Data Validation Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Data Validation
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Data Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 2.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £548 £426 -
% change year-on-year +28.52% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £21.01 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £21.01 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 113 121 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 81.88% 84.62% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 75 73
10th Percentile £170 £170 £200
25th Percentile £300 £261 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +17.65% -19.05%
75th Percentile £588 £559 £588
90th Percentile £690 £665 £648
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +5.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 7 3
10th Percentile £15.39 £22.50 -
25th Percentile £21.25 £39.63 -
Median hourly rate £37.24 £71.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.55% -11.25% +196.30%
75th Percentile £45.31 £74.00 -
90th Percentile £62.23 £90.40 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £37.88 £22.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +68.33% -67.86% +30.23%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Data Validation job vacancy trend in Southampton

Data Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (33.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Data Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Housing Association
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Mapping
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Investment Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe