4 1 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.08%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (1.77%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.77%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.88%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.88%) Big Data
3 1 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.88%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.88%) Hadoop
3 1 (0.88%) Impala
3 1 (0.88%) Power BI
3 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.88%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 25 (22.12%) JIRA
2 21 (18.58%) Git
3 16 (14.16%) Eclipse
4 15 (13.27%) GoogleTest
4 15 (13.27%) Robot Framework
5 13 (11.50%) Bitbucket
6 9 (7.96%) Rational DOORS
7 4 (3.54%) Subversion
8 3 (2.65%) LoadRunner
9 2 (1.77%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.88%) Selenium
10 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (26.55%) Finance
2 16 (14.16%) Marketing
3 15 (13.27%) Telecoms
4 14 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (10.62%) Manufacturing
6 11 (9.73%) Aerospace
6 11 (9.73%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (9.73%) Public Sector
7 10 (8.85%) Social Skills
8 8 (7.08%) Electronics
9 6 (5.31%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (4.42%) Legal
11 4 (3.54%) Retail
12 2 (1.77%) Aviation
12 2 (1.77%) Military
12 2 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (1.77%) Publishing
13 1 (0.88%) Banking
13 1 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 19 (16.81%) Systems Engineer
2 18 (15.93%) Software Engineer
3 17 (15.04%) Principal Engineer
4 16 (14.16%) Analyst
5 15 (13.27%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Test Engineer
7 11 (9.73%) Project Manager
8 10 (8.85%) Integration Engineer
9 9 (7.96%) Embedded Engineer
9 9 (7.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 8 (7.08%) LIMS Manager
10 8 (7.08%) LIMS Project Manager
10 8 (7.08%) Senior
10 8 (7.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 7 (6.19%) C++ Software Engineer
11 7 (6.19%) Java Engineer
11 7 (6.19%) Java Software Engineer
12 6 (5.31%) DOORS Engineer
12 6 (5.31%) Senior Integration Engineer
12 6 (5.31%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.27%) HTML
2 14 (12.39%) CSS
3 2 (1.77%) PySpark
4 1 (0.88%) .NET
4 1 (0.88%) Kafka
4 1 (0.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.08%) LIMS
1 8 (7.08%) NHS
2 6 (5.31%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.54%) Device Driver
4 3 (2.65%) Credit Risk
4 3 (2.65%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.65%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.77%) Biopharmaceutical
5 2 (1.77%) CMDB
5 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.77%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.77%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.77%) VHDL
6 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.88%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.93%) Windows
2 16 (14.16%) Linux
3 11 (9.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (42.48%) Verification and Validation
2 24 (21.24%) Agile
2 24 (21.24%) Software Engineering
3 22 (19.47%) UML
4 19 (16.81%) Systems Engineering
5 17 (15.04%) Prototyping
6 15 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
6 15 (13.27%) Scrum
7 14 (12.39%) SysML
8 13 (11.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 12 (10.62%) Migration
9 12 (10.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 12 (10.62%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (9.73%) Project Management
10 11 (9.73%) Requirements Management
11 10 (8.85%) Customer Requirements
11 10 (8.85%) Process Improvement
11 10 (8.85%) Test Scripting
11 10 (8.85%) Test Strategy
12 9 (7.96%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 23 (20.35%) C++
2 15 (13.27%) JavaScript
3 11 (9.73%) Python
4 10 (8.85%) C
4 10 (8.85%) Java
5 6 (5.31%) SQL
6 5 (4.42%) MATLAB
7 4 (3.54%) Assembly Language
7 4 (3.54%) Embedded C
7 4 (3.54%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.77%) Bash
8 2 (1.77%) C#
8 2 (1.77%) Embedded C++
8 2 (1.77%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.88%) Scala
9 1 (0.88%) VBA
Qualifications
1 24 (21.24%) Degree
2 20 (17.70%) Security Cleared
3 16 (14.16%) SC Cleared
4 12 (10.62%) Master's Degree
5 8 (7.08%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (3.54%) PhD
7 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.77%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.88%) MBCS
8 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.08%) HL7
1 8 (7.08%) PCI DSS
2 5 (4.42%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.42%) QA
3 4 (3.54%) JTAG
4 3 (2.65%) IFRS
4 3 (2.65%) IFRS 9
5 2 (1.77%) Def Stans
5 2 (1.77%) PMO
6 1 (0.88%) GDPR
6 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.88%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (17.70%) Firmware
2 5 (4.42%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) HDFS
Vendors
1 16 (14.16%) SAP
2 15 (13.27%) Google
3 13 (11.50%) Atlassian
4 9 (7.96%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.42%) Oracle
6 2 (1.77%) Adobe
6 2 (1.77%) Ceridian
6 2 (1.77%) Cisco
6 2 (1.77%) Concur
6 2 (1.77%) VMware
6 2 (1.77%) Workday
7 1 (0.88%) Cloudera
7 1 (0.88%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.88%) HP
7 1 (0.88%) Informatica
7 1 (0.88%) Mavenir
7 1 (0.88%) Micro Focus
7 1 (0.88%) OpenText
7 1 (0.88%) Remedy
7 1 (0.88%) Salesforce