Validation Contract Job Trends in West Wales

Validation
Wales > West Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Wales requiring Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Validation 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Wales 2.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £447 - £615
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 25 21 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Wales 55.56% 70.00% 75.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 19 14
10th Percentile £159 £130 £180
25th Percentile £289 £313 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £269
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +86.05% -44.87%
75th Percentile £484 £535 £348
90th Percentile £568 £555 £481
Wales median daily rate £410 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.33 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £13.85 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -38.47% - -
75th Percentile £17.13 £23.75 -
90th Percentile £20.34 - -
Wales median hourly rate £18.59 £25.36 £26.58
% change year-on-year -26.70% -4.60% +33.51%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in West Wales

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

Validation job vacancy trend in West Wales

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in West Wales

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in West Wales

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in West Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 18 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
Swansea - 1 £625 -
Validation
Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BPR
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITGC
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley