Validation Contracts in Bristol

Validation
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 51 65
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 -10
Contract jobs citing Validation 35 46 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.30% 3.80% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.98% 4.29% 2.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 9 13
10th Percentile - £413 £302
25th Percentile - £438 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +48.94%
75th Percentile - £538 £600
90th Percentile - £568 £635
South West median daily rate £431 £572 £513
% change year-on-year -24.61% +11.61% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 33 5
10th Percentile - - £42.79
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +44.44% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.75 -
90th Percentile - £79.30 -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +36.67% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 879 1,072 1,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 82.92% 88.45% 87.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 726 835
10th Percentile £251 £300 £313
25th Percentile £364 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £687 £719 £657
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +7.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 192 212 107
10th Percentile £40.00 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £66.13 £60.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% +35.00% +2.86%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £80.23 £70.80
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.74
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.10% +12.05%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 18 (51.43%) AutoCAD
2 6 (17.14%) Simulink
3 5 (14.29%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.86%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Ethernet
1 5 (14.29%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Eclipse
1 5 (14.29%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 6 (17.14%) Aerospace
1 6 (17.14%) Automotive
2 5 (14.29%) Legal
2 5 (14.29%) Military
2 5 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Aviation
3 1 (2.86%) Avionics
3 1 (2.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (51.43%) Architect
2 15 (42.86%) Software Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) C# Software Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Embedded Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Java Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Java Software Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) Test Specialist
6 1 (2.86%) Validation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) Node.js
1 5 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 4 (11.43%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Linux
2 5 (14.29%) Windows
3 4 (11.43%) SafeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Software Engineering
2 11 (31.43%) Verification and Validation
3 5 (14.29%) Agile
3 5 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 5 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
3 5 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (14.29%) Digital Twin
3 5 (14.29%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 5 (14.29%) Synthetic Environment
3 5 (14.29%) TDD
3 5 (14.29%) Test Automation
3 5 (14.29%) Unit Testing
3 5 (14.29%) Visualisation
4 4 (11.43%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (11.43%) SDLC
5 1 (2.86%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.86%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (2.86%) ITIL
5 1 (2.86%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.14%) C++
1 6 (17.14%) MATLAB
2 5 (14.29%) C#
2 5 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 4 (11.43%) C
4 1 (2.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 20 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 19 (54.29%) DV Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) Degree
3 4 (11.43%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.86%) BT