Validation Contracts in Birmingham

Validation
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 71 55
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 +1
Contract jobs citing Validation 11 6 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.48% 0.67% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 0.77% 3.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 24
10th Percentile £328 - £358
25th Percentile £350 £275 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -40.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £607 £325 £638
90th Percentile £641 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £575 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £57.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 609 781 1,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 81.85% 86.78% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 512 858
10th Percentile £237 £263 £244
25th Percentile £375 £398 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +4.59% +15.29%
75th Percentile £581 £638 £600
90th Percentile £688 £706 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £520 £495
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.05% +16.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 31 18
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.00 £12.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £12.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £20.71 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +25.57% +20.03% -4.17%
75th Percentile £47.13 £29.38 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £53.75 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £20.97 £17.00
% change year-on-year +7.30% +23.35% +9.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Validation in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) NetSuite
1 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) WAN
2 2 (18.18%) LAN
2 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
3 1 (9.09%) DWDM
3 1 (9.09%) Ethernet
3 1 (9.09%) Internet
3 1 (9.09%) MPLS
3 1 (9.09%) SDH
3 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
3 1 (9.09%) SONET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) JIRA
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Data Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Data Migration Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Network Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Network Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Data Migration
1 6 (54.55%) Migration
2 4 (36.36%) Asset Management
2 4 (36.36%) Contingency Planning
2 4 (36.36%) Data Mapping
2 4 (36.36%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Network Architecture
3 3 (27.27%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (18.18%) Change Control
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (18.18%) Data Extraction
4 2 (18.18%) Data Modelling
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
4 2 (18.18%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
4 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) BC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) CCNA
2 1 (9.09%) CCNP
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Data Quality
2 2 (18.18%) QA
3 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) Sage
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Guidewire
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft