Validation Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Validation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 123 165
Rank change year-on-year +23 +42 +25
Contract jobs citing Validation 250 283 396
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.52% 1.84% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 2.10% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 142 220
10th Percentile £363 £350 £398
25th Percentile £413 £451 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £528 £543
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -2.90% +8.65%
75th Percentile £592 £612 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £789
UK median daily rate £530 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 65 84
10th Percentile £18.22 £23.65 £42.50
25th Percentile £39.38 £52.50 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £64.38 £75.25 £66.19
90th Percentile £65.00 £90.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £60.50 £62.55
% change year-on-year -4.96% -3.28% +13.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,023 13,505 23,232
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.03% 87.83% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,195 9,015 16,421
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 573 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.75 £24.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -22.73% +57.14%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Validation trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Validation.

Validation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Validation over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Validation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Validation.

Validation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Validation over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Validation hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 21 (8.40%) Confluence
2 5 (2.00%) Apache Spark
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.20%) SAS
4 2 (0.80%) Anypoint
4 2 (0.80%) Apache
4 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.40%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Fusion 360
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (3.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.60%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.80%) Actimize
4 2 (0.80%) Maximo
4 2 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.80%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.80%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.40%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (0.40%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.40%) Siebel CRM
5 1 (0.40%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.40%) UltiPro
5 1 (0.40%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (18.40%) Azure
2 25 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 23 (9.20%) AWS
4 11 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (3.60%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (3.60%) GCP
6 7 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (2.80%) PowerApps
7 5 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 5 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.00%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.00%) WhatsApp
8 4 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (1.60%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.60%) Serverless
9 3 (1.20%) OCI
9 3 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 2 (0.80%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.80%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.00%) VPN
2 8 (3.20%) Firewall
3 7 (2.80%) BGP
3 7 (2.80%) OSPF
4 6 (2.40%) MPLS
5 4 (1.60%) 5G
5 4 (1.60%) Network Security
6 3 (1.20%) 2G
6 3 (1.20%) 3G
6 3 (1.20%) 4G
6 3 (1.20%) Ethernet
6 3 (1.20%) Internet
6 3 (1.20%) SNMP
6 3 (1.20%) Software-Defined Radio
6 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.80%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (0.80%) Ethernet VPN
7 2 (0.80%) LAN
7 2 (0.80%) VXLAN
7 2 (0.80%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.40%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (7.60%) Power BI
3 9 (3.60%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.20%) Tableau
5 6 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.60%) Metadata
6 4 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (1.60%) Qlik Sense
7 3 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (1.20%) Big Data
7 3 (1.20%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.20%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.20%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.80%) InterSystems Cache
8 2 (0.80%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.80%) MS Access
8 2 (0.80%) MySQL
8 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.80%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 30 (12.00%) JIRA
2 12 (4.80%) Git
3 11 (4.40%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.80%) Postman
5 6 (2.40%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.40%) Selenium
6 5 (2.00%) Cucumber
6 5 (2.00%) Cypress.io
6 5 (2.00%) Eclipse
6 5 (2.00%) REST Assured
7 4 (1.60%) JMeter
8 3 (1.20%) GoogleTest
8 3 (1.20%) MLflow
8 3 (1.20%) Robot Framework
8 3 (1.20%) Subversion
8 3 (1.20%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.80%) Gatling
9 2 (0.80%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.80%) Vite
9 2 (0.80%) WebDriver
General
1 81 (32.40%) Social Skills
2 65 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (18.80%) Finance
4 27 (10.80%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.80%) Banking
6 9 (3.60%) Investment Banking
6 9 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.60%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.20%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.80%) Retail
9 6 (2.40%) Marketing
10 5 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.60%) Front Office
