Validation Contract Job Trends in Stockport

Validation
Manchester > Stockport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stockport requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stockport 15.38% 4.35% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.38% 4.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £250 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £501 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.12% - -
75th Percentile £350 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £449 £463 £500
% change year-on-year -3.03% -7.50% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13 21 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport 100.00% 91.30% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 7
10th Percentile £149 - £345
25th Percentile £153 - £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -20.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £525 £409 £600
90th Percentile £648 £494 £625
Manchester median daily rate £475 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £11.62
25th Percentile - - £12.71
Median hourly rate - - £17.66
Median % change year-on-year - - -62.83%
75th Percentile - - £30.88
90th Percentile - - £46.85
Manchester median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +130.77% +15.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Stockport

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Daily Rate Trend in Stockport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Validation

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Hourly Rate Trend in Stockport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Validation

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Hudson
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Implementation Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Planning and Forecasting
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Anaplan
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle