Verification and Validation Contracts in Edinburgh

Verification and Validation
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring Verification and Validation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 70 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.16% 0.12% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £550 £375 -
% change year-on-year +46.67% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 613 728 1,113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.63% 84.06% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 418 777
10th Percentile £218 £213 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -2.11% -2.06%
75th Percentile £535 £550 £538
90th Percentile £600 £650 £613
Scotland median daily rate £463 £453 £475
% change year-on-year +2.10% -4.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 6
10th Percentile £17.23 £13.25 £17.21
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.38 £21.36
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.18 £32.09
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -24.64% +23.40%
75th Percentile £29.86 £60.75 £51.25
90th Percentile £60.50 - £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £20.57 £16.25
% change year-on-year -2.77% +26.62% -56.60%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Verification and Validation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Verification and Validation in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Synthetic Environment
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared