Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Verification and Validation
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Verification and Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.34% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £70 - -
Scotland median daily rate £70 - -

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 539 581 841
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 91.67% 91.79% 92.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 308 502
10th Percentile £222 £229 £205
25th Percentile £406 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £498
% change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 10
10th Percentile £17.36 £17.32 £13.12
25th Percentile - £21.01 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £23.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +33.96% -14.33%
75th Percentile £35.75 £24.18 £31.97
90th Percentile £64.00 £26.28 £54.48
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Verification and Validation job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Verification and Validation
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Verification and Validation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Radar Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Test Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Synthetic Environment
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared