Verification and Validation Contracts in England

Verification and Validation
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 399 497 679
Rank change year-on-year +98 +182 -102
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 136 166 100
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.33% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.36% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 40 30
10th Percentile £310 £413 £400
25th Percentile £469 £467 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £543 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% +8.60% -
75th Percentile £563 £607 £638
90th Percentile £675 £641 £658
UK median daily rate £515 £547 £550
% change year-on-year -5.81% -0.59% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 94 31
10th Percentile - £52.65 £45.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.25 £45.46
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £76.86 £65.75 £69.38
90th Percentile £90.00 £77.00 £75.14
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.12 £55.00
% change year-on-year +1.38% +16.57% +12.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in England

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Verification and Validation in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Verification and Validation in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Verification and Validation within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
South East +38 46 £525 +0.96% 60
East of England +16 37 £488 +650.00% 34
Midlands +37 19 £315 - 36
South West -19 18 £700 +64.71% 40
West Midlands +40 11 £588 - 24
London +91 10 £638 +8.51% 13
East Midlands +22 8 £313 - 12
North of England +34 7 £500 +25.00% 10
North West +16 6 £500 +25.00% 9
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Verification and Validation
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Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (9.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (20.59%) Simulink
2 25 (18.38%) Stateflow
3 5 (3.68%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.74%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.76%) SNMP
1 16 (11.76%) Software-Defined Radio
2 6 (4.41%) Ethernet
2 6 (4.41%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.47%) Internet
3 2 (1.47%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.74%) RDBMS
1 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 28 (20.59%) Rational DOORS
2 23 (16.91%) Git
3 22 (16.18%) Eclipse
4 19 (13.97%) JIRA
5 18 (13.24%) Bitbucket
6 15 (11.03%) GoogleTest
6 15 (11.03%) Robot Framework
7 6 (4.41%) Visual Studio
8 5 (3.68%) Subversion
9 4 (2.94%) CppUnit
9 4 (2.94%) PVCS
10 2 (1.47%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.74%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 24 (17.65%) Automotive
2 20 (14.71%) Legal
3 19 (13.97%) Aerospace
4 14 (10.29%) Military
4 14 (10.29%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (9.56%) Social Skills
6 8 (5.88%) Finance
6 8 (5.88%) Marketing
7 6 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.94%) Aviation
8 4 (2.94%) Electronics
9 3 (2.21%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.21%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.47%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.74%) Avionics
11 1 (0.74%) Law
11 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 50 (36.76%) Software Engineer
2 34 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 20 (14.71%) Principal Engineer
3 20 (14.71%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 15 (11.03%) Embedded Engineer
4 15 (11.03%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) C Software Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) Senior
6 11 (8.09%) C++ Software Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) Embedded C Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) Embedded C Software Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Lead
8 8 (5.88%) Validation Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Verification Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Integration Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Java Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Java Software Engineer
9 7 (5.15%) Systems Integration Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.56%) CSS
1 13 (9.56%) HTML
2 6 (4.41%) Node.js
2 6 (4.41%) Web Services
3 1 (0.74%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.74%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 28 (20.59%) Algorithms
2 7 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.94%) Digital Media
4 3 (2.21%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (1.47%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.47%) VHDL
6 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.74%) Robotics
6 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.91%) Windows
2 22 (16.18%) Linux
3 8 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (100.00%) Validation
2 69 (50.74%) Software Engineering
3 33 (24.26%) Agile
4 30 (22.06%) Test Automation
5 29 (21.32%) Systems Engineering
6 28 (20.59%) UML
7 25 (18.38%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
8 24 (17.65%) Computer Science
9 21 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (13.24%) Scrum
11 16 (11.76%) Prototyping
12 15 (11.03%) SysML
13 14 (10.29%) Software Testing
14 13 (9.56%) Customer Requirements
14 13 (9.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 13 (9.56%) Requirements Analysis
15 12 (8.82%) Customer Engagement
15 12 (8.82%) Risk Management
16 11 (8.09%) Test Scripting
17 10 (7.35%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 36 (26.47%) C++
2 29 (21.32%) MATLAB
3 26 (19.12%) C
4 19 (13.97%) JavaScript
5 14 (10.29%) Embedded C
5 14 (10.29%) Java
6 10 (7.35%) Embedded C++
7 6 (4.41%) C#
8 5 (3.68%) SQL
9 3 (2.21%) Python
10 1 (0.74%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 26 (19.12%) Degree
2 25 (18.38%) Security Cleared
3 21 (15.44%) SC Cleared
4 13 (9.56%) Master's Degree
5 8 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (4.41%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.94%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.47%) HNC
8 2 (1.47%) HND
9 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.88%) PCI DSS
2 6 (4.41%) ISO 26262
2 6 (4.41%) QA
3 5 (3.68%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (3.68%) MISRA
3 5 (3.68%) MISRA C
4 4 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 4 (2.94%) ISO17020
5 1 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.74%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (14.71%) Firmware
2 4 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.47%) vSphere
4 1 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.74%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 15 (11.03%) Google
2 13 (9.56%) Atlassian
3 7 (5.15%) Microsoft
4 6 (4.41%) VMware
5 1 (0.74%) CA Agile Central
5 1 (0.74%) EMC
5 1 (0.74%) IBM
5 1 (0.74%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle
5 1 (0.74%) SAP
5 1 (0.74%) Wind River