Verification and Validation Contracts in Bristol

Verification and Validation
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Verification and Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 60 86
Rank change year-on-year -10 +26 -19
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 8 38 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.77% 3.01% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 3.38% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £413 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £338
Median % change year-on-year - +25.93% -43.28%
75th Percentile - £438 £344
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £700 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +64.71% +6.25% -36.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 32 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +36.67% -
75th Percentile £59.38 £65.75 -
90th Percentile £65.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £45.10
% change year-on-year -10.57% +36.36% -18.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Verification and 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 862 1,123 1,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 82.73% 88.99% 87.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 753 850
10th Percentile £250 £300 £313
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £588
90th Percentile £688 £713 £658
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 224 102
10th Percentile £38.13 - -
25th Percentile £45.00 £9.80 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +36.67% -
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.75 £67.10
South West median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and 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 6 (75.00%) Simulink
2 5 (62.50%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (62.50%) Automotive
1 5 (62.50%) Legal
2 2 (25.00%) Military
2 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Aviation
3 1 (12.50%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) C# Software Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Node.js
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Validation
2 7 (87.50%) Software Engineering
3 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
3 5 (62.50%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Twin
4 2 (25.00%) Synthetic Environment
4 2 (25.00%) TDD
4 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft