Validation Contracts with Work from Home Options

Validation
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 163 184
Rank change year-on-year +42 +21 -16
Contract jobs citing Validation 267 365 650
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.81% 1.48% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 1.65% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 206 407
10th Percentile £354 £400 £350
25th Percentile £456 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £675 £813 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 70 31
10th Percentile £26.51 £42.50 £26.75
25th Percentile £52.50 £47.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% +37.50%
75th Percentile £75.25 £68.75 £65.54
90th Percentile £90.00 £74.25 £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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Validation trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Validation.

Validation daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Validation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Validation daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Validation.

Validation hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Validation over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Validation hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 12 (4.49%) SAS
2 11 (4.12%) Confluence
3 9 (3.37%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.87%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.75%) CMS
5 2 (0.75%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 22 (8.24%) Simulink
1 22 (8.24%) Stateflow
2 7 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.12%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.75%) Magento
3 2 (0.75%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.75%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.37%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.37%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 39 (14.61%) Azure
2 27 (10.11%) Power Platform
3 18 (6.74%) AWS
4 16 (5.99%) GCP
5 9 (3.37%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 7 (2.62%) SaaS
6 7 (2.62%) Veeva
7 5 (1.87%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (1.87%) Azure Functions
7 5 (1.87%) BlazeMeter
7 5 (1.87%) BrowserStack
7 5 (1.87%) Firebase
7 5 (1.87%) Serverless
8 4 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.50%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.50%) dbt
9 3 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.12%) Miro
9 3 (1.12%) PaaS
9 3 (1.12%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.25%) Internet
2 4 (1.50%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.50%) WAN
2 4 (1.50%) Wireless
3 3 (1.12%) Network Security
3 3 (1.12%) SDH
3 3 (1.12%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.12%) VoIP
4 2 (0.75%) 4G
4 2 (0.75%) 5G
4 2 (0.75%) DWDM
4 2 (0.75%) Firewall
4 2 (0.75%) LAN
4 2 (0.75%) Modbus
4 2 (0.75%) MPLS
4 2 (0.75%) RTP
4 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.75%) SNMP
5 1 (0.37%) IPsec
5 1 (0.37%) VDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.12%) Power BI
2 17 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (3.37%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.87%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.50%) Couchbase
5 4 (1.50%) Data Lake
5 4 (1.50%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.50%) Tableau
6 3 (1.12%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.75%) Big Data
7 2 (0.75%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.75%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.37%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.37%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 19 (7.12%) JIRA
2 17 (6.37%) Rational DOORS
3 14 (5.24%) Git
4 6 (2.25%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.87%) Appium
5 5 (1.87%) Cypress.io
5 5 (1.87%) GitLab
5 5 (1.87%) JMeter
5 5 (1.87%) Postman
6 4 (1.50%) Eclipse
6 4 (1.50%) Subversion
7 3 (1.12%) Selenium
8 2 (0.75%) LSMW
8 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.37%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.37%) CppUnit
9 1 (0.37%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.37%) NUnit
9 1 (0.37%) PVCS
9 1 (0.37%) RStudio
General
1 72 (26.97%) Social Skills
2 62 (23.22%) Finance
3 30 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.86%) Automotive
5 25 (9.36%) Legal
6 18 (6.74%) Public Sector
7 16 (5.99%) Manufacturing
7 16 (5.99%) Marketing
8 13 (4.87%) Banking
9 10 (3.75%) Military
9 10 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.75%) Telecoms
10 9 (3.37%) Retail
11 7 (2.62%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (2.25%) Electronics
13 5 (1.87%) Back Office
13 5 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.50%) Publishing
15 3 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (20.22%) Analyst
2 39 (14.61%) Software Engineer
3 31 (11.61%) Lead
4 24 (8.99%) Senior
5 21 (7.87%) Business Analyst
6 17 (6.37%) Data Analyst
6 17 (6.37%) Integration Engineer
7 16 (5.99%) Consultant
8 15 (5.62%) Embedded Engineer
8 15 (5.62%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 14 (5.24%) Architect
9 14 (5.24%) Developer
10 11 (4.12%) Financial Analyst
10 11 (4.12%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (3.37%) Tester
11 9 (3.37%) Validation Engineer
12 8 (3.00%) C Software Engineer
12 8 (3.00%) Embedded C Engineer
12 8 (3.00%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 8 (3.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.62%) Middleware
2 6 (2.25%) Node.js
2 6 (2.25%) REST
3 5 (1.87%) HTML
3 5 (1.87%) JSON
3 5 (1.87%) Kafka
3 5 (1.87%) Pandas
3 5 (1.87%) Web Services
3 5 (1.87%) WebdriverIO
4 4 (1.50%) CSS
4 4 (1.50%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.50%) RESTful
4 4 (1.50%) Swagger
5 3 (1.12%) XML
6 2 (0.75%) JWT
6 2 (0.75%) OAuth
6 2 (0.75%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.75%) React
6 2 (0.75%) SAP PI
6 2 (0.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.49%) Algorithms
2 10 (3.75%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.50%) Credit Risk
5 4 (1.50%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.50%) Device Driver
5 4 (1.50%) IoT
6 3 (1.12%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.12%) Infotainment
6 3 (1.12%) Life Science
6 3 (1.12%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.12%) Multi-touch
6 3 (1.12%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.75%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.75%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.75%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.12%) Windows
2 8 (3.00%) Unix
3 5 (1.87%) Linux
4 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (20.22%) Software Engineering
3 52 (19.48%) Agile
4 51 (19.10%) Verification and Validation
5 50 (18.73%) Test Automation
6 47 (17.60%) Computer Science
7 46 (17.23%) Migration
8 37 (13.86%) Data Migration
9 30 (11.24%) Data Validation
10 26 (9.74%) Data Modelling
11 25 (9.36%) User Acceptance Testing
12 22 (8.24%) Data Management
12 22 (8.24%) Scrum
13 21 (7.87%) Analytics
13 21 (7.87%) CI/CD
14 20 (7.49%) Data Analysis
14 20 (7.49%) ETL
14 20 (7.49%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
15 19 (7.12%) Business Intelligence
15 19 (7.12%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (16.10%) SQL
2 30 (11.24%) Python
3 26 (9.74%) MATLAB
4 21 (7.87%) C++
5 18 (6.74%) C#
5 18 (6.74%) JavaScript
6 15 (5.62%) C
7 11 (4.12%) R
8 10 (3.75%) Java
9 8 (3.00%) Embedded C
9 8 (3.00%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.62%) VB
11 6 (2.25%) Embedded C++
12 4 (1.50%) Assembly Language
12 4 (1.50%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.12%) Bash
13 3 (1.12%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.75%) Ada
14 2 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (17.98%) Degree
2 26 (9.74%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.61%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.24%) Master's Degree
5 13 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.37%) PhD
7 7 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.50%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.12%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.75%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.75%) CCNP
11 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.75%) HNC
11 2 (0.75%) HND
11 2 (0.75%) ISEB
12 1 (0.37%) CCDA
12 1 (0.37%) CCDP
12 1 (0.37%) CCIP
12 1 (0.37%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (16.48%) QA
2 24 (8.99%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.00%) CDISC
3 8 (3.00%) PCI DSS
4 6 (2.25%) GDPR
5 5 (1.87%) GxP
6 4 (1.50%) Automotive SPICE
6 4 (1.50%) AUTOSAR
6 4 (1.50%) JTAG
6 4 (1.50%) NIST
7 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.12%) Def Stans
7 3 (1.12%) Good Clinical Practice
7 3 (1.12%) IFRS
7 3 (1.12%) IFRS 9
7 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 3 (1.12%) PMO
8 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.75%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.75%) ISO17020
System Software
1 5 (1.87%) Docker
1 5 (1.87%) Firmware
2 4 (1.50%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (1.87%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.37%) Ansible
2 1 (0.37%) Functional Safety
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (11.24%) SAP
2 26 (9.74%) Microsoft
3 11 (4.12%) Google
3 11 (4.12%) Oracle
4 7 (2.62%) Databricks
4 7 (2.62%) EMC
4 7 (2.62%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.87%) Adobe
6 3 (1.12%) MathWorks
6 3 (1.12%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.75%) Cisco
7 2 (0.75%) Conga
7 2 (0.75%) CyberSource
7 2 (0.75%) DocuSign
7 2 (0.75%) Juniper
7 2 (0.75%) OpenText
7 2 (0.75%) Siemens
7 2 (0.75%) VMware
7 2 (0.75%) Workday
8 1 (0.37%) Ciena