Validation Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Validation
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Warwickshire requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 21 34
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 +4
Contract jobs citing Validation 20 34 9
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 3.68% 7.56% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.27% 8.70% 3.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 21 4
10th Percentile £333 £358 £304
25th Percentile £425 £363 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -8.80% +29.40%
75th Percentile £580 £585 £750
90th Percentile £595 £660 -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £519 £540
% change year-on-year -3.61% -3.94% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 468 391 290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 86.19% 86.89% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 231 212
10th Percentile £325 £406 £220
25th Percentile £413 £494 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £567 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +2.94%
75th Percentile £622 £626 £688
90th Percentile £725 £675 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £522 £500
% change year-on-year -4.21% +4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 5
10th Percentile £16.13 £14.31 £20.50
25th Percentile £29.50 £14.70 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.60 £32.28 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -6.43% +109.09%
75th Percentile £50.00 £35.00 -
90th Percentile - - £36.30
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.03 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -20.60% +16.00% +41.08%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Validation job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Validation

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Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 20 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Warwickshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Validation

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Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 20 November 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
Warwick -8 15 £550 -5.50% 7
Gaydon -8 2 £438 +22.21% 6
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West Midlands

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.00%) CANalyzer
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Maximo
2 1 (5.00%) SAP PM
2 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) SaaS
2 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) Azure
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.00%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 6 (30.00%) Internet
2 5 (25.00%) DKIM
2 5 (25.00%) DMARC
2 5 (25.00%) DNS
2 5 (25.00%) SMTP
3 1 (5.00%) 3GPP
3 1 (5.00%) DMZ
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) LAN
3 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.00%) VPN
3 1 (5.00%) WAN
3 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 2 (10.00%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) JIRA
2 2 (10.00%) Selenium
2 2 (10.00%) SoapUI
3 1 (5.00%) CANoe
3 1 (5.00%) LabVIEW
General
1 18 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Electronics
5 1 (5.00%) Automotive
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Maximo Tester
3 2 (10.00%) Procurement Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Tester
4 1 (5.00%) CyberArk Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Network Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Performance Tester
4 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Validation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (10.00%) Pricing Data
3 1 (5.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.00%) Replication
3 1 (5.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Linux
2 5 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Data Analysis
1 6 (30.00%) Visualisation
2 5 (25.00%) Agile
2 5 (25.00%) Data Management
2 5 (25.00%) Migration
3 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (20.00%) Data Validation
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (20.00%) Test Planning
4 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (15.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Content Management
5 2 (10.00%) SDLC
5 2 (10.00%) Test Management
5 2 (10.00%) Test Scripting
5 2 (10.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (15.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (25.00%) Dovecot
2 5 (25.00%) Postfix
3 1 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) VMware
2 5 (25.00%) Broadcom
2 5 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (10.00%) IBM
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) OpenText
3 2 (10.00%) SAP
4 1 (5.00%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco
4 1 (5.00%) CyberArk
4 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.00%) Juniper
4 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (5.00%) Workday