Validation Contracts

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 3 months to 29 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Validation UK
Location	3 months to 29 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	179	180	151
Rank change year-on-year	+1	-29
Contract jobs citing Validation	663	784	885
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	1.41%	1.46%	1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.67%	1.75%	1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted	367	431	474
Median daily rate	£435	£400	£391
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+8.75%	+2.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£269	£263	£245
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£625	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£408	£340	£375
% change year-on-year	+19.85%	-9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted	41	32	44
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£39.75	£34.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-18.23%	+15.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£18.00	£12.25	£12.86
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.00	£50.78	£46.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£32.50	£40.00	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-18.75%	+14.28%

Validation is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	39787	44801	45267
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	84.46%	83.41%	80.77%
Number of daily rates quoted	99353	111983	101262
Median daily rate	£450	£438	£413
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+2.85%	+6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£305	£283	£274
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£625	£625	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£380
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3077	2943	3102
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£28.00	£27.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+16.07%	+1.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.28	£12.50	£11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£54.00	£50.78	£51.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£33.50	£28.00	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+19.64%	-6.66%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Validation as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Validation.

Contractor daily rate trend for Validation in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Validation over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Validation in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Validation in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Validation over the 3 months to 29 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Validation in the UK

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Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the UK over the 3 months to 29 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+1	612	£440	+10.00%	167
UK excluding London	+13	393	£408	+19.85%	132
London	-19	250	£450	-	47
South East	+9	145	£425	+19.54%	21
North of England	+5	69	£405	+24.61%	41
Midlands	+32	62	£450	+22.86%	14
South West	+3	48	£425	-5.55%	26
Scotland	+22	34	£375	+20.96%	12
East of England	-27	28	£405	+27.05%	16
Wales	-5	5	£342	-17.09%	2
Northern Ireland	-43	3	£381	+8.85%

Validation
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Validation also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Validation.

1	313 (25.20%)	Finance
2	218 (17.55%)	Agile Software Development
3	198 (15.94%)	SQL
4	180 (14.49%)	Migration
5	145 (11.67%)	Analytical Skills
6	138 (11.11%)	Degree
7	123 (9.90%)	Microsoft Excel
8	121 (9.74%)	Banking
8	121 (9.74%)	Data Validation
9	115 (9.26%)	Security Cleared
10	111 (8.94%)	Microsoft
11	110 (8.86%)	Oracle
12	101 (8.13%)	QA
13	99 (7.97%)	Windows
14	98 (7.89%)	Project Management

15	97 (7.81%)	SAP
16	93 (7.49%)	Stakeholder Management
17	91 (7.33%)	User Acceptance Testing
18	88 (7.09%)	Data Modelling
19	87 (7.00%)	Data Migration
20	85 (6.84%)	Scrum
21	84 (6.76%)	Business Intelligence
22	83 (6.68%)	Linux
23	82 (6.60%)	Data Analysis
24	77 (6.20%)	Telecoms
25	76 (6.12%)	SQL Server
26	74 (5.96%)	ITIL
27	73 (5.88%)	Analytics
28	72 (5.80%)	XML
28	72 (5.80%)	Java

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Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	24 (1.93%)	SharePoint
2	21 (1.69%)	SAS
3	18 (1.45%)	WebSphere
4	17 (1.37%)	Tomcat
5	15 (1.21%)	OpenStack
5	15 (1.21%)	WebLogic
6	13 (1.05%)	JBoss
7	12 (0.97%)	Confluence
7	12 (0.97%)	MS Exchange
8	11 (0.89%)	GlassFish
9	10 (0.81%)	Skype for Business
10	6 (0.48%)	CMS
11	4 (0.32%)	Apache Spark
11	4 (0.32%)	Exchange Server 2010
11	4 (0.32%)	Exchange Server 2013
11	4 (0.32%)	IIS
11	4 (0.32%)	Oracle SOA Suite
12	3 (0.24%)	Apache
12	3 (0.24%)	IBM Notes
12	3 (0.24%)	PowerExchange

Applications
1	123 (9.90%)	Microsoft Excel
2	65 (5.23%)	Microsoft Office
3	30 (2.42%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	21 (1.69%)	MS Visio
5	17 (1.37%)	Microsoft Project
5	17 (1.37%)	Spreadsheet
6	11 (0.89%)	Simulink
7	5 (0.40%)	TargetLink
8	4 (0.32%)	Adobe Illustrator
8	4 (0.32%)	Photoshop
8	4 (0.32%)	SPSS
9	3 (0.24%)	Adobe Creative Suite
9	3 (0.24%)	InVision
10	2 (0.16%)	AutoCAD
10	2 (0.16%)	Siemens NX
10	2 (0.16%)	Stateflow
11	1 (0.081%)	CATIA
11	1 (0.081%)	EViews

Business Applications
1	16 (1.29%)	Oracle EBS
2	9 (0.72%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	9 (0.72%)	Unit4 Business World
3	7 (0.56%)	SAP ERP
4	6 (0.48%)	Dynamics AX
5	5 (0.40%)	OpenText VIM for SAP
5	5 (0.40%)	Remedy ITSM
5	5 (0.40%)	SAP SD
6	4 (0.32%)	Dynamics CRM
6	4 (0.32%)	HFM
6	4 (0.32%)	iTrent
7	3 (0.24%)	Oracle BPM
7	3 (0.24%)	Oracle EBS R12
7	3 (0.24%)	SAP FI
7	3 (0.24%)	SAP HR
8	2 (0.16%)	BPCS
8	2 (0.16%)	Lorenzo
8	2 (0.16%)	Oracle Financials
8	2 (0.16%)	Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8	2 (0.16%)	Oracle Retail

Cloud Services
1	36 (2.90%)	Microsoft Azure
2	20 (1.61%)	Amazon AWS
2	20 (1.61%)	SaaS
3	12 (0.97%)	SuccessFactors
4	10 (0.81%)	Google Analytics
4	10 (0.81%)	IaaS
5	8 (0.64%)	PaaS
6	6 (0.48%)	Office 365
7	4 (0.32%)	Adobe Analytics
7	4 (0.32%)	Basecamp
7	4 (0.32%)	BPaaS
7	4 (0.32%)	Taleo
8	3 (0.24%)	Cloud Computing
9	2 (0.16%)	Azure Active Directory
9	2 (0.16%)	GitHub
9	2 (0.16%)	Google Cloud Platform
9	2 (0.16%)	Salesforce Service Cloud
10	1 (0.081%)	Amazon CloudWatch
10	1 (0.081%)	CallidusCloud
10	1 (0.081%)	Veeva

Communications & Networking
1	34 (2.74%)	LTE
2	33 (2.66%)	4G
3	28 (2.25%)	TCP/IP
4	25 (2.01%)	Firewall
5	24 (1.93%)	LAN
6	23 (1.85%)	3G
7	22 (1.77%)	VoIP
8	21 (1.69%)	MVNO
9	20 (1.61%)	WAN
10	16 (1.29%)	DHCP
10	16 (1.29%)	DNS
10	16 (1.29%)	Internet
10	16 (1.29%)	Wireless
11	15 (1.21%)	Value-Added Service
12	13 (1.05%)	Ethernet
12	13 (1.05%)	Wi-Fi
13	12 (0.97%)	Radio Access Network
13	12 (0.97%)	SAN
14	11 (0.89%)	VPN
15	10 (0.81%)	MPLS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	76 (6.12%)	SQL Server
2	54 (4.35%)	Data Warehouse
3	33 (2.66%)	Relational Database
4	30 (2.42%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	26 (2.09%)	MySQL
6	24 (1.93%)	Data Mining
7	20 (1.61%)	Big Data
7	20 (1.61%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
8	19 (1.53%)	Ingres
9	18 (1.45%)	Hadoop
10	13 (1.05%)	QlikView
10	13 (1.05%)	RDBMS
11	12 (0.97%)	MS Access
11	12 (0.97%)	Oracle Database
12	8 (0.64%)	BusinessObjects
12	8 (0.64%)	Oracle Reports
12	8 (0.64%)	SQL Server 2008
13	7 (0.56%)	PostgreSQL
13	7 (0.56%)	SQL Server 2012
14	6 (0.48%)	Enterprise Data Warehouse

Development Applications
1	41 (3.30%)	JIRA
2	24 (1.93%)	Visual Studio
3	22 (1.77%)	Git (software)
4	20 (1.61%)	Rational DOORS
4	20 (1.61%)	Team Foundation Server
5	19 (1.53%)	Selenium
6	15 (1.21%)	Subversion
7	14 (1.13%)	Cucumber
8	12 (0.97%)	GitLab
9	11 (0.89%)	Jenkins
9	11 (0.89%)	Protractor
10	10 (0.81%)	Maven
11	9 (0.72%)	Rational Rhapsody
12	8 (0.64%)	Axure RP
12	8 (0.64%)	SpecFlow
12	8 (0.64%)	WebDriver
13	7 (0.56%)	Atlassian Bamboo
13	7 (0.56%)	HP UFT
13	7 (0.56%)	SilkTest
13	7 (0.56%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

