Validation Contracts in Scotland

Validation
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 132 158
Rank change year-on-year +15 +26 -50
Contract jobs citing Validation 6 37 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 1.37% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 1.49% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 30 13
10th Percentile £396 £313 £336
25th Percentile £427 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £495 £504
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.69% +18.47%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £550
90th Percentile £572 £615 -
UK median daily rate £524 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.77% +5.77% +12.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £63.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +26.00% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,855 2,491 3,224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.09% 92.43% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,148 1,739 2,280
10th Percentile £219 £250 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 54 52
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.07 £11.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.98
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
Edinburgh +13 3 £588 +23.68% 13
Glasgow +13 1 £375 +6.38% 12
Aberdeen +1 1 - - 3
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Product Owner
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) HR Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Project Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (33.33%) Business Agility
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Product Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Control
3 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Data Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (16.67%) KYC
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) Workday