Validation Contracts in England

Validation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 151 189
Rank change year-on-year +36 +38 -19
Contract jobs citing Validation 716 870 1,096
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.96% 1.81% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.01% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 505 628
10th Percentile £320 £370 £329
25th Percentile £410 £460 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% +13.33%
75th Percentile £588 £700 £600
90th Percentile £688 £950 £683
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 141 72
10th Percentile £26.88 £42.50 £25.63
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.37 £42.50
Median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £53.92
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +15.91% +19.82%
75th Percentile £73.25 £65.75 £60.03
90th Percentile £76.86 £77.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £63.23 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.11% +14.96% +37.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,491 43,355 63,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.40% 90.10% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,622 30,435 45,445
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,535 1,743
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
London -4 276 £535 -17.69% 213
South East +9 100 £500 - 226
South West -3 99 £400 -30.07% 102
North of England +72 86 £463 -11.06% 118
East of England +3 86 £488 -2.50% 143
Midlands +17 51 £500 +25.00% 163
North West +33 45 £500 -1.96% 80
West Midlands +19 38 £475 +5.56% 120
Yorkshire +37 34 £430 -42.67% 32
East Midlands +8 15 £540 +35.00% 43
North East +16 7 £500 -9.09% 7
Validation
UK

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 33 (4.61%) Confluence
2 19 (2.65%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.82%) SAS
4 8 (1.12%) Apache Spark
4 8 (1.12%) CMS
5 6 (0.84%) Apache
5 6 (0.84%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.42%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (6.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (5.17%) Simulink
3 34 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
4 30 (4.19%) Stateflow
5 18 (2.51%) AutoCAD
6 16 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.84%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
9 5 (0.70%) TargetLink
10 3 (0.42%) Sketch
11 1 (0.14%) InfoPath
11 1 (0.14%) InVision
11 1 (0.14%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 23 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.84%) Magento
3 4 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.56%) SAP SD
4 3 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.42%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.42%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.42%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.42%) SAP Hybris
4 3 (0.42%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.28%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.28%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.28%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.28%) SAP Retail
5 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.14%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.14%) SAP LE
Cloud Services
1 63 (8.80%) Azure
2 26 (3.63%) Power Platform
3 25 (3.49%) AWS
4 23 (3.21%) GCP
5 17 (2.37%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 14 (1.96%) dbt
7 12 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (1.40%) OCI
9 9 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (1.26%) BrowserStack
9 9 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (1.26%) SaaS
10 8 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.12%) BlazeMeter
10 8 (1.12%) Firebase
11 5 (0.70%) Miro
11 5 (0.70%) PaaS
11 5 (0.70%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.70%) Serverless
12 4 (0.56%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.51%) SNMP
2 17 (2.37%) TCP/IP
3 15 (2.09%) Software-Defined Radio
4 14 (1.96%) Ethernet
5 13 (1.82%) Internet
6 12 (1.68%) WAN
7 11 (1.54%) LAN
8 9 (1.26%) Firewall
8 9 (1.26%) SSL
9 7 (0.98%) MPLS
9 7 (0.98%) VPN
10 6 (0.84%) DNS
10 6 (0.84%) VSAN
10 6 (0.84%) Wireless
11 5 (0.70%) WLAN
12 4 (0.56%) DHCP
12 4 (0.56%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.56%) VLAN
12 4 (0.56%) VoIP
13 3 (0.42%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.87%) Data Warehouse
2 25 (3.49%) Power BI
3 13 (1.82%) SQL Server
4 12 (1.68%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 10 (1.40%) Electronic Patient Records
7 8 (1.12%) Big Data
7 8 (1.12%) Couchbase
8 7 (0.98%) SAP HANA
9 6 (0.84%) Hadoop
9 6 (0.84%) Oracle Database
9 6 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.70%) NoSQL
11 4 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.56%) SAP Data Services
11 4 (0.56%) Tableau
12 3 (0.42%) Data Mining
12 3 (0.42%) GIS
Development Applications
1 64 (8.94%) JIRA
2 43 (6.01%) Git
3 31 (4.33%) Rational DOORS
4 26 (3.63%) Eclipse
5 19 (2.65%) Bitbucket
6 15 (2.09%) JMeter
7 14 (1.96%) GoogleTest
7 14 (1.96%) Robot Framework
8 12 (1.68%) Jenkins
8 12 (1.68%) Selenium
8 12 (1.68%) Subversion
8 12 (1.68%) Visual Studio
9 10 (1.40%) Postman
9 10 (1.40%) Rational Rhapsody
10 8 (1.12%) Appium
10 8 (1.12%) Cypress.io
10 8 (1.12%) GitLab
11 4 (0.56%) LSMW
12 3 (0.42%) PVCS
12 3 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 174 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 168 (23.46%) Finance
3 102 (14.25%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (6.15%) Public Sector
5 38 (5.31%) Aerospace
6 37 (5.17%) Automotive
7 36 (5.03%) Manufacturing
8 34 (4.75%) Banking
8 34 (4.75%) Legal
8 34 (4.75%) Presentation Skills
9 27 (3.77%) Marketing
10 25 (3.49%) Military
10 25 (3.49%) Telecoms
11 24 (3.35%) Electronics
12 18 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (2.51%) Retail
13 15 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (1.82%) Law
16 12 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 124 (17.32%) Analyst
2 84 (11.73%) Software Engineer
3 64 (8.94%) Architect
4 50 (6.98%) Business Analyst
5 49 (6.84%) Senior
6 47 (6.56%) Developer
7 43 (6.01%) Systems Engineer
8 40 (5.59%) Lead
9 34 (4.75%) Embedded Engineer
10 31 (4.33%) Consultant
10 31 (4.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 25 (3.49%) Project Manager
12 24 (3.35%) Data Analyst
13 23 (3.21%) C++ Software Engineer
14 22 (3.07%) Principal Engineer
15 20 (2.79%) Integration Engineer
15 20 (2.79%) Principal Systems Engineer
15 20 (2.79%) Test Engineer
16 19 (2.65%) Data Engineer
17 18 (2.51%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.93%) CSS
1 21 (2.93%) HTML
2 14 (1.96%) Node.js
3 13 (1.82%) Web Services
4 12 (1.68%) Kafka
4 12 (1.68%) PySpark
5 10 (1.40%) ADO
5 10 (1.40%) Middleware
6 8 (1.12%) JSON
6 8 (1.12%) REST
6 8 (1.12%) Swagger
6 8 (1.12%) WebdriverIO
7 6 (0.84%) OpenAPI
8 5 (0.70%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.70%) Flash
8 5 (0.70%) React
8 5 (0.70%) XML
9 4 (0.56%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.56%) OAuth
9 4 (0.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 44 (6.15%) Algorithms
2 31 (4.33%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.49%) Product Ownership
4 13 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (1.68%) NHS
6 10 (1.40%) Data Structures
6 10 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (1.26%) Life Science
7 9 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
7 9 (1.26%) Operational Technology
8 8 (1.12%) LIMS
8 8 (1.12%) Onboarding
9 7 (0.98%) CMDB
9 7 (0.98%) Credit Risk
9 7 (0.98%) Data Centre
9 7 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (0.84%) DataPower
10 6 (0.84%) Mobile App
11 5 (0.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.42%) Linux
2 41 (5.73%) Windows
3 15 (2.09%) Unix
4 6 (0.84%) Oracle Linux
4 6 (0.84%) Solaris
4 6 (0.84%) VMS
5 5 (0.70%) Android
6 4 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.56%) SafeRTOS
7 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (19.27%) Verification and Validation
2 126 (17.60%) Agile
3 118 (16.48%) Software Engineering
4 104 (14.53%) Migration
4 104 (14.53%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (9.64%) User Acceptance Testing
6 67 (9.36%) Computer Science
6 67 (9.36%) Data Migration
7 62 (8.66%) Project Management
8 61 (8.52%) Test Automation
9 57 (7.96%) Data Modelling
10 54 (7.54%) Data Validation
11 53 (7.40%) Scrum
12 51 (7.12%) Use Case
13 50 (6.98%) CI/CD
13 50 (6.98%) ETL
13 50 (6.98%) Systems Engineering
14 45 (6.28%) Data Management
15 42 (5.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (5.87%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 81 (11.31%) SQL
2 71 (9.92%) C++
3 65 (9.08%) Python
4 54 (7.54%) C
5 42 (5.87%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.73%) MATLAB
7 38 (5.31%) Java
8 26 (3.63%) C#
9 15 (2.09%) PowerShell
10 14 (1.96%) Bash
10 14 (1.96%) Embedded C
11 10 (1.40%) Ada
11 10 (1.40%) Embedded C++
12 9 (1.26%) Shell Script
13 8 (1.12%) Assembly Language
14 6 (0.84%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.70%) Perl
15 5 (0.70%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.70%) VBA
16 4 (0.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 128 (17.88%) Degree
2 100 (13.97%) Security Cleared
3 68 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 43 (6.01%) Master's Degree
5 30 (4.19%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (1.54%) ISTQB
8 11 (1.54%) PhD
9 9 (1.26%) CCNA
9 9 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (0.98%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (0.98%) PMI Certification
10 7 (0.98%) PMP
10 7 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (0.56%) CCNP
11 4 (0.56%) SAP Certification
12 3 (0.42%) CCA
12 3 (0.42%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.45%) QA
2 59 (8.24%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.05%) NIST
4 14 (1.96%) GDPR
5 12 (1.68%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.68%) PMO
6 11 (1.54%) GxP
7 8 (1.12%) HL7
7 8 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.98%) AUTOSAR
9 6 (0.84%) GAMP
9 6 (0.84%) ISO 26262
10 5 (0.70%) IFRS
10 5 (0.70%) IFRS 9
10 5 (0.70%) MISRA
10 5 (0.70%) MISRA C
11 4 (0.56%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 4 (0.56%) ISO17020
11 4 (0.56%) JTAG
System Software
1 27 (3.77%) Firmware
2 19 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.98%) Docker
4 7 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.84%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.84%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.84%) KVM
5 6 (0.84%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.28%) vSphere
7 1 (0.14%) HDFS
7 1 (0.14%) NFS
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (0.98%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.84%) Ansible
2 6 (0.84%) vCenter Server
3 4 (0.56%) FortiGate
3 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.28%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.28%) Nmap
5 2 (0.28%) OpenNMS
6 1 (0.14%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) QRadar
6 1 (0.14%) SCCM
6 1 (0.14%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 78 (10.89%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.50%) SAP
3 35 (4.89%) Oracle
4 31 (4.33%) Google
5 22 (3.07%) VMware
6 21 (2.93%) Atlassian
7 16 (2.23%) EMC
8 15 (2.09%) IBM
9 14 (1.96%) Salesforce
10 13 (1.82%) Cisco
11 10 (1.40%) Databricks
12 6 (0.84%) Sitecore
12 6 (0.84%) Workday
13 5 (0.70%) MathWorks
14 4 (0.56%) Aruba
14 4 (0.56%) Barracuda Networks
14 4 (0.56%) Cadence
14 4 (0.56%) DocuSign
14 4 (0.56%) Remedy
14 4 (0.56%) ServiceNow