Validation
Hertfordshire > Stevenage
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 | 19 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +4 | -12 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing Validation | 13 | 48 | 61 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stevenage | 10.40% | 10.48% | 20.75% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 10.92% | 11.24% | 22.68% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £122 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £208 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | - | £350 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £450 | £488 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.69% | -4.88% | -10.87% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 43 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £41.89 | £60.00 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £50.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £73.50 | £65.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.97% | +12.21% | +16.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £90.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.25 | - | £82.25 |
| Hertfordshire median hourly rate | £62.50 | £73.50 | £65.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.97% | +12.21% | +16.96% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage
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 Stevenage.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 119 | 427 | 269 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage | 95.20% | 93.23% | 91.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19 | 41 | 60 |
| 10th Percentile | £348 | £80 | £273 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £258 | £311 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £540 | £375 | £388 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.00% | -3.23% | -16.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £525 | £504 |
| 90th Percentile | £628 | £650 | £607 |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £550 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.41% | -15.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 74 | 298 | 133 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.00 | £38.12 | £49.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £55.00 | £43.00 | £53.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £66.75 | £50.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.50% | -23.08% | +16.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £81.35 | £65.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £85.00 | £80.00 | £77.00 |
| Hertfordshire median hourly rate | £63.00 | £50.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.00% | -23.08% | +27.83% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage
Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Stevenage.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Stevenage.
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Hourly Rate Histogram in Stevenage
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Stevenage over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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: