Verification and Validation Contracts in the South West

Verification and Validation
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 111 145
Rank change year-on-year -23 +34 -21
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 18 56 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.57% 1.54% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.72% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - - £352
25th Percentile £675 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year +64.71% +6.25% -36.00%
75th Percentile £725 £438 £463
90th Percentile - - £575
England median daily rate £513 £543 £500
% change year-on-year -5.57% +8.60% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 45 7
10th Percentile £47.83 £55.52 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £57.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +36.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £70.66 £65.75 £48.50
90th Percentile £74.00 - £53.01
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
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,629 3,250 3,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.83% 89.63% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,685 2,396 2,332
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.95%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £589
90th Percentile £700 £719 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 335 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.00 £17.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £61.50 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +26.16% +8.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.36 £70.54
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the South West

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in the South West

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in the South West

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verification and Validation in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the South West

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bristol -5 8 - - 21
Dorset 0 6 - - 1
Wiltshire 0 3 £700 +64.71% 4
Gloucestershire +4 1 - - 1
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (33.33%) Simulink
2 5 (27.78%) Stateflow
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Ethernet
1 2 (11.11%) Internet
1 2 (11.11%) RTP
1 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Eclipse
1 2 (11.11%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.56%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (5.56%) Rational Team Concert
General
1 9 (50.00%) Military
2 5 (27.78%) Automotive
2 5 (27.78%) Legal
3 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 2 (11.11%) Aviation
3 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Avionics
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) C# Software Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Instrumentation Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) Node.js
1 2 (11.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Validation
2 8 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
3 5 (27.78%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 5 (27.78%) Test Automation
4 4 (22.22%) Customer Engagement
4 4 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (22.22%) Design-to-Cost
4 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 2 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (11.11%) Digital Twin
5 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
5 2 (11.11%) Project Management
5 2 (11.11%) Requirements Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) TDD
5 2 (11.11%) Unit Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (33.33%) MATLAB
2 2 (11.11%) C#
2 2 (11.11%) C++
2 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.56%) Assembly Language
3 1 (5.56%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) DV Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) HNC
2 2 (11.11%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.11%) VMware
2 1 (5.56%) CA Agile Central
2 1 (5.56%) Wind River