Verification and Validation Contracts in Scotland

Verification and Validation
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 125 165 173
Rank change year-on-year +40 +8 -18
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.092% 0.036% 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.039% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,916 2,536 3,197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.38% 92.55% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,164 1,814 2,263
10th Percentile £225 £261 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £473
Median % change year-on-year - +0.48% +11.23%
75th Percentile £575 £559 £550
90th Percentile £656 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 56 48
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.75 £12.04 £19.45
Median hourly rate £19.34 £16.25 £38.71
Median % change year-on-year +18.98% -58.02% -3.23%
75th Percentile £46.24 £49.24 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.93 £65.78 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow +11 1 £375 - 5
Edinburgh - 1 - - 1
Verification and Validation
UK

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

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) KYC
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA