The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 9 July 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
2,574
5,358
4,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West
85.49%
85.35%
84.25%
Number of daily rates quoted
1,589
3,416
2,723
Median daily rate
£475
£450
£413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.56%
+9.09%
+6.45%
10th Percentile
£305
£288
£263
90th Percentile
£631
£625
£563
England median daily rate
£480
£475
£463
% change year-on-year
+1.05%
+2.70%
+2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted
137
305
224
Median hourly rate
£35.00
£42.50
£39.25
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.65%
+8.28%
-1.88%
10th Percentile
£15.04
£13.10
£12.33
90th Percentile
£50.00
£52.50
£48.75
Median hourly rate
£32.29
£24.70
£22.00
% change year-on-year
+30.76%
+12.25%
-12.00%
Validation Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
Validation Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in the South West.
Validation Daily Rate Histogram in the South West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in the South West over the 6 months to 9 July 2020.
Validation Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in the South West.
Validation Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in the South West over the 6 months to 9 July 2020.
Validation Contract Job Locations in the South West
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 West region over the 6 months to 9 July 2020. 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
Validation Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West
For the 6 months to 9 July 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Validation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region with a requirement for Validation.
Validation Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
