Validation Contracts in Manchester

Validation
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 101 130
Rank change year-on-year +21 +29 -43
Contract jobs citing Validation 15 10 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.04% 0.57% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.63% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 11
10th Percentile £488 £386 £363
25th Percentile - £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% +17.24%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £478
90th Percentile £630 £583 £500
North West median daily rate £500 £510 £440
% change year-on-year -1.96% +15.91% +17.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £11.79 - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile £59.78 - -
North West median hourly rate £42.50 £47.18 £36.80
% change year-on-year -9.91% +28.19% +183.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,237 1,592 2,345
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 85.49% 90.56% 88.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 826 1,178 1,816
10th Percentile £325 £317 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 51 52
10th Percentile £12.47 £15.72 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.66 £16.85 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £22.50 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +23.29% +12.45%
75th Percentile £60.94 £38.75 £40.31
90th Percentile £73.10 £66.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £27.50 £30.54 £23.55
% change year-on-year -9.95% +29.71% +29.98%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Manchester

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Manchester

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Manchester over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Manchester

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Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Bolton - 1 - - 8
Validation
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (6.67%) Apache Spark
1 1 (6.67%) ArcGIS
1 1 (6.67%) Smallworld
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Simulink
1 4 (26.67%) Stateflow
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (6.67%) Autodesk Inventor
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (6.67%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP PP
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (6.67%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DWDM
1 1 (6.67%) Internet
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
1 1 (6.67%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (6.67%) Delta Lake
2 1 (6.67%) GIS
2 1 (6.67%) Hadoop
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (26.67%) Automotive
1 4 (26.67%) Legal
1 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Aviation
3 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) German Language
3 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Software Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Assistant
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Data Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Fibre Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Functional Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Power BI Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Functional Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.67%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
1 4 (26.67%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
1 4 (26.67%) Software Engineering
1 4 (26.67%) Test Automation
1 4 (26.67%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (13.33%) Agile
3 2 (13.33%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) Data Validation
3 2 (13.33%) Internal Audit
3 2 (13.33%) Logistics
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) QMS
4 1 (6.67%) Accounts Payable
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (6.67%) Data Pipeline
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) BC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) HNC
2 1 (6.67%) HND
2 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.67%) PMP
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.67%) GxP
1 1 (6.67%) PMO
1 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (6.67%) Autodesk
3 1 (6.67%) Databricks
3 1 (6.67%) Sophos