Validation Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Validation
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 17 35
Rank change year-on-year -9 +18 +15
Contract jobs citing Validation 9 10 3
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 3.57% 7.19% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 8.47% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 2
10th Percentile £161 £342 £405
25th Percentile £250 £417 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £423 £425
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% -0.52% +3.79%
75th Percentile £475 £738 £438
90th Percentile £588 - £445
South East median daily rate £500 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +17.65% -19.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £48.00
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £60.50 £61.63
% change year-on-year -13.22% -1.83% +36.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 197 118 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 78.17% 84.89% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 81 157
10th Percentile £186 £200 £213
25th Percentile £274 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.62% +3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £720 £650 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 5
10th Percentile - - £18.92
25th Percentile £12.63 - £28.92
Median hourly rate £16.00 £15.00 £48.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -68.75% +120.89%
75th Percentile £57.50 - £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 - £68.04
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.78 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.91% -10.69% +42.67%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Validation job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Validation

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in West Sussex over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in West Sussex

Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Validation

Validation
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Crawley -8 5 £475 -34.48% 1
Worthing -9 2 £368 -8.13%
Validation
South East

Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 4 (44.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (22.22%) Tricentis Tosca
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
1 2 (22.22%) Toad
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 1 (11.11%) General Ledger
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Functional Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Data Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Sales Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Sales Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (22.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) CRM
1 4 (44.44%) Data Validation
2 3 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (33.33%) Data Management
2 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Budgeting
3 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Defect Management
3 2 (22.22%) Requirements Workshops
3 2 (22.22%) System Integration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (22.22%) ISEB
1 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
1 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) SAP
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) webMethods
5 1 (11.11%) Salesforce