Validation Contracts in Edinburgh

Validation
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 71 87 124
Rank change year-on-year +16 +37 -38
Contract jobs citing Validation 3 18 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.34% 1.51% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 1.60% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 9
10th Percentile - £386 £313
25th Percentile £581 £463 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.68% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £594 £519 £550
90th Percentile - £581 £581
Scotland median daily rate £481 £495 £504
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.69% +18.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 739 1,123 1,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.85% 94.05% 94.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 782 1,227
10th Percentile £215 £225 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £483
Median % change year-on-year - -1.55% +13.53%
75th Percentile £557 £538 £570
90th Percentile £655 £601 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 12
10th Percentile £13.30 £11.83 £15.29
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £19.49 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -13.18% -58.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.57 £48.75
90th Percentile - £37.71 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Business Agility
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA