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 23 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 23 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	179	174	155
Rank change year-on-year	-5	-19
Contract jobs citing Validation	652	782	893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	1.39%	1.45%	1.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.65%	1.74%	1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted	359	423	474
Median daily rate	£435	£400	£394
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+8.75%	+1.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£295	£267	£250
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£580	£550
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£350	£375
% change year-on-year	+17.85%	-6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted	42	32	42
Median hourly rate	£32.75	£39.00	£35.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-16.02%	+11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£18.00	£13.50	£13.89
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£47.00	£50.78	£47.33
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£32.50	£39.25	£35.00
% change year-on-year	-17.19%	+12.14%

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	39559	44852	45349
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	84.50%	83.35%	80.70%
Number of daily rates quoted	25807	29750	29034
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	£313	£300	£285
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£600	£575
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£383
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1054	1082	1276
Median hourly rate	£32.50	£27.50	£27.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+18.18%	-
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£13.00	£12.58	£12.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£52.50	£48.00	£50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£33.50	£28.50	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+17.54%	-5.00%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Validation as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK

Validation
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

Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Validation over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Validation in the UK

Validation
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

Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Validation over the 3 months to 23 June 2017.

Contractor hourly rate histogram for Validation in the UK

Validation
Top 30 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 23 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	+6	603	£440	+9.31%	149
London	-22	242	£450	-	43
South East	+12	141	£425	+21.42%	25
South West	+4	47	£425	-5.55%	25
City of London	+18	45	£510	+13.33%	7
Berkshire	+16	44	£425	+38.77%	9
West Midlands	+30	43	£450	+22.86%	11
North West	+6	42	£400	+11.11%	18
Scotland	+25	31	£375	+14.50%	11
East of England	-21	29	£405	+27.05%	14
Hampshire	+15	28	£400	+17.64%	3
Buckinghamshire	-8	25	£324	+65.81%	6
Wiltshire	+20	24	£450	-	2
Reading	+16	24	£425	+30.76%	3
Edinburgh	+23	22	£500	+17.64%	8
East Midlands	+7	22	£450	+5.88%	1
Yorkshire	+28	20	£350	-13.31%	7
Surrey	+12	20	£440	+6.66%	1
Manchester	+14	18	£400	+11.11%	7
Milton Keynes	-3	18	£318	+62.61%	4
Warwickshire	+20	16	£343	-27.89%	3
West Yorkshire	+23	15	£350	-17.15%	4
Leeds	+24	14	£350	-27.08%	1
Northamptonshire	+11	14	£340	-24.44%
Basingstoke	+7	12	£363	-
Hertfordshire	-4	12	£325	+12.86%	5
Essex	-4	11	£405	+58.82%	2
Northampton	+13	10	£340	-24.44%
Bristol	-11	10	£444	+25.00%	18
North East	+28	9	£575	+85.48%	5

Validation
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 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	303 (24.78%)	Finance
2	217 (17.74%)	Agile Software Development
3	195 (15.94%)	SQL
4	184 (15.04%)	Migration
5	140 (11.45%)	Analytical Skills
6	138 (11.28%)	Degree
7	122 (9.98%)	Data Validation
8	117 (9.57%)	Banking
8	117 (9.57%)	Microsoft Excel
9	114 (9.32%)	Microsoft
10	112 (9.16%)	Security Cleared
11	106 (8.67%)	Oracle
12	99 (8.09%)	Windows
13	98 (8.01%)	Project Management
13	98 (8.01%)	QA

14	94 (7.69%)	Stakeholder Management
14	94 (7.69%)	SAP
15	87 (7.11%)	User Acceptance Testing
15	87 (7.11%)	Data Migration
16	86 (7.03%)	Data Modelling
17	84 (6.87%)	Business Intelligence
18	83 (6.79%)	Scrum
19	81 (6.62%)	Linux
20	79 (6.46%)	Data Analysis
21	77 (6.30%)	SQL Server
22	76 (6.21%)	ITIL
23	74 (6.05%)	Telecoms
24	72 (5.89%)	Java
25	71 (5.81%)	XML
26	70 (5.72%)	Change Management

Validation
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	21 (1.72%)	SAS
2	20 (1.64%)	SharePoint
3	17 (1.39%)	WebSphere
4	16 (1.31%)	Tomcat
5	15 (1.23%)	OpenStack
5	15 (1.23%)	WebLogic
6	13 (1.06%)	JBoss
7	11 (0.90%)	Confluence
7	11 (0.90%)	GlassFish
7	11 (0.90%)	MS Exchange
8	10 (0.82%)	Skype for Business
9	6 (0.49%)	CMS
10	4 (0.33%)	Apache Spark
10	4 (0.33%)	Exchange Server 2010
10	4 (0.33%)	Exchange Server 2013
10	4 (0.33%)	IIS
10	4 (0.33%)	Oracle SOA Suite
11	3 (0.25%)	Apache
11	3 (0.25%)	IBM Notes
11	3 (0.25%)	PowerExchange

Applications
1	117 (9.57%)	Microsoft Excel
2	62 (5.07%)	Microsoft Office
3	32 (2.62%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	22 (1.80%)	MS Visio
5	17 (1.39%)	Microsoft Project
5	17 (1.39%)	Spreadsheet
6	9 (0.74%)	Simulink
7	5 (0.41%)	TargetLink
8	3 (0.25%)	Adobe Creative Suite
8	3 (0.25%)	Adobe Illustrator
8	3 (0.25%)	InVision
8	3 (0.25%)	Photoshop
8	3 (0.25%)	SPSS
9	2 (0.16%)	AutoCAD
9	2 (0.16%)	Siemens NX
9	2 (0.16%)	Stateflow
10	1 (0.082%)	CATIA
10	1 (0.082%)	EViews

Business Applications
1	16 (1.31%)	Oracle EBS
2	9 (0.74%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	9 (0.74%)	Unit4 Business World
3	6 (0.49%)	Dynamics AX
3	6 (0.49%)	SAP ERP
4	5 (0.41%)	Dynamics CRM
4	5 (0.41%)	OpenText VIM for SAP
4	5 (0.41%)	Remedy ITSM
4	5 (0.41%)	SAP SD
5	4 (0.33%)	HFM
6	3 (0.25%)	iTrent
6	3 (0.25%)	Oracle BPM
6	3 (0.25%)	Oracle EBS R12
6	3 (0.25%)	SAP FI
7	2 (0.16%)	BPCS
7	2 (0.16%)	Lorenzo
7	2 (0.16%)	Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7	2 (0.16%)	Oracle Retail
7	2 (0.16%)	SAP HR
7	2 (0.16%)	SAP PP

Cloud Services
1	33 (2.70%)	Microsoft Azure
2	22 (1.80%)	SaaS
3	21 (1.72%)	Amazon AWS
4	12 (0.98%)	SuccessFactors
5	10 (0.82%)	Google Analytics
5	10 (0.82%)	IaaS
6	8 (0.65%)	PaaS
7	6 (0.49%)	Office 365
8	4 (0.33%)	Adobe Analytics
8	4 (0.33%)	Basecamp
8	4 (0.33%)	BPaaS
8	4 (0.33%)	Taleo
9	3 (0.25%)	Cloud Computing
9	3 (0.25%)	GitHub
10	2 (0.16%)	Google Cloud Platform
10	2 (0.16%)	Veeva
11	1 (0.082%)	AWS OpsWorks
11	1 (0.082%)	Azure Active Directory
11	1 (0.082%)	CallidusCloud
11	1 (0.082%)	HP Helion

