Validation Contracts in London

Validation
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 160 156 214
Rank change year-on-year -4 +58 -7
Contract jobs citing Validation 276 425 531
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.58% 1.65% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.78% 1.81% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 290 340
10th Percentile £365 £448 £355
25th Percentile £459 £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.69% +18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £613 £825 £636
90th Percentile £699 £1,000 £738
England median daily rate £500 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 7
10th Percentile £23.90 £44.00 £42.50
25th Percentile £45.42 £44.38 £53.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -14.89% +121.70%
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.00 £67.38
90th Percentile £59.75 - £70.00
England median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £53.92
% change year-on-year -2.40% +15.91% +19.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,495 23,478 35,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.88% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,110 16,936 26,017
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 270 417
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £38.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% +2.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.48
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.28 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%

Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in London

Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Validation in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the London 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
Central London +51 64 £550 -4.35% 17
West London +27 16 £475 -7.32% 10
East London -3 7 £450 -52.63% 7
Validation
England

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 18 (6.52%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.26%) Confluence
2 9 (3.26%) SAS
3 4 (1.45%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.09%) Apache
4 3 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.09%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.36%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.90%) Simulink
3 7 (2.54%) Stateflow
4 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (1.45%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.36%) InVision
7 1 (0.36%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.36%) Sketch
7 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP CX
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.36%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.36%) SAP LE
4 1 (0.36%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.36%) SAP Retail
4 1 (0.36%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.36%) SAP VC
4 1 (0.36%) Shopify
4 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 48 (17.39%) Azure
2 17 (6.16%) AWS
2 17 (6.16%) GCP
3 13 (4.71%) dbt
4 10 (3.62%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (2.17%) SaaS
7 6 (2.17%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 5 (1.81%) BlazeMeter
8 5 (1.81%) BrowserStack
8 5 (1.81%) Firebase
8 5 (1.81%) Miro
8 5 (1.81%) Serverless
9 4 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.45%) PaaS
10 3 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.09%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.54%) Firewall
1 7 (2.54%) SSL
2 5 (1.81%) VPN
3 4 (1.45%) VLAN
4 3 (1.09%) DNS
4 3 (1.09%) Internet
4 3 (1.09%) LAN
4 3 (1.09%) SNMP
4 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.72%) BGP
5 2 (0.72%) DHCP
5 2 (0.72%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.72%) MPLS
5 2 (0.72%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (0.72%) SDH
5 2 (0.72%) tcpdump
5 2 (0.72%) WAN
5 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.72%) Wireless
5 2 (0.72%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.62%) Power BI
3 8 (2.90%) Couchbase
3 8 (2.90%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.54%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.17%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.81%) Big Data
6 5 (1.81%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.81%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.81%) SAP HANA
7 4 (1.45%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.09%) GIS
8 3 (1.09%) KDB
8 3 (1.09%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.09%) Tableau
9 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.72%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 17 (6.16%) JIRA
2 12 (4.35%) JMeter
3 10 (3.62%) Selenium
4 7 (2.54%) Git
5 6 (2.17%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.17%) Postman
6 5 (1.81%) Appium
6 5 (1.81%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.81%) GitLab
7 4 (1.45%) LSMW
8 3 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.72%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.72%) Karma Test Runner
10 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.36%) Deequ
10 1 (0.36%) NUnit
10 1 (0.36%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.36%) RStudio
10 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
General
1 93 (33.70%) Finance
2 90 (32.61%) Social Skills
3 43 (15.58%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (9.06%) Banking
5 20 (7.25%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (3.99%) Marketing
8 10 (3.62%) Back Office
9 9 (3.26%) Legal
10 8 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.54%) Automotive
11 7 (2.54%) Retail
12 6 (2.17%) Front Office
12 6 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.09%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.72%) Billing
15 2 (0.72%) Local Government
15 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 76 (27.54%) Analyst
2 42 (15.22%) Business Analyst
3 35 (12.68%) Developer
4 29 (10.51%) Senior
5 23 (8.33%) Architect
6 17 (6.16%) Lead
7 14 (5.07%) Data Analyst
7 14 (5.07%) Data Migration Analyst
7 14 (5.07%) Migration Analyst
7 14 (5.07%) Tester
8 13 (4.71%) Data Engineer
8 13 (4.71%) Software Engineer
9 11 (3.99%) Consultant
9 11 (3.99%) Data Business Analyst
9 11 (3.99%) Data Migration Business Analyst
9 11 (3.99%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (3.62%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.26%) Network Engineer
12 8 (2.90%) SharePoint Analyst
12 8 (2.90%) SharePoint Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.62%) ADO
1 10 (3.62%) Kafka
2 7 (2.54%) Middleware
3 6 (2.17%) PySpark
4 5 (1.81%) CSS
4 5 (1.81%) WebdriverIO
5 4 (1.45%) HTML
5 4 (1.45%) JSON
5 4 (1.45%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.45%) REST
5 4 (1.45%) Swagger
6 3 (1.09%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.09%) Playwright
6 3 (1.09%) SAP PI
6 3 (1.09%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (1.09%) WebSphere MQ
6 3 (1.09%) XML
7 2 (0.72%) SOAP
7 2 (0.72%) Web Services
7 2 (0.72%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.25%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.71%) Algorithms
2 13 (4.71%) Management Information System
3 7 (2.54%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.17%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 5 (1.81%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.45%) Credit Risk
6 4 (1.45%) DataPower
6 4 (1.45%) IoT
7 3 (1.09%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.09%) Freedom of Information Act
7 3 (1.09%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.72%) NHS
8 2 (0.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.62%) Linux
2 7 (2.54%) Windows
3 5 (1.81%) Oracle Linux
3 5 (1.81%) Solaris
3 5 (1.81%) VMS
4 3 (1.09%) Unix
4 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.72%) Android
6 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.38%) Migration
2 51 (18.48%) Agile
3 43 (15.58%) Data Migration
4 40 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (13.77%) ETL
6 37 (13.41%) User Acceptance Testing
7 35 (12.68%) Computer Science
7 35 (12.68%) Data Modelling
8 28 (10.14%) User Stories
9 27 (9.78%) Data Validation
9 27 (9.78%) Requirements Gathering
9 27 (9.78%) Test Automation
10 26 (9.42%) Scrum
11 25 (9.06%) Use Case
12 24 (8.70%) Analytics
12 24 (8.70%) Data Management
13 23 (8.33%) Business Continuity
13 23 (8.33%) Data Analysis
13 23 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
13 23 (8.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 46 (16.67%) SQL
2 34 (12.32%) Python
3 18 (6.52%) C++
4 10 (3.62%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.90%) Java
5 8 (2.90%) MATLAB
6 7 (2.54%) C#
6 7 (2.54%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.81%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.45%) Bash
8 4 (1.45%) Go
9 3 (1.09%) C
9 3 (1.09%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.09%) VBA
10 2 (0.72%) R
10 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.36%) Scala
11 1 (0.36%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 48 (17.39%) Degree
2 19 (6.88%) Security Cleared
3 18 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.54%) Master's Degree
6 6 (2.17%) PhD
7 3 (1.09%) CCA
7 3 (1.09%) CCNA
7 3 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.09%) Citrix Certification
7 3 (1.09%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.72%) CISSP
8 2 (0.72%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 2 (0.72%) MBA
8 2 (0.72%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (17.75%) QA
2 41 (14.86%) Data Quality
3 20 (7.25%) NIST
4 7 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.45%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.09%) GDPR
6 3 (1.09%) ISO 20022
6 3 (1.09%) PMO
7 2 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.72%) GxP
7 2 (0.72%) IFRS
7 2 (0.72%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.36%) COBIT
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.36%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.81%) KVM
4 4 (1.45%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.45%) Firmware
5 3 (1.09%) Docker
6 1 (0.36%) NFS
6 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.45%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.72%) Ansible
3 2 (0.72%) Nmap
3 2 (0.72%) OpenNMS
4 1 (0.36%) QRadar
4 1 (0.36%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 32 (11.59%) SAP
2 26 (9.42%) Microsoft
3 22 (7.97%) Oracle
4 13 (4.71%) Google
5 12 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.54%) Databricks
6 7 (2.54%) VMware
7 4 (1.45%) Aruba
7 4 (1.45%) Barracuda Networks
7 4 (1.45%) Cisco
7 4 (1.45%) DocuSign
7 4 (1.45%) IBM
8 3 (1.09%) Citrix
8 3 (1.09%) CyberSource
8 3 (1.09%) Pardot
8 3 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.72%) BT
9 2 (0.72%) CA
9 2 (0.72%) Informatica
9 2 (0.72%) Murex