Verification and Validation Contract Job Trends in Luton
Verification and Validation
Bedfordshire > Luton
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton citing Verification and Validation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | 32 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +13 | -14 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Verification and Validation | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Luton | 6.52% | 1.25% | 3.49% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 8.51% | 1.32% | 3.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £77 | - | - |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate | £77 | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £73.70 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £78.25 | £67.50 | £61.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £79.00 | £70.00 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.86% | +12.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £81.10 | £72.50 | £63.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.80 | - | - |
| Bedfordshire median hourly rate | £78.50 | £70.00 | £62.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.14% | +12.00% | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Luton
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 citing process or methodology skills in Luton.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 141 | 151 | 80 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton | 76.63% | 94.38% | 93.02% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 45 | 84 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £74 | £320 | £170 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £425 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £550 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +10.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £600 | £591 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £650 |
| Bedfordshire median daily rate | £500 | £541 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.62% | +8.25% | -4.31% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 66 | 22 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £52.29 | £67.50 | £50.94 |
| 25th Percentile | £63.47 | £78.13 | £55.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £75.00 | £87.75 | £62.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.53% | +40.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £79.00 | £91.50 | £67.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £90.00 | £92.40 | £67.90 |
| Bedfordshire median hourly rate | £70.00 | £84.75 | £58.45 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.40% | +45.00% | +6.27% |
Verification and Validation Job Vacancy Trend in Luton
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Verification and Validation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.
Verification and Validation Daily Rate Trend in Luton
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Verification and Validation.
Verification and Validation Hourly Rate Trend in Luton
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Verification and Validation.
Verification and Validation Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton
Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Verification and Validation in Luton over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.
Verification and Validation Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Validation | 100.0% | 12 |
| 2 | Agile | 75.0% | 9 |
| 3 | Integration Testing | 58.3% | 7 |
| 3 | OO | 58.3% | 7 |
| 5 | Software Engineering | 50.0% | 6 |
| 5 | Systems Engineering | 50.0% | 6 |
| 7 | CI/CD | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | Continuous Delivery | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | Continuous Integration | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | DevOps | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | Kanban | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | Microservices | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | OOD | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | Requirements Engineering | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | Scrum | 41.7% | 5 |
| 7 | Test Automation | 41.7% | 5 |
| 17 | Collaborative Working | 25.0% | 3 |
| 17 | Model-Based Systems Engineering | 25.0% | 3 |
| 17 | Software Testing | 25.0% | 3 |
| 20 | Customer Requirements | 16.7% | 2 |