Verification and Validation Contracts in Dorset

Verification and Validation
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 22 23 32
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 -8
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 6 13 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 3.66% 5.99% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 7.22% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £700 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +64.71% +6.25% -36.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 3
10th Percentile - £52.35 £47.37
25th Percentile - £56.29 £49.86
Median hourly rate £47.83 £56.30 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.04% +4.26% +13.68%
75th Percentile £64.95 £62.55 £54.42
90th Percentile £70.66 £63.23 £54.67
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
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 180 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 85.37% 82.95% 88.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 104 89
10th Percentile £174 £160 £276
25th Percentile £175 £245 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +4.17% +16.36%
75th Percentile £630 £610 £575
90th Percentile £825 £638 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 39
10th Percentile £11.87 £17.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £13.69 £48.86 £45.36
Median hourly rate £15.31 £56.29 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.80% +7.22% +10.53%
75th Percentile £56.49 £62.72 £60.93
90th Percentile £61.25 £70.77 £79.28
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 Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in Dorset

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in Dorset

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in Dorset

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Dorset

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verification and Validation in Dorset over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Verification and Validation in Dorset

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 6 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (66.67%) Design-to-Cost
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (33.33%) Requirements Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) VMware