Data Validation Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Data Validation
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Data Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.84% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £266 - -
25th Percentile £276 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
75th Percentile £319 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £300 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

Data 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 345 224 265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 72.63% 89.60% 80.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 157 152
10th Percentile £300 £190 £143
25th Percentile £404 £281 £207
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £412
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -2.97% -17.55%
75th Percentile £588 £488 £540
90th Percentile £750 £650 £600
Wales median daily rate £475 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +18.75% -5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 39
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.08 £15.48
25th Percentile £16.28 £13.94 £19.50
Median hourly rate £21.38 £15.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.90% -38.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.75 £48.13
90th Percentile £55.00 £22.21 £54.00
Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £20.50 £22.25
% change year-on-year +3.66% -7.87% -1.11%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Data Validation job vacancy trend in South Wales

Data Validation
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Data Validation

Data Validation
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Validation within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 August 2026. 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
Cardiff - 3 £313 - 2
Newport - 1 £288 -
Data Validation
Wales

Data Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Data Integration
2 3 (75.00%) ETL
3 2 (50.00%) Data Ingestion
3 2 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Model Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
1 2 (50.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Databricks
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) SAP