Verification and Validation Contracts in the North of England

Verification and Validation
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 209 243
Rank change year-on-year +36 +34 -62
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 9 7 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.19% 0.12% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.14% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £415 -
25th Percentile £456 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - +48.15%
75th Percentile £500 £538 -
90th Percentile - £545 -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 1
10th Percentile - £41.90 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £48.23 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £54.30 £75.14
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% -27.73% +59.87%
75th Percentile £57.50 £56.25 -
90th Percentile - £58.05 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.55 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.92% +13.73% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,994 5,153 6,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.49% 90.63% 88.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,432 3,563 4,582
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.34%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £564
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 203 264
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.97 £13.35
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.00 £18.94
Median % change year-on-year -38.90% +53.09% +4.57%
75th Percentile £45.00 £46.03 £35.86
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £61.90
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the North of England

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in the North of England

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in the North of England

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
North West +24 8 £481 -3.75% 17
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (22.22%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Simulink
1 4 (44.44%) Stateflow
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MongoDB
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (44.44%) Automotive
1 4 (44.44%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Forensic Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Full Stack Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) AngularJS
1 2 (22.22%) CSS
1 2 (22.22%) HTML
1 2 (22.22%) jQuery
1 2 (22.22%) Node.js
1 2 (22.22%) React
1 2 (22.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Algorithms
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Media
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Android
1 2 (22.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Collection
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (22.22%) Full Stack Development
3 2 (22.22%) Internal Audit
3 2 (22.22%) Quality Management
3 2 (22.22%) SDLC
3 2 (22.22%) Secure Coding
3 2 (22.22%) Task Automation
3 2 (22.22%) User Experience
3 2 (22.22%) UX Design
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (11.11%) Ergonomics
4 1 (11.11%) Human Factors
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) MATLAB
2 2 (22.22%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 2 (22.22%) Python
2 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 2 (22.22%) ISO17020
1 2 (22.22%) QA
2 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) EMC