Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Verification and Validation
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 27 16
Rank change year-on-year +3 -11 -
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 1 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.66% 0.60% 5.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.76% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £303
25th Percentile - - £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £313
75th Percentile - - £322
90th Percentile - - £481
East Midlands median daily rate £750 - £313

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

Verification and Validation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 129 131 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 84.87% 78.92% 82.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 55 75
10th Percentile £134 £250 £160
25th Percentile £175 £316 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £591
90th Percentile £691 £642 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £444 £475
% change year-on-year -5.41% -6.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 12
10th Percentile £16.13 - £15.50
25th Percentile £16.59 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.67 £22.89 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% +14.43% +18.84%
75th Percentile £25.15 £43.55 £35.06
90th Percentile - £50.00 £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +33.69%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Verification and Validation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
Derby +2 1 £750 -
Verification and Validation
East Midlands

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared