Model Validation Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Model Validation
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Model Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 109 116
Rank change year-on-year -26 +7 +63
Contract jobs citing Model Validation 6 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.29% 0.10% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.13% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £500
England median daily rate £540 £550 £1,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% -45.00% +33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Model 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,854 1,587 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 90.18% 83.13% 84.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 1,000 1,102
10th Percentile £263 £231 £263
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% +3.80% -
75th Percentile £588 £614 £600
90th Percentile £675 £713 £725
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 44 54
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.70 £16.09
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.25 £18.31
Median hourly rate £23.05 £28.06 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +2.98% +53.78%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £49.38
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

Model Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Model Validation job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Model Validation
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Model Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Model Validation

Model Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Model Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Model Validation

Model Validation
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Model Validation within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
Coventry -13 3 £500 - 1
Warwickshire - 3 - - 1
Model Validation
England

Model Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (33.33%) PowerFactory
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Lead Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 2 (33.33%) Credit Risk Modelling
1 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
1 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 2 (33.33%) Physics
1 2 (33.33%) Product Management
1 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 2 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (33.33%) Scrum
1 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) DIgSILENT