Data Validation Contracts in the Thames Valley

Data Validation
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Data Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data 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 94 140 139
Rank change year-on-year +46 -1 +24
Contract jobs citing Data Validation 8 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.53% 0.19% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.21% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile £481 £195 -
25th Percentile £489 £218 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £263 £388
Median % change year-on-year +92.38% -32.26% -16.44%
75th Percentile £509 £328 £475
90th Percentile £510 £364 -
South East median daily rate £475 £263 £450
% change year-on-year +80.95% -41.67% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £60.50 £24.50
Median hourly rate - £61.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +144.00% -
75th Percentile - £61.50 £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £61.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +144.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,403 2,340 2,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.85% 87.12% 91.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 1,306 1,860
10th Percentile £300 £213 £320
25th Percentile £413 £369 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 170 62
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.30 £18.60
25th Percentile £14.54 £19.48 £24.86
Median hourly rate £32.05 £45.00 £51.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.78% -12.20% +192.86%
75th Percentile £62.44 £64.57 £66.21
90th Percentile £78.03 £85.65 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Data Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Data Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Data Validation in the Thames Valley

Data Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Validation in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Data Validation in the Thames Valley

Data Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Validation in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Data Validation in the Thames Valley

Data Validation
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Validation within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +34 7 £508 +93.33% 8
Oxfordshire - 1 £475 - 2
Data Validation
South East

Data Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
1 2 (25.00%) Miro
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (25.00%) Metadata
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) DBeaver
1 2 (25.00%) GitLab
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
1 2 (25.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (25.00%) Electronics
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Data Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Automation Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) DBA
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Automation Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Data Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL DBA
3 1 (12.50%) SQL DBA
3 1 (12.50%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Gherkin
1 2 (25.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) EPoS
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
2 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
2 3 (37.50%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (37.50%) ETL
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Analytics
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Conceptual Models
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (25.00%) Data-Driven Testing
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) High Availability
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
1 3 (37.50%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Databricks
1 2 (25.00%) Google
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft