Model Validation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Model Validation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Model Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Model Validation over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 322 445 588
Rank change year-on-year +123 +143 -117
Contract jobs citing Model Validation 22 29 31
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.11% 0.070%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.13% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 23
10th Percentile £544 £744 £475
25th Percentile £625 £833 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £950 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +58.33% +0.42%
75th Percentile £950 £1,100 £650
90th Percentile £1,070 - £685
UK median daily rate £625 £950 £575
% change year-on-year -34.21% +65.22% +0.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Model Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,387 22,922 40,601
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.93% 89.77% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,971 16,192 29,477
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 528 542
10th Percentile £15.08 £18.68 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.25 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.81 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.13 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Model Validation
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Model Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Model Validation trend for jobs with a WFH option

Model Validation
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Model Validation.

Model Validation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Model Validation
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Model Validation over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Model Validation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Model Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (27.27%) Apache Spark
2 1 (4.55%) SAS
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) GCP
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Big Data
1 1 (4.55%) Hadoop
1 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) Tableau
General
1 10 (45.45%) Finance
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Marketing
4 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
5 2 (9.09%) Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Publishing
6 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.55%) International Banking
6 1 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Qualitative Analyst
2 5 (22.73%) Quantitative Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Credit Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Data Scientist
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Quantitative Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Software Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Commercial Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Data Validation Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Machine Learning Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Business Process Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Process Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) SQL Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Validation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) Pandas
2 1 (4.55%) Kafka
2 1 (4.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Derivative
2 6 (27.27%) Credit Derivative
3 5 (22.73%) Multi-touch
4 4 (18.18%) Hedge funds
5 2 (9.09%) Credit Risk
5 2 (9.09%) Reference Data
6 1 (4.55%) Algorithms
6 1 (4.55%) FMCG
6 1 (4.55%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (4.55%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Mathematics
1 13 (59.09%) Validation
2 10 (45.45%) Statistics
3 8 (36.36%) Data Analysis
3 8 (36.36%) Physics
4 6 (27.27%) Analytical Modelling
4 6 (27.27%) Machine Learning
4 6 (27.27%) Quantitative Finance
5 5 (22.73%) Applied Mathematics
5 5 (22.73%) Bayesian Methods
5 5 (22.73%) Data Collection
5 5 (22.73%) Data Extraction
5 5 (22.73%) Data Science
5 5 (22.73%) Marketing Mix
5 5 (22.73%) Statistical Modelling
6 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
7 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
7 2 (9.09%) Quantitative Analysis
7 2 (9.09%) Requirements Management
7 2 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (59.09%) Python
2 9 (40.91%) R
2 9 (40.91%) SQL
3 8 (36.36%) C++
4 1 (4.55%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Degree
2 7 (31.82%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (13.64%) PhD
4 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.55%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) IFRS
2 1 (4.55%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) CA
2 1 (4.55%) SAP