Validation Contracts in Telford

Validation
Shropshire > Telford

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Telford 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 29 45
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 +40
Contract jobs citing Validation 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Telford 1.75% 0.79% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 1.20% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.13%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
Shropshire median daily rate £402 - £575
% change year-on-year - - -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
Shropshire median hourly rate - £14.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Telford

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 Telford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 110 83 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford 96.49% 65.35% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 55 84
10th Percentile £313 £298 £400
25th Percentile £421 £350 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £400 £539
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -25.79% +7.80%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £553
90th Percentile £541 £520 £595
Shropshire median daily rate £475 £360 £538
% change year-on-year +31.94% -33.09% +7.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - £10.42 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -81.05% -
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - £11.85 -
Shropshire median hourly rate £12.18 £10.42 £55.00
% change year-on-year +16.89% -81.05% +214.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Telford

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Telford

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Telford

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Telford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Toad
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Automation Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) ISEB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (50.00%) KANA
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) Splunk
1 1 (50.00%) webMethods