Validation Contract Job Trends in Sunderland

Validation
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sunderland requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sunderland 8.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £463 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -22.92% +20.00% -33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sunderland

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 Sunderland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9 14 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sunderland 75.00% 82.35% 84.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 8
10th Percentile £285 £323 £175
25th Percentile £375 £338 £187
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £305
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +47.54% -2.40%
75th Percentile £522 £500 £442
90th Percentile £561 £605 £479
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £481
% change year-on-year - -6.44% -12.55%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Sunderland

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Sunderland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing Validation

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sunderland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BCP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection