Verification and Validation Contracts in London

Verification and Validation
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Verification and Validation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Verification and Validation over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 478 589
Rank change year-on-year +97 +111 -127
Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation 10 20 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.074% 0.031%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.063% 0.081% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 7
10th Percentile £591 £528 £380
25th Percentile £597 £559 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £588 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.51% +23.68% -6.40%
75th Percentile £672 £675 £525
90th Percentile £674 £754 £634
England median daily rate £513 £543 £500
% change year-on-year -5.57% +8.60% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £45.00 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £55.00 -
90th Percentile £61.25 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.55 £55.00
% change year-on-year +3.92% +13.73% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Verification and Validation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,787 24,631 35,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.49% 91.12% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,315 17,709 26,172
10th Percentile £338 £375 £390
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 278 427
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.59 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.53 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £38.13 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.25% +5.90% +10.87%
75th Percentile £46.86 £62.64 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.30 £76.78 £67.75
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Verification and Validation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Verification and Validation in London

Verification and Validation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Verification and Validation in London

Verification and Validation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Verification and Validation in London

Verification and Validation
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Central London +36 1 - -
West London +13 1 £650 +1.96%
Verification and Validation
England

Verification and Validation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Simulink
2 7 (70.00%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (70.00%) Legal
2 6 (60.00%) Automotive
3 1 (10.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (10.00%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Validation
2 7 (70.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (60.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (60.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (10.00%) Critical Thinking
4 1 (10.00%) Data Entry
4 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (10.00%) Data Management
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Data Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Deep Learning
4 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Statistical Inference
4 1 (10.00%) SysML
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) OpenAI