Validation Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Validation Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 451 496
Rank change year-on-year +75 +45 -77
Contract jobs requiring a Validation Engineer 17 7 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.082% 0.029% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.031% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £405 £327 £460
25th Percentile £431 £349 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £393 £550
Median % change year-on-year +27.39% -28.64% +37.50%
75th Percentile £556 £429 £575
90th Percentile £575 £448 -
UK median daily rate £500 £325 £550
% change year-on-year +53.85% -40.91% +37.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.75 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £73.50 £62.50 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.60% -16.67% +66.67%
75th Percentile £88.75 £63.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £73.50 £70.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.67% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,140 22,709 29,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,706 15,914 20,771
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,220 1,177 1,493
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.70 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Validation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Validation Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation Engineer in the UK excluding London

Validation Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Validation Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
East of England +24 12 - - 8
Midlands +25 4 £575 - 11
East Midlands - 4 £575 - 4
South East - 1 £425 - 7
Validation Engineer
UK

Validation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Validation Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Validation Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Validation
2 11 (64.71%) Systems Engineering
3 9 (52.94%) Aerospace
3 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
4 8 (47.06%) Rational DOORS
4 8 (47.06%) Verification and Validation
5 6 (35.29%) Electronics
6 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
6 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
7 4 (23.53%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (23.53%) Degree
7 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
7 4 (23.53%) Unit Testing
7 4 (23.53%) Chartered Engineer
7 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
7 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (23.53%) CppUnit
7 4 (23.53%) Test Planning
7 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
7 4 (23.53%) VMware
7 4 (23.53%) Code Coverage
7 4 (23.53%) C
7 4 (23.53%) C++
7 4 (23.53%) PVCS
7 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
7 4 (23.53%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (23.53%) Creative Thinking
7 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.76%) EMC
8 2 (11.76%) Project Management

Validation Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (5.88%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (23.53%) CppUnit
2 4 (23.53%) PVCS
General
1 9 (52.94%) Aerospace
2 6 (35.29%) Electronics
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Automotive
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Validation
2 11 (64.71%) Systems Engineering
3 8 (47.06%) Verification and Validation
4 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
5 4 (23.53%) Code Coverage
5 4 (23.53%) Computer Science
5 4 (23.53%) Creative Thinking
5 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (23.53%) Software Engineering
5 4 (23.53%) Test Planning
5 4 (23.53%) Unit Testing
6 2 (11.76%) Project Management
7 1 (5.88%) Semantic Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) C
1 4 (23.53%) C++
2 1 (5.88%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (23.53%) Chartered Engineer
3 4 (23.53%) Degree
3 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Virtual Machines
1 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) VMware
2 2 (11.76%) EMC