Validation Contracts in Southampton

Validation
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 4.63% - 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.62% - 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £115 - -
25th Percentile £204 - £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £353 - £485
75th Percentile £501 - £503
90th Percentile £591 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £495 £625 £543
% change year-on-year -20.80% +15.10% +16.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 89 102 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 82.41% 60.36% 78.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 68 83
10th Percentile £200 £300 £240
25th Percentile £329 £413 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £515
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +11.65% +14.76%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £595
90th Percentile £625 £713 £663
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £581 £525
% change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 5
10th Percentile - £13.13 £21.99
25th Percentile - £66.88 £23.15
Median hourly rate - £80.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year - +122.22% +104.08%
75th Percentile - - £43.50
90th Percentile - - £52.65
Hampshire median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Southampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for Validation in Southampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Southampton.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (20.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (20.00%) SAP PP
1 1 (20.00%) SAP PS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Hardware Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
3 1 (20.00%) SAP CO Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP FI Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Implementation Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) SOX Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Test Validation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) FPGA
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Device Driver
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Schematic Capture
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Compliance Audit
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CISA
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP
3 1 (20.00%) CRISC
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Certification
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) COBIT
1 1 (20.00%) COSO
1 1 (20.00%) ITGC
1 1 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Mentor Graphics
1 2 (40.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle