Validation Contracts in Oxfordshire

Validation
South East > Oxfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 27 27
Rank change year-on-year +11 0 +10
Contract jobs citing Validation 12 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 5.31% 2.63% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.74% 2.99% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £345 - -
25th Percentile £375 - £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -33.33% +118.18%
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - £621
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £465
% change year-on-year +5.00% +7.53% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.00 - -
Median hourly rate £39.00 - -
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +55.56% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 178 201 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 78.76% 88.16% 85.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 131 185
10th Percentile £150 £250 £170
25th Percentile £263 £343 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.88%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £575
90th Percentile £623 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 14 9
10th Percentile £11.70 £23.54 -
25th Percentile £13.00 £25.96 £17.42
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.23 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.49% +51.15% -27.27%
75th Percentile £30.50 £45.20 -
90th Percentile £65.00 £52.63 £29.29
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Oxfordshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Oxfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Oxfordshire

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Oxfordshire

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Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Oxford - 8 - - 9
Validation
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP CO
1 1 (8.33%) SAP FI
1 1 (8.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Internet
1 4 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (8.33%) Firewall
2 1 (8.33%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
1 4 (33.33%) Subversion
General
1 5 (41.67%) Aerospace
2 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (16.67%) Aviation
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) Administrator
3 2 (16.67%) Software Verification Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) SAP CO Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Financial Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 4 (33.33%) Device Driver
2 1 (8.33%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 4 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 4 (33.33%) Software Optimisation
2 4 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
4 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Post-Production
4 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Test Scripting
4 1 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C
2 4 (33.33%) Assembly Language
2 4 (33.33%) C++
2 4 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 4 (33.33%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 2 (16.67%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
1 4 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 4 (33.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) JTAG
2 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (33.33%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) SAP