Verification and Validation Contracts in England

Verification and Validation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 404 489
Rank change year-on-year -30 +85 +193
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 51 138 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.37% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.43% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 30 41
10th Percentile £332 £310 £413
25th Percentile £408 £469 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £513 £543
Median % change year-on-year +17.02% -5.57% +8.60%
75th Percentile £738 £563 £606
90th Percentile - £675 £638
UK median daily rate £600 £515 £550
% change year-on-year +16.50% -6.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 90 91
10th Percentile £47.50 - £52.35
25th Percentile £53.94 £52.50 £57.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.55
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +3.92% +13.73%
75th Percentile £69.38 £76.86 £65.75
90th Percentile £79.50 £90.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £61.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.38% - +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in England

Verification and Validation
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Verification and Validation in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Verification and Validation in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Verification and Validation in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +20 20 £725 +38.10% 75
East of England +6 14 - - 53
London +33 5 £341 -46.51% 27
South West +31 4 £625 -10.71% 47
North of England +16 4 £600 +20.00% 31
North West +15 4 £600 +20.00% 23
West Midlands +7 4 £41 -93.02% 21
Midlands +7 4 £41 -86.96% 27
Verification and Validation
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Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (29.41%) Confluence
2 8 (15.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Simulink
2 1 (1.96%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 8 (15.69%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.96%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.96%) AWS
1 1 (1.96%) Azure
1 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.96%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) SNMP
1 9 (17.65%) Software-Defined Radio
2 4 (7.84%) Ethernet
2 4 (7.84%) TCP/IP
3 3 (5.88%) HTTP
4 1 (1.96%) PuTTY
4 1 (1.96%) RS-232
4 1 (1.96%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Big Data
2 1 (1.96%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.96%) Data Mart
2 1 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.96%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (1.96%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (19.61%) Eclipse
1 10 (19.61%) Git
1 10 (19.61%) JIRA
2 9 (17.65%) GoogleTest
2 9 (17.65%) Robot Framework
3 8 (15.69%) Rational DOORS
4 7 (13.73%) Bitbucket
5 4 (7.84%) Jenkins
5 4 (7.84%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.96%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.96%) Maven
6 1 (1.96%) Postman
6 1 (1.96%) Selenium
6 1 (1.96%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.96%) SpecFlow
6 1 (1.96%) Toad
General
1 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Aerospace
4 4 (7.84%) Military
5 2 (3.92%) Automotive
5 2 (3.92%) Avionics
5 2 (3.92%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.96%) Aviation
6 1 (1.96%) Electronics
6 1 (1.96%) Law
6 1 (1.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (45.10%) Systems Engineer
2 13 (25.49%) Test Engineer
3 8 (15.69%) Principal Engineer
4 7 (13.73%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 7 (13.73%) Software Test Engineer
5 6 (11.76%) Software Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) C# Software Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) Systems Test Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) C++ Software Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Security Engineer
7 3 (5.88%) Senior
7 3 (5.88%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Embedded Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Lead
8 2 (3.92%) Test and Integration Engineer
8 2 (3.92%) Verification Engineer
9 1 (1.96%) Automation Tester
9 1 (1.96%) Test Automation Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.65%) CSS
1 9 (17.65%) HTML
2 7 (13.73%) Node.js
3 5 (9.80%) Web Services
4 1 (1.96%) ODBC
4 1 (1.96%) RESTful
4 1 (1.96%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.69%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.84%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.88%) IoT
4 2 (3.92%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.92%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.96%) CMDB
5 1 (1.96%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.96%) FPGA
5 1 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.96%) NHS
5 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.96%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 16 (31.37%) Linux
2 7 (13.73%) Windows
3 1 (1.96%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Validation
2 19 (37.25%) Agile
3 16 (31.37%) Systems Engineering
4 14 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (25.49%) Software Testing
6 12 (23.53%) Software Engineering
7 11 (21.57%) Test Automation
8 10 (19.61%) SysML
9 9 (17.65%) Scrum
9 9 (17.65%) UML
10 8 (15.69%) Data Management
10 8 (15.69%) PDM
10 8 (15.69%) Unit Testing
11 7 (13.73%) Document Management
11 7 (13.73%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 7 (13.73%) Prototyping
11 7 (13.73%) Requirements Management
12 6 (11.76%) CI/CD
13 5 (9.80%) Customer Requirements
13 5 (9.80%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.57%) C++
1 11 (21.57%) JavaScript
2 6 (11.76%) C#
3 5 (9.80%) Python
4 4 (7.84%) MATLAB
4 4 (7.84%) SQL
5 1 (1.96%) C
5 1 (1.96%) Embedded C
5 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (50.98%) Security Cleared
2 24 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) RIBA
4 4 (7.84%) Degree
5 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.96%) HNC
6 1 (1.96%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) QA
2 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.96%) AUTOSAR
3 1 (1.96%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (7.84%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Atlassian
1 7 (13.73%) Google
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.96%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (1.96%) CyberArk
3 1 (1.96%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.96%) Intel
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle
3 1 (1.96%) Remedy
3 1 (1.96%) SAP
3 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.96%) Siemens
3 1 (1.96%) Splunk
3 1 (1.96%) Twitter