General
1	313 (25.20%)	Finance
2	121 (9.74%)	Banking
3	77 (6.20%)	Telecoms
4	59 (4.75%)	Retail
5	56 (4.51%)	Investment Banking
6	54 (4.35%)	Pharmaceutical
7	53 (4.27%)	Front Office
8	44 (3.54%)	Manufacturing
9	37 (2.98%)	Back Office
9	37 (2.98%)	Marketing
10	24 (1.93%)	Billing
10	24 (1.93%)	Legal
11	23 (1.85%)	Aerospace
12	20 (1.61%)	Automotive
12	20 (1.61%)	Electronics
13	17 (1.37%)	Financial Institution
14	12 (0.97%)	Avionics
15	9 (0.72%)	Law
16	8 (0.64%)	Local Government
17	7 (0.56%)	General Ledger

Job Titles
1	344 (27.70%)	Analyst
2	145 (11.67%)	Developer
3	135 (10.87%)	Business Analyst
4	91 (7.33%)	Consultant
5	68 (5.48%)	Architect
6	65 (5.23%)	Data Analyst
7	53 (4.27%)	Test Analyst
8	48 (3.86%)	Project Manager
9	47 (3.78%)	Designer
10	46 (3.70%)	Test Engineer
11	30 (2.42%)	Systems Engineer
12	29 (2.33%)	Software Engineer
13	26 (2.09%)	Java Developer
13	26 (2.09%)	Technical Analyst
14	23 (1.85%)	IT Analyst
14	23 (1.85%)	Test Manager
15	22 (1.77%)	Senior Analyst
15	22 (1.77%)	Validation Engineer
16	21 (1.69%)	C++ Developer
17	19 (1.53%)	UX Designer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	72 (5.80%)	XML
2	44 (3.54%)	Web Services
3	40 (3.22%)	HTML
4	37 (2.98%)	REST
5	33 (2.66%)	Middleware
6	32 (2.58%)	.NET
6	32 (2.58%)	CSS
7	28 (2.25%)	SOAP
8	25 (2.01%)	Spring
9	24 (1.93%)	AngularJS
9	24 (1.93%)	JSON
10	21 (1.69%)	HTML5
11	19 (1.53%)	XSLT
12	16 (1.29%)	J2EE
13	15 (1.21%)	RESTful
14	12 (0.97%)	ASP.NET
14	12 (0.97%)	jQuery
15	11 (0.89%)	JSTL
15	11 (0.89%)	RAML
15	11 (0.89%)	Struts

Miscellaneous
1	145 (11.67%)	Analytical Skills
2	57 (4.59%)	Management Information System
2	57 (4.59%)	User Experience
3	44 (3.54%)	Computer Science
4	29 (2.33%)	NHS
5	28 (2.25%)	Data Centre
6	24 (1.93%)	Virtual Team
7	22 (1.77%)	Credit Risk
8	20 (1.61%)	Derivative
8	20 (1.61%)	Market Risk
9	19 (1.53%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	19 (1.53%)	Life Science
10	16 (1.29%)	IVR
11	15 (1.21%)	Equities
12	14 (1.13%)	Handset
12	14 (1.13%)	Mobile App
13	12 (0.97%)	Algorithms
13	12 (0.97%)	Data Structures
14	11 (0.89%)	Greenfield Project
15	10 (0.81%)	Client/Server

Operating Systems
1	99 (7.97%)	Windows
2	83 (6.68%)	Linux
3	34 (2.74%)	Unix
4	19 (1.53%)	AIX
5	18 (1.45%)	Windows 7
5	18 (1.45%)	Windows Server
6	12 (0.97%)	Solaris
7	11 (0.89%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	9 (0.72%)	Apple iOS
9	8 (0.64%)	Windows Server 2008
10	7 (0.56%)	Android
11	6 (0.48%)	Windows 10
11	6 (0.48%)	Windows 8
12	5 (0.40%)	Windows XP
13	4 (0.32%)	CentOS
14	3 (0.24%)	Windows Server 2012
14	3 (0.24%)	Windows Vista
15	2 (0.16%)	HPUX
15	2 (0.16%)	Mac OS
15	2 (0.16%)	VxWorks

Processes & Methodologies
1	218 (17.55%)	Agile Software Development
2	180 (14.49%)	Migration
3	121 (9.74%)	Data Validation
4	98 (7.89%)	Project Management
5	93 (7.49%)	Stakeholder Management
6	91 (7.33%)	User Acceptance Testing
7	88 (7.09%)	Data Modelling
8	87 (7.00%)	Data Migration
9	85 (6.84%)	Scrum
10	84 (6.76%)	Business Intelligence
11	82 (6.60%)	Data Analysis
12	74 (5.96%)	ITIL
13	73 (5.88%)	Analytics
14	71 (5.72%)	Test Automation
15	69 (5.56%)	Business Analysis
15	69 (5.56%)	Test Scripting
16	68 (5.48%)	ETL
17	66 (5.31%)	Change Management
17	66 (5.31%)	Test Strategy
18	64 (5.15%)	ERP

Programming Languages
1	198 (15.94%)	SQL
2	72 (5.80%)	Java
3	57 (4.59%)	C++
4	52 (4.19%)	JavaScript
5	50 (4.03%)	Python
6	45 (3.62%)	C
7	30 (2.42%)	VBA
8	27 (2.17%)	C#
9	18 (1.45%)	PowerShell
10	15 (1.21%)	PL/SQL
11	13 (1.05%)	MATLAB
11	13 (1.05%)	T-SQL
12	11 (0.89%)	R
13	10 (0.81%)	VBScript
14	7 (0.56%)	ABAP
14	7 (0.56%)	Ruby
14	7 (0.56%)	sed
14	7 (0.56%)	VB
15	6 (0.48%)	Perl
15	6 (0.48%)	SAS Macro

Qualifications
1	138 (11.11%)	Degree
2	115 (9.26%)	Security Cleared
3	67 (5.39%)	SC Cleared
4	37 (2.98%)	ISEB
5	31 (2.50%)	ISTQB
6	24 (1.93%)	DV Cleared
7	17 (1.37%)	BPSS Clearance
7	17 (1.37%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
8	14 (1.13%)	Computer Science Degree
9	13 (1.05%)	HNC
9	13 (1.05%)	IRCA
10	10 (0.81%)	ITIL Certification
10	10 (0.81%)	Microsoft Certification
10	10 (0.81%)	PhD
10	10 (0.81%)	PMP
11	9 (0.72%)	Cisco Certification
12	8 (0.64%)	CCNP
12	8 (0.64%)	MCSA
13	7 (0.56%)	PMI Certification
14	6 (0.48%)	HND

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	101 (8.13%)	QA
2	62 (4.99%)	Data Quality
3	29 (2.33%)	GxP
4	22 (1.77%)	SLA
5	20 (1.61%)	GMP
6	15 (1.21%)	MiFID
7	14 (1.13%)	21 CFR Part 11
8	13 (1.05%)	DO-178B
8	13 (1.05%)	GAMP
8	13 (1.05%)	PMO
9	10 (0.81%)	IFRS
10	9 (0.72%)	IFRS 9
11	8 (0.64%)	JSP 440
11	8 (0.64%)	MISRA
12	7 (0.56%)	Def Stans
12	7 (0.56%)	IEC 61508
13	6 (0.48%)	EMIR
13	6 (0.48%)	HL7
13	6 (0.48%)	ISO 13485
14	5 (0.40%)	WCAG

System Software
1	35 (2.82%)	Active Directory
2	15 (1.21%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	8 (0.64%)	Hyper-V
3	8 (0.64%)	VMware ESXi
4	7 (0.56%)	Microsoft App-V
5	5 (0.40%)	XenApp
6	4 (0.32%)	RACF
6	4 (0.32%)	VMware Workstation
7	3 (0.24%)	Cygwin
7	3 (0.24%)	Docker
7	3 (0.24%)	Virtual Machines
7	3 (0.24%)	Virtual Servers
8	2 (0.16%)	Virtual Desktop
8	2 (0.16%)	vSphere
9	1 (0.081%)	Apache ZooKeeper
9	1 (0.081%)	HDFS
9	1 (0.081%)	Oracle Clusterware
9	1 (0.081%)	Terminal Server
9	1 (0.081%)	Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9	1 (0.081%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	25 (2.01%)	HP Quality Center
2	13 (1.05%)	Ansible
2	13 (1.05%)	SCCM
3	11 (0.89%)	Rundeck
4	5 (0.40%)	BladeLogic
4	5 (0.40%)	Puppet
5	4 (0.32%)	DatAdvantage
5	4 (0.32%)	zSecure
6	3 (0.24%)	Cisco CUCM
6	3 (0.24%)	Control-M
6	3 (0.24%)	EMC VPLEX
6	3 (0.24%)	Opscode Chef
6	3 (0.24%)	SCVMM
6	3 (0.24%)	Tivoli
7	2 (0.16%)	Kibana
7	2 (0.16%)	Nessus
7	2 (0.16%)	Nmap
7	2 (0.16%)	SCOrch
7	2 (0.16%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
7	2 (0.16%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	111 (8.94%)	Microsoft
2	110 (8.86%)	Oracle
3	97 (7.81%)	SAP
4	46 (3.70%)	Cisco
5	31 (2.50%)	HP
6	30 (2.42%)	VMware
7	21 (1.69%)	Citrix
8	20 (1.61%)	Remedy
9	19 (1.53%)	Informatica
10	18 (1.45%)	Tableau
11	16 (1.29%)	IBM
11	16 (1.29%)	Motorola
11	16 (1.29%)	Salesforce.com
12	14 (1.13%)	Verint
12	14 (1.13%)	Workday
13	13 (1.05%)	Google
13	13 (1.05%)	ServiceNow
14	11 (0.89%)	hybris
14	11 (0.89%)	Teradata
15	10 (0.81%)	webMethods