11 4 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.60%) Military
12 3 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.80%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 52 (20.80%) Analyst
2 28 (11.20%) Business Analyst
3 27 (10.80%) Consultant
4 24 (9.60%) Data Analyst
5 23 (9.20%) Senior
6 20 (8.00%) Developer
7 19 (7.60%) Data Engineer
8 15 (6.00%) Lead
9 13 (5.20%) Architect
10 11 (4.40%) Network Engineer
10 11 (4.40%) Virtualisation Engineer
11 10 (4.00%) Data Consultant
12 8 (3.20%) Data Business Analyst
13 6 (2.40%) Salesforce Developer
13 6 (2.40%) Security Engineer
13 6 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
14 5 (2.00%) Migration Consultant
14 5 (2.00%) QA Engineer
14 5 (2.00%) SAP Consultant
14 5 (2.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.60%) Web Services
2 10 (4.00%) Flash
3 9 (3.60%) CSS
4 8 (3.20%) HTML
5 7 (2.80%) Node.js
6 5 (2.00%) Kafka
6 5 (2.00%) React
6 5 (2.00%) REST
7 4 (1.60%) .NET
7 4 (1.60%) PyTorch
7 4 (1.60%) TensorFlow
8 3 (1.20%) Gherkin
8 3 (1.20%) JSON
8 3 (1.20%) Middleware
8 3 (1.20%) PySpark
8 3 (1.20%) RESTful
8 3 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
8 3 (1.20%) SOAP
9 2 (0.80%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.80%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.80%) Product Ownership
2 11 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (4.00%) Clustering
4 8 (3.20%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.80%) Reference Data
6 6 (2.40%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.40%) IoT
7 4 (1.60%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.60%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.60%) Hedge funds
7 4 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.20%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.20%) Derivative
8 3 (1.20%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.20%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.80%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.80%) Equities
9 2 (0.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.80%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.80%) Linux
2 15 (6.00%) Windows
3 8 (3.20%) Unix
4 3 (1.20%) Android
4 3 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (31.60%) Migration
2 62 (24.80%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (20.80%) Agile
4 43 (17.20%) Data Migration
5 39 (15.60%) ETL
6 35 (14.00%) Data Validation
7 32 (12.80%) Data Cleansing
7 32 (12.80%) Test Automation
8 29 (11.60%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (11.60%) User Acceptance Testing
9 27 (10.80%) Analytics
10 26 (10.40%) Data Management
11 25 (10.00%) Computer Science
11 25 (10.00%) DevOps
12 23 (9.20%) CI/CD
12 23 (9.20%) Data Mapping
13 21 (8.40%) Data Modelling
13 21 (8.40%) Stakeholder Management
14 20 (8.00%) Data Analysis
15 18 (7.20%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 63 (25.20%) SQL
2 46 (18.40%) Python
3 13 (5.20%) JavaScript
4 12 (4.80%) Java
5 10 (4.00%) C#
5 10 (4.00%) C++
6 7 (2.80%) Bash
7 6 (2.40%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.00%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.00%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.20%) R
9 3 (1.20%) Scala
9 3 (1.20%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.20%) VBA
10 2 (0.80%) ABAP
10 2 (0.80%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.80%) C
10 2 (0.80%) Go
10 2 (0.80%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 42 (16.80%) Security Cleared
2 37 (14.80%) Degree
3 36 (14.40%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.00%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (5.20%) CCNA
5 13 (5.20%) Master's Degree
6 11 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (4.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 8 (3.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (2.80%) CISSP
9 5 (2.00%) CCNP
9 5 (2.00%) CISM
9 5 (2.00%) ISEB
9 5 (2.00%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.60%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.80%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.80%) Data Quality
2 36 (14.40%) QA
3 6 (2.40%) GDPR
4 4 (1.60%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.80%) NIST
6 2 (0.80%) SLA
7 1 (0.40%) COBIT
7 1 (0.40%) COSO
7 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.40%) GxP
7 1 (0.40%) HAZOP
7 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.40%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.40%) ITGC
7 1 (0.40%) MiFID
System Software
1 11 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (4.40%) VMware NSX
2 10 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
3 7 (2.80%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.40%) Docker
5 4 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.40%) Firmware
6 1 (0.40%) KVM
6 1 (0.40%) LXC
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.40%) QEMU
6 1 (0.40%) Xen
Systems Management
1 12 (4.80%) Ansible
2 11 (4.40%) vCenter Server
3 7 (2.80%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.20%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.80%) CloudHub
5 2 (0.80%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.80%) Kubeflow
5 2 (0.80%) Puppet
5 2 (0.80%) QRadar
5 2 (0.80%) Terraform
6 1 (0.40%) CASB
6 1 (0.40%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.40%) Grafana
6 1 (0.40%) Kibana
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.40%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.40%) vRealize
Vendors
1 32 (12.80%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.00%) SAP
3 24 (9.60%) Oracle
4 14 (5.60%) Cisco
5 13 (5.20%) Atlassian
5 13 (5.20%) Salesforce
6 12 (4.80%) VMware
7 11 (4.40%) Databricks
8 10 (4.00%) Google
9 6 (2.40%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.00%) Informatica
10 5 (2.00%) Splunk
11 3 (1.20%) Adobe
11 3 (1.20%) IBM
11 3 (1.20%) MuleSoft
11 3 (1.20%) Palantir
11 3 (1.20%) Siemens
11 3 (1.20%) Workday
12 2 (0.80%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.80%) Virgin Media