Verification and Validation Contracts in Hampshire

Verification and Validation
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 60 69 86
Rank change year-on-year +9 +17 +36
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 9 26 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.21% 1.61% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.93% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £456
25th Percentile - - £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £63 £543
Median % change year-on-year - -88.49% -22.43%
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - £628
South East median daily rate £725 £525 £523
% change year-on-year +38.10% +0.48% -12.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 18 1
10th Percentile £52.21 £61.40 -
25th Percentile £55.38 £62.50 £51.25
Median hourly rate £57.75 £70.32 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.87% +33.93% -37.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £76.86 £53.75
90th Percentile £62.75 - -
South East median hourly rate £57.75 £70.32 £62.55
% change year-on-year -17.87% +12.41% -10.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 1,348 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 89.95% 83.73% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 715 797
10th Percentile £325 £388 £240
25th Percentile £450 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £696
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 162 104
10th Percentile £20.10 £13.05 £18.25
25th Percentile £29.38 £25.52 £22.85
Median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%
75th Percentile £71.88 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in Hampshire

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in Hampshire

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in Hampshire

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire 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
Portsmouth 0 8 - - 15
Verification and Validation
South East

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 7 (77.78%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) SNMP
1 9 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (33.33%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 9 (100.00%) Git
1 9 (100.00%) GoogleTest
1 9 (100.00%) JIRA
1 9 (100.00%) Robot Framework
2 7 (77.78%) Bitbucket
3 6 (66.67%) Eclipse
4 3 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
1 1 (11.11%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Software Test Engineer
1 7 (77.78%) Test Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (100.00%) CSS
1 9 (100.00%) HTML
2 3 (33.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
1 9 (100.00%) Scrum
1 9 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 9 (100.00%) SysML
1 9 (100.00%) UML
1 9 (100.00%) Validation
2 7 (77.78%) Prototyping
3 6 (66.67%) Software Engineering
4 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C++
1 7 (77.78%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Atlassian
1 7 (77.78%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Twitter