Validation Contracts in the UK excluding London

Validation
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 91 131 155
Rank change year-on-year +40 +24 -34
Contract jobs citing Validation 439 462 513
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.16% 2.01% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.56% 2.25% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 225 272
10th Percentile £272 £275 £306
25th Percentile £385 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +4.21% +13.10%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £575
90th Percentile £680 £627 £635
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 138 62
10th Percentile £26.88 £42.50 £25.50
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.76 £42.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.53 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.04% +25.05% +17.65%
75th Percentile £74.25 £65.75 £56.38
90th Percentile £76.93 £77.15 £69.88
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
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in the UK excluding London

Validation
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South East +9 100 £500 - 202
South West -3 99 £400 -30.07% 101
North of England +72 86 £463 -11.06% 109
East of England +3 86 £488 -2.50% 125
Midlands +17 51 £500 +25.00% 149
North West +33 45 £500 -1.96% 73
West Midlands +19 38 £475 +5.56% 107
Yorkshire +37 34 £430 -42.67% 30
East Midlands +8 15 £540 +35.00% 42
Northern Ireland +13 11 £600 - 2
Scotland +10 8 £575 +21.05% 41
North East +16 7 £500 -9.09% 7
Isle of Man - 2 - - 1
Wales +17 1 - - 14
Validation
UK

Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 21 (4.78%) Confluence
2 9 (2.05%) CMS
3 6 (1.37%) Sitecore CMS
4 4 (0.91%) SAS
5 3 (0.68%) Apache
5 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (6.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (6.61%) Simulink
3 28 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
4 23 (5.24%) Stateflow
5 18 (4.10%) AutoCAD
6 13 (2.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (1.14%) TargetLink
9 4 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.46%) Sketch
11 1 (0.23%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 10 (2.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.37%) Magento
3 3 (0.68%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.68%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.68%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.68%) SAP SD
4 2 (0.46%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.46%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.46%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.46%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.46%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.46%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.46%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.46%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.23%) Hyperion Planning
5 1 (0.23%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.23%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.23%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 29 (6.61%) Power Platform
2 25 (5.69%) Azure
3 11 (2.51%) AWS
4 8 (1.82%) GCP
4 8 (1.82%) OCI
4 8 (1.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 6 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (1.37%) Azure Functions
5 6 (1.37%) Serverless
6 5 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (0.68%) SaaS
8 2 (0.46%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (0.46%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.46%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (0.46%) Figma
8 2 (0.46%) GitHub
8 2 (0.46%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.46%) Snowflake
9 1 (0.23%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.42%) SNMP
1 15 (3.42%) Software-Defined Radio
2 14 (3.19%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.73%) Ethernet
4 10 (2.28%) Internet
4 10 (2.28%) WAN
5 8 (1.82%) LAN
6 6 (1.37%) VSAN
7 5 (1.14%) MPLS
7 5 (1.14%) WLAN
8 4 (0.91%) Wireless
9 3 (0.68%) 4G
9 3 (0.68%) DNS
9 3 (0.68%) Network Security
9 3 (0.68%) VoIP
10 2 (0.46%) 5G
10 2 (0.46%) DHCP
10 2 (0.46%) RS-232
10 2 (0.46%) RTP
10 2 (0.46%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.87%) Power BI
2 8 (1.82%) Electronic Patient Records
3 7 (1.59%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.14%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.91%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.68%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.68%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.68%) MySQL
7 2 (0.46%) Apache Hive
7 2 (0.46%) Big Data
7 2 (0.46%) Metadata
7 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 2 (0.46%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.46%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (10.02%) JIRA
2 36 (8.20%) Git
3 30 (6.83%) Rational DOORS
4 26 (5.92%) Eclipse
5 17 (3.87%) Bitbucket
6 14 (3.19%) GoogleTest
6 14 (3.19%) Robot Framework
7 12 (2.73%) Subversion
7 12 (2.73%) Visual Studio
8 10 (2.28%) Rational Rhapsody
9 3 (0.68%) CppUnit
9 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.68%) PVCS
9 3 (0.68%) Rational Team Concert
10 2 (0.46%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.46%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.46%) Selenium
10 2 (0.46%) Zephyr
11 1 (0.23%) Postman
11 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
General
1 80 (18.22%) Social Skills
2 76 (17.31%) Finance
3 57 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.43%) Aerospace
5 30 (6.83%) Automotive
6 28 (6.38%) Manufacturing
7 27 (6.15%) Public Sector
8 26 (5.92%) Legal
8 26 (5.92%) Presentation Skills
9 24 (5.47%) Electronics
9 24 (5.47%) Military
10 21 (4.78%) Telecoms
11 17 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (3.64%) Marketing
13 11 (2.51%) Retail
14 10 (2.28%) Law
15 9 (2.05%) Banking
16 7 (1.59%) Aviation
17 6 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 74 (16.86%) Software Engineer
2 46 (10.48%) Analyst
3 41 (9.34%) Systems Engineer
4 39 (8.88%) Architect
5 34 (7.74%) Embedded Engineer
5 34 (7.74%) Lead
6 31 (7.06%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 22 (5.01%) Principal Engineer
8 20 (4.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 20 (4.56%) Project Manager
9 19 (4.33%) Senior
9 19 (4.33%) Test Engineer
10 18 (4.10%) Integration Engineer
11 17 (3.87%) C++ Software Engineer
12 15 (3.42%) Consultant
12 15 (3.42%) Test Analyst
12 15 (3.42%) Validation Engineer
13 14 (3.19%) Administrator
14 12 (2.73%) Developer
15 11 (2.51%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.87%) HTML
2 16 (3.64%) CSS
3 13 (2.96%) Node.js
4 11 (2.51%) Web Services
5 5 (1.14%) Flash
5 5 (1.14%) PySpark
6 4 (0.91%) GraphQL
6 4 (0.91%) gRPC
6 4 (0.91%) JSON
6 4 (0.91%) JWT
6 4 (0.91%) OAuth
6 4 (0.91%) OpenAPI
6 4 (0.91%) React
6 4 (0.91%) REST
6 4 (0.91%) RESTful
6 4 (0.91%) Swagger
7 3 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (0.68%) YAML
8 2 (0.46%) jQuery
8 2 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.38%) Algorithms
2 19 (4.33%) Management Information System
3 10 (2.28%) NHS
4 9 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (1.82%) LIMS
6 7 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (1.59%) Life Science
6 7 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (1.59%) Operational Technology
6 7 (1.59%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.37%) CMDB
8 5 (1.14%) Clustering
8 5 (1.14%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.91%) ASIC
9 4 (0.91%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.91%) Device Driver
9 4 (0.91%) Digital Media
9 4 (0.91%) Infotainment
9 4 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.91%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.97%) Linux
2 34 (7.74%) Windows
3 12 (2.73%) Unix
4 4 (0.91%) SafeRTOS
5 3 (0.68%) Android
5 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (29.84%) Verification and Validation
2 95 (21.64%) Software Engineering
3 79 (18.00%) Agile
4 63 (14.35%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (10.93%) Systems Engineering
6 45 (10.25%) Project Management
7 43 (9.79%) Migration
8 37 (8.43%) UML
9 34 (7.74%) CI/CD
10 33 (7.52%) ITIL
10 33 (7.52%) Test Automation
11 30 (6.83%) Computer Science
11 30 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (6.83%) Software Testing
12 29 (6.61%) Test Scripting
13 27 (6.15%) User Acceptance Testing
14 26 (5.92%) Data Validation
14 26 (5.92%) Use Case
15 25 (5.69%) Continuous Integration
15 25 (5.69%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 53 (12.07%) C++
2 51 (11.62%) C
3 34 (7.74%) SQL
4 33 (7.52%) MATLAB
5 30 (6.83%) Python
6 29 (6.61%) Java
6 29 (6.61%) JavaScript
7 19 (4.33%) C#
8 14 (3.19%) Embedded C
9 10 (2.28%) Ada
9 10 (2.28%) Bash
9 10 (2.28%) Embedded C++
10 8 (1.82%) Assembly Language
10 8 (1.82%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.59%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.14%) Perl
13 4 (0.91%) SystemVerilog
13 4 (0.91%) Tcl
14 3 (0.68%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.46%) VBA
Qualifications
1 81 (18.45%) Security Cleared
2 77 (17.54%) Degree
3 50 (11.39%) SC Cleared
4 35 (7.97%) Master's Degree
5 28 (6.38%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.28%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.82%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.59%) Chartered Engineer
8 7 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (1.37%) CCNA
10 5 (1.14%) PhD
10 5 (1.14%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.14%) PMP
11 3 (0.68%) CCNP
11 3 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.68%) HNC
11 3 (0.68%) HND
12 2 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (7.06%) QA
2 16 (3.64%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.51%) GDPR
4 10 (2.28%) PMO
5 9 (2.05%) NIST
6 8 (1.82%) HL7
6 8 (1.82%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.59%) AUTOSAR
7 7 (1.59%) GxP
8 6 (1.37%) GAMP
8 6 (1.37%) ISO 26262
9 5 (1.14%) MISRA
9 5 (1.14%) MISRA C
10 4 (0.91%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 4 (0.91%) ISO17020
10 4 (0.91%) JTAG
11 3 (0.68%) Def Stans
11 3 (0.68%) IFRS
11 3 (0.68%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 23 (5.24%) Firmware
2 12 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (1.37%) VMware NSX
4 4 (0.91%) Docker
5 3 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.46%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.46%) vSphere
7 1 (0.23%) HDFS
7 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (1.37%) vCenter Server
2 4 (0.91%) Ansible
2 4 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.68%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.46%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.23%) Kibana
5 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (13.67%) Microsoft
2 32 (7.29%) SAP
3 21 (4.78%) Atlassian
4 18 (4.10%) Google
5 15 (3.42%) EMC
6 14 (3.19%) VMware
7 13 (2.96%) Oracle
8 11 (2.51%) IBM
9 8 (1.82%) Cisco
10 6 (1.37%) Sitecore
11 5 (1.14%) MathWorks
11 5 (1.14%) Workday
12 4 (0.91%) Cadence
13 3 (0.68%) Databricks
13 3 (0.68%) Remedy
13 3 (0.68%) Synopsys
13 3 (0.68%) Xilinx
14 2 (0.46%) Ceridian
14 2 (0.46%) Cloudera
14 2 (0.46%) Concur