Hybrid/Remote Validation Tester Contract Job Trends

Validation Tester
UK > Work from Home

The median Validation Tester daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Validation Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
UK median daily rate £650 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,299 11,982 19,783
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 93.54% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,117 7,892 13,960
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -2.75%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 325 475
10th Percentile £13.15 £17.90 £16.99
25th Percentile £18.54 £30.12 £24.67
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £79.68
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Validation Tester
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Validation Tester in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Validation Tester trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Validation Tester
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Validation Tester job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Validation Tester job vacancies

Validation Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 30 August 2025, Validation Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Validation Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Iperf
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing

Validation Tester Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Iperf
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds