Validation Contracts in Wokingham

Validation
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wokingham requiring Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Validation over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Validation 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wokingham 2.82% 1.18% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.05% 1.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £560 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £518 £388 £518
% change year-on-year +33.55% -25.12% -1.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 164 74 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wokingham 92.66% 87.06% 97.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 56 45
10th Percentile £358 £319 £319
25th Percentile £408 £369 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -11.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile £560 £581 £675
90th Percentile £671 £631 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £518 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.91% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £14.15 - -
90th Percentile £14.24 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.05 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.97% +2.67% +130.77%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wokingham.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Wokingham

Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wokingham citing Validation

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wokingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
1 3 (60.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Test Assurance
1 3 (60.00%) Test Management
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Optimization Problems
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Statistical Computing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Perl
1 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft