Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Verification and Validation
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 67 63
Rank change year-on-year -31 -4 +14
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 29 26 34
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.20% 1.98% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 2.21% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £77 - -
England median daily rate £550 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 24
10th Percentile £61.05 - £60.00
25th Percentile £65.00 - £60.94
Median hourly rate £71.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -27.78%
75th Percentile £79.00 £70.63 -
90th Percentile £83.80 £74.88 -
England median hourly rate £69.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +7.31% - -13.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,901 1,174 1,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.46% 89.55% 81.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 839 506 448
10th Percentile £190 £200 £199
25th Percentile £363 £385 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £596 £550
90th Percentile £700 £688 £638
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 486 318 356
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.38 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.12 £16.26 £15.62
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.82 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +119.15% -42.96% +101.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £41.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +65.23% -41.51% -1.94%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in the East of England

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Verification and Validation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Verification and Validation

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verification and Validation in the East of England over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Verification and Validation in the East of England

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 26 September 2026. 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
Bedfordshire +7 15 £77 - 23
Hertfordshire -28 13 - - 19
Essex - 1 - - 12
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Simulink
2 1 (3.45%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Azure
1 5 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) Ethernet
2 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 11 (37.93%) Visual Studio
2 7 (24.14%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (20.69%) Eclipse
4 3 (10.34%) JIRA
5 2 (6.90%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (6.90%) VectorCAST
6 1 (3.45%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (24.14%) Aerospace
2 6 (20.69%) Military
3 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Electronics
5 2 (6.90%) Law
6 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Software Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Principal Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Systems Engineer
3 5 (17.24%) Principal Software Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) C# Software Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) Test Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) C# Developer
5 3 (10.34%) C++ Software Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Engineering Specialist
6 2 (6.90%) Software Testing Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Testing Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Ada Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (3.45%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Electronics Test Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Lead
7 1 (3.45%) Python Engineer
7 1 (3.45%) Senior
7 1 (3.45%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) Node.js
1 6 (20.69%) Web Services
2 5 (17.24%) .NET
2 5 (17.24%) WinForms
2 5 (17.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Acoustics
2 1 (3.45%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.45%) FPGA
2 1 (3.45%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 11 (37.93%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Linux
3 2 (6.90%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Validation
2 15 (51.72%) Agile
3 14 (48.28%) CI/CD
4 11 (37.93%) Continuous Delivery
4 11 (37.93%) Continuous Integration
4 11 (37.93%) Systems Engineering
5 10 (34.48%) Software Engineering
6 8 (27.59%) Scrum
6 8 (27.59%) Synthetic Environment
7 7 (24.14%) Integration Testing
7 7 (24.14%) OO
8 6 (20.69%) Digital Twin
8 6 (20.69%) Software Testing
8 6 (20.69%) TDD
8 6 (20.69%) Unit Testing
8 6 (20.69%) Visualisation
9 5 (17.24%) DevOps
9 5 (17.24%) Kanban
9 5 (17.24%) Microservices
9 5 (17.24%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) C#
2 10 (34.48%) C++
3 7 (24.14%) MATLAB
4 6 (20.69%) JavaScript
5 3 (10.34%) Python
6 2 (6.90%) Ada
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) ISTQB
4 2 (6.90%) Degree
5 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.45%) HND
5 1 (3.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (3.45%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) Def Stans
2 2 (6.90%) DO-178B
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) HP
2 3 (10.34%) IBM
3 1 (3.45%) Altera
3 1 (3.45%) EMC
3 1 (3.45%) Intel
3 1 (3.45%) Xilinx