Validation Contracts in Cambridge

Validation
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridge with a requirement for Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Validation over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 -5
Contract jobs citing Validation 5 6 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridge 2.53% 2.14% 4.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 2.43% 5.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 13
10th Percentile £348 £466 £248
25th Percentile £518 £479 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £415
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +20.48% -16.58%
75th Percentile £638 £534 £438
90th Percentile - £555 £508
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £488 £483 £415
% change year-on-year +1.04% +16.27% -13.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £57.50 -
75th Percentile £63.75 £58.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £51.50 £57.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -10.43% +27.78% +100.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 182 247 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridge 91.92% 87.90% 83.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 172 184
10th Percentile £235 £185 £313
25th Percentile £350 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £611 £625
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £470 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +4.44% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 15 13
10th Percentile £20.40 £17.05 £15.51
25th Percentile £25.00 £17.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £20.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year +156.10% -64.04% +153.33%
75th Percentile £66.25 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 - £79.75
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +3.45% +6.15% +1.19%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Job postings citing Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Cambridge

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Validation in Cambridge.

Daily rate trend for Validation in Cambridge

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridge

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Validation in Cambridge over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Validation in Cambridge

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridge

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Validation in Cambridge.

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Cambridge

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Git
2 3 (60.00%) JIRA
2 3 (60.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Verification Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analogue Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analogue IC Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analogue IC Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IC Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) JSON
1 3 (60.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) ASIC
1 4 (80.00%) Verilog
2 3 (60.00%) FPGA
2 3 (60.00%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (20.00%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) OO
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (60.00%) UVM
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
3 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Design Automation
3 1 (20.00%) IC Design
3 1 (20.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Bash
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) SystemVerilog
1 4 (80.00%) Tcl
2 3 (60.00%) Assembly Language
2 3 (60.00%) C
2 3 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) Shell Script
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cadence
2 3 (60.00%) Synopsys
2 3 (60.00%) Xilinx
3 1 (20.00%) Mentor Graphics