Communications & Networking
1	30 (2.45%)	LTE
2	29 (2.37%)	4G
2	29 (2.37%)	TCP/IP
3	25 (2.04%)	Firewall
4	24 (1.96%)	LAN
5	23 (1.88%)	3G
6	22 (1.80%)	VoIP
7	21 (1.72%)	WAN
8	19 (1.55%)	MVNO
9	16 (1.31%)	DHCP
9	16 (1.31%)	DNS
10	15 (1.23%)	Internet
10	15 (1.23%)	Value-Added Service
11	13 (1.06%)	Ethernet
11	13 (1.06%)	Wi-Fi
12	12 (0.98%)	Radio Access Network
12	12 (0.98%)	Wireless
13	11 (0.90%)	SAN
13	11 (0.90%)	VPN
14	10 (0.82%)	MPLS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	77 (6.30%)	SQL Server
2	52 (4.25%)	Data Warehouse
3	33 (2.70%)	Relational Database
4	31 (2.53%)	SQL Server Integration Services
5	26 (2.13%)	MySQL
6	23 (1.88%)	Data Mining
7	20 (1.64%)	Big Data
8	19 (1.55%)	Ingres
8	19 (1.55%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
9	18 (1.47%)	Hadoop
10	13 (1.06%)	RDBMS
11	12 (0.98%)	MS Access
11	12 (0.98%)	QlikView
12	11 (0.90%)	Oracle Database
13	8 (0.65%)	Oracle Reports
13	8 (0.65%)	SQL Server 2008
14	7 (0.57%)	BusinessObjects
14	7 (0.57%)	SQL Server 2012
15	6 (0.49%)	Essbase
15	6 (0.49%)	SAP HANA

Development Applications
1	38 (3.11%)	JIRA
2	21 (1.72%)	Git (software)
3	20 (1.64%)	Team Foundation Server
4	19 (1.55%)	Selenium
4	19 (1.55%)	Visual Studio
5	18 (1.47%)	Rational DOORS
6	15 (1.23%)	Subversion
7	14 (1.14%)	Cucumber
8	12 (0.98%)	GitLab
9	11 (0.90%)	Jenkins
9	11 (0.90%)	Protractor
10	9 (0.74%)	Maven
11	8 (0.65%)	SpecFlow
11	8 (0.65%)	WebDriver
12	7 (0.57%)	Atlassian Bamboo
12	7 (0.57%)	HP UFT
12	7 (0.57%)	MSI
12	7 (0.57%)	Rational Rhapsody
12	7 (0.57%)	SilkTest
12	7 (0.57%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

General
1	303 (24.78%)	Finance
2	117 (9.57%)	Banking
3	74 (6.05%)	Telecoms
4	60 (4.91%)	Retail
5	54 (4.42%)	Investment Banking
5	54 (4.42%)	Pharmaceutical
6	51 (4.17%)	Front Office
7	45 (3.68%)	Manufacturing
8	37 (3.03%)	Marketing
9	35 (2.86%)	Back Office
10	22 (1.80%)	Billing
10	22 (1.80%)	Legal
11	20 (1.64%)	Automotive
12	19 (1.55%)	Aerospace
12	19 (1.55%)	Electronics
13	17 (1.39%)	Financial Institution
14	10 (0.82%)	Avionics
15	9 (0.74%)	Law
16	8 (0.65%)	Local Government
17	7 (0.57%)	General Ledger

Job Titles
1	334 (27.31%)	Analyst
2	140 (11.45%)	Developer
3	136 (11.12%)	Business Analyst
4	90 (7.36%)	Consultant
5	67 (5.48%)	Architect
6	64 (5.23%)	Data Analyst
7	50 (4.09%)	Test Analyst
8	48 (3.92%)	Project Manager
9	46 (3.76%)	Test Engineer
10	45 (3.68%)	Designer
11	29 (2.37%)	Software Engineer
12	27 (2.21%)	Systems Engineer
13	26 (2.13%)	Java Developer
13	26 (2.13%)	Technical Analyst
14	23 (1.88%)	Test Manager
15	22 (1.80%)	Validation Engineer
16	21 (1.72%)	Senior Analyst
17	20 (1.64%)	IT Analyst
18	18 (1.47%)	C++ Developer
18	18 (1.47%)	UX Designer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	71 (5.81%)	XML
2	45 (3.68%)	Web Services
3	42 (3.43%)	HTML
4	36 (2.94%)	REST
5	34 (2.78%)	CSS
6	33 (2.70%)	Middleware
7	31 (2.53%)	.NET
8	28 (2.29%)	SOAP
9	24 (1.96%)	JSON
9	24 (1.96%)	Spring
10	23 (1.88%)	AngularJS
11	22 (1.80%)	HTML5
12	19 (1.55%)	XSLT
13	16 (1.31%)	J2EE
14	15 (1.23%)	RESTful
15	12 (0.98%)	ASP.NET
15	12 (0.98%)	jQuery
16	11 (0.90%)	JSTL
16	11 (0.90%)	RAML
16	11 (0.90%)	Struts

Miscellaneous
1	140 (11.45%)	Analytical Skills
2	57 (4.66%)	User Experience
3	56 (4.58%)	Management Information System
4	45 (3.68%)	Computer Science
5	32 (2.62%)	Data Centre
6	30 (2.45%)	NHS
7	22 (1.80%)	Virtual Team
8	21 (1.72%)	Credit Risk
8	21 (1.72%)	Life Science
9	18 (1.47%)	Derivative
10	17 (1.39%)	Market Risk
11	16 (1.31%)	IVR
12	15 (1.23%)	Equities
12	15 (1.23%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
13	14 (1.14%)	Handset
13	14 (1.14%)	Mobile App
14	12 (0.98%)	Algorithms
14	12 (0.98%)	Data Structures
15	11 (0.90%)	Greenfield Project
16	10 (0.82%)	Client/Server

Operating Systems
1	99 (8.09%)	Windows
2	81 (6.62%)	Linux
3	35 (2.86%)	Unix
4	19 (1.55%)	Windows 7
5	18 (1.47%)	AIX
5	18 (1.47%)	Windows Server
6	11 (0.90%)	Solaris
7	10 (0.82%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8	9 (0.74%)	Apple iOS
8	9 (0.74%)	Windows Server 2008
9	7 (0.57%)	Android
9	7 (0.57%)	Windows 8
10	6 (0.49%)	Windows 10
10	6 (0.49%)	Windows XP
11	4 (0.33%)	CentOS
11	4 (0.33%)	Windows Server 2012
11	4 (0.33%)	Windows Vista
12	3 (0.25%)	Windows Server 2003
13	2 (0.16%)	Mac OS X
13	2 (0.16%)	VxWorks

Processes & Methodologies
1	217 (17.74%)	Agile Software Development
2	184 (15.04%)	Migration
3	122 (9.98%)	Data Validation
4	98 (8.01%)	Project Management
5	94 (7.69%)	Stakeholder Management
6	87 (7.11%)	Data Migration
6	87 (7.11%)	User Acceptance Testing
7	86 (7.03%)	Data Modelling
8	84 (6.87%)	Business Intelligence
9	83 (6.79%)	Scrum
10	79 (6.46%)	Data Analysis
11	76 (6.21%)	ITIL
12	70 (5.72%)	Change Management
13	69 (5.64%)	Analytics
14	68 (5.56%)	Business Analysis
14	68 (5.56%)	Test Automation
15	67 (5.48%)	Test Strategy
16	66 (5.40%)	Test Scripting
17	64 (5.23%)	ETL
17	64 (5.23%)	SDLC

Programming Languages
1	195 (15.94%)	SQL
2	72 (5.89%)	Java
3	53 (4.33%)	JavaScript
4	51 (4.17%)	C++
5	44 (3.60%)	C
6	42 (3.43%)	Python
7	25 (2.04%)	C#
7	25 (2.04%)	VBA
8	18 (1.47%)	PowerShell
9	13 (1.06%)	PL/SQL
9	13 (1.06%)	T-SQL
10	11 (0.90%)	MATLAB
10	11 (0.90%)	R
11	9 (0.74%)	VBScript
12	8 (0.65%)	Ruby
13	7 (0.57%)	ABAP
13	7 (0.57%)	VB
14	6 (0.49%)	Assembly Language
14	6 (0.49%)	Perl
14	6 (0.49%)	sed

Qualifications
1	138 (11.28%)	Degree
2	112 (9.16%)	Security Cleared
3	69 (5.64%)	SC Cleared
4	36 (2.94%)	ISEB
5	28 (2.29%)	ISTQB
6	24 (1.96%)	DV Cleared
7	15 (1.23%)	Computer Science Degree
8	13 (1.06%)	HNC
8	13 (1.06%)	IRCA
8	13 (1.06%)	ISTQB Foundation Certification
9	12 (0.98%)	BPSS Clearance
9	12 (0.98%)	ITIL Certification
10	11 (0.90%)	Microsoft Certification
11	10 (0.82%)	Cisco Certification
11	10 (0.82%)	PMP
12	9 (0.74%)	PhD
13	8 (0.65%)	CCNP
13	8 (0.65%)	MCSA
14	7 (0.57%)	PMI Certification
15	6 (0.49%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	98 (8.01%)	QA
2	63 (5.15%)	Data Quality
3	29 (2.37%)	GxP
4	22 (1.80%)	SLA
5	20 (1.64%)	GMP
6	16 (1.31%)	MiFID
7	14 (1.14%)	21 CFR Part 11
8	13 (1.06%)	GAMP
8	13 (1.06%)	PMO
9	12 (0.98%)	DO-178B
10	10 (0.82%)	IFRS
11	9 (0.74%)	IFRS 9
12	8 (0.65%)	JSP 440
12	8 (0.65%)	MISRA
13	7 (0.57%)	Def Stans
13	7 (0.57%)	IEC 61508
14	6 (0.49%)	EMIR
14	6 (0.49%)	HL7
14	6 (0.49%)	ISO 13485
15	5 (0.41%)	WCAG

System Software
1	33 (2.70%)	Active Directory
2	16 (1.31%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	8 (0.65%)	Hyper-V
3	8 (0.65%)	Microsoft App-V
3	8 (0.65%)	VMware ESXi
4	5 (0.41%)	XenApp
5	4 (0.33%)	RACF
5	4 (0.33%)	VMware Workstation
6	3 (0.25%)	Cygwin
6	3 (0.25%)	Docker
6	3 (0.25%)	Virtual Desktop
6	3 (0.25%)	Virtual Machines
6	3 (0.25%)	Virtual Servers
7	2 (0.16%)	vSphere
8	1 (0.082%)	Apache ZooKeeper
8	1 (0.082%)	HDFS
8	1 (0.082%)	Terminal Server
8	1 (0.082%)	Veritas Volume Manager
8	1 (0.082%)	XenDesktop
8	1 (0.082%)	XenServer

Systems Management
1	22 (1.80%)	HP Quality Center
2	14 (1.14%)	SCCM
3	13 (1.06%)	Ansible
4	11 (0.90%)	Rundeck
5	6 (0.49%)	BladeLogic
5	6 (0.49%)	Puppet
6	4 (0.33%)	zSecure
7	3 (0.25%)	Cisco CUCM
7	3 (0.25%)	Control-M
7	3 (0.25%)	DatAdvantage
7	3 (0.25%)	EMC VPLEX
7	3 (0.25%)	Opscode Chef
7	3 (0.25%)	SCVMM
7	3 (0.25%)	Tivoli
8	2 (0.16%)	Kibana
8	2 (0.16%)	Nessus
8	2 (0.16%)	Nmap
8	2 (0.16%)	RSA Security Analytics
8	2 (0.16%)	SCOrch
8	2 (0.16%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	114 (9.32%)	Microsoft
2	106 (8.67%)	Oracle
3	94 (7.69%)	SAP
4	48 (3.92%)	Cisco
5	31 (2.53%)	VMware
6	28 (2.29%)	HP
7	19 (1.55%)	Citrix
7	19 (1.55%)	Remedy
7	19 (1.55%)	Tableau
8	17 (1.39%)	Informatica
9	15 (1.23%)	Salesforce.com
10	14 (1.14%)	IBM
10	14 (1.14%)	ServiceNow
10	14 (1.14%)	Verint
11	13 (1.06%)	Workday
12	12 (0.98%)	Google
13	11 (0.90%)	hybris
14	10 (0.82%)	Cognos
14	10 (0.82%)	Motorola
14	10 (0.82%)	webMethods