Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in Devon

Verification and Validation
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.19% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £625 £513 £578
% change year-on-year +21.95% -11.26% +37.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 198 197
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 86.90% 80.82% 89.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 112 156
10th Percentile £145 £330 £350
25th Percentile £256 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -22.04% -10.77% +8.78%
75th Percentile £534 £620 £675
90th Percentile £589 £685 £700
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 14 13
10th Percentile £15.99 £39.25 £16.80
25th Percentile - £55.00 £21.64
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +62.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £42.50
90th Percentile - - £63.25
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Devon

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 30 October 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
Plymouth - 2 - -
Verification and Validation
South West

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) System Verification Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Validation Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Workload Management
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP