Validation Contracts in Dorset

Validation
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 8 31
Rank change year-on-year -12 +23 -9
Contract jobs citing Validation 8 29 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 4.88% 13.68% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.71% 16.57% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 1
10th Percentile £578 £600 -
25th Percentile £581 £605 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £611 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +35.78% +20.00%
75th Percentile £619 £612 £475
90th Percentile £623 £612 -
South West median daily rate £431 £561 £513
% change year-on-year -23.13% +9.46% +20.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 2
10th Percentile - £52.35 £46.63
25th Percentile - £56.29 £47.99
Median hourly rate £47.83 £56.30 £51.80
Median % change year-on-year -15.04% +8.69% +9.05%
75th Percentile £64.95 £62.55 £54.08
90th Percentile £70.66 £63.23 £54.54
South West median hourly rate £60.25 £61.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -2.03% +36.67% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 140 175 175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 85.37% 82.55% 88.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 101 97
10th Percentile £174 £160 £294
25th Percentile £175 £248 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £630 £610 £575
90th Percentile £825 £638 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 36 38
10th Percentile £11.87 £17.50 £20.88
25th Percentile £13.69 £48.86 £45.18
Median hourly rate £15.31 £56.29 £53.47
Median % change year-on-year -72.80% +5.28% +12.56%
75th Percentile £56.49 £62.72 £65.48
90th Percentile £61.25 £70.77 £79.40
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.75
% change year-on-year -8.33% +23.08% +12.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Validation in Dorset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for Validation in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for Validation in Dorset

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Dorset

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Validation in Dorset over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Validation in Dorset

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 2 (25.00%) 4G
1 2 (25.00%) 5G
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
1 2 (25.00%) VoIP
General
1 8 (100.00%) Military
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (50.00%) Design-to-Cost
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (25.00%) Information Assurance
3 2 (25.00%) Network Management
3 2 (25.00%) Requirements Engineering
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (25.00%) System Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Def Stans
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) VMware