Data Validation Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Data Validation
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Data Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 41 65
Rank change year-on-year -8 +24 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.23% 1.38% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 1.56% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £263 -
Median % change year-on-year +166.67% - -
South East median daily rate £475 £238 £228
% change year-on-year +100.00% +4.40% -49.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 360 321 541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 82.19% 88.67% 83.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 202 416
10th Percentile £204 £196 £200
25th Percentile £335 £260 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £581 £550 £575
90th Percentile £688 £662 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 15 42
10th Percentile £25.15 £15.95 £13.25
25th Percentile £28.25 £22.24 £16.31
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -51.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile £58.75 £26.50 £76.53
90th Percentile £75.00 £31.95 £77.40
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% -5.26% +5.56%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Data Validation job vacancy trend in Surrey

Data Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Data Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Data Validation

Data Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Migration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) QA