Verification and Validation Contracts in the West Midlands

Verification and Validation
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 139 164
Rank change year-on-year +38 +25 -38
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 11 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.57% 0.042% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.047% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £516 - £493
25th Percentile £541 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £625
75th Percentile £641 - £638
90th Percentile £669 - -
England median daily rate £513 £543 £500
% change year-on-year -5.57% +8.60% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,632 2,114 3,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.08% 88.67% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,080 1,452 2,354
10th Percentile £275 £263 £270
25th Percentile £375 £401 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +5.03% +16.42%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 69
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.05
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in the West Midlands

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in the West Midlands

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the West Midlands

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in the West Midlands

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Staffordshire - 4 £500 - 6
Warwickshire - 1 - - 2
Coventry - 1 £675 - 2
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (54.55%) Simulink
2 5 (45.45%) Stateflow
2 5 (45.45%) TargetLink
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) Bitbucket
1 5 (45.45%) Git
1 5 (45.45%) Subversion
2 1 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (45.45%) Automotive
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Systems Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Control Systems Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Principal Engineer
2 5 (45.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Forensic Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Programme Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Test Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Test Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Algorithms
1 6 (54.55%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) Digital Media
3 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
4 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Validation
2 8 (72.73%) Quality Management
3 7 (63.64%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 6 (54.55%) Agile
4 6 (54.55%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
4 6 (54.55%) Project Management
4 6 (54.55%) Software Engineering
5 5 (45.45%) Black-Box Testing
5 5 (45.45%) Functional Testing
5 5 (45.45%) Integration Testing
5 5 (45.45%) Line Management
5 5 (45.45%) QMS
5 5 (45.45%) Software Audit
5 5 (45.45%) Software Testing
5 5 (45.45%) UML
5 5 (45.45%) White-Box Testing
6 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (27.27%) Digital Forensics
6 3 (27.27%) Internal Audit
6 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) MATLAB
2 5 (45.45%) C
3 1 (9.09%) C++
3 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) Master's Degree
3 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) ISO 26262
2 5 (45.45%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (45.45%) MISRA
2 5 (45.45%) MISRA C
3 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 3 (27.27%) ISO17020
3 3 (27.27%) QA
4 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 15288
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) IBM
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle
1 1 (9.09%) SAP