Model Validation Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Model Validation
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Model Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 101 -
Rank change year-on-year -44 - -
Contract jobs citing Model Validation 11 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.40% 0.24% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £470 £297 -
25th Percentile £470 £299 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £305 -
Median % change year-on-year +63.93% - -
75th Percentile £700 £408 -
90th Percentile - £468 -
England median daily rate £500 £554 £577
% change year-on-year -9.67% -4.07% -40.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Model 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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,406 1,154 1,443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.64% 93.14% 84.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,467 709 865
10th Percentile £325 £263 £277
25th Percentile £413 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 53 67
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £11.57
25th Percentile £16.91 £18.10 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +67.35% +0.53%
75th Percentile £30.31 £25.15 £21.75
90th Percentile £68.75 £33.38 £54.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.23 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.32% -33.83% +1.65%

Model Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Model Validation job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Model Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Model Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Model Validation

Model Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Model Validation in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Model Validation in Yorkshire

Model Validation
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Model Validation within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 30 June 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -24 8 £471 +17.63% 2
Model Validation
England

Model Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) Azure AI
2 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Key Vault
2 3 (27.27%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (27.27%) Copilot Studio
2 3 (27.27%) GitHub
2 3 (27.27%) GitHub Actions
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Copilot
2 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 3 (27.27%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Metadata
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Banking
2 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Law
2 3 (27.27%) Social Science
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Senior
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Senior DevOps
3 2 (18.18%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) DevOps Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior DevOps Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Product Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Technical Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Validation
2 9 (81.82%) Observability
3 6 (54.55%) AI
3 6 (54.55%) CI/CD
3 6 (54.55%) Data Engineering
3 6 (54.55%) DevOps
3 6 (54.55%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (27.27%) API Development
4 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
4 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (27.27%) Data Governance
4 3 (27.27%) Minimum Viable Product
4 3 (27.27%) Prototyping
4 3 (27.27%) Rapid Prototyping
4 3 (27.27%) SIEM
4 3 (27.27%) Test Strategy
4 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) Use Case
4 3 (27.27%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
1 3 (27.27%) GDPR
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 3 (27.27%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Foundry